Animal training apparatus
First Claim
1. An animal training device comprising a unit which is adapted to be worn by an animal and which includes:
- electrical stimulation means operable to aversively stimulate the animal;
additional means for producing an additional stimulus in a form other than aversive electrical stimulation and adapted to be sensed by the animal; and
automatic control means operable to automatically actuate said additional means to produce said additional stimulus upon termination of said aversive electrical stimulation, to thereby condition said additional stimulus to the animal'"'"'s safety, relief and relaxation responses which occur naturally upon termination of the aversive electrical stimulation.
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Abstract
A unit adapted to be worn by a dog or other animal acts under the control of a remote control unit to produce stimuli including an aversive electrical stimulus followed by a characteristic sound or other second stimulus in a relation conditioning the animal to have safety, relief and relaxation responses to that second stimulus. A different sound or other third stimulus is preferably produced just prior to the onset of the aversive electrical stimulation, and becomes a conditioned warning stimulus to the animal. The remote control unit is actuable to cause production of these three different stimuli in sequence, to condition the sounds to the desired responses, and after such conditioning can produce the two sounds independently and without aversive electrical stimulation to control the animal'"'"'s behavior and facilitate training of the animal.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. An animal training device comprising a unit which is adapted to be worn by an animal and which includes:
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electrical stimulation means operable to aversively stimulate the animal; additional means for producing an additional stimulus in a form other than aversive electrical stimulation and adapted to be sensed by the animal; and automatic control means operable to automatically actuate said additional means to produce said additional stimulus upon termination of said aversive electrical stimulation, to thereby condition said additional stimulus to the animal'"'"'s safety, relief and relaxation responses which occur naturally upon termination of the aversive electrical stimulation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An animal training device comprising a unit which is adapted to be worn by an animal and which includes:
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electrical stimulation means operable to aversively stimulate the animal; additional means for producing first and second additional stimuli which differ from one another and are in a form other than the aversive electrical stimulation and are adapted to be sensed by the animal; and automatic control means operable to actuate said additional means in timed relation to said aversive electrical stimulation means in a relation causing emission of said first additional stimulus just prior to the average electrical stimulation and producing said second additional stimulus upon termination of said aversive electrical stimulation. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An animal training device comprising:
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a collar adapted to be worn about the neck of an animal; a first unit to be carried by said collar and including a radio receiver; and a remote control unit to be carried by a trainer and having a radio transmitter for sending control signals to said receiver of said first unit; said first unit including electrical stimulation means having electrodes engageable with the animal and operable to aversively stimulate the animal through said electrodes, a first audio output transducer operable to produce a first sound which is to function as a warning stimulus, a second audio output transducer operable to produce a second sound which is to function as a safety, relief and relaxation stimulus, and circuitry operable in first and second conditions to energize said transducers to produce said two sounds separately and in a third condition to energize said electrical stimulation means and said two audio output transducers to electrically stimulate the animal with said first sound being emitted prior to commencement of the aversive electrical stimulation and said second sound being emitted upon termination of the aversive electrical stimulation; said remote control unit including first, second and third manually actuated elements, and circuitry operable to transmit signals from said remote control unit to said first unit which upon separate actuation of said first and second elements cause emission of said first and second sounds respectively, and which upon actuation of said third element cause production of said electrical stimulation with said first sound at the commencement thereof and said second sound upon termination of the aversive electrical stimulation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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