Patent ID: 8944006
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An animal training device for training and enrichment of animals to perform or refrain from performing a target activity comprising a reward dispenser capable of dispensing a reward to an animal being trained upon receiving a reward dispensing command, the reward dispenser including a hopper for holding a quantity of rewards, the hopper including an entrance port for receiving rewards and an exit port through which rewards can be dispensed, and a delivery assembly for controllably delivering rewards from the hopper to the exit port, the delivery assembly including movable delivery members, placeable in contact with rewards to be delivered, a motor member capable of maintaining the delivery members in a static position to prevent the delivery of a reward, and moving the delivery member to deliver at least one reward to the exit port, the delivery member including at least one bristle containing member, and a controller capable of receiving a command and actuating the motor upon receipt of the command to move the delivery member to thereby dispense a reward to the exit port.