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Components
History of the AutoTrainer
Years ago, during a chance meeting on a flight from Chicago to San Francisco, Dr. Ian Dunbar and Dr. John
Watson struck up a conversation about whether marking a dog’s bark by immediately interrupting a progressive
tone sequence that predicts food delivery would reduce the frequency of barking and number of barks per day.
Back in the Bay Area, Dr. Watson promptly engineered a computerized prototype, which the Doctors tested
on barking dogs, primarily at the Berkeley Humane Society. Amazingly, not only did the tone sequence itself
drastically reduce the frequency and number of barks, but also hyperactivity; many dogs would pace less and
instead, settle down next to their electronic buddy.
How the AutoTrainer Works
It’s not easy leaving your dog at home when they’re prone to anxiety. Separation-induced behaviors such as
barking, whining and pacing can adversely affect your dog’s health.
The AutoTrainer™ is a fully automatic, reward-based training device that requires no prior training for yourself
or your dog. The AutoTrainer works by rewarding your dog for quiet behavior, therefore creating a pleasant
environment. By rewarding for increasingly longer periods of quiet, your dog will soon learn to calmly wait for the
signal that means a small treat is being delivered. The AutoTrainer trains your dog to offer calm, quiet behavior
while you are away.
For most dogs, all you have to do is fill the hopper with kibble, turn on the power and the AutoTrainer will do the
rest. Your dog will soon learn to settle down calmly and quietly, waiting patiently for the next food reward.
Key Definitions
AutoTrainer Base Unit: The main portion of the AutoTrainer unit. The part of the product that houses the
Display Screen, Food Hopper, Muzzle Detector and D Batteries.
AutoTrainer Collar: Includes the Nylon Collar and Transmitter Unit. Transmits information to the AutoTrainer
Base Unit.
Food Hopper: Holds dry treats/kibble in the AutoTrainer Base Unit, approximately 3.5 cups of medium
sized kibble.
Food Dish Attachment: Removable piece that holds the Food Dish.
Food Disk – 2 sizes: used to assist food through the Food Dispenser.
Food Dish: Catches food that has been passed through the Food Dispenser and Food Disk.
Muzzle Detector: Located under the Food Dispenser. Senses when the dog takes the food from the
Food Dish.
Lid Release Button: Located on the Front of the
AutoTrainer, opens the AutoTrainer Hopper Lid.
Battery Cover: Located on AutoTrainer Base
Unit: Remove to add/replace the batteries (4-D).
AutoTrainer Collar: Consists of the Nylon Collar
and AutoTrainer Collar Unit.
Food Dispenser: Channel that the food travels
to reach the Food Dish.
Hopper Lid: Encloses dry treats/kibble and
Display screen in the AutoTrainer.
Display Screen: Displays information about
training progress and history.
Speaker: Emits tones from the AutoTrainer.
Power Adapter: Option for use without
batteries.
AutoTrainer Collar Unit: The unit on the
AutoTrainer Collar that transmits barking to the
AutoTrainer Base Unit.
Suction Feet: Six rubber feet located at the
bottom of the AutoTrainer Base Unit that suction
to the floor and prevent the AutoTrainer Base Unit
from moving.
Session: The period of time between the start of
a mode and the end
Sequence: A single series of tones, followed by
kibble dispensing
“Uh-Oh” tone: This tone plays when the dog
barks, jiggles or paws the machine. In Teach Me
mode, this tone occurs during those behaviors.
In Calm Me mode, this tone also occurs during
those behaviors, but also signals the machine to
delay the delivery of food.
AutoTrainer Base Unit
AutoTrainer Collar
Large Food Disk
Power Adapter
Small Food Disk
AutoTrainer
Collar Unit
Nylon Collar
Removable
Food
Dish Grooves
Battery Cover
Speaker
Hopper
Lid
Alert
Light
Removable
Food Dish
Removable
Food Dish
Attachment
Lid
Release
Button
Food
Hopper
Food
Disk
Display
Screen
Muzzle Detector
& Food Dispenser
Suction Feet