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annagain said:
On the noise phobic dog front have you tried giving him a treat and praising him madly every time there's a bang? Our old dog was terrible with fireworks until we came across this tip. It sort of cured him, we got excited barks in anticipation of the cheese we used as treats instead. Not ideal but 100 times better than the shaking, dribbling, panting mess he was!
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I've tried everything over the years, best I find is to let him hide somewhere dark, cover him up and leave him alone.
I was always taught that if you don't get the timing right with the treats then he may associate being rewarded with being scared which enforces the behaviour further and even if I tried that approach he won't take treats or eat anything, he just goes in to switch off mode.But thanks anyway.
 
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""" Thanks, been looking all round Wales, we are not in a hurry as we have sold our house and the new owner is a friend so will let us move out as and when.
If you find any more that I've missed please send them to unicornleather@excite.com
I'm on the net looking for hours but still seem to miss them!"""

:) OK CremedeMonthe :). I will have a little look the same time as I am looking for a new place for us.
Likewise MightyMammouth, have replied to your message :)
Teg

this facebook page might be able to help >>>> Small holdings and Land to buy/Let in west Wales
 
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ChwaraeTeg said:
""" Thanks, been looking all round Wales, we are not in a hurry as we have sold our house and the new owner is a friend so will let us move out as and when.
If you find any more that I've missed please send them to unicornleather@excite.com
I'm on the net looking for hours but still seem to miss them!"""

:) OK CremedeMonthe :). I will have a little look the same time as I am looking for a new place for us.
Likewise MightyMammouth, have replied to your message :)
Teg

this facebook page might be able to help >>>> Small holdings and Land to buy/Let in west Wales
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Thanks, off to look
 
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Just thought one area that might suit you is the Gwaun Valley in North Pembs. Away from Newport (which is 2nd home city) and the coast property prices aren't too bad and you have the right mix of being relatively secluded but with fairly good access to civilisation. Cardigan would be the nearest town, about 10 miles away. Fishguard is about 7/8 miles and Haverfordwest about 20. Most estate agents covering the area would be in Fishguard or Cardigan.
 
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Back from Wales on Sunday, been collecting our thoughts oh how some properties are misrepresented!
This was the trip:
Saturday left here in Surrey at 7am

NO 1: first house we saw was this one at 2pm:

http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/36905462

Not bad but my elderly Mum would not manage the stairs very well and there was no where downstairs we could use as a bedroom for her. 3 roads all round so in a triangle of B roads, some where surprisingly busy, gates to property were right on to the road so if anyone came to the house and left the gate open recipe for dogs, chickens etc to get out.
I didn't really have room to erect a large workshop either , so for that reason we were OUT!

No 2 is the one we have chosen, we have put an offer on it but until it has all gone through I don't wish to jinx it by putting it on here so will just show you the others we rejected.

Sunday, after staying on friends farm and waking up to see the Kites, Buzzards flying overhead I really knew Wales is for me!
We have Kites and Buzzards but not in the quantity they have there.
Main thing I notice is NO traffic or aircraft noise or blasted ring necked parakeets screaming everywhere which we have here in abundance, won't miss those at all!
It's just silence, absolute BLISS!

No 3 http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/37466189

Met the estate agent, who had had equestrian experience and was a pleasure to talk to.
Property was empty.
Lovely gardens in this one, good view of the sea too, nice bungalow but again right on the road and until you visit these places you don't realise how much it can have an impact on things. Met a nice lady who happened to be hacking past on her horse and who was trying to eat the bushes (horse not the rider eating bushes)!
Pounced on her to pick her brains about local yards, riding schools and saddlers, turns out it's her friends bungalow, she even asked me if I might be interested in her place up the road!
It was in a village though which we want to avoid but she was very friendly and helpful and if she ever reads this post, THANK YOU!
So for these reasons we were OUT.

No 4, well what can I say!
Have a good look at this first so you have some idea of what I am about to say

http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/37258435

We'd arranged to meet the owners there between 12.30 pm and 1 pm but of course we were a bit early.
We tried to ring the owners on route but as usual neither my Sister or I could get any signal on our phones but we managed to get one just as we got there.
We left a message on their answer phone to say we were early and would sit and wait.
Whilst waiting we noticed the property is not in good condition at all and were very disappointed.
The conservatory was rotten at the ground level, with all the paint blistered and peeling off the rest of it.
The house would need re rendering all round and painting to seal it which would add to the cost.
All the outside of the house was cracking, it looked damp as there was bracken growing out of the wall about 10 feet up!
There is no sink/drain away round the bottom of the properties walls all round, to allow water to drain away and the result is the damp creeping up from ground level, that with all the cracked rendering higher up, not a good thing.
There was a wasps next above the front door as it wasn't sealed so they could get in, we had to keep out of their way as they weren't happy with us being there (the wasps that is, not the owners - well not at that time anyway!).
The lawn was the only thing that was nice, the static caravan was almost derelict, full of rubbish and certainly not a place you could let out to anyone, wouldn't let my chickens use it let alone a human.There was an old caravan next to it with broken windows and full of rubbish. There was lots of junk and decay all round. Poultry units were derelict and buried behind and in bushes, it was awful. We waited until 12.47 pm as no one had turned up we left,there really was no point even in going round the house if they had turned up to show us.
It's nothing more than an over priced rotting junk yard.
That house is NOT "In all a very desirable country property." as described on the website.

There is far better out there and we have found one, it's right off the roads, on it's own, got 1 acre of land for us to grow food and have the chickens, enough room for the dogs to play in safely and there are workshops and out buildings there all for under 178k
If this sale goes through then I will post it on here, thanks for all your help and support, looking forward to making saddlery in Wales instead of Surrey!
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Thank you.
Everyone will be welcomed for coffee
I believe is the rough translation
Good luck hope it all goes through ok
Our move to Pembrokeshire from Hampshire 5 years ago was the best thing we ever did.
Watching the red kites from the comfort of our conservatory today was heaven!!!
 
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Brilliant!! hopefully you will be in and sorted long before October it's nice to be in before the clocks go back and you loose the evening daylight
Bet you are really excited!i
 
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Brilliant!! hopefully you will be in and sorted long before October it's nice to be in before the clocks go back and you loose the evening daylight
Bet you are really excited!i
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Thanks, yes we are excited.
Main reason we want to get there before then if possible is, we have a noise phobic dog and the fireworks round here we have all year really intensify from Oct through until Jan the following year, so a bit of peace and quiet will be wonderful!
We don't have to move everything all in one go, we can stagger it as my neighbour is buying our house, he's in no rush as he already lives nextdoor and isn't selling his property, so all in all a calm easy move we hope!
He's even moving the large stuff for us, he has a ream of men working for him with 7.5 ton vehicles, I have a Transit van too so between us we can shift it over a month during weekends. We also have chickens, dogs, pond full of fish and a large tortoise to move!
 
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