A method of stimulating the teats of the udder of an animal comprises
determining the dead milking time per udder or per quarter during a
number of milkings and checking, on the basis of these historical data,
whether a respective quarter has to be pre-stimulated and, if so, during
what period of time. A pulsator controlled in three phases, makes it
possible to adapt the suction-rest ratio of the pulsator at quarter level
on the basis of the milk flow profile of the respective udder quarter.