Dog trackers

A dog tracker puts your hunting dog on the team map during a hunt. Jaktli works with several kinds of tracker, and this page starts with an overview so you can quickly see which one suits you.

Which trackers work

Tracker	How it works with Jaktli	Status
Garmin Alpha (200i, 300 and other Garmin dog-tracking handhelds)	Needs both the handheld and a Garmin watch running the Jaktli watch app. The position travels from the collar to the handheld, on to the watch, and the watch passes it to your phone	Supported
TK-911 / TK-909 / TK-919 (the 4G models)	You put in your own SIM card and set the collar up with a few text messages. The position is sent over the mobile network, so no handheld or watch is needed	Supported
365GPS C09	A GPS collar you put your own SIM card in and set up with a few text messages. The position is sent over the mobile network, so no handheld or watch is needed	Supported
MiniFinder Atto Pro 2G (the 2G version only)	Only the Atto Pro 2G. The regular Atto Pro does not work with Jaktli yet. A small GPS tracker you set up with a few text messages. It uses the 2G network, so it only works with a SIM card from Telia, and only until the end of 2027	Supported
Phone as tracker (OpenTrack)	An extra phone on the dog reports its own position through the Jaktli OpenTrack app. Available for iPhone and Android. No extra equipment needed	Supported
Jaktli GPS Collar	A GPS collar we configure in advance, so it finds Jaktli straight away. No handheld or watch needed	Planned
Meshtastic and open GSM trackers (for example Concox, Teltonika, Queclink)	Open hardware that can report straight to Jaktli, so the dog gets a real marker	Planned
Other trackers with a closed app (Tracker, Ultracom, MiniFinder, including the regular Atto Pro, B-Bark, FollowIt (Lafayette), Huntloc, Tractive)	These makers keep the dog inside their own app, so it cannot yet show on the Jaktli map	Not yet

Which one should I choose?

If you already own Garmin equipment with a handheld and a watch, use that. If you have no tracking equipment at all, a spare phone with OpenTrack, or a GPS collar such as the TK-9XX or 365GPS C09, is the cheapest way to start. They need neither a handheld nor a watch.

Jaktli does not lock your dog to one app

Jaktli is not a device app for pairing, firmware or collar settings. Those stay in the maker's own app. Jaktli only shows the dog on the map. Our aim is to open this up so your dog is not stuck inside a single brand's app.

Trackers we've contacted

Most hunting-collar makers only let you see the dog inside their own app. We've reached out to several of them about opening this up so the dog can show on the Jaktli map. Where things stand:

• Tractive: contacted, waiting for an answer
• FollowIt (Lafayette): contacted, no reply yet
• Tracker: not yet contacted

As makers open their data, or through open hardware, we'll show those dogs straight on the Jaktli map. We'd rather be honest about this than pretend a tracker works when it does not.

You can demand it yourself

Since 12 September 2025 the EU Data Act gives you the right to get the data out of your tracker, and to have it sent to a service of your own choice. Ready-made letters for the vendor are on the EU Data Act page.

Buying a new tracker?

Where to buy equipment for the trackers on this page is listed on Where to buy a tracker.

Our advice is to pick equipment that does not lock you into a single maker's system. An open tracker can show the dog in Jaktli and in other apps, and it does not stop working if the maker shuts down its service.

We are always looking for more open trackers. When we have found one and tested that it works, we add it to this page. We put extra focus on open source hardware, where the technology is free for anyone to use. Check back here now and then.

Set up a Garmin collar

Garmin needs both a handheld and a watch

The collar on its own is not enough. The position travels from the collar to your Garmin handheld, from the handheld to a Garmin watch running the Jaktli watch app, and from the watch to your phone and Jaktli.

So you need all four:

1. A Garmin dog-tracking collar on the dog
2. A Garmin handheld (for example an Alpha)
3. A Garmin watch running the Jaktli watch app
4. The Garmin Connect app on your phone, with Bluetooth on

With only the collar and the phone it will not work.

You need a Garmin dog-tracking collar, your Garmin handheld (for example an Alpha), a Garmin watch running the Jaktli watch app, and the Garmin Connect app on your phone. Keep Bluetooth on. Both the handheld and the watch are required, the collar cannot talk to the phone directly.

Beta

Dog tracking is new and tested with the Garmin Alpha. Other Garmin dog-tracking handhelds should work too, but we have not been able to try every model yet. Let us know if something does not work with your equipment.

Prepare your Garmin first

Two settings on your Garmin gear have to be right, or the watch never hears the collar.

1. Turn on Broadcast dog data on the handheld. The handheld has to broadcast the collar positions.
   • Alpha 100 or Astro 320: open Settings, then Dogs, then Broadcast dog data, and turn it on
   • Alpha 200 or 300: open Settings, then System, and turn on Broadcast dog data
2. Prepare the watch in Garmin Connect. Turn off Auto Search under Sensors and Accessories, and remove Garmin's own DogTrack widget if you have it. This lets the Jaktli watch app receive the collar data instead of Garmin taking it first.

How it works

The collar sends its position by radio to the handheld. The handheld shares it with your watch. The Jaktli watch app passes it to your phone, and your phone puts the dog on the team map. You never type any number from the collar.

The watch app also shows the dog right on your wrist. Every watch gets a dog radar showing direction and distance to the dog. Watches with a built-in map, such as the fēnix, additionally get a map screen where the dog appears as a dot on the map. Switch between the radar and the map with the up and down buttons. The watch app supports around eighty watch models, from the fēnix 5 to the fēnix 9, plus the Instinct, Enduro and D2 families.

The watch app also shows the time of day at the bottom of the radar and the map. On the Instinct it sits in the lower right corner. If you don't want it, hold the up button (MENU) in the watch app and turn Clock off. You can also change it under the app's settings in Garmin Connect.

Add the collar

1. Open My Dogs and tap Add tracker
2. Choose Garmin collar
3. Follow the checklist on screen. Each step gets a check mark when it is found:
   • Garmin watch: keep the watch nearby with Bluetooth on
   • Jaktli on the watch: start the Jaktli app on the watch
   • Handheld: turn it on and keep the watch close to it
   • Collar: turn on the collar and wait for it to get a fix
4. When the collar appears in the list, tap it
5. Name the tracker, for example Silva's collar, and choose which dog usually wears it
6. Tap Save

The dog is optional

You do not have to choose a dog here. If you do, that dog is the one suggested when you start tracking, and during a hunt you can switch dog for that hunt without changing anything here.

More than one Garmin watch?

You do not have to choose a watch. Jaktli listens to every watch the app knows about at the same time, so your collars are found whichever of your watches they come through. The Garmin watch row in the checklist shows which watches are answering.

If a watch is missing, tap Find more watches under the checklist. On iPhone that opens Garmin Connect, where you pick the watch. It only has to be done once per watch, after which Jaktli remembers it.

If a step will not turn green

The checklist stops at the step that is not ready. Work down it in order:

• Garmin watch not found: check that Bluetooth is on and that the watch is connected in Garmin Connect
• Jaktli on the watch does not start: open the Jaktli app on the watch by hand, then keep the watch near your phone
• Handheld not found: turn the handheld on, make sure Broadcast dog data is on (see above), and hold the watch close to it
• Collar not found: turn the collar on and give it a minute outdoors to get a satellite fix

During the hunt

Once the tracker is added, the dog appears on the map by itself when a hunt is running. You control sharing per collar with the paw button on the map. If you pause sharing and turn it back on, a fresh track starts. Read more under Live hunt.

The dog's track is saved with the hunt. Once the hunt has ended you can see the dog's path, distance and handler in the Hunt log.

Phone as tracker (OpenTrack)

Now on the App Store and Google Play

Jaktli OpenTrack is now available for both iPhone and Android. Get the app via jaktli.se/opentrack.

If you have no tracking hardware, you can use a spare phone as a tracker on the dog. You install the small Jaktli OpenTrack app on that phone, pair it once with a code from your own Jaktli app, and put it in a pocket on the dog's vest. No sign-in is needed on the dog's phone.

Install the app on the dog's phone, not on your own. jaktli.se/opentrack has the store button, and you can also email yourself the link there, so it is easy to open on the dog's phone.

Read the full guide under OpenTrack, phone as dog tracker.

TK-911, TK-909 and TK-919

If you have a tracker from the TK-9 series, or buy one yourself, you can use it with Jaktli. The tracker sends its position over the mobile network, the same way a phone does, so it needs neither a handheld nor a watch. The dog shows up as far as the mobile coverage reaches where you hunt.

Two things you sort out yourself:

• The SIM card. You get your own pay-as-you-go card or subscription with mobile data.
• The setup. You set the tracker up with a few text messages, which the app writes out for you.

The messages tell the tracker which mobile network to use, that it should report to Jaktli, and how often. You only have to copy them from the app and send them to the tracker's phone number.

The tracker has to be a 4G model

Do not buy a 2G model

Sweden closed the 2G network on 1 December 2025 at Telenor, Tre and Tele2. Only Telia still has 2G, and only until the end of 2027. A tracker with 2G only therefore cannot send anything at all on most operators.

The same model number is sold in both a 2G and a 4G version. Check that the box says 4G or LTE before you buy. If it only says GSM or GPRS, it is a 2G model.

A tracker on the wrong network cannot be rescued with settings. It behaves exactly like a wrongly configured one: it answers text messages, but no position comes through.

Other models in the TK-9 series

The same commands apply to the whole TK-9 series, but only some of the models are made to sit on an animal:

Model	What it is made for
TK-909, TK-911, TK-919	Collars for dogs and other animals
TK-905, TK-913, TK-915	Vehicle trackers, often with a magnet. Not made for a dog

So choose one of the collar models, in the 4G version. The TK-911 in its 4G version (sold as TK911 Pro 4G) is the one this page was written against. In the app you choose TK-9XX whichever model you have, because they are all set up the same way.

We have not tested every model

The commands being the same does not mean we have seen positions from your particular model. Get in touch if your model does not appear and we will help you.

Before you start

Five things have to be right, otherwise no position comes through:

1. The tracker is a 4G model. Models with only 2G work only on Telia, and only until the end of 2027
2. Your own SIM card with mobile data is in the tracker
3. The PIN code is turned off on the SIM card
4. The subscription has data. The tracker uses very little
5. The tracker is charged and switched on, outdoors with a clear view of the sky

Which SIM card?

Any ordinary pay-as-you-go card or subscription with mobile data works. The tracker sends only a few lines of text at a time, so it uses very little.

Set up the tracker

1. Open My Dogs, tap Add tracker and choose TK-9XX
2. Choose your mobile operator from the list. The app fills in the right APN for you
3. If your operator is not in the list, search the internet for APN and the operator's name, or ask them, and type it in
4. Choose how often the tracker should send its position
5. The app now shows four finished text messages. Send them to the tracker's phone number, one at a time and in the order shown
6. The tracker answers each command with a text message

If nothing comes back, the PIN code is usually still on, or the SIM card is not activated.

Follow the maker's manual

The commands come from the maker and can look slightly different between models. The manual that came with the tracker takes precedence over everything else. It is also available from the maker.

Add the tracker in Jaktli

Once the tracker is set up you continue in the app:

1. Tap Done, continue
2. Tap Scan QR code or Scan barcode, depending on which code is on the tracker, and point the camera at it. If it will not scan, type the number printed after Device ID on the label. The digits have to match exactly, otherwise we cannot find the dog
3. Name the tracker, for example Silva's collar. You can also choose which dog usually wears it
4. Tap Save

The first position can take a few minutes. The tracker has to find the satellites before it has anything to send.

365GPS C09

The 365GPS C09 is a small GPS collar that sends its position over the mobile network. It works the same way as the TK-9 series: you put in your own SIM card and set the collar up with a few text messages, which the app writes out for you. No handheld or watch is needed.

Before you start

The same things as for the TK-9 series have to be right, otherwise no position comes through:

1. The collar supports 4G, the box says 4G or LTE. Read the warning under The tracker has to be a 4G model
2. Your own SIM card with mobile data is in the collar
3. The PIN code is turned off on the SIM card
4. The collar is charged and switched on, outdoors with a clear view of the sky

Set up the collar

1. Open My Dogs, tap Add tracker and choose 365GPS C09
2. Under How often the tracker sends, choose how often the collar should send its position
3. The app shows the text messages to send, one in each box. Tap the copy button next to a message and send it to the collar's phone number. Send them one at a time and in the order shown
4. Tap Done, continue
5. Tap Scan QR code or Scan barcode and point the camera at the code on the collar or the box. If it will not scan, type the collar ID by hand. The app shows where on the collar to find it
6. Name the collar, choose which dog usually wears it if you like, and tap Save

The first message shows the collar is answering

The first message, INFO#, asks the collar to reply with its current settings. If a reply comes back, you know the SIM card works and you are texting the right number.

Do you need to change the APN?

The APN (access point name) is the setting that tells the collar how to reach the internet through your mobile operator. Usually you do not need to change it, and then you send no message for it.

If no position comes through even though the collar answers text messages, turn on Change the tracker's APN and choose your mobile operator. The app then adds a message with the right APN. If your operator is not in the list, choose Another operator and type in the APN your operator gives you. Then send all the messages again, in order.

The collar reports to one place at a time

Once the collar is set up for Jaktli it sends its positions here instead of to 365GPS's own app. To switch back, set it up again following the maker's manual.

Get in touch if something is off

The commands come from the maker and can change between versions of the collar. If no position comes through after a few minutes outdoors, check the SIM card and the PIN code first. If that does not help, get in touch via Feedback and we will help you.

MiniFinder Atto Pro 2G

Only the Atto Pro 2G, not the regular Atto Pro

This section applies to the Atto Pro 2G only. The regular Atto Pro does not work with Jaktli yet, and neither does any other MiniFinder model.

The one we have tested has MF05Y at the start of the Version line on the label on the back, and firmware version v1.1.4.4. If you are not sure which model you have, get in touch via Feedback before you set it up.

Do not send the text messages here to a regular Atto Pro. It may then stop reporting to MiniFinder's own app without showing up in Jaktli.

The MiniFinder Atto Pro 2G is a small GPS tracker you fasten to the dog's collar. It sends its position over the mobile network. You set it up with a few text messages, which the app writes out for you. No handheld or watch is needed.

Only Telia, and only until the end of 2027

The tracker uses the 2G network

The Atto Pro 2G can only send over the 2G network. Telenor, Tre and Tele2 closed their 2G networks on 1 December 2025, so in Sweden only Telia still runs 2G. That means two things:

• The tracker only works with a SIM card from Telia, or from a provider that uses Telia's network
• The tracker stops working when Telia switches off its 2G network at the end of 2027

If you already own an Atto Pro 2G you can use it until then. If you are buying a new tracker, choose one of the 4G trackers on this page. The regular Atto Pro is not one of them, it does not work with Jaktli yet. Read more under The tracker has to be a 4G model.

Before you start

Five things have to be right, otherwise no position comes through:

1. The tracker is an Atto Pro 2G, not the regular Atto Pro
2. A SIM card from Telia, or from a provider that uses Telia's network, is in the tracker
3. The PIN code is turned off on the SIM card
4. The subscription has data. The tracker uses very little
5. The tracker is charged and switched on, outdoors with a clear view of the sky

Set up the tracker

1. Open My Dogs, tap Add tracker and choose MiniFinder Atto Pro 2G
2. The app shows three text messages, one in each box. Tap the copy button next to a message and send it to the tracker's phone number. Send them one at a time and in the order shown:
   • G1 asks the tracker for its position. It is a test that the tracker answers
   • VERSION asks the tracker to reply with its current settings
   • The last one, starting with IP1, tells the tracker to send its position to Jaktli
3. Tap Done, continue
4. Type in the tracker's IMEI number. It is the 15-digit number printed after IMEI on the label on the back of the tracker. The digits have to match exactly, otherwise we cannot find the dog
5. Name the tracker, for example Silva's collar. You can also choose which dog usually wears it
6. Tap Save

The first position can take a few minutes. The tracker has to find the satellites before it has anything to send.

No reply to the text messages?

Usually the PIN code is still on, or the SIM card is not activated. Also check that the SIM card is from Telia or a provider that uses Telia's network. With a SIM card from any other operator the tracker does not work.

The tracker reports to one place at a time

Once the tracker is set up for Jaktli it sends its positions here instead of to MiniFinder's own app. To switch back, set it up again following the maker's manual.

Jaktli GPS Collar

Planned

The Jaktli GPS Collar is not on sale. It is an idea we are working on, and we do not know yet when it might be available.

The idea is a GPS collar we set up for you before it ships, so it finds Jaktli on its own. You should not need to send any text messages or configure anything yourself. The collar sends its position over the mobile network and needs neither a handheld nor a watch.

If you want to get started now, a TK-9XX or a 365GPS C09 works the same way, except that you set the collar up yourself.

Check how a tracker is doing

Under My Dogs each tracker shows how it is doing right now: whether it is sending, how much battery is left and how often it sends a position. For a Garmin collar it also shows what the dog is doing, for example Moving or Barking at a tree.

Tap the tracker to open it. There you get a Status box with the same details, plus when the last position came in.

On the same page you change the tracker's name and which dog it is for. Tap the row and type, and it is saved straight away. There is no save button.

Anything a tracker does not report is simply not shown. A phone on the dog has no idea what the dog is doing, for instance, so no dog status appears. That is not a fault.

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See also: OpenTrack, My dogs, Live hunt, Map