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I bet. I don't have the hardware for VR sadly. Ancient joystick is working ok for me. It has a crap throttle so I'm using it with keyboard for that and rolling. Feels ok.

Ancient joystick and keyboard - playing on a laptop and I've never got on with controllers. Feels like a pretty good combination.

Star Wars Squadrons is kinda fun - imagine it would be a mind f**k on VR though.

Its lovely when they find another dog they just click with. For Comet its usually one almost the same age and not too much bigger but he did make friends with a bernese when he was a lot younger. That made for some pretty comedy zoomies.

I find it quite hard to understand how you can own a dog and not be able to identify when it is happily playing!

We meet the odd new dog owner who doesn't get the submissive / aggressive taking turns thing. That and the the play biting, which is all perfectly normal. Never had that sort of reaction though.

Generally not bothered seeing as Comet doesn't tend to give other people a chance not to - he just runs up and rubs himself against people if they give him the slightest encouragement. As I mentioned a few weeks back, I did draw the line at a woman picking him up..

Comet is going through a phase where he gets aggro with some pups of around 5 months. Generally he is a very friendly little tike and he doesn't mind mixing it with much bigger dogs. Just something about pups that age I think.

Had a husky pup (huge) just charge at us the other day just being playful, but 25kg of dog running at you full pelt could do some damage. It jumped up at me and nearly knocked me over. Comet just ran around it and gave it a nip and it backed off. Owner was apologetic but if it had done that to a kid she could have had a problem. I think you just have to judge it.

A few weeks ago there was a dad playing football in our park (which is an ex golf course and massive with dog walkers) with his two kids (both 10ish). Comet ran up to them, seeing the footballs and the kids all tensed up. He didn't jump up or bark or even touch them and quickly lost interest but clearly he just wanted to play. I apologised, as you do, and the Dad started giving me aggro which he got back with interest (wasn't in the best mood that day.) After that I got a bit nervous with him off the lead. Later I changed my mind - the guy was being a dick for no reason. Some people just are.

A build that full understands the mechanical and philosophical nature of road fixed / fixed road doffs lockring tool

I think expecting answers from that series is missing the point a bit but I understand that being the drive to read more. Agree the second was hard work but I really liked how it was written. Third one I enjoyed more. Made it worth reading the second imo.

Years ago. Solaris is good.

Unrelated - currently reading How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. All about the history of psychedelic research and science behind it as well as the more recent resurgence in scientific interest. Fascinating stuff and very eye opening (pupil dilating perhaps!).

Ironing in the nude (a colleague - possible boast).

The Homestead cafe in Beckenham Place Park is good if you don't want to go further out. Also do beer, pizza and ice cream - no indoor seating at the moment though. Advantage is that you can have a mooch around the park.

What a gorgeous lad.

Yeah, named after a unicorn or a reindeer depending on when you ask my daughter. Fits well though as he is rapid.

We sort of wish we'd had Comet done a bit sooner. From 7 to 9 months he went mad and a lot of our training went out of the window. Took him about a month after to calm down and he's all good now. Still the friendliest little dog in the park

We had our boy done at about 9 months which most people we spoke to seemed to think was later than average.

Was chatting to some people I know in the park the other day whilst walking the dog. A young couple walked by and ours trotted up to the young lady, tail wagging, to say hello (as he does to everyone). She picked him up. She actually picked up my dog. I was too shocked to say anything.

She put him down and said someting about him being cute. All I could do was look at her blankly. Who picks up a stranger's dog?

Anyway - never been too bothered about people coming up to stroke him without asking but I probably should be. He's super cute and very gentle and the friendliest dog I've met. Also, quite often he will go up to people and lean on them as a hello so hes sort of stroking them without asking...

Have always taught the daughter to ask before petting a dog though- you just don't know.

You don't.

A good guide too if you are interested.

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Our lad calmed down a bit soon after he had the snip but not sure that was the cause. What we were told is never stop training. Stupidly we didn't properly heed this advice until now.

The problem with poodles is they are eternal puppies and they love to take the piss when they're in the mood.

What age is he? Bare in mind their recall goes to sh*t at 7-8 months before they calm down. In fact they quite often go bonkers at that age for a few months.

Ours is currently being a little git about coming back on the lead so doing a lot of retraining with him. He'll come when called and never runs off completely but if he's in that mood he just won't let you get hold of him.

He's just had two weeks of having the run of a Northumbrian beach though so he's probably sulking at being back in SE London.

Just back from Batcombe Vale (somerset) - can thoroughly recommend. Lovely friendly little site with decent facilities. Good pub nearby (Three Horseshoes) and a good chippy too. They were very good about gently shutting down some of the more boistrous parents. Dog friendly. Ice cream van came round on Friday night which went down well in our household.

Both mornings daughter woke up and exclaimed how much she liked just listening to the birds (as opposed to aircraft and police sirens I guess). A really good first camping trip as a family.

Ouch in both senses. Hope the little fella is ok.

Saw this on Reddit. Thought I might see it here..

That brings back some memories.