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    I had one off him that was nearly 6 months old I think in 2002. I think he got a stay of execution because he was a real character even with the minimal socialisation and what they charged wouldn't have covered costs (yes I am the soppy tw@t who falls for the sob stories). The dog was a doddle to train, if somewhat excitable, but sadly he turned out to have a genetic hip fault and Hancock admitted there were others with the same problem (he offered money back / free pup). With the help of a rescue I managed to find him a less active home. Someone up thread was asking about 1/4 beardie crosses
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    This group have form for struggling with maths. They made rather inaccurate claims about 'hundreds of thouands' of right wing twitter trolls celebrating Jo Cox's death which was debunked by an economist article. Their chief exec Nick Lowles is ex antifa / red action / editor of far left magazine 'Searchlight'. More divisive politics intended to fragment and weaken society...
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    I've had trouble getting tripe from my local place. They said people are now buying as much as they can to sell on and it goes straight away. It's doubled in price in the last year or so. Annoying because it is good quality and a nice chunky mince. They reckoned a woman had bought £1000 worth of tripe the week before! Shame about binning that breast of lamb, paying £2.80 / kg here.
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    Had a look on youtube, Meeri must have taken down all his videos That's it, SJM was in Scotland. As I remember she was a bit of a looker and tended to fly off the handle, so I would guess it got emotional with the thl pervs. So was it the Stiffmeister with the red filter ? We take the ability to take decent quality video and put it on a hosting site for granted now, but it was an amazing thing 10 years ago.
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    The videos from around the time digital cameras started to take off stick in my mind. There was that guy with a camera taped to his lamp that always used a red filter that went 'bok' when he lifted it to go on full beam as the dog took off. Meerihunter did some good videos with his salukis. SJM was another of the early videographers, unusually shooting daytime rabbits and fetching them with her collie lurchers, wasn't there some thl controversy around her?
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    For most people, that's the problem. Housing is too feckin expensive and until mortgage lending returns to 3 times one worker's income and interest rates return to the historic norm of around 5% it will remain that way. Homelessness is much more complicated issue than 'just give them a house' and sadly is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. It's a political stunt for the media circus and will be forgotten by next week. Ignore the politician, he is almost certainly lying.
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    I struggled with my sal / collie / grey lurcher to start with (probably because it had been a long time since I last did any training) but found I could shape her behaviour to an extent by working with what makes her feel good / get a run. Out in the fields, her retrieve and recall is ok, but because she tends to work out at such a distance (which I believe is a saluki thing) I am just along for the ride and can't see what she is doing a lot of the time. Thankfully she seems to have a reasonable sense of self preservation and doesn't want to be anywhere near sheep thanks to some good advice I
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    Think it was k9yle and he was using it for tracking feral boar in the forest of dean and the dog might have been from NZ. It was an interesting thread, but can't find it with the forum search.
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    Democracy is a too simple way to describe the UK system of government. It is a mix of constitutional monarchy and sort of representative democracy skewed by the party system. As far as I can understand it, the antis have a class warfare thing about mounted packs, but the very large majority of the electorate don't give a flying about hunting with dogs and become very much for killing wildlife the moment deer get in the veg garden or squirrel gets in the roof. Our system of government is a very long way from perfect and has been corrupted in many ways by those seeking power over the millennia,
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    I see it more as an example of an interest group (antis) finding common ground with politicians and manipulating the legislative system to the fullest extent (and beyond imo) of the bounds of the constitution. A bad thing regardless of the interest group. There wasn't much representing the will of the people going on, only those with skin in the game had genuine interest in the matter, anything else was a knee jerk reaction for the media or 'surveys'. I have no love for the aristocracy, but the alternative of a house of commons with fewer constraints on its law making is a worrying prospect, t
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    Kind of... the house of commons voted for an outright ban, but the house of lords kept refusing to sign off the law. Normally in this situation it would have failed to become law, but the then speaker Michael Martin took the exceptionally unusual step of invoking the parliament act (which was really created to push through difficult laws in time of war), which forced the ban into law. The house of lords and the law courts are part of a system of 'checks and balances' to stop the house of commons making up whatever laws they like. bbc brief history hunting act
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    The security aspect and the idea of being able to store wealth outside of the fractional reserve banking system, out of reach from the grasping hands of government, are great. However, I would be concerned about being able to buy goods or services with or cash out bitcoin > £sterling.
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    I've employed Jim Greenwood when I was struggling with mine and his help was invaluable. I recently saw a friends large bedlington / greyhound that was dog aggressive come good, so it is possible.
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    Are you going to be living in the camper van in an enclosed yard, or stopping in lay bys etc? If it's not an enclosed area, the dog is going to end up outside on a chain a lot of the time. Might be doable for a while, but not ideal.
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    One near here does well. Family business with their own on site abattoir, so people from the villages prefer to use them because they know the lamb, beef and most of the pork is locally grown. They are also close enough to the motorway that the people from the nearby culturally enriched urban centres come to buy from the continental department of the butchers. They also run some fridge vans doing home deliveries and catering supplies. Their staff are excellent and must be well looked after to do the long hours and good customer service. There was also a one man butchers 3 villages away un
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    Mine's a 26" saluki type. She's the best I've ever had at finding daytime rabbits and birds in cover. Probably not what the breeder had in mind for that cross and doesn't catch that much, but all good fun
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    Cheers, might give the tracer a go. Seeing the dog miss bunnies she could easily catch because her nose is on the ground is annoying. A mate has a mostly whip / grey that started off a nightmare on the lamp first season, yapping and a rather hard mouth, she seems to have grown out of it this year and catching well.
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    Can you get a really tight spot with the variable tracer? I've always stuck with the clulite blazerlite because it's compact and reliable, but am having trouble getting mine to use eyes not nose on the lamp. Thought a really focused spot might help her to learn.
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    Where are the general public best off buying venison? Don't have the time / inclination to be hunting them myself but would like the occasional munty for the freezer.
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    Thanks FD, I think it'll be ok. The lump hasn't changed, so not too worried about it. Strangely enough, I had a similar lump to the side of my spine that the chiropractor spotted. He broke it down with some sort of spring loaded punch thing, but said that if it wouldn't break down he would recommend having a doctor check it. Stupid dog has just started her season, perfect timing for the long nights
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    Had noticed frontline didn't seem to be doing much now and have gone to daily flea combing, occasional bath and plenty of hoovering and keep washing the vet bed, but only have the one dog to do.
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    Army gore tex boot liners http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITISH-ARMY-SURPLUS-BLACK-MVP-BOOT-LINERS-G1-SMALL-TO-XL-GORE-TEX-STYLE-FABRIC-/192222046746?var=&hash=item2cc153aa1a:m:moc6jziJm8FgKvNxDi9XgBA with normal socks work with wellies. The sweat condenses between the boot liners and wellies, so there is a bit of a squelchy sensation, but your feet stay dry and warm.
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    Starting to get trouble with mine losing one and heading off to find another instead of coming back. When she was younger, she really didn't like running out from me for too long, but that's starting to change at 2 years. It's a worry because it's never far from a major road in my local area. Otherwise she is eager to please and has decent obedience, but not sure what I can do when she is out of sight and quite probably can't hear my whistle. (x not a pure)
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    It's firmly fixed, it's difficult to tell what it's fixed to. There's not room to get my fingers around it to tell if it's fixed to bone, muscle etc. Do you think it needs checking? Doesn't seem to be giving her any trouble. My local vets are going to be hopeless for this type of thing. So far as I'm aware, the nearest recognised sighthound vet is Daniel Doherty which would be a fair old round trip.
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    Anyone had anything similar? About the size of a baked bean, just above the stifle. It feels fixed rather than floating around. I'm not too worried about it in the sense that it isn't getting any bigger. I had an animal chiropractor check it, she said it is possibly a hernia but couldn't be 100% and it isn't causing any type of movement problem. There's no sign of blackthorn or other foreign bodies, the skin in the area is unblemished. The dog is a healthy 2 year old saluki type bitch.
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