Owners of adventure dogs tend to be pretty adamant that their outdoorsy pooch is not just great, but the best adventure dog ever. A sweet and understandable sentiment, if an entirely subjective one. But now, the world鈥檚 biggest fitness app is making it possible for people to back up their talk with some cold hard numbers. That鈥檚 right: Strava for dogs is here. Owners can now show off their canine companion鈥檚 athletic feats on the same platform they do their own accomplishments.
On Thursday, February 22, Strava with a smart dog collar brand, Fi. Fi collars sport built-in satellite positioning systems, like in a sport watch. They鈥檙e designed to help find lost pets, and monitor a couple basic health metrics like sleep and number of steps taken. And now, the same technology can be used to log exercise for posterity online.
The new partnership allows Strava to log distance traveled and number of steps taken, and tracks Fido鈥檚 progress towards goals like activity streaks and daily step totals. The app will then upload a route of your dog鈥檚 walk or game of fetch onto a map that you can see.
Mateo A. Ortega, Strava鈥檚 vice president of connected partnerships, said the doggie function was born in part out of the fitness app鈥檚 own data. In 2023, Ortega said, 76 percent of Strava athletes with pets said that their dogs motivated them to get outside when the7 otherwise wouldn鈥檛 have.
鈥淚鈥檓 a longtime Fi user, and my dog, Pesto, has been along for more walks and runs logged on Strava than I can count,鈥 Ortega said. 鈥淥ur mission at Strava is to motivate people to live their best active lives, and we know that pets are a big part of an athlete鈥檚 life.鈥
Fi charges owners a monthly subscription fee to use all the collars鈥 smart features, starting at $3.20 per week. Strava users with Fi collars on their pets can sync the two accounts, 鈥渟eamlessly integrat[ing] their active lives with their dogs,鈥 Strava said in the announcement. Once the accounts are linked, a Fi-generated graphic with your dog鈥檚 stats is automatically uploaded to Strava.
If you were wondering: No, dogs won鈥檛 be eligible for KOMs or course records. But you’ll be able to see in the Fi app how your four-legged friends鈥 activities stack up against other local canines based on daily activity, with competitive categories based on size.