Patent ID: 7004111

Claim:
A chewable reward dispensing apparatus for attaching to an animal trainer's forearm to aid in training an animal comprising: a dispensing tube defined about a longitudinal axis, the dispensing tube having at least an attaching strap for attaching the dispensing tube to the animal trainer's forearm a first and second spaced apart ends of the dispensing tube defining an interior cavity therebetween; a spring located inside the interior cavity of the dispensing tube and positioned between the first and second ends of the dispensing tube; a variable animal reward receptacle is defined in the interior cavity of the dispensing tube between a free end of the spring and the second end of the dispensing tube; a finger operated dispensing mechanism located adjacent the second end of the dispensing tube having a closed position to contain an amount of chewable animal rewards within the variable animal reward receptacle, and an open position to facilitate the extraction and dispensing of at least one chewable animal reward from the dispensing tube and into the trainer's hand; wherein the strap attaches the dispensing tube directly to the inside of the trainer's forearm with the longitudinal axis of the dispensing tube aligned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the trainer's forearm so that the trainer's hands are free to provide signals so the animal being trained and the animal is not distracted by sight of the dispensing tube or the animal rewards in the trainer's hand; and another fastening strap attached to the second end of the dispensing tube, the fastening strap having a first end fastened directly to the dispensing tube and a second end having a hole formed therein to accommodate a finger or thumb of the trainer ensuring that the second end of the dispensing tube is positioned immediately adjacent the trainer's palm.