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Kira was always a pretty sweet dog but for the last year or so she has become more reactive. Tried everything. Here in Norway they are very much positive reinforcement training. Whilst that is good for learning g new commands it isn’t any good for behavioural changes. My old man had gun dogs and I was around lots of gun dogs as a kid as my uncle bred them. Old school methods and old school results. I changed before summer and ditched the harness and treat and went back to what I knew. Had a bit of help with a guy from the Uk who trains protection dogs for the police and military. Been at it nearly 5 weeks now with the new regime. He changed my thinking about training. His ethos is to have a completely neutral dog and then you call in their drive when you them to work. So for the first 10 minutes of a walk, she gets a lead correction if she looks at another dog, looks around, lunges, pulls or anything other than being neutral. Then she has 40 minutes of being a dog doing what she wants and we switch collars or onto the harness if we are in the woods tracking. Then the last 10 minutes same as the 1st 10. She ia walking past dogs and ignoring them even when they are growling and barking at her. In the past she would have tried to rip them to shreds. By breed they are pretty dominant and can be aggressive unless trained not to. She seems to be doing fine and walks much better in leash. As opposed to positive reinforcement and treats all the time. Basically you are keeping their emotions at a high levels rather than neutral then a strange dog comes round the corner and bang, she explodes.

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Experts warn AI is making your brain work less WWW.BBC.CO.UK Generative AI tools have become hugely popular but some experts worry about the effect they have on the brain.

I haven’t seen the recent series about it but I have followed this for over thirty years. It is still not over; a suspect will be coming to trial next year in the US I believe. Incredible that the UK and US governments have known from day one the truth, and still the farce of investigation continues. It is the most incredible waste of public money. Can you imagine any other person found guilty of murdering 270 people being released after just 8 years?

Sailor's nearly four and has got way better with other dogs. He's easy at the shoot now. Mingles fine. Walking round the edge of town earlier and he charged up to an Airedale terrier like he always wants to but came off beautifully easily. Chatted with the bloke for twenty minutes and he laid down, came over gently, went back away etc. Encouraging stuff. He also just ate half a bag of pheasant guts and wings and threw up next to my guitar pedals. Cheers.

Mick, frequently torn between cancelling a day and having this on a t-shirt.

Family walk up the woods to pick an cut a chrimbo tree. They have a tradition of Porridge and coffee at on the the open huts, then you choose and cut your tree and donate to charity. Pretty chilled and she didn’t react or act like a toaster with the other dogs.

Are you talking about my mum there?

Dirty glass please. The hygiene thing is a joke. You're going to be kissing the same people later in the evening.

Cold sores definitely date back to the olden times, I know and I blame my mum!

You definitely have to pick your battles regarding jobs, and climbing yourself or getting someone else in, as you get older. It’s a fine line, you’ve got to keep your ‘match fitness’ so to speak. I still enjoy big climbs when there isn’t much to do, or smaller climbs when there’s a fair bit to do. Big climbs with lots to do are in my history. My favourites are small climbs with not much to do, but for big money.

I was going to say I haven't had one of these completely stripped down but pullers are generally your friend pulling any bits apart but the ball joint splitters look good.

We’d call that a Sussex half in….well Sussex. I suspect it’s a universal thing.

I quite often keep my glass. Drink 3/4 pint then ask for another half in the same glass. If they brim it (which is what you want) it’s known as a ‘marsh half’ down here on the edge of the Romney Marsh.

Thanks Mark. It would be good to see what you can find out.

We adapted one of our home-made post punners, adding a return bracket, to stop half-round posts from twisting, while being driven. Quite good for holding any type of post though. Cost: just half an hour, with a stick welder!

Ill try to check it this week but I've just had a lot on my plate getting machines fixed before the Christmas closure. I did have a scan on the interweb and resets only seemed to apply to resetting batteries that have Bluetooth connectivity, just to reset that bit so they can connected to other Bluetooth devices rather than resetting a failed battery.

Thanks. The 300's should provide full power. If its anything like the Stihl MSA 300 it will only hit about 5,000 RPMs with a standard battery.

100% The correct decision, something the UK should be doing right now.

I didn't think that they had arrived in the UK yet as I was trying to buy some spare parts the other week and there weren't any available, I couldn't even order them which usually means the machine hasn't been launched. If anyone does have one don't break it!

I’ll post a review, I have 5 batteries some 200s for the topper and 300 for the 542i not sure if they’re X or not.

At 61 I'm wanting/aiming to be climbing/pruning 3 days a week, in winter. But only when it's dry -in Manchester -call me fairweather ❄️ , and at the gym/yoga 2/3 times weekly.