Anyone tracked a dog successfully with activ track?

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Thoughts on successfully tracking a dog with activ track? I dog train, an would like to do a vid. Activ track is geared towards cars an humans. Any tricks?

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I’d guess that a dog would easily out run the active track function and the drone would lose the subject and just stop and hover.

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Not if the dog is controlled, in training. That’s why I ask. I’m not on about a mut that does one at the first sign of freedom. Close control, with the odd command that the dog will be 50m away, taking the focus off me. Cheers

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Maybe a skydio could do it.

I think the target size of a dog might be a bit small for a DJI. I guess if you kept the drone low to increase the target size, but then the noise of the drone would most probably spook the pooch.

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You might want to look at using Litchi in conjunction with Litchi Leash … if the dog has a harness that’s sufficient to carry a smart phone adequate to run Litchi Leash.

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Thanks for the input. I’ve been trying for a few months to get this to work. I’m like a dog with a bone(excuse the pun!). The target size, and colour isn’t a problem, he’s a 9 1/2 stone Cane Corso (Italian mastiff), and he happens to be white! Brilliant contrast against grass, most things tbh. That’s why I had it down as a dead cert that he was trackerble(?). Litchi leash, looks like a good option, I’ve just had a little look at it. I have a spare smartphone, I can probably make some type of holder for.
Are their no hacks to be had that can change the tracking algorithms maybe?

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Have had similar tracking problems myself - without success. I understand the tracking algorithm that DJI use is only tuned to humans, cars, bicycles, motorbikes etc but not animals.
Autel have an algorithm capable of tracking dogs.

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Thanks, Dave,

I didn’t know about Litchi magic leash but do now :grinning:

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Cheers everyone, going to have to kind of choreograph the vid a little, I think. Try to make sure for any distant command, I have the drone facing the direction of me, with the dog in the background, if you get me, then I move accordingly left or right, keeping me in the middle of drone and dog. I’ll give Litchi leash a go, but from what I read it only works on older Android devices.
It’s left me wondering why Dji would leave out animals as a tracking subject. :thinking: