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  2. Shock collar - Wikipedia

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    A typical shock collar. Shock collar used on a riot police dog in 2004 in Würzburg.Two years later, [1] Germany banned the use of shock collars, even by police. [2]A shock collar or remote training collar, also known as an e-collar, Ecollar, or electronic collar, is a type of training collar that delivers shocks to the neck of a dog [3] to change behavior.

  3. Collar (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The breast collar has two forms: One is a simpler type of draught collar for lighter loads, consisting of a padded strap around the chest of the animal. The other is similar, but is attached to a saddle and used when riding a horse to prevent the saddle from sliding back.

  4. Dog collar - Wikipedia

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    Collars can be decorated in a variety of ways with a variety of materials. The basic collars for everyday wear are: Buckle collars, also called flat collars, [6] with a buckle similar to a belt buckle, or a quick-release buckle, either of which holds the collar loosely around the dog's neck. Identification is commonly attached to such a collar ...

  5. Whistle (company) - Wikipedia

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    Whistle Labs Inc. is a subsidiary of Mars Petcare headquartered in San Francisco, California.It produces and markets the Whistle GPS Pet Tracker, a device worn on a pet's collar that monitors its activity and location.

  6. Watchdog timer - Wikipedia

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    If the software fails to invoke a reboot, the watchdog timer will timeout and invoke a hardware reset. In effect, this is a multistage watchdog timer in which the software comprises the first and intermediate timer stages and the hardware reset the final stage.

  7. White elephant gift exchange - Wikipedia

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    A man "steals" a gift in a white elephant gift exchange, while its previous owner is reluctant to relinquish it. A white elephant gift exchange, [1] Yankee swap [2] or Dirty Santa [3] [nb 1] is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during Christmas festivities.

  8. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    The nurse on call told Holan that her husband’s doctor had left instructions “not to bother him with emergency calls,” Holan alleges. That doctor is now serving time in a West Virginia penitentiary for intentionally prescribing painkillers like oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose, according to news reports .

  9. Thomas Wolsey - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Wolsey was born in about 1473, the son of Robert Wolsey of Ipswich and his wife, Joan Daundy. [3] Widespread traditions identify his father as a butcher; his modest origin became a topic of criticism later, when he amassed wealth and power that critics thought more befitting a member of the high nobility.