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For shooting with..is a gun mounted light better? He usually has someone with him so a hand held one isnt a problem. There seems to be a huge variation in different ones..and i just dont know which one to go for. Thanks for your advice so far. Edited to add the one he currently has is 1.5million candle power but its reaching the end of its life..the light begins to dim after a short period of time despite having been charged properly, its old now too.

I'm looking to buy my husband a lamp - my daughters' often go out with him so he has someone else there to hold the lamp..i saw ones that seem to attach to the front of the gun. I've looked through on line catalgues etc..but not sure what to choose. Can anyone help?

Glad they phoned you..they are a great home for the right pup..but it has to be a bitch, their male Border Terrier wont have another dog in the house. If anyone hears of a bitch pup i'd really appreciate the nod. Thanks.

Must be rough coated first cross..in Scotland but willing to travel down to Leeds area - furthest. Must be bitch. Country home offered with lots of land/other dogs/horses etc.

Is the breeder aware that you have bred from your bitch so early? HWVs are a breed that are late to fully mature..she is very young to have the burden of puppies. Its also against the breeders code of the HWV association to take puppies from such a young bitch.

You are more than welcome..anytime..have a good Christmas.

It seems to have worked!! My weakness is hiking boots and leather wellies.

I wonder if it could be a form of necrotizing fasciitis - obviously in humans they dont bite/tear at their own skin or self mutilate as such, but it might be a thought?

Bought husband a new Barbour (Berwick Endurance..good deal from John Norris - Pentrith), Barbour shirt and a new leather catridge belt - have also organised a shooting day up North for January 2nd for him. Girls are getting girly things..ghd's, wii etc and i have no idea what's in my stocking..

I have seen something similiar about 8/9y ago with a farm JRT who ate through her own belly - she made a real mess of herself but we were able to save her. Nothing could be found that explained this self mutilation..but it later transpired that she had run through pesticides...we had a Collie from the same farm do the same thing 3w later..it was put down to the pesticides...he was destoyed due to the severity of his injuries. It sounds either like a contact problem or something that they have eaten and is making its way around the body and causing an irritant? Poor dogs..what a terribl

Ohhh, a Sun Conure, they are soooo pretty..but yes, usually stroppy buggers!! Its rare to find the actual root cause of plucking, its thought that as they pluck/self mutilate that they get a release of endorphins..so as opposed to it distressing them..they can and do get a 'high' from it. We have had birds come in here that have been self mutilators and ones that have made a hole in their own legs and have drunk the blood..nasty. Feel free to pm me anytime, i'll help if i can.

Hi, i work with parrots and specialise in their behaviour etc. Keep your parrot dampened down..one of the best things to dissuade plucking is to keep the parrot sprayed down during light hours..dont spray him near to when he would normally begin to roost. You may never find the reason why he began plucking but breaking the 'habit' is the key..use 5mls of Listerine (must be the yellow original one) to 1 litre of hot water...spray him with this and it will help..spray as many times throughout the day as you can..heating the water/listerine mix in the microwave so that the water is hot..as its sp

Wee update..Gill's fundraising total - including the online amount is now £8,000. We still have two more fundraisers to do in the New Year..which we are hoping will take the amount over £10k. She now only has one more chemo session to go and is doing incredibly well.

Sorry to read this..cancer is so cruel and so indescrimate. My mum had ovarian back in 2000 - thansk to a great team of Docs and chemo she is still here to tell the tale..i had a run in with it last year and my friend currently has breast cancer..there is no-one out there that you speak to who doesnt know someone affected. Thoughts to you and your friend.

Why control vermin (foxes) in an area where they are killing rabbits and not affecting livestock/ground birds though? Why control the rabbits ie kill them in your area/ Ad before you ssay you use them for foood its so m,uch easier to pop down to tesco so why not just dio that then everyone can stiop going hunting and the antis will have won yeyyy That's the kind of juvenile response i hoped wouldnt happen. Grow up. Thanks for all the sensible input, its been an interesting read. Cheers.