Abstract: A system for remote database access is provided. The system includes an enterprise database that stores two or more sets of data. A data synchronizer receives one or more user-defined sets of data and generates one or more templates that define the relationship between the two or more sets of data in the enterprise database and the user-defined set of data. A remote data system receives the user-defined sets of data and receives user-entered data update. The data synchronizer receives the user-entered data update and maps the user-entered data update to the enterprise database using the templates.

Abstract: A device for training an animal having a first collar, a second collar, spacer members, a mechanism for simultaneously changing the perimeter of at least one of the first and second collars, and a mechanism for limiting the changing of at least one of the perimeters of the first and second collars to a maximum perimeter and a minimum perimeter such that when either or both of the collars are increased to their respective maximum perimeter the animal is prevented from getting free from the training device and when the collars are reduced to their respective minimum perimeter the animal will not be harmed.