1st ade Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Mrs 1st Ade was walking the Staffie along the Grand Union through New Bradwell yesterday. She came across a small inflatable boat with three men on board. They were wearing dry-suits but no life jackets; neither boat nor men had any form of name or identity displayed (CRT lifejackets and overalls tend to have their logo on) The boat seemed to be full of batteries with two electrodes dangling in the water. Around the boat, fish, apparently stunned, were on the surface and being "scooped" into keep nets. Mrs 1st Ade (politely) asked their business and one responded that they were doing a fish survey! She asked who they worked for and was given a name (which she now can't remember but wasn't CRT, British Waterways etc) and contact number (ditto). They were polite enough but it sounded a bit, well, fishy... I asked if she got a photo of them and got a lecture on having her hands full of over excited Staffie and in any case it was raining! Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Three Men were cod red handed today for illegal fishing with electricity. They were charged with a salt with batter-y. Edited March 10, 2018 by rusty69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Probably the local angling club who stock the fish in the first place and therefore are the interested party, but strange things happen nowadays where some folk don't have the same ideas with regard to eating fish in canals. Worth a call to CRT if there's any suspicion of foul play as I'd have thought they'd have been informed of such works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRLMK38 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Likely to be CRT contractors electro fishing to remove Zander. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Poss Environment Agency. Standard method to survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 hours ago, 1st ade said: Thoughts? I always found Cadbury's chocolate buttons were very good to calm down an over excited Staffie. It doesnt do too good to get the over excited. We used to have a springer spaniel that went 'Bong' (like zeberdee) when over excited. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, Dr Bob said: I always found Cadbury's chocolate buttons were very good to calm down an over excited Staffie. I'd 'calm down' too if I'd just been poisoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 24 minutes ago, Rumsky said: I'd 'calm down' too if I'd just been poisoned. Mmmm bit dramatic, unless Dr Bob had been feeding said dog with bucket loads of buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, rusty69 said: Mmmm bit dramatic, unless Dr Bob had been feeding said dog with bucket loads of buttons Can't afford bucket loads of buttons! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 I can't afford a bucket!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 48 minutes ago, Nightwatch said: I can't afford a bucket!! How are you going to control and over excited Staffie then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dr Bob said: How are you going to control and over excited Staffie then? M̶i̶s̶-̶r̶e̶a̶d̶,̶ ̶m̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶e̶y̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶e̶s̶t̶e̶d̶.̶ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st ade Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 hours ago, GRLMK38 said: Likely to be CRT contractors electro fishing to remove Zander. Full marks (and a Greenie) to GRLMK38. Local fishing tackle shop said exactly the same. Also said it was a regular occurrence - now slightly puzzled that we've lived near the canal for over twenty years (six of them dog walking on the towpath) and never seen it before. Shows how much we run (or walk) on autopilot i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRLMK38 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, 1st ade said: Full marks (and a Greenie) to GRLMK38. Local fishing tackle shop said exactly the same. Also said it was a regular occurrence - now slightly puzzled that we've lived near the canal for over twenty years (six of them dog walking on the towpath) and never seen it before. Shows how much we run (or walk) on autopilot i suppose. Well thank you Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Dr Bob said: How are you going to control and over excited Staffie then? Talk it down very very nicely. Use first names and lots of reasoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanglewood Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 9 hours ago, GRLMK38 said: Likely to be CRT contractors electro fishing to remove Zander. My vote goes to this too, they did the stretch between Slapton 30 and horton 31 a couple of weeks ago (before it froze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st ade Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Nightwatch said: Talk it down very very nicely. Use first names and lots of reasoning. And a plentiful supply of dog biscuits. Very "treat" oriented is this particular animal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb Innisfree Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 8 hours ago, rusty69 said: Mmmm bit dramatic, unless Dr Bob had been feeding said dog with bucket loads of buttons I bet it would take a few bucket loads of Cadburys 'Chocolate' Buttons to give a dog chocolate poisoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, nb Innisfree said: I bet it would take a few bucket loads of Cadburys 'Chocolate' Buttons to give a dog chocolate poisoning. 5% of body weight is a lethal dose of milk chocolate according to this source. http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-dog-poisoning.shtml Edited March 10, 2018 by cuthound Spillung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, cuthound said: 5% of body weight is a lethal dose of milk chocolate according to this source. http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-dog-poisoning.shtml Maybe they were white "chocolate" buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 18 hours ago, nb Innisfree said: I bet it would take a few bucket loads of Cadburys 'Chocolate' Buttons to give a dog chocolate poisoning. It's not chocolate poisoning but being poisoned by an ingredient of "human chocolate which is omitted in dog chocolate. Vets waiting rooms are covered in warning posters about things to avoid feeding your pet, onions, dried fruit, chocolate to name just a few Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWM Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 21 hours ago, cuthound said: 5% of body weight is a lethal dose of milk chocolate according to this source. http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-dog-poisoning.shtml Probably a safe bet, as modern Cadburys chocolate most likely contains less of the good stuff than doggy chocs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st ade Posted March 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 It's not chocolate poisoning but being poisoned by an ingredient of "human chocolate which is omitted in dog chocolate. Vets waiting rooms are covered in warning posters about things to avoid feeding your pet, onions, dried fruit, chocolate to name just a few Phil The skin off the turkey (after cooking before anyone starts...) was one which surprised us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 The skin off the turkey (after cooking before anyone starts...) was one which surprised us. You've now got the duck worried! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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