Patent ID: 8248248

Claim:
A method of training a mobile domestic animal by a human, the method comprising the following steps: securing an electronic receiver device to said domestic animal, said electronic receiver device comprising an electronic signal receiver, a non-verbal audible output signal generator and a visual output signal generator, both said non-verbal audible output signal generator and said visual output signal generator being in electronic communication with said electronic signal receiver; activating by a human the transmission of a wireless signal from a hand-held signal transmitter device and thus generating an electronic signal for detection and receipt by said receiver device; said receiver device generating, upon receipt of said electronic signal, both a non-verbal audible output signal and a visual output signal, the non-verbal audible output signal and the visual output signal both being perceptible to the animal; and providing and associating a positive or negative reward to the animal to be trained in response to the non-verbal audible output signal and the visual output signal; and repeating the activating, generating and providing steps to elicit a reinforced trained behavior from the animal in response to the non-verbal audible output and the visual output, all in response to the transmitted wireless signal.