Animal training device

An articulated training structure for disposition above a domestic animal secured in a stall, comprising:

• a first rod member adapted to project outwardly from an integral mounting base;
• a second rod member spaced from and disposed to project generally downwardly in the same vertical plane as the first rod member;
• an elongated connecting rod secured by a first pivot means at one of its ends, to the outer end of the first rod member, and secured by a second pivot means at its other end, to a first end of the second rod member, whereby the connecting rod extends through the space between the first rod member and the second rod member;
• the second rod member having an integral elongated bar at its second end for disposition horizontally above the animal's back and normal to the length of the stall, with the point of integration of the elongated bar with the second rod member being substantially intermediate the opposite ends of the elongated bar;
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• each of the pivot means comprising a pair of mating clutch members carried on a horizontally disposed pivot shaft, with knob means on each shaft for selectively manually causing the clutch members to bindingly engage such that the second rod member and the connecting rod can be selectively reoriented through the same vertical plane and releasably locked in predetermined relative angular disposition where the bar is at a level lower than the second pivot means.