I have a Sportdog 1825 that has served me well on nearly daily use when one of the the collars stopped receiving beyond about 20 feet. The collar is about 6 years old so it owes me nothing but I remembered another collar had done the same thing after about 7 years. I took the collar apart and upon close examination noticed that the ferrite antenna lead had broken off at the board . I took it to a local electronics repair and for the princely sum of $10 he microsoldered the leads and it now functions out to more than 1 km.
Being a non-repentant tinkerer I took my older 10 year old collar apart and noticed the same breakage. With a good deal of care and some swearite I got the leads reattached myself and it also now works out to more than a km. To be fair both collars failed after a considerable time on two of the ramiest dogs I ever owned that firmly adhered to the principle that busting through stuff is far more fun than going over or around . Hope this helps anyone who encountered the same issue.
Being a non-repentant tinkerer I took my older 10 year old collar apart and noticed the same breakage. With a good deal of care and some swearite I got the leads reattached myself and it also now works out to more than a km. To be fair both collars failed after a considerable time on two of the ramiest dogs I ever owned that firmly adhered to the principle that busting through stuff is far more fun than going over or around . Hope this helps anyone who encountered the same issue.
