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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.