Patent ID: 6923146

Claim:
A method for training an animal subject when in the field, comprising the method steps of: (a) providing a portable master controller with a display, a first telemetry transmitter/receiver, a display and a first Global Positioning System receiver, all connected to and responsive to a first CPU having a memory; (b) providing a collar carrying a second telemetry transmitter/receiver, a second Global Positioning System receiver and an electrical feedback stimulus generator, each connected to and responsive to a second CPU having a memory; (c) affixing said collar to a subject animal; (d) carrying said portable master controller to a first master controller location; (e) determining the GPS coordinates of said first master controller location; (f) defining a first permitted area and storing the GPS coordinates corresponding to said first restraint area in said master controller memory; (g) transmitting said GPS coordinates corresponding to said first restraint area from said master controller to said collar; (h) storing said GPS coordinates corresponding to said first restraint area in said collar CPU memory; (i) setting a first boundary defined by said first restraint area within which the animal subject is permitted to travel and storing said first boundary in said collar CPU memory; (j) detecting a first collar location using the collar Global Positioning System receiver, and comparing the first collar location to said first boundary, and (k) displaying a representation of said first collar location and said first boundary on said portable master controller display.