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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2000
Christopher E. Mainini, Knoxville, TN (US);
James L. Jameson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Radio Systems Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the barking of dogs in a group setting, or group bark control apparatus, and method for use. The group bark control apparatus detects the barking of the host dog and applies an appropriate correction to the host dog while also broadcasting a desired correction signal to other group bark control apparatuses within range. Upon receipt of the correction signal, the receiving group bark control apparatuses apply the appropriate correction stimulus to their respective dogs, including those which are not currently barking. By preemptively correcting the non-barking dogs in response to the barking of other dogs, the phenomenon known as group barking is hereby avoided.