Recent content by SilverLinings

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    Worst thing the cat's done.

    That is excellent cat hiding skills TP, I am very impressed 🤣
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    Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

    I find it odd that they say 'my horses love to be awkward and make things harder for me' which is anthropomorphising and not very enlightening. It sounds like a disinterested owner with three bored, under-handled horses who have started to play up when taken out as it's exciting to finally leave...
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    I saw a THING.....Velomobile!

    Several horses in this area have trouble coping with a reclining bike with a very tall flag pole plus multiple flappy flags on the back ridden by a local man to get to the shop and back. Some eventually settle but many don't, and I suspect it's because they don't see it often enough or for long...
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    Another fatal dog attack

    The stories about Romeo and other dumped XLBs show how little thought many people put into buying a dog, and how little they care for them. I'm pretty sure that if another breed was banned tomorrow, say one without a reputation for being bought to look tough e.g. Labradors or spaniels, we would...
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    Another fatal dog attack

    Northern Ireland is now being pushed by the government to make a decision on whether to ban XLBs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67959845 When are owners going to accept their responsibility* and register and muzzle their dogs rather than shipping them off to another part of...
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    Another fatal dog attack

    I expect it's just the name putting people off, not the similarity to a banned type, the poor upbringing, his size or the bite history. He just needs re-branding, although it will have to be to one extreme or the other depending on the market they are aiming for, so either 'Syko' [sic]...
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    Another fatal dog attack

    Ahh, that's all right then, he should make a great and loving family dog, who likes to protect his owners but loves the children 🤣:rolleyes: Poor thing hasn't had a great start in life, but that's a big dog to rehome with a bite history.
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    Another fatal dog attack

    I don't really understand why he was shipped all the way up to Scotland after being dumped, but they are saying he isn't a banned breed and can be rehomed legally? If he fits the type then he will still come under the legislation, and if he doesn't then why the dramatic attempt to rehome? I did...
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    Another fatal dog attack

    It has been announced that Scotland is going to follow England in banning XLBs, so I hope all those who took on XLBs that were 'saved from death' in England are prepared to keep them and comply with the law. I would hope that anyone in Scotland who has acquired an XLB since the ban was announced...
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    Help Identify a Piece of Tack?

    The mouthpiece looks rather uncomfortable for the horse where the middle section connects to the side bars. Having a springy section in the middle is presumable to make it more comfortable for the horse's tongue, but the joins would at least partly cancel that out.
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    Does anybody not vaccinate?

    My lot had their boosters just before Christmas and the vet was saying that they've seen a few serious cases over the years of flu in horses who never leave their yards (and other horses don't go in), and that there have been studies showing flu can be spread over a mile by the wind so they...
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    Value my stock pin competition - a bit of fun.

    OK, after analysing all the evidence, the photo and the clues, I've got it- it was the Cook in the Library with the poker! Have I won @ycbm, have I?!😂😝 Edited for spelling YCBM's name wrong (despite it only having four letters) 🤦‍♀️
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    Another fatal dog attack

    Actually, on the subject of cropped ears and the current XLB problem, WHY hasn't importing an ear-cropped dog been outlawed? I know that it is illegal to crop in the UK but that it still goes on (just isn't done by vets because obviously it's illegal), and that people avoid prosecution by...
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    Another fatal dog attack

    And has he had his ears cropped?
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    Value my stock pin competition - a bit of fun.

    I am rather torn, as it would be unusual to set actual diamonds that size (presuming @ycbm isn't fooling us with a dolls house miniature replica) in silver rather than gold or platinum, but I suspect it may be hand forged/chased which throws a bit of a spanner in the works in terms of material...
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