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Your dog can now be a Strava local legend

Shoutout to all dog walkers and proud pet owners out there: the world’s largest fitness-tracking app is teaming up with Fi, a smart dog collar brand, to bring canine athletic achievements to your activity feed. Last week, Strava announced this pet-friendly collaboration to showcase their four-legged friends’ fitness alongside their owners’.

Fi collars are equipped with built-in satellite systems (like your GPS sports watch) and are primarily designed to locate lost pets; they also monitor basic health metrics, like sleep and step counts. Now, this same technology enables pet parents to log their dog’s activities online, receive kudos and compare their numbers with other pets of the same breed.With a membership, users can track their dog’s distance travelled and the total number of steps taken, while also monitoring their best friend’s progress toward daily goals and sleep totals. The app seamlessly uploads routes of your dog’s walks or play sessions onto a map, providing a visual representation of their adventures. Like run data privacy, there is also an option for the maps to be hidden, visible only to your followers (or to you).

According to the 2023 Strava Year In Sport report, 76 per cent of all Strava athletes with pets say their furry companions motivate them to get active. With the integration of Strava and Fi, users can now track dog-specific stats and share their pet’s progress with their community.

If you already use Fi, you can sync your Fi and Strava accounts and begin seamlessly uploading your dog’s walk activities.To celebrate this collaboration, limited edition co-branded Fi x Strava collars are available for purchase at the Fi store, allowing pet parents to showcase their love for Strava while keeping their furry friends safe and stylish. To learn more about the Strava and Fi partnership, visit tryfi.com/strava.Like GPS watches, pet tracking on Strava does come with a cost; Fi plans start at USD $192.00 annually.