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    I tend to change channel or switch the TV off when he comes on. I remember him from years ago starting on kids BBC wildlife programmes and he has gone from strength to strength, from his own career point of view. A few weeks ago he was on Sunday Brunch when I was at someone else's house and so was not able to switch him off. The more that I watched the more he impressed me. He came across as a very knowledgeable man and very likable. That's the problem that we have and that is why he is so dangerous. He knows the facts. The traditional way that we have always managed this tiny little i
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    A very nice photograph of a cracking stamp of terriers. The dog on the extreme left in particular. Hound ears, linty coat, crooked legs and a strong jaw. Ugly I suppose by present standards, no, not ugly. Full of character and fit for purpose. I find it a little ironic that this type lost favour but Teckles, a physically very similar type seems to be gaining popularity. Not sure what the German dog can do that the working Sealyham could not. Maybe availability, a Catch 22 situation, not much working Sealyham blood around so they are not being worked, not being worked and so the blood available
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    I agree ? As you are probably aware Mr. Willock was an hunting man. Dudley, The Worst Dog in the World is one of my favourite books, for the simple but very good sketches if nothing else!
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    It was an incredible set up that the man had created to film weasels. Not completely natural of course and he was providing food rather than filming them hunting, which would take a different set of skills. Very impressive though and they managed not to anthropomorphise them too much, something that ruins most wildlife programmes these days. Difficult animals to anthropomorphise anyway, unless you liken them to SAS Troopers! The best times when I have been lucky enough to observe them has been when stalking rabbits with a rifle or sitting outside a warren. The most unusual though was a s
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    For the 1st time in a long time I have seen a wildlife programme on the tele, BBC believe it or not, that I enjoyed watching. As the topic title. Probably due to the subject matter, it would be hard to make weasels boring no matter how hard they may try. One thing they missed though , several actually but one glaring error unique to these beautiful little predators, the death dance. Stoats more than weasels do it. Anyone else seen it?
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    This is the best that ever came from Unplugged. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? the best of that session IMO, stands with Leadbelly. Around the time that I eventually gave in and became a "grown up"!
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    Seen John Cooper Clarke 3 days ago, take a look at Evidently Chickentown.
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    Thank f**k they’re rare!
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    The young pretender as he was then at about 9 month old. He came to me at 9 week old and today he is 9 year old. Has he lived up to his full potential? No. My fault not his.
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    I do enjoy a nice glass or 2 of red now and again, particularly at the weekend. Which could explain some of the bollocks that I post on THL. A recent thing for me though ,only about 15 year and prior to that it was drinking mostly beer and whiskey. I have been drinking all of my life and I love it. I am no connoisseur but have a few tips for a new starter. Price. £10 and up will get you a decent bottle. Under £10 you will struggle. Most supermarkets have deals most weeks for those wines at a discount. Cannot go wrong with a £10.99 bottle of Rioja for £6.99, the brand name is not always r
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    A typical example, as they say. A very nice looking lurcher IMO.
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    Reading back through the last few pages of this (mostly) enjoyable thread, ghouls and ghosts? Really lads? The only things that I have been wary of and possibly feared when out and about after dark in the British Isles have been very real. Two legged, bloodthirsty and aggressive yes but most definitely human and of this world. Having said that, on occasion when a Barn Owl rises to clear a hedge in front of me when lamping on a night with a bright half moon they do look 3 times their size and have a cartoon ghost like silhouette. And when a horny fox screams close by it makes the hairs on
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    Can vegans eat carnivorous plants?
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    Fair comment, even though I stand by my original statement. I see that look in working terriers, intelligent terriers, and most of them are but it's not always recognised, appreciated or used. Open to interpretation of course but I think I know what you mean and I agree. Thank you to Moocher 71 for sharing the photographs.
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    An intelligent terrier expression? They’re always deep in thought, dark thoughts!
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    Even the KC standard reads "blue, liver or sandy with or without tan".
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    And that brindle beauty looks like a keeper of the gate...I wouldn’t open that one without being invited in ?
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    Strange animals Shrews. Never known a dog that could follow their scent, seriously, even proven hunting dogs when out on a walk that would hunt anything. And ferrets do not like them. Strange little things.
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    I remember the Beddy boom in the 80's, 90's. There were some genuine people around that were not looking for fame or fortune and just trying the breed and work Bedlingtons as proper terriers. I do not know if they or their dogs are still around but it will be a shame if both have gone. There were others around during that time. The plan seemed to be to buy a pair of Hunter wellies, a Barbour jacket, a Bedlington dog and bitch, and hey presto you were in the working Bedlington Terrier breeding business. The hard work was done during the Summer months at working terrier shows holding court
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    19" and 28lbs, kind of sums up the enigma that is/was the working Bedlington. It would take a brave and dedicated man with a long term plan to use a dog of such a size with the intension of producing working terriers. A better prospect for producing lurchers, but the risk being that such a large dog had much smaller ones in it's make up. I know that they were famous dogs in the kennel of one the most respected terrier men of all time, just find Bedlingtons an odd/fascinating breed.
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    If you're ok then then you're ok. Do not overthink it. If you're f****d then you probably will always be f****d. Diet has nothing to do with it. Deal the cards that you have been dealt. The only person who made me doubt myself was a Czech ballet dancer that turned my world upside down when I met her. My eating habits, my morals my ethics. She tried but failed to make me a better person. I ended up saving her life in more ways than one.
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    All these years of ignoring popular medical advice and continuing to eat bacon sandwiches and beef steak, that has caused no end of domestic grief, not to mention a nagging doubt at the back of my mind that they could all be right. Who do I sue? Apparently, according to a medical professional friend of mine, it is not possible for a human being to be a 100% vegan as we cannot survive without certain things that are not available from plants. Even yeast, from an idealist ethical point of view is classed as an animal. But let them have their day. When land goes over from meat and cere
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    Looking at the pics she looks like was a type that was once certainly popular. I don't recall anyone using the term fell type though and they tended to be referred to as border/lakelands. At least were I lived. Coincidently I bumped into an old friend a few days ago who used to keep and work that type. He no longer has them, more into ESS' and out of he terrier game unfortunately, the only earth dog he has now is a teckle.
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    Ok ?
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    The years have not been kind to Craig David. Shamone mutha fuckas
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