level and the minimum level dependant upon the determining step application_number US 61121106 A description referring now to the drawings and more particularly to fig1 there is shown an embodiment of a confinement system 10 which utilizes an embodiment of a method of the present invention of rising stimulation confinement system 10 is illustrated with an animal 12 wearing a receiver collar 14 that uses information it receives to confine animal 12 within inner boundary 16 receiver collar 14 also known as a stimulation device 14 utilizes the information to determine if animal 12 should receive one or more stimulations from receiver collar 14 inner boundary 16 and outer boundary 18 are used to define enforcement zone 20 therebetween when animal 12 crosses inner boundary 16 stimulation device 14 is activated providing a stimulus to animal 12 thereby providing an incentive for animal 12 to not cross into or through enforcement zone 20 and to stay within inner boundary 16 now additionally referring to fig2 and 3 when animal 12 crosses inner boundary 16 an initial stimulation is applied by stimulation device 14 as long as animal 12 stays within enforcement zone 20 the stimulation level is increased as shown in time periods 1 7 the rise in stimulation occurs over a relatively.