Patent ID: 6838991

Claim:
An apparatus for testing an electronic pet containment system including a collar unit adapted to deliver an electrical shock stimulus to an animal via a pair of electrodes and a transmitter unit, said apparatus comprising: a transmitter circuit associated with the transmitter unit, said transmitter circuit producing an electronic confinement signal; an antenna associated with the transmitter unit, said antenna adapted to broadcast said electronic confinement signal; a switch associated with the transmitter unit, said switch electrically coupling and uncoupling said antenna and said transmitter circuit; a pair of contact points associated with the transmitter unit, said pair of contact points positioned such that each of said pair of contact points makes electrical contact with one of the pair of electrodes when the pair of electrodes is brought into contact with said pair of contact points; and an indicator associated with the transmitter unit, said indicator in electrical contact with said pair of contact points, said indicator responsive to a voltage differential between said pair of contact points.