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Lol same scenario, so I feel for you. I'm walking with my 14mo in a rucksack so can't go bush whacking. When the dog gets on a prey he's off. This morning I had to return the kid to the house and then go find him. He was about 2km away. I don't mind him being out, just as long as I know where so I can go get him if need be. So I think the map one is needed really, so i can sit at home and see where he is.
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Yeah you probably do need the map then if he's out roaming whilst your indoors. I only use mine when were all out together so doesn't matter as much. I hope your two are getting on well. Omar and Pippa are still getting on great and she's starting to try and play with him which is nice until she sticks one of his toys in her mouth and she's also started feeding him so we really need to keep an eye on that in case she feeds him her Raisins or anything else that could make him ill or the other way round but so far so good but having both running around does keep you on your toes
Retro_Bastard
If you genuinely need to rely on it even once it's money well spent. Most of the time I'm out walking Omar now I've got our baby girl in the pram or on my back so i can't just break into a sprint and take off after him like i used to. Having the tracker massively reduces massively reduces my stress levels when we're all out.