Patent ID: 8037848

Claim:
An animal behavioral control apparatus, comprising: a cartridge containing pressurized gas; a housing surrounding at least part of the cartridge; a head connected to the housing, the head including an actuator and a valve, the valve engaging the cartridge upon actuation of the actuator to release gas out of the cartridge and through an outlet port of the head, wherein the head includes a nozzle with an outlet port for ejecting gas out of the head; an extension that is a separate and distinct component than the nozzle and that is removably connected to the nozzle at a first end of the extension and that has a bore communicating with the outlet port of the head; and a horn removably connected to a second end of the extension, wherein, when the horn is disconnected from the extension, the animal behavioral control apparatus ejects a blast of gas, and when the horn is connected to the extension, the animal behavioral control apparatus emits a sound.