Pawfit’s Safety Zones feature allows you to set up to 10 virtual fences around your home or any location of your choice, like a favourite park or the home of a friend.
Perfect for dogs who are prone to escaping from their home and garden, the Safety Zones feature has been designed to give owners additional peace of mind that their pet is safe. And if they should get out, you’ll receive an instant notification via the Pawfit app to your mobile and smart watch.
Here, we explain how to create, modify and delete Safety Fences…
How to create a Safety Zone
Virtual fences are created and managed by heading to Profile > Advanced Settings > Safety Zone
- To add your first zone, press +
- The zone will automatically appear in your current location.
- To move the zone to a different location, expand the map and use your fingers to drag it to your desired spot.
- Easily adjust the size of the zone by dragging the white size arrow in and out with your finger.
- To ensure accuracy, we recommend setting the zone to a minimum of 100m.
- You can set the shape of your zone as either a square or circle and change the zone’s colour using the location icons.
- Give your zone a name
- Once you’re done, press ‘Save’.
- To add another zone, press + and repeat the steps.
How to edit your zones
- To temporarily turn a zone off, press the toggle switch
- To edit a zone, just tap it to open it up
- You can change the location of the zone, it’s size, name and icon. Just press ‘Save’ when you’re done
- To delete the zone, press the ‘Delete’ button
Why is sometimes there a delay in receiving the notifications?
Sometimes, there is a delay in receiving the Safety Fence notification.
Pawfit will send a Safety Fence alert when the fence boundary lies in between the latest location and the one before it. To determine if your pet has crossed fence line, Pawfit needs to receive the latest location update.
Pawfit updates your pet’s location every 30 seconds to 2 hours, depending on how active your pet is. The faster they move outside the Safety Fence, the more quickly their location is updated and the sooner the notification is received.
If Pawfit is in live tracking mode, then you can expect the alert to be received almost immediately after your pet crosses the border.
Got a question about the Pawfit Safety Fence feature? Please let us know by sending us a DM on social or by emailing PawfitPals@Pawfit.com
