Collartron Systems had its beginnings back in the 1980's when Jack Dawson, hunter and breeder of German Shorthaired Pointers, German Wire Haired Pointers and Large Munsterlanders, became interested in the electronic training collars that he saw advertised in American magazines.

Jack imported one for himself, then another of a different brand and then some for his mates. Very soon he had a little business.

After a few months Jack went to Dallas, Texas to meet the folk at DT Systems Inc. From there the business grew. Jack's daughter Jill began to help.

Jack started in Marton and finished up in Napier.

About this time Brownings Electronic Services, in Dannevirke, began repairing collars for Jack. When Jack passed away in the mid 1990's Jill and Max decided to keep the business operating from Dannevirke. They later moved to Thames and finally to Katikati.

The business has expanded somewhat. We now offer several brands of training collars and have secured New Zealand rights to distribute Tracker animal tracking Systems from Finland.