diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 605bb89d1f..627316d4d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixes
+
+- .NET Mobile: Disable and made obsolete the iOS Watchdog termination feature which is based on heuristics that don't work in .NET ([#3867](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/3867))
+
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Native SDK from v0.7.16 to v0.7.17 ([#3857](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/3857))
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/BindableSentryOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/BindableSentryOptions.cs
index 5697ccf8cb..af7b318302 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/BindableSentryOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/BindableSentryOptions.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ public void ApplyTo(SentryOptions.NativeOptions options)
             options.EnableFileIOTracing = EnableFileIOTracing ?? options.EnableFileIOTracing;
             options.EnableNetworkBreadcrumbs = EnableNetworkBreadcrumbs ?? options.EnableNetworkBreadcrumbs;
             options.EnableNetworkTracking = EnableNetworkTracking ?? options.EnableNetworkTracking;
+#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
             options.EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking = EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking ?? options.EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking;
+#pragma warning restore CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
             options.EnableSwizzling = EnableSwizzling ?? options.EnableSwizzling;
             options.EnableUIViewControllerTracing = EnableUIViewControllerTracing ?? options.EnableUIViewControllerTracing;
             options.EnableUserInteractionTracing = EnableUserInteractionTracing ?? options.EnableUserInteractionTracing;
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentryOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentryOptions.cs
index ae28a38afb..f72f37e08b 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentryOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentryOptions.cs
@@ -128,13 +128,16 @@ internal NativeOptions(SentryOptions options)
         public bool EnableNetworkTracking { get; set; } = true;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether to enable watchdog termination tracking or not.
-        /// The default value is <c>true</c> (enabled).
+        /// Whether to enable watchdog termination tracking or not. NOT advised.
+        /// The default value is <c>false</c> (disabled).
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>
-        /// https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/configuration/watchdog-terminations/
+        /// This feature is prone to false positives on .NET since it relies on heuristics that don't work in this environment.
         /// </remarks>
-        public bool EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking { get; set; } = true;
+        /// <seealso href="https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/issues/3860" />
+        /// <seealso href="https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/configuration/watchdog-terminations/" />
+        [Obsolete("See: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/issues/3860")]
+        public bool EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking { get; set; } = false;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether the SDK should use swizzling or not.
diff --git a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentrySdk.cs b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentrySdk.cs
index 812733c7c9..c10e22938c 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentrySdk.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/Platforms/Cocoa/SentrySdk.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ private static void InitSentryCocoaSdk(SentryOptions options)
         nativeOptions.EnableFileIOTracing = options.Native.EnableFileIOTracing;
         nativeOptions.EnableNetworkBreadcrumbs = options.Native.EnableNetworkBreadcrumbs;
         nativeOptions.EnableNetworkTracking = options.Native.EnableNetworkTracking;
+#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
         nativeOptions.EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking = options.Native.EnableWatchdogTerminationTracking;
+#pragma warning restore CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
         nativeOptions.EnableSwizzling = options.Native.EnableSwizzling;
         nativeOptions.EnableUIViewControllerTracing = options.Native.EnableUIViewControllerTracing;
         nativeOptions.EnableUserInteractionTracing = options.Native.EnableUserInteractionTracing;