Doug Tait

Morning all Looks like being a decent day again, calm and sunny. Heading to Northumberland coast today for a change of scenery, a Yew removal and a Sycamore reduction. Have a good one folks.

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Great clip Peds, that was Santi's theme tune! Miss the old bugger 😞

No insults coming from me Sviatoslav, I wasn't saying you were wrong and I'm happy to have different opinions without being enemies. I know from your previous posts on dogs that we are mostly in agreement on the subject. Many people can make the cage work for them well, as Rich Rule does, quite possibly you do too. I stand by my own experience though, with working dogs, pets and fostering over a dozen problem dogs, many of them had problems created by long periods alone and they just didn't do well in kennels. And I promise you I don't just work a couple of hours a day, I work hard!

I've never agreed with cages. They're usually used as a prison and people excuse this behaviour by using the 'safe place' claim they've heard about. A safe place is somewhere, anywhere, the dog associates with safety, not necessarily a cage. There are countless dogs in kennels that would really disagree that a cage is a safe place! I'm not sure why a nice comfy bed where the cage is situated wouldn't be just as safe a place for the dog. I suspect it's more about someone controlling the dog without having any ability to teach it how to behave. Igor (Mick Dempsey's) dog clearly considers the front seat of the pickup his safe place, as do others mentioned in the thread. I've had many dogs at work with me before as I fostered problem dogs for years, took the back seat out the pickup to make a dog area, every one I've known considered that a safe place, also their bed in the corner of the workshop was popular. To my mind very few dogs thrive in an environment they spend 8 or 9hrs alone, but going everywhere with me, spending a few hours in their pickup safe place then getting a walk somewhere new, somewhere different, they enjoy that, and a pack is meant to live life together. This thread has brought up some good memories of the arbdogs I've had. Some might remember old Santi, my ultimate arbdog, he accompanied me around the south of Scotland, parts of England, and a couple of times to France for work. His safe place was anywhere he could see me, either lying under the pickup watching me chipping or next to my bag when I climbed, or in the machine I was operating, and he appreciated most of all being rewarded for his patience by exploring in a different place after work every day. A cage on his own would've been so detrimental to him, not a safe place whatsoever.

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You Mark, I consider a wordlegod today!

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Just heard on the news you've been dumped from the Stella ad campaign as well, not good. I'll find a link later but from memory, a spokesman said "he's not only embarrassed himself, but us and our brand too. Due to this revelation we have decided to end our long standing association with Mr Bolam, effective immediately". Sources close to Mr Bolam boasted he's already in talks with a wine manufacturer about promoting their product, which is thought to be seeking to attain a bad boy image.

Rich, having carried that six pack everywhere you've gone for several decades I'm surprised you didn't do better with today's word

You're very welcome Jake, although I'm not going to have it as easy cutting the hedge next year now you've destroyed my cutting platform, but I'll forgive you!

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Morning all. Not slept in til this time for a while, it's nice, and the first coffee tastes good! Had a Thai takeaway last night for our good friends leaving meal. Some may remember the 2 Vizslas (and the chooks) I often look after, well they have sold it all and move to Normandy tomorrow. We've seen some good times together, and some difficult ones, we'll miss them. We do however have a lovely place in France to go for hols now so every cloud! Have a good one folks.

Funny I heard on the radio a couple of weeks back the RAC complaining that the gov fuel tax freeze of two years earlier had still not been reflected in the pump price, lo and behold the pump prices start dropping! We are lied to and ripped off at every turn.

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Morning all. Been a busy week and Friday comes round quickly. A day of pavement crown lifting and a couple of removals ahead, and Friday morning traffic is always quieter so a clear run to the yard, happy days! Have a good one folks.

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No fooling you Poirot