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  • Teaching kids trout fishing and the horrific state of BRITISH COLUMBIA’S wilderness

    Teaching kids trout fishing and the horrific state of BRITISH COLUMBIA’S wilderness

    September 1, 2025
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    Yes, we should be salmon fishing. But when we scoped out the local spots where fishing was allowed it was so absolutely packed that it would be difficult not to tangle a line. Our dog, Loki, is going blind due to his advanced diabetes and we weren’t sure how much longer we could take him…

  • Training big dogs for family self-defence

    Training big dogs for family self-defence

    August 22, 2025
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    I’m lucky that my family has always had big dogs. Starting out young with dogs who stand face to face with you changes your perspective on how to relate with dogs later on in life. I have decades of experience with: …and I still don’t feel like I have any kind of expertise. My dogs…

  • The Controversial poultry strategy

    The Controversial poultry strategy

    August 20, 2025
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    Building a Flock I woke up one morning with the thought that I had to check Facebook marketplace that minute. When I did, I saw that one minute earlier a woman had posted that she must immediately give away her flock of chickens due to divorce. I instantly inherited a flock of fully grown layers…

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