Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Nikkster

One poorly labelled spreadsheet now has it's experiment identified (not the one from last night, another one )...

And there is cake in the office, so a slice of cake consumed (that one was rather easier to achieve!)

Doozergirl

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My recipe is a 3 litre jar, in which I put 3 lb of sloes, 12 oz of sugar, and fill up with gin. You can weigh your sloes and reduce accordingly?

3 litres of gin. I propose a new candidate for board lush (trying to brush it off )

I've had a lovely day

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

3 litres of gin. I propose a new candidate for board lush (trying to brush it off )

I've had a lovely day

It's not three litres, once the gin is drained of the sloes.

Glad you had a good day.

Doozergirl

I'm glad someone has heard from Spirit. Thank you, NDG.

If I were her, I would probably prefer a shawl, or indeed lavender bags, to a shovel.

bugslet

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm glad someone has heard from Spirit. Thank you, NDG.

If I were her, I would probably prefer a shawl, or indeed lavender bags, to a shovel.

We are hoping you need neither. Though in fairness Doozerboy may think a shovel could be used for work, thereby doubly practical.

I can't believe I've been in the office for 14 hours - thought those days were behind me.

silvercar

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'm making her a lavender bag. You can't go wrong with a lavender bag in with your undies (I reckon).

Sounds uncomfortable.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

But not all dogs are BRED for agility and obedience! Some, like toys, are bred just for looks! You would be comparing apples to oranges. Dogs are not just dogs. They have been bred for very different behaviours.

Try hosting a hunt on a dog show for the hounds, or a shoot for the gun dogs? A race or a course for the runners and coursers. Then what for the fighter and terrier stock. And the water dogs!:D

They are being shown and evaluated against their own BREED yardstick, how true to their breed standard they are,

The purpose of animal shows originally was literally just to show your breeding stock ..the anatomy.

Temperament and obedience does count fwiw, you can get sent down the line if your dog doesn't settle, snapping would be unacceptable...the dogs get handled all over by the judge, you might want to snap if some strange geezer touched your vulnerable areas, and ring craft, his performance is meant to test obedience, a dog show is a very distracting place for a dog to be! They are exhibited alongside other dogs and.....have you ever walked though benching areas? Crikey. One day I'll make a point of going down the benching areas of a 'reactive breed' and see what that's like. Benching is a pretty incredible test of temperament IMO. And endurance. It might not look like much to you, but those minutes in the ring have been a testing day for a dog. GDb, may be you'd like to come to crufts with me if I'm not benched this year? I can show you these things?

There are vets at shows. A few years ago at crufts, last time I went I made a complaint to a ring steward about two dogs who refered to ring judge and the vet was called. More and more the veg thing is going to come in to question. More and more dogs are being sent out,

I'd love to come to Crufts with you. It would be great to go round with an expert.

Is there a group for Doglet, or should I leave her at home? She'd win the prize for sucking up to anybody with some food.

bugslet

You can come to crufts with me GDB! I'm not as knowlegeable as lir, but I end up in doggy heaven:o

GDB2222

Could we make an outing of it?

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

I'd love to come to Crufts with you. It would be great to go round with an expert.

Is there a group for Doglet, or should I leave her at home? She'd win the prize for sucking up to anybody with some food.

I'm not an expert. but I know a bit. . I'll find out what day my lot are on.

What I should have done is try to qualify kiwi so we got in for free.

( only dogs entered or exhibiting on stands can go)