Battery-powered RF signaling system and system for controlling the whereabouts of an animal using same

Abstract

A system apparatus for controlling the whereabouts of an animal includes a receiver/stimulator unit affixed to the animal to selectively administer appropriate aversive stimuli effective to deter the animal from encroachment of boundaries in accordance with predetermined conditions based on radio signals received from at least one battery powered transmitter. The system may receive radio signals intermittently transmitted from the transmitter, the radio signals defining at least one boundary for the animal. The system then selectively administers the appropriate aversive stimuli in response to determining that at least one of the received radio signals satisfies one or more of the predetermined conditions.

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