A method for training an animal includes the steps of recording, by a user, of a plurality of audio messages encouraging or commanding the animal to engage in, refrain from engaging in or cease engaging in a plurality of user-determined behaviors, storing the plurality of audio messages in a memory of a collar module to be worn by the animal, audibly broadcasting a user-selected audio message simultaneously with the user physically controlling the animal to engage in, refrain from engaging in or ceasing from engaging in the activity referenced by the user-selected audio message, sensing a location of the animal with a location detector, and triggering an audio broadcast from the collar module of a user-selected message particular to the behavior associated with the device and heard by the animal based on the location.