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    Popcorn?

    Neal replied to Ken's Deputy's topic in General Talk

    A friend of mine told me the embarrassing story of when she was getting in the weekly shop with her toddler strapped into the seat in the front of the supermarket trolley. The toddler, as many do, shouted out what treats it wanted but, as many of them do, couldn't pronounce it properly and turned it into a spoonerism: Mummy I want cockporn!
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    Thanks for all the advice everyone.
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    I agree with AndyD89. In addition, if you find it starts to get too much then make sure you've got a firm and reliable down/stay with the younger dog so that you can intervene verbally without having to do it physically. I've had a few similar situations in the past where older males are simply too polite to tell a bitch off and put up with it.
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    Thanks. I popped back on and my password still worked so I'll definitely try to get back on more regularly...though in my case it would make more sense to post on Squirrelers.
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    Many thanks. I'll have a quick look at their websites too. I just wanted to make sure it was someone who'd give good advice about what was best for me rather than get as much money as they can out of me.
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    I'm getting a new pup in a few weeks and, as the rabbit population near me has declined rapidly over the last few years, I'm considering getting an air-rifle and training the pup to work with the air-rifle in order to broaden its horizons as my other two have become completely dependant on squirrel for any kind of work. I live in Waterlooville so Portsmouth Gun Centre is close by and I regularly go to north Dartmoor so I was also considering Okehampton Gun Ltd. Does anybody have any experience of either shop and subsequent recommendations? Thanks in advance.
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    I was on it but stopped visiting as there were so few new posts. But then again I suppose I'm as much to blame as the the next person for that. Can't really blame others for nor starting posts when I wasn't doing so myself.
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    I disagree. I think it looks perfect from the ground.?
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    I "almost" met Charlie Watts when I was at art college in Falmouth...this is my best non-claim-to-fame. We had weekly lectures, talks etc in the lecture hall and one week word was going around that the talk that week was by Charlie Watts. Needless to say the hall was packed with standing room only...and on walked Charlie Watts...unfortunately, what most of the people in the room didn't realize was that one of the lecturers from the other site (i.e. not the main sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography building but another site within Falmouth) was also called Charlie Watts. He must've bee
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    Not necessarily pigeons in particular, but I used my last lurcher alongside a friend's air rifle. A lot of dogs are afraid of fireworks but every time he heard one he'd rush off to the nearest bit of cover hoping to catch a runner.
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    I'm sure John Holmes said something similar about that i.e. all the pups he bred followed his wife as she fed them all, but as soon as they started training/working them then the ones trained by him followed him whereas the ones trained by his wife would follow her. I've always found with my kelpies that I'll only have one retriever in the pack when they're working. Whoever caught anything it was always Rusty who'd "politely ask them for it" and then bring it back to me. Once he died Noggin took over as the retriever. However, if I'm not working all of them then another dog will take over
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    Very good point. I always used to start mine off as outside dogs and gradually get them used to being indoors until they could do both. But now I tend to do the opposite...but then give up when my neighbour says, "I'm not complaining but..." and then my wife says, "I don't want to have a row with the neighbours so..."? I read in one book about a breeder who advised sleeping with the dog in a crate in your room for a few nights and then gradually moving the crate further away as they accept the crate as their den rather than your room as the den. Have to say it makes sense as Ned prefers t
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    Bosun11 and Chartpolski: the only reason I call them painted wolves is because it's less characters so quicker to type.? I always used to call them Cape hunting dogs as that's what they were called in the Jane Goodall and Hugo Van Lawick book I have but then, years later, I heard them referred to as painted wolves as it's the translation of their latin name. I swapped to that as nobody seemed to know what I meant when the said the former. I think they thought I meant an actual dog breed.
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    I find the biggest drawback to settling a new pup is other people in the house who say, "But it's crying," or neighbours who say passive/aggressively, "I'm not complaining but..." It's just like kids, they soon learn to either sleep through the night or whine for attention. I agree with Bosun11: ear plugs or ignore it and it'll be fine in the morning.
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    I've often wondered this too, especially painted wolves. I read a lot of recent research about both species i.e. painted wolves and timber wolves and I'm amazed by the fact that painted wolves seem much more "dog like" in many ways than timber wolves.
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    I started my best ferreting bitch at only about three or four months. I simply didn't worry about what we brought home and put the ferrets in wherever she seemed interested. She soon learnt which smell produced which result. With regards to distance walked, both her and the following dog were pups when each of my kids were in their off-road buggy so they popped into the basket underneath when they were tired. My current youngest was post-buggy so I bought a bag to carry him in (to save my arms) and taught him to sit in front of me when he was tired and wanted to be carried. I thought he
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    I've still not seen it myself. I've had my years of cbeebies...we're now onto CBBC. I do miss Rapids Johnson.?
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    They must be becoming popular...there's a new series on cbeebies called "Bluey" about a heeler pup. I kid you not. It's a cartoon I hasten to add.
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    One of the actors who played a pirate in the early days of "talkies" was from Cornwall and so, to this day, people often put on a Cornish accent whenever they impersonate a pirate. Agree with the previous posts. I lived in Cornwall for three years in my early twenties while I studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art. I absolutely loved living there and have been trying (for the intervening thirty years) to get back to live in the West Country. Personally, I prefer Dartmoor, but there's definitely a certain something about living in Cornwall. I felt as though I was completely disconnecte
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    I saw my first ever redstart this year. A pair of them were nesting in the barn next to the cottage we were staying in on Dartmoor last week.
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    I'm by no means an expert on ferreting, as I only owned ferrets for about fourteen years, but I'd definitely agree with lifelong cumbrian. Following advice from Old Phil off here, I introduced my late kelpie bitch to the joys of ferreting as soon as she was old enough to go out (probably around three months old). I simply took her out and let her join in, get in the way and eventually help out more and more as her confidence and knowledge grew. That's the one thing I miss about not having ferrets anymore, is the adding of another string to your dog's bow. My first lot of ferrets and my l
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    My pick would be the red one. Seems very business like yet responsive.?
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    Mine take the occasional wood pigeon but for some reason they always seem to point and flush pheasant instead of trying to make contact. I could understand when Rusty was like that as he was startled by a pheasant erupting right in front of him when he was a pup but the others do it too. Odd.
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    A bit of advice please from a moderator: re my earlier post about articles in the Shooting News from the early 90s, I've found the articles I was looking for and there were actually more than I thought. I've actually got nine articles and letters from Carl Williams and replies from Dave Sleight, The Warrener, Stag Carter etc. However, my question is, am I allowed to photograph them and add them to this thread or is that not permitted re copyright etc?
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    Couldn't agree more. That old nature/nurture debate again. I remember reading an article about Scottish shepherd/sheepdog trainer John Holmes in which the author put forward their opinion that what made him such a good dog trainer was not so much the tractability of his collies, but rather the fact that he could get such good results with a wide variety of breeds. Actually, I've just remembered, I think that article may have been written by Old Phil (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong Phil). With my first three kelpies, I was complimented once by a kelpie breeder when I pointed out
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