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Luckily Edith knows that the mere production of the rifle means that she has to behave like stalking dog. Likewise there are times when she has to live up to her breed designation of sheepdog; not a particularly stylish one .Think of a canine Lemmy from Motörhead rather than the slick things you see on One Man and His Dog. Off duty she gets to follow interesting scents and rummage through brambles in search of stuff. She's pretty hot on woodmice. Today she finally nailed a real prize!

I can see your point of view but in your earlier post you said feeding mixed foods was " a complete no no" . When really it's more a question of timing .

I don't get the idea that it's wrong to feed mixer and meat due to " different times" either . Every item of food is going to have a different digestion time . Probably even greater in so called natural feeding. I've always though that mix is good because the dog's digestive system gets used to coping with variety. Come the day meat is short so a bit more biscuit , an extra egg ,tin of mackerel or weird table scraps go onto the mix the gut fauna won't blink an eye . I'm blessed with what l can feed my dogs now ,and for very little money. In the past

What's wrong with different digestion times?

Big fan of the BARF diet apparently

There are times when my garden becomes a bit like feeding time at the zoo . When l do a hogget or a deer all the trimmings, lights, whatever spare offal ,chunks of fat and decent bones are frozen in convenient portions for the dogs and ferrets. In addition the dogs get a cup of cheap mixer a day and sometimes odd scraps or an egg . I've usually got a can or two of El Cheapo Tex Chunks from the local Indian corner shop if l get short of the real stuff or mistimed the defrosting . The dogs do well on it! Feeding mostly raw stuff though makes it really easy to

Turned up to do wasps' nest in a garden about half a mile from home. It was the end of a very long , hot working day; l was stinky, scruffy and covered in dirt from customer's lofts . The door opened and l thought "Wow". A couple of days later l was asked back to check the nest on the pretext that one of her boys was supposedly still nervous about going in the garden. We still joke about her clearly having poor eyesight and no sense of smell

Totally agree. I saw the The Shining at the pictures when it first came out and came out totally underwhelmed. Nicholson is ,l think , a pretty poor actor, but good at getting noticed . He was annoying in crap biker movies that launched his career and his performances haven't improved.

Yachting suppliers, possibly but probably not cheap. "Ropes Direct" is possibly a cheaper option

Get her retrieving little dummies so she knows about grabbing stuff . Or maybe swing a lure on a stick and string till she catches it. When she nails it coax her back to you. Keep at it for a just few minutes a day -maybe for many days . It's so much fun for the dog she won't realise she's even being trained. You'll be on your way to having a dog that chases, catches and even retrieves! All in one combined lesson. Once she's carrying/ retrieving, up the weight of the dummies and lures . That way she won't be shocked by the weight and wrigglyness of the first rabbit s

I have an unusual Fenn MK 4 that was either a mistake on the production line or ,more likely, an experimental model designed to produce more power .Note the springs( approx 3mm gauge) on the standard MK4 on the left. Then look at the springs on the green MK4 (approx 4mm gauge). They are the same gauge as those used on the MK6 in the backround. The thing is not quite impossible to set but you have to be brave . Wouldn't like to do it with cold hands!

There are days when it all goes wrong and l'm glad nobody is there to see it . Then there are the ones that you really want to share with a friend. Has to be a good friend though . What a fantastic day's fishing you had . 300 fish! And a long walk to prove you earned them . Far more satisfying than driving up to the river and fishing out of the boot of your car. Proper fishing

Assuming you are not talking about the O ring . I've never taken a Goodnature piston assembly apart . So l have to ask ,where and what is the " diaphragm "? Goodnature are not renowned for their after sales service . Their distributors are well stocked with expensive accessories but not basic service parts . From what l've heard though they don't have the inclination or knowledge to do repairs . Once the unit is out of warranty they don't want to know.