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  2. Martingale (collar) - Wikipedia

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    Martingale dog collars are also known as greyhound, whippet or humane choke collars. The martingale dog collar was designed for sighthounds because their necks are larger than their heads and they can often slip out of buckle collars. These collars have gained popularity among owners of other breeds in the recent past with many trainers now ...

  3. Dog collar - Wikipedia

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    A dog collar is a piece of material put around the neck of a dog. A collar may be used for restraint, identification, fashion, protection, or training (although some aversive training collars are illegal in many countries [1] [2]). Identification tags and medical information are often placed on dog collars. [3]

  4. Greyhound adoption - Wikipedia

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    A "retired racer" Greyhound. Greyhound adoption or Greyhound rescue programs focus on finding homes for greyhounds who are no longer needed for racing.Greyhounds have had a reputation for being gentle, people-centered dogs, and "par-excellence for persons wishing for a companion for themselves or their children".

  5. Martingale - Wikipedia

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    Martingale (collar) for dogs and other animals; Martingale (betting system), in 18th century France; a dolphin striker, a spar aboard a sailing ship; In the sport of fencing, a martingale is a strap attached to the sword handle to prevent a sword from being dropped if disarmed; In the theatrical lighting industry, martingale is an obsolete term ...

  6. Saint Guinefort - Wikipedia

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    Guinefort's story is a variation on the well-travelled "faithful hound" motif, similar to the Welsh story of the dog Gelert.. In one of the earliest versions of the story, described by Dominican friar Stephen of Bourbon in 1250, Guinefort the greyhound belonged to a knight who lived in a castle near Lyon. [4]

  7. Hare coursing - Wikipedia

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    Coursing at Hatfield, an engraving by John Francis Sartorius, depicts Emily Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury riding side-saddle.. The competitive version of hare coursing was given definitive form [5] when the first complete set of English rules, known as the Laws of the Leash, was drawn up in the reign of Elizabeth I reputedly by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, [6] providing for a pursuit ...