Thank you. Yes, I'm Isabelle if you're on github at all and looking at core repos You might know me as tell the machines because that's my username over there and on WordPress slack and I am here to talk to you about layout and Layout I mean layout is a super generic term so More specifically I am here to talk to you about layout in the context of the WordPress block editor What is a layout in the context of the block editor you might ask? It is a block feature That can be added to any block that has in a block so any block that's a container for other blocks can potentially have layout and In order to add layout to a block you would go into the Lock.g.json file and you would add this Experimental layout inside the supports object and you can set a default Layout type in there also so that would be the default for default layer for that lock and This sounds amazing because you know in the context of site editor editing we Layouts are a very necessary thing but before you get too excited about it. I want to add a couple of disclaimers Nothing is perfect, right? So disclaimer number one is that Some layout types only work with block themes or hybrid themes that a little a little bit of explanation about the terminology block themes are themes that are geared to work with the site editor and they're generally composed of HTML templates and A theme.json file which will give you all the style information for that theme our hybrid themes are Essentially, they're classic themes so themes that are built in like as WordPress themes have always been built But you chuck a theme.json file in there So that you can make use of some of the extra styling functionality That that comes with block themes So the essential point here is that both these types of themes have a theme.json file And that's the reason that some layout types Only work with those themes because they depend on certain settings in that theme.json file and Disclaimer number two is that Layout only works with blocks that render their inner blocks with the use inner block props hook So if you you're trying to add layout to a custom block and it doesn't work The chances are especially if it's a really old block because most blocks now they use this hook What it looks like in the code is something like this so in your block edit function You'll be adding the use inner blocks props hook to the container of those inner blocks If Your block edit function is not structured in in this way then the layout functionality won't work Cool. So what does this layout thing actually do? You might be asking at this point and this is where I jump into the demo and That's actually okay, so let's look at the block editor And I don't need me clicker now And we have here a group block Right and the group block by default Comes with a layout type now This is okay, so a couple of things that I should add before we jump fully into the demo the What I'm demoing here is the beta 2 for the next WordPress release So that's the 6.2 release which should be ready sometime in March So what we're going to be looking at is the very Latest features that are going into the next WordPress release so the most up-to-date stuff possible and The other thing is that the theme being used here is the 2023 default theme and that is a block theme so if if you By any chance are more used to classic themes There may be parts of the interface that are not familiar to you, but I'm hopefully I'm going to explain everything as we go along cool So this is a group block and group blocks by default come with a layout type that we called constraint and that the constraint is because they're inner blocks have a specific content width and They will not go outside of that content width unless they are actually set So I have an image block here and in the alignment settings of the image block I could set it to wide width and it goes a bit wider Notice that it's now wider than the actual text inside the block or I could even set it to full width and These are settings that in the block theme universe are only possible when the parent of that block has a Constrained layout type that sets a content width because you can only have a wide or a full width in relation to a content width that's not wide or full that's like narrower and that's that's the logic and If we look in here inside the sidebar We have a layout section and there's a little toggle here that says inner blocks use content width And it's set on which means that the inner blocks are using content with now I can set this toggle to off and what happens is suddenly There's no content width and these Blocks inside the group are just taking up whatever width they have if if that text Was bigger than it would just go right to the end of the page So there would be no limitation at all. So this essentially behaves like vanilla html pretty much the only thing that makes this layout type different from vanilla html is that It sets a spacing between Each block so there there'll be a top margin applied to every block Except for the very first one the first one doesn't have any margin as you might be able to see and that's top margin Comes from the spacing value that can be set in the theme.json Just as the content width is set in the theme.json and that is why neither of these layout types will work without a theme.json Some more controls that we have if we are using content width is these two fields Which may seem weird like maybe at first glance when you look at those you might think I need to fill these in with some value You don't need to if you don't fill them in if you leave them blank Then whatever the theme.json sets as the content width will be used However, you can fill them in and then you can have like I don't know content width of 300 and it's set a wide width of 600 and then The blocks inside will respect that For instance But if you clear it the theme always sets a default so and Then lastly we have these justification controls by default when there is a content width all the blocks are aligned to the center But you can align them left or right Now this justification in the text universe is usually used a bit differently It means that your whole text block is either aligned to one side or another in this case We're aligning the blocks themselves. So if you have Text so you can see that that paragraph block up top isn't actually the text isn't aligned to the right Because it's only the block that's being aligned not the content of the block cool, so this is Pretty much all we can say about these two types of layout The group block is interesting because group is the only core block that has or can take any of all the types of layout that we have So with those controls up there in the top Right hand corner we can transform What was a group lock into a row and that means that suddenly all its children are side by side and No matter how many children there are Unless I'll show you the controls. So here in the sidebar. We have a completely different set of controls now One of these controls allows us to wrap the contents to multiple lines so the contents will just take up whatever natural space they would occupy as blocks and If if there's no more space in the horizontal then whatever other blocks are there will just wrap underneath But if you set it to not wrap then potentially that they'll just squeeze into a Small as they can go and always keep on the same line So that's interesting, but most of the time we probably don't want to do that and now I have to Okay, cool, let me just get rid of that What settings do we have for roblox then you might ask we can set so we can Kind of toggle the justification But if there is a really big block inside here and it's taking up all of the space Then that's not really going to work if this image was smaller for instance We might be able to deal with this So yeah, so you see we can change the justification We can make it go all to the right or all to the left or we can add space in between the blocks The other thing we can do is change the orientation and when we do that It actually becomes a stack block, which is sort of another. Well, basically the name of a group block with this kind of vertical Orientation and how is that different from those other layout types that we saw at the start? It's because these stack blocks can also be Can also be set in different ways so we can change Vertical alignment in the stack block doesn't do anything much unless it has a height But the justification does so we can align them we can Make them Stretch which kind of is only visible if I set say a background color. So you see how If the stack isn't stretched by default, it's just going to be aligned to the left But if you stretch it it'll occupy all the space But these while some of these controls maybe don't make a lot of sense unless we're actually looking at full layout So let us go and look in the site editor and see what what Practical applications these actually have in the context of templates So this is a site editor This is the list view that sort of shows us all the blocks that we have in the site editor And I'm going to open the settings tab so we can see our layout settings You'll notice that there's this middle section, which is a group block. It has a content width All its blocks are actually wide aligned and so That's why we see it a bit wider than we were seeing that group block in the block editor But the more interesting thing in the site editor here is the row the use of the row block in the header So Header is wrapped up in several little blocks There's a first layer of group block that gives it the wide content width to match the main content area and then we have a row block and this has a Justification set to space between so we have one item at one end of the row and another item at the other end We could change it but Basically, this is how 2023 comes by default now supposing I wanted to add a slight logo in here because you know You want to have your logo at the top of the page And I kind of these buttons buttons do not look good Okay, so let's say I want my logo here at the top left hand corner of my header But then I have the site title it because with the row block we've spaced the items to have space between The site title is suddenly in the middle, which doesn't really look good. I want it to be sitting next to the logo So there's a bit of new functionality coming out in 6.2 which allows us to set a Relative size for children of row and stack blocks And that means that we can use it to position those blocks inside the row or the stack So if I go in here So these are the settings for the site title block and I'm going to go into styles That starts to have these these two tab system in the sidebar is also a new thing It's coming out in 6.2 because they were starting to be a lot of controls for each block And so they were now split into settings and styles. Hopefully to make things a bit tidier Now if we go here under dimensions, I hope all is that even visible? That's at the very bottom of the screen Okay, maybe you'll just have to believe in me There is a dimensions panel at the very bottom right-hand side of the screen Maybe you can see it there. Yeah, you might be able to see it on that screen. I can try to zoom in a bit if that helps Yep, and in the dimensions you'll see that we have a width dimension and if we open that Oh bugger, how do I get out of this now? Yes, if we open that we have a toggle with three values the default values fit and then we have a fill value and The fill value magically stretches that item to fill all the available space all the remaining space of that Container block that's not being used by other blocks And that means that I can now push out the site title to sit next to the logo Which I think is kind of cool There's another thing that we can do with this toggle which is set it to fixed and in that case we can specify a fixed width So I wanted it to be like 500 pixels that could also work if I wanted to sort of you know position it We can use other values than pixels here. There's percent M rem viewport width and viewport height Which can come in pretty handy Yep, so that's essentially what I wanted to show with a head arm. What other things can we do? Yes There's another pretty neat application for these new tools, which I will show you in a different template Which is The let's look at the 404 template So the 404 template has a bit of a problem Which is I might have to zoom out. Did I zoom in I might have to do math again In its natural state the 404 template doesn't have a lot of content It just has this search bar and that means that when we have a footer The footer just sort of floats awkwardly in the middle of the screen. It doesn't stick to the bottom of the page designers do not like that sort of thing and So they're constantly trying to come up with ways of this not happening And now I am pleased to tell you that in 6.2. It will be possible to Not do this and I can show you how So List view again We have three elements on this page A header so basically three sort of template parts a header a main content area and a footer And what I'm going to do is I'm going to select the three of them and I am going to wrap them in a group And you'll see why I'm going to wrap them in a group and I'm going to turn that group into a stack block Okay, now something weird happens with the layer because the stack block by default compresses all the items to the left-hand side and that header is now looking extremely weird But we can change that in the stack block settings by setting the justification to stretch And that means that all of the blocks will now occupy the full extent of the screen and it looks decent again But the the thing that we want to do is make the footer stick to the bottom Okay, so how are we going to do this the stack block in its styles? And this is another feature that I'm pretty sure is a six point Two feature. Yes, it is which is minimum height We can add minimum height to a block that's under dimensions in the in the sidebar and The minimum height can be set in relative units such as viewport height Now what viewport height for those of you who might not know It pertains to the height of the actual viewport So the values would go from one to a hundred and a hundred is a hundred percent of the height of the viewport But if we set this to a hundred percent Because there are always headers and sidebars and things like that. We're going to get a scroll bar We don't really want that because it would be a bit silly to have a page with no content in it and the scroll bar So we never set it to a hundred, but if we say set it to about 90 then that will make it look pretty decent and And Footer the foot is still floating up there the way that that didn't work So there's one further thing that we need to do which is now we grab the main content area Which is a child of a stack block and so it has those sizing controls that allow us to to Arrange it proportionally to its parent and we go into styles again dimensions. Where are we? Dimensions are here and now we have a height control and the height control appears because what we Control as a child of a stack group. We're interested in controlling the height If it were a row group as we saw earlier, it will be the width, but we get the same set of controls which is Fit which is the default and then fill and then fixed and now hopefully if we set it to fill Yes, our footer has been pushed to the bottom of the page So that works now. I think it works pretty well. What else do we have? Ah, ah, there's another really neat feature that I want to show you Should we save this? Yes, let's save this. This looks a lot much better than it did Cool, let's go back to the home page because this feature that I'm going to show you will only work In the opposite scenario, which is we have a lot of content to scroll through So how many of you have ever wanted to implement a sticky header on a website? And it's never really been possible to do that before the site editor, but now it is Again, I'm going to I need I always need the list view to navigate the site. There's so many blocks But this view is super helpful because it gives you an index of all the blocks and their children and So yeah, I this is a total life saver for me So what we can do if you want to make a header sticky what we have to do and this this may seem very unintuitive But the first thing we have to do is wrap our header in a group And this is because the header is a template part block type It's kind of a it's a templatey thing It's not really a blocky thing and so it doesn't really have styling controls. It doesn't have any controls at all So we have to wrap it in a group block because the group block is the one that has the controls now the group Block by default will apply a content width and so we have to turn that content width off We actually Hang on where was I yes group block no content width But now we have a group block we can go into this See that sidebar panel that now appears which is called position It has a little drop down and the only possible values right now are default and sticky But that sticky is the one that we want so let's make it sticky and now if we scroll Hopefully if we why can't I scroll? Yes if we scroll our header is now sticking to the top of the page But it looks like crap because the background is transparent So the other thing that we have to do is give it a nice background color could be white could be Grayish off-white whatever. I mean it could be green if you want. It's probably not great as per the Colors talk immediately before mine. Yeah, so let's make it great. Okay, so we have a sticky header With not a great deal of work. Yeah, and I Think that's pretty much it for the demo. How am I doing for time? What Eight more minutes. Ah, that's pretty good. Yeah, cool. That'll be enough. Let's go back to our slides and Slide show and now I need my clicker again. So the demo has been done What's next you may ask because layout is a feature that is being continuously worked on so layout is still actually an experimental feature and The next step are well in my agenda at least if I'm allowed to continue working on it is Stabilizing the API now. What do I mean by the API? It's what allows us to set the layout support in a particular block and Currently you can add layout in into a block as we saw in a previous slide But it's still Experimental layout and what we want to do is take that experimental off it and make it called only layout Now the major step that still to do there's been a lot of continuous improvement Consolidation making them Of the internals work more seamlessly making them work with different types of block structure, which is kind of a challenge There's been a lot of optimization of the styles that are put by layout There there are lots of there can be conflicts, especially with all the themes that have style sheets with CSS in them So the idea is that the layout styles should have the minimum specificity possible But they still need to be specific enough that they actually work So that's that's been a bit of a challenge But the major step I was saying that still to go is to allow Enabling and disabling it at a block level in the theme.json file So when you're a theme.json file, I think I have a code. Yes, so when you see theme.json file On the settings you can have a block section and you can for each individual block like core block type You can set or unset Certain features and the goal is that currently if you try to do that You might see the squiggle the squiggle means that it's looked at the schema and it doesn't recognize that property So that basically doesn't exist. So if you try to do that, nothing will happen the idea is that That so there's a little bit of work to be done in the back end to wire it up But the idea is that once it's done anyone would be able to go into their theme.json and either enable or disable layout for any block. I mean Only use it for blocks that have in the box if you try using it on blocks that don't have in the blocks Then nothing will happen because layout really only applies to containers So if your block isn't a container then, you know, there's nothing you can do Cool, what else this one's exciting this one's actually really cool Which is exploring a grid layout type. Now grid as in CSS grid, if you know CSS is a really cool way of making layouts responsive and making actually potentially really complex layouts with several columns and different types of widths and in core what this might look like Initially is a layout type that can be applied to blocks. I actually optimistically created an issue recently and the thing is this has been talked about forever But every time that this issue gets brought up It's usually designers get super excited and they go all like there's been a couple of issues like this opened by designers And they're all yes, let's create this grid system where each template has like a 12 column grid And then you can snap the blocks to it and and it's perfect It's like that that sort of design system vision that designers have and it's great and I love that idea It's awesome, but it's also going to be really complicated to implement and so I'm rather hoping that we can like start with baby steps and Create a layout type and start playing with it So that's still to come sort of in the Near to medium term future That's another issue about grids grids grids are excellent grids are great The next thing the very probably one of the very next things for the next release is going to be another type of position So you saw sticky which is really cool The other type of position that we might have pretty soon is a fixed Position type and actually some of the code to wire it up is already there. It just hasn't been done yet because Sticky was sort of the first position type. It's kind of the easiest to implement in a way so it was like Experiment with this and then see if it works and fix which is a bit more complex. It will require controls to actually Determine where we want the block to be fixed like in what position on the screen but that should be coming up fairly soon and Next so this this this seems so small but it's adding a layout adding so adding a layout support to the cover block and You think the cover box already have it like people have been asking for this for ages It's especially a problem for folks who build hybrid themes because that's them When they add a theme dot json to the theme it to the to the theme. It suddenly forgets that the classic theme defined content with and So it can it can throw off the whole layout for the theme So now yeah Cool and this has actually been pretty complicated because the cover block has a completely different markup structure from most other container blocks So that required a lot of rethinking of how layout actually worked Which is why it hasn't been done yet, but there is a poor request open on Github and We're working towards it So if this is one of the features that you've been expecting to see Expect it soon in the next version of the plug-in. Sadly not for 6.2, but coming. How can you help? Last but not least if you want to get involved go over to The Gutenberg repo on Github and if you can code help out with code If you can't code help out with testing test the latest versions of the plug-in open issues If you find anything wrong complain to us, please. We love complaints. We love feedback Negative politely worded negative feedback is great. It is super helpful to us So yeah, please do get involved. There's a layout um Label in the repo which can be helpful to find issues related to this specific feature And that's it. This is my cat Charlie and thank you for listening to me


The final item of business is a member's business debate on motion 274 of 5, in the name of Maurice Golden, on tackling dog theft. The debate will be concluded without any questions being put, and I would ask those members who wish to speak in the debate to please press the request to speak buttons now. I call on Maurice Golden to open the debate around such a minute, please. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I thank members from across the chamber for supporting that motion. Dog theft is a serious and growing problem. Almost 200 dogs are estimated to have been stolen in 2020, and almost 2,500 across the UK as a whole. That works out in nearly seven dogs stolen each and every day, and the problem has got worse during the pandemic. The charity Dog Lost recorded an alarming 170 per cent increase in cases. That should not be entirely unexpected, though. The loneliness that many felt during the long months of lockdown saw an increased demand for dogs as pets. We know that dogs are the most likely animal to be stolen. Figures from the Metropolitan Police show that an astonishing seven out of 10 stolen animals are dogs. With the price of certain breeds having jumped up as much as 89 per cent over lockdown, dog theft can be a very lucrative crime. However, it is important to recognise that the data on dog theft is woefully incomplete. We do not know exactly how many incidents take place, where the theft hotspots are or how certain breeds might be targeted. The existing law treats stealing a dog as any other property theft, so there is no requirement for the police to record that a dog was involved, let alone additional information such as breed type. That brings us to the simple sad fact. The law of the land treats dogs as nothing more than things. As far as the law is concerned, stealing a dog is no different to stealing a mobile phone, a TV or any other inanimate object. However, dogs are not objects, they are part of the family. For many people, their dogs are by far the most important part of their lives. The current law simply does not recognise that treasured and irreplaceable role that they have. That means that justice is very rarely served. The law treats dogs as mere property, and a dog's monetary value will influence sentencing. However, the Kennel Club estimates that many older dogs that are stolen are worth well under £500, and thus potentially attracting lighter punishments. It is unsurprising that there is little evidence of maximum sentences being handed out, but sentencing only matters if there are convictions. Sadly, across the UK, where suspects are identified, 5 per cent of cases see someone charged, and, in total, just 1 per cent of dog thefts lead to prosecutions. That is not justice. Given those problems, it is understandable that the focus until now has been on prevention, and both Police Scotland and animal welfare bodies are working hard to help to educate and support dog owners to avoid thefts. Microchipping helps, too. All dogs over eight weeks must be chipped and registered, but that only goes so far. There are multiple competing microchip databases that make access cumbersome, and records are not always properly updated, so reuniting dogs and owners can be difficult. With dogs and owners lacking proper protection, I am introducing a member's bill to help tackle the growing problem. My bill will create a specific offence of dog theft, basing punishment on the welfare impact to the animal and owner, not just on the dog's monetary value. It will provide data recording so that we can build an accurate picture of dog theft in Scotland and help to prevent future thefts. My bill will also ensure that Scotland is not left behind internationally on animal welfare. France, parts of Australia and New Zealand already have specific offences, and England and Ireland are planning to introduce legislation soon. In addition, the equally poor data situation in England will be addressed with standardised crime recording across police forces, more robust rules for registering ownership, transfer data and, in a very welcome move, creating a single point of access for the multitude of microchip databases. That is a huge step forward that we should be racing to take advantage of here in Scotland. In Scotland, there is strong support for taking action. Welfare groups have come out publicly in support of my bills, such as Dogs Trust, the Scottish Pays CA, the Kennel Club, Blue Cross and the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home. I am grateful for their support, and for the support that we see today across Parliament. Almost every party backed today's motion on tackling dog theft, and I am happy to sit down with the Greens—although I appreciate that they are not in the chamber today—to find a way for them to offer their support in the future, because this Parliament is at its best when it acts as one. We should be as one when it comes to animal welfare, a cause that I am passionate about. That is why I am determined that Scotland should lead on this, with the specific offence of dog theft that recognises the welfare impact that this crime has on both animal and owner. That improves data recording to help to prevent future thefts, and, hopefully, it allows more stolen dogs to be reunited with their owners. If that famous old phrase that dogs are our best friend is true, we must repay that friendship and give our beloved companions the full protection of the law. I thank Maurice Golden for bringing this debate, which I welcome, and acknowledge that theft of dogs is on the rise, though we know that actual figures for reasons is given are not available, and I will come to that later. Sometimes guilt and heartbreak certainly ensues when you have a much-loved pet stolen. You will not know what has happened to the dog, its future and how it has reacted to being removed from its home. All of that I appreciate. In my day when my family had the companionship and affection of Roostie, our much-loved member of the family, Irish Seter, thanked me when she went missing, she simply wandered off and soon found her usually on the river bank at the bottom of the garden, or she trotted home herself. I know if she had been stolen, we would have been distraught. Even then dog theft was virtually unknown and we are in a different world with the demand for outstripping supply and the high value in money-to-terms put on dogs. That is where I start. We also are much more informed about all animals as sentient beings, although pet owners, we have always known that, certainly of our dogs, their individuality and personalities, they are indeed one of the family. But now to the detail where the devil always lies. I know that Ronnie Dunlop, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, a dog owner himself, while appreciating the motivations behind the bill, the proposal for the member, considers that the offence is already covered by the common-law and theft. Indeed, the well-meaning, a separate offence, presumably with a maximum of five years, reduces the existing available sentencing range. The view from him is that if sentences are not currently suitable, then the independent Scottish Sentencing Council tasked with setting sentencing guidelines and taking into account other issues that the member has raised and consistency across the court has that role. I am not supporting it, I am just raising it. I am just raising these matters. The motion is certainly yes. I thank the member for taking an intervention. Just to clarify on the sentencing guidelines, I will be consulting on the length of term. Through discussing with the dog charities, we think that five years is reasonable and proportionate. In fact, from the evidence that we have looked at, no one is receiving beyond that in the current system, but it is an opportunity to extend it, if so wished. Indeed, because there is a role for the Scottish Sentencing Council. The motion also refers to the impact on owners, which it infers should have an impact on sentences. However, the existing victim impact statements to the best of my knowledge do not usually alter the weight of evidence nor the value of any reports commissioned by the court, nor usually the sentence unless, and it is unusual, they may, in the case of a matter of serious crime, for example, rape. To give an example, a burglary in an empty domestic property may have different impacts on different people, even though the events are identical. The burglar sneaks through an unlocked door, lifts the computer and leaves. One householder is upset but angry at having left the door unlocked. The other now feels totally insecure in their home and violated by someone uninvited being there. It would be difficult to argue that all things being equal, as I have expressed, other than the impact on the householder, the penalty should be different. What is without contention is that date and dog thefts reported, prosecuted, then without comes should be collected. That is an important move forward and should be chamed. Accepting as I do that animals are sentient beings and not things is another complication. Can we really argue that the theft of a dog should be equated to abducting a child? I do not have answers to those questions, but those have to be addressed. Lighter slations, we all know, is tricky stuff, and I have just touched on some of the difficulties, but can I reassure the member? I do support his proposal. I will see his bill as it is laid and hope that it functions properly, but we all know that those issues have to be addressed to make legislation that is sound and functional. It has been a year, almost to the day, since I adopted my dog, Astro. He is a rescue dog from Romania. Yes, I have heard the joke that he has a European passport and I don't many times, but I went almost 40 years in life without him and I now can't imagine my life without him at all. I know that he is watching this debate online for him, so, as we so often say in members' debates, the wildlife photographer Roger Caras once said, Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. I disagree. I think that dogs are your whole life, and anyone who has a dog will know that. The Dogs Trust and its briefing told us that having a dog improves their wellbeing and reduces stress. They have clearly never met my dog. But right now, in Scotland, if you were to look at the legislative environment that surrounds dog safety and security, I do not think that you would necessarily believe that we are a nation of dog lovers, which is the point of today's debate. The theft of a dog has been relentlessly highlighted by my colleague Morris Golden, not just in weeks and months, but over years now, because it is the same as having your phone or your wallet stolen or your watch. Dog theft is widespread now. There has been a hundred and seventy percent increase over the pandemic, according to some, and that is hardly surprising given the price of some breeds has more than doubled. In fact, when I was looking for a dog, I went through a rescue charity, mostly out of a sense of frustration at the prices being sought by many breeders, but also the unscrupulous nature by which some of them are being sold and bred, because my dog is not a gold watch. Its value is not in its value and its breed. I felt much better giving my money to a charity and rescuing a pup, which otherwise would have been on the street. Can I be a huge credit to the charity Paws to rescue in one of the great charities that do work in the space and publicly thank Ricky Gervais, who is their patron? In the area that I represent, there have been some really high-profile reports of dog thefts and the effect that that has on the victims. At Breeding Farm in Goulson, there was the loss of four puppies. We all read the tragic case of the young couple who had the dog stolen from their garden in Colburni. My heart really goes out to them. I cannot imagine what it would feel like. I once had an episode where he ran out at the front door when I was taking the bins out straight into the front of oncoming traffic, and my heart literally stopped for about eight seconds. You think for that instance, how would I feel if I lost my dog? I cannot imagine what it would feel like knowing that someone has come into your home air garden and taken them away. I do not think that our justice system adequately serves as a deterrent for dog theft, because 5 per cent of dog thefts result in someone being charged, and just 1 per cent lead to prosecution. If that was any other field, we would be an absolute uproar. I should not forget cats, by the way. I have got nothing against cats, so any legislation could look at pets in the round. I think that we should take steps to deter those who steal our furry friends. It is a massive business. In fact, we know that the third most profitable illegal trade after narcotics and weapons are pets. Serious organised criminal gangs and syndicates have given up trading drugs because of the risk involved, and they have switched to legal dog trading. They have gone from cocaine and meth labs to canines and pet labs—that is the sad reality of where we are at. To its credit, the Scottish Government introduced microchipping back in 2016. That was absolutely the right thing to do. Christine Grahame, among others, and other dog and pet lovers have spoken to legislate further in those areas. As have the Dogs Trust, who I pay a huge amount of commendable work to their political asks—see what I did there—are very worthy campaigns, many of which I support and should be looked on favourably. We can do more, we must do more. All we ask of the Government is that, if it is not able to support the dog theft bill specifically, what else can we do to either change changes in guidelines or take into account the emotional effect that a very specific type of theft has on the people that those animals are taking from? I have confidence that all those unanswered questions can be answered. I know that we can do it. Thank you, Presiding Officer, and thank you to Maurice Golden for the table and his motion for debate, but also for raising the really important issue of whether we need a new criminal offence for dog theft. As we have heard, pet theft is not currently treated with the seriousness that it deserves in our society. Legally, stealing a dog is pretty much treated the same way as stealing someone's phone, and that simply cannot be right. While we live in a society where, sadly, maybe we are a bit too attached to our phones, they can easily be replaced like for like, but they cannot replace a unique loved family pet, the loss of which can be really devastating for families. At present, the law does not adequately consider the emotional distress caused by the loss of a pet. Pets are companions, they are part of our families and the law should better acknowledge that. As Christine Grahame has highlighted, animals are also sentient beings. We all know that, the science has proved that they experience pain, suffering, joy and comfort, but by equating them to property, we are denying them the right to be considered sentient beings. That is simply not right. Null certainly seems to be the time to reassess the law, so we do not continue to brutally regard pets largely as property. The past few years have been really challenging for everyone during that time. For many people, their pets have provided company and support through periods of isolation and constant worry. More and more people have turned to pets to provide that comfort at times of huge uncertainty. More than ever, we understand that we better appreciate the huge benefits that a pet can bring to a household. Over the half that the people surveyed by Blue Cross said that their first pet taught them unconditional love or the meaning of friendship. Other charities have seen from the fantastic work that they do to re-home pets that they improve owners' mental and physical health, to prevent loneliness and to encourage learning and empathy in children. Let us recognise that and properly value the welfare and safety of our animals. Today's motion focuses on the theft of dogs, and I understand why we have seen a big rise in dog theft during the pandemic, up by around 170 per cent, partly because the price paid for dogs has risen by as much as, I think, Maurice Golden said, 89 per cent. Although, of course, the monetary value of a love pet is what owners care about the least, it is important that we protect under robust animal welfare laws all of our animals. Whatever the monetary value, a point has been made by cat protection. It may be less reported, but cat theft in the UK increased by 194 per cent between 2015 and 2020. That crime will impact on a family just as much as the theft of a dog. We also know that in Scotland, while all dogs over eight weeks must be microchipped, that is not the case for cats, making it much more difficult to return stolen or lost cats to their owners. If we are to strengthen the law on dog theft or even look at strengthening and sentencing guidance to better cover pet theft, which is a point that has been raised. Yes, I certainly will. Christine Grahame One of the horrors that I know the members are aware of about microchipping is that these criminals, in fact, will remove the microchip from the animals that they steal and sometimes dreadful ways. Colin Smyth That is a very important point that Christine Grahame highlights. I think that that is why really taking pet theft seriously is so important because some of these criminals really, frankly, care very little about the animals that they steal and subject to appalling instances like that. We should, in my view, bring all pets under the same protections. All our pets are treated as living treasured animals, not just property, whether they are cats, whether they are dogs. However, the benefits of having a specific offence of pet theft that would offer these protections to all companion animals goes beyond simply recognising the emotional attachment that we have to our pets. There are also very practical benefits of doing so. According to the Kennel Club, 98 per cent of dog theft criminals in the UK are never charged. In more than half of cases, a suspect is never found. A strong identifier of pet theft would allow cases to be better tracked through the criminal justice system. The UK's pet theft task force found that consistent and accurate recording of pet theft would also help to identify cases. The dogs trust have highlighted the fact that that would build a stronger picture of the true scale of the problem. Proper data collection would also contribute to having more consistency when it comes to punishment and proportionate punishments that serve as an effective deterrent. Introducing a criminal offence for pet abduction would be a positive step forward, I believe. It would bring us in line with other parts of the UK and certainly other parts of the world that have already committed to such a move. I look forward to backing such legislation. If Maurice Golden or indeed the Government decides to bring that forward. I now call Kenneth Gibson to be followed by Finlay Carson up to four minutes please. I congratulate Maurice Golden for securing this debate and bringing this important matter to the chamber. I share his concerns about the rapid increase in dog thefts caused by the high demand for dogs during the pandemic and the increase in their value. This is a crime that impacts and upsets nearly 200 affected households across the UK each month, according to the Kennel Club. In Calburni, where I live, two Scottish terrers vanished from their owners' back garden last month, believed to have been snatched. Thankfully, after missing for several days, Archer and Angus were found and returned to their owner. However, it shows us an increasing fear of dog theft and many owners now feel the need to constantly keep an eye on their dog, never leaving them unsupervised. Unsurprisingly, so, given the emotional impacts that owners of stolen dogs can experience, are often profound, with many victims reporting depression, diminished social lives and even on occasion marriage breakdown as a result. More than a decade ago, I was contacted by a distrot constituent living in Whiting Bay Arran after his dog had gone missing. I let to the police fearing his colleague Timmy might never be returned. Astonishingly, the dog was located in Staffordshire, having been lifted by an Israeli tourist, ostensibly looking for some Canadian company whilst touring Britain. How was he found? Through the microchip, which traced Timmy back to his island owner, who was, of course, absolutely delighted, the important precautionary measure and the legal requirement is one that dog owners can take to increase the probability of being reunited with a K9 if the worst should happen. However, doing so gives dog owners peace of mind and ensures that if anyone tries to re-register the dog's chip number, they will be informed it soon after. However, as Maurice Golden pointed out, the system is not perfect. A decade ago, inspired by Timmy's recovery, I organised the first free microchip session in Scotland in Kilburny, where 167 dogs were chipped. I followed that up with other sessions across Culliam North. Soon, microchipping spread throughout much of Scotland. I cannot thank dog's trust enough. It was dog's trust that was not only paid for the microchips, but it also funded the staff to install them. Indeed, over many years, dog's trust campaign remorselessly and successfully introduced compulsory microchipping. I completely agree with Colin Smyth when he said that we should also consider microchipping cats—something that my wife, a Westminster MP, is pursuing, given that she is the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cats. Unfortunately, six years after dog microchipping became a legal requirement in Scotland and across Britain, many dog owners still have not chipped their dogs. In fact, an English local authority recently said that just 26 per cent of dogs taken in by council dog warrants last year were microchipped with accurate details. The fact that chipping services had to be paused by the SPCA during the pandemic may have further hindered progress. Given the rise of dog theft and the profound impact that this crime has on affected owners and pets, I welcome Maurice Golden's motion and his proposed bill to create a specific offence of dog theft. I note recent comments that have already been raised in the chamber, made by Roddy Dunlop QC, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, who stated that there is already a significant deterrent in place in the common law of Scotland and that any court would take the value of the dog to the owner into account when sentencing. That is certainly reassuring, but only up to a point, and we have heard how few cases are actually prosecuted. However, firstly, a separate statutory offence would address the current gap in the available data required to prevent dog thefts and ascertain the true scale of the problem. Secondly, it could act as a deterrent by setting a more realistic maximum sentence, which might actually be used by the courts rather than the current maximum, and theoretical sentence for theft of any kind in Scotland, which is life. Thirdly, for philosophical reasons, a statutory offence would differentiate between the theft of an object and a living animal, and it is quite interesting that members keep referring to mobile phones as if that appears to be their most important possession. That would establish a clear difference in the law between objects and sentient animals, thus recognising the welfare impact on the dog rather than just treating it as a commodity loss for the dog owner. I am alarmed by the recent increase in the incidence of dog thefts across Scotland, and I therefore welcome that a formal consultation on Mr Golden's proposed bill to introduce a specific statutory offence for dog theft will begin next month. I am hopeful that the introduction of a specific offence will not only recognise the emotional impact and trauma that stealing a dog has on owners and pets. It will also act as a strong deterrent to potential offenders, while equally establishing a separate database for dog theft to track the numbers of offences that are being committed. I now call Finlay Carson to be followed by Stephen Kerr and Mr Kerr will be the last speaker in the open debate. Up to four minutes please, Mr Carson. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. First, I thank my colleague Maurice Golden for bringing this important debate on tackling dog theft to the chamber. Sadly, hardly a week passes without a story appearing in a national or local newspaper about a family pet being snatched from a garden park or even the street. The impact of this often on individual families is devastating, to say the least, which is why I fully support any moves to make dog theft a specific offence that would hopefully reduce theft cases and crucially provide protection to all companion animals and bring those involved in such cruel acts to face tough and quicker justice. We as a Scottish Parliament must send out a clear and concise message that dog theft is no longer or was ever acceptable, nor will it be tolerated in the future. People must be prepared if prepared to go down this road will be severely punished for their cowardly actions. We know that dogs are traditionally men and women's best friends and I've had a dog all my life and I know the pain of losing a dog through an accident and a theft would be the same. I would have spoken a lot about my current dog, but I would get really emotional because the poor old soul is coming to the end of his life, but it's still very much part of the family. Robert Burns, our national barred, had a beloved collie dog, which he chose to immortalise in the twad dogs, but he may well have also said that the rights of cats merit some attention. Colin Smyth has catnaped much of my contribution, but I make no apology in highlighting the alarming rate in cat thefts. Once again, that worry increase impacts not only on their owners but on the cats as well. A pet theft awareness report carried out by Cat Protection has revealed that cat theft crime has risen by more than 12 per cent on a like-for-like basis in the last year alone, and with a near threefold increase of 194 per cent between 2015 and 2020. Like many of the dogs stolen to order, it is the high-value cat breeds, in particular Bengals, that remain the most targeted cat, with the thieves looking to make financial killing on the black market. I will be consulting on the inclusion of cats and other companion animals, but as Christine Grahame highlighted, my focus is ensuring that the member's bill is sound and functional. Expanding the scope could be more problematic for me when you consider that the Government has a whole civil service to support them. I have me and a researcher in a little office in Brotiferry, nonetheless. Mr Carson? I absolutely take that on board and sympathise for having a small office in Brotiferry, but I absolutely take that on board and my priority would be to support in your bill to protect dogs. I am also told by cat protections that for many cats, in fact, they have been stolen for breeding purposes. There have been a number of instances where cats have been returned home with sideshaved, where there was a scar for neutering that would have been present, and that suggests that thieves are targeting cats directly in order to breed from them. The rise in cats can also be attributed to online marketing cats in kittens, where many owners are increasingly more likely to buy their cat than adopt. More than a third of cats obtained by individual families in the last year bought them, and increasingly the public are going online to find that cat, with 68 per cent purchase through this method last year. Analysis of the trend has also revealed that cat prices across three pet-selling websites, including Gumtree, Preloved and Pets for Home, are rocketed in the last year, with people spending an average of £474 in 2021, compared with the previous year. That has helped to fuel demand and make cat and kitten theft, just like dog theft, far more attractive to thieves looking to profit directly off the sharp rise in prices. Sadly, what is not taken into account, and it should, as far as I am concerned, is the devastating effect that it has on cats and their owners and the families who love them. For many cats and kitten owners, these cute companions and dogs proved to be a godsend during the pandemic, providing important interaction friendship and even direction in love during anxious and troubled times. It should also be mentioned that cats are especially prone to stress, which is triggered by changes in their environment or stressful situation, such as being transported. I share the call from Cat Protection that a specific offence for pet theft, covering all companion animals, including cats and dogs, you have introduced, but I absolutely take on board Maurice Golding's position when it comes to ensuring that the dog theft gets through the legislation. Furthermore, it should include access to appropriate— Mr Carson, could you please start to conclude? I will, thank you. You are about five minutes now. I will thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Finally, I would like to go back to Colin Smith's discussion on microchipping. That is really important for cats as well. I am sure that the issues that I have highlighted do have significance not only around cats but in dogs. When Maurice Golding is successful with this bill, perhaps we could look towards the future with an all-inclusive tackling pet theft debate. Thank you. I now call Stephen Kerr up to four minutes please, Mr Kerr. Deputy Presiding Officer, I would like to make a short contribution to support my colleague and friend, Maurice Golding, in his attempts to bring forward this particular piece of legislation, the shape of which has currently been defined through the processes that he is taking it through. I really look forward to the fact that Scotland is taking a lead in this area. I think that it is something that we should endeavour to do. The truth be told, Deputy Presiding Officer, we do not have a dog at home and I often wish that we did, because I grew up with dogs. My mum and dad always had a dog. It was always a West Highland terrier. I mean, I am not sure whether having listened to your speech I am not sure whether I would have a particular dog, but each of those West Highland terriers had its own personality, in fact, to be truthful either. A bit of a problematic relation, though, that at least one of them who saw me really as an interloper in the family and the dog saw itself as the true heir. Dogs do see themselves in this context, of course, and members of families treat them as full and equal members of the family. That actually came a point in life from my mum and dad when they decided that they reached an age where they were not going to get another dog. That is when my dad's health began to become an issue. My sister had a bright idea that what dad needed was a dog. He always had a dog, and so he got a rescue dog, Tara. If anyone has ever loved a dog, my dad loves dogs. If anyone has ever loved a dog, they will know that the difference a dog can make to a person. It made a huge difference to my dad and his love of life. This was a dog that had been abused. It was a very nervous dog, but dad's devotion to the dog calmed the poor creature's nerves and nervousness. He walked it several times a day. He pampered it. In return, the dog showed him nothing but devotion. It was the perfect match. The reason why I say all this is because I just want to assert one thing in my speech this afternoon, and that is that a dog is not a thing. That should be accepted, and there should be some statute that reflects that.  Through walks and eating schedules, diaries are often structured around the needs of a dog, and such a time commitment demonstrates the burgeoning relationship between a dog and its owner. When a dog is stolen, the separation of this loving relationship causes trauma for both sides. For the owner, they are separated from a loving companion who has always been there for them, leaving them with emotions ranging from anger to despair. For the dog, they have been ripped away from their safe home from loving owners. Who can imagine the feelings of insecurity, vulnerability and loneliness that a dog has? For the sake of the welfare of both the owner and the pet, I think that we in the Scottish Parliament can take a lead and treat the issue of dog theft with the seriousness that it deserves. Warringly, there is an increasing number of families that are facing this heartbreaking situation. A number of us have referred to in speeches, well-crafted and well-informed speeches, as I might add, about the number of dog theft cases in 2020 compared with the previous year, and that has been gone over quite well. I will not take time to revisit those statistics, but this is not a situation that we should be content to accept in this Parliament. We need to do something about it. We must ensure that owners can remain hopeful of reunion by ensuring that there is some kind of justice. We must ensure that dogs themselves can feel the love and security of their owners and home again. I thank Maurice Golden for raising the profile of this particular crime and highlighting the need for a specific crime in relation to the theft of dogs. I repeat again, dogs are not objects, they are not even just pets, they are loving members of families across Scotland and the law should be updated to acknowledge and recognise this fact. Therefore, I support calls for there to be a specific legislation on dog theft. I now call on Minister Ashwickan to respond to the debate around the sub-minutes. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I would like to begin this evening by thanking Maurice Golden for securing the debate on this important subject this evening. We are a nation of dog lovers and dogs can be irreplaceable members of the family, as many members this evening have shared stories. I will start by saying that I started my day this morning by my dog jumping on to my bed and waking me up by licking my face, which is not my favourite thing, but there we go. Over the past two years, during the pandemic, dogs and other pets—there has been much mention made of cats as well this evening—have provided companionship for many people, and perhaps especially those who were living alone at a time when social contact was limited to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Those with dogs or other pets will find it all too easy to imagine that sense of loss, of anger and of hopelessness that they would feel if their dog were to be stolen. While I absolutely acknowledge that any theft of a dog is a serious matter that can cause real anxiety and upset to its owners, it is important to note, just for context this evening, that it is not a high-volume crime in Scotland. Last year, the Scottish Government contacted Police Scotland to confirm to us that, in its internal records, it was showing that there were 62 cases recorded across the whole of Scotland, so that was 2019-20. That did increase to 88 cases in 2020-21, but that is still a low number when, obviously, in context against the number of dogs in Scotland. However, as other members have noted, that increase has likely been driven by the rise in demand for puppies during lockdown that year. Does the minister accept that the way in which police record dog theft is not consistent across the whole of Scotland, and sometimes it is not even recorded as a dog theft? Therefore, the numbers associated with that do not necessarily correlate with the true picture on the ground? I would agree with the member that there are always ways that we could be looking to improve that data that we have access to, so I would take that point from the member. Police Scotland indicated that, although it does not have statistics as yet for 2021-22, its impression is that levels of dog theft have since fallen away again and returned back to the previous level that we saw. It is estimated that there will be at least 600,000 dogs in Scotland, so the scale of theft is low in that context. Although a traumatic experience is undoubtedly when it occurs to a loved family pet, as members have noted, dogs are, of course, not objects. When they are stolen, that can often cause considerable upset. When a person's pet is lost or stolen, the monetary value of that pet will be the last thing on that person's mind. We have seen posters put up by people who have lost their pet dogs or cats, offering rewards for their return many times higher than the monetary value that that pet might have because of the value to the person that that pet has to them. I am aware that Morse Golden considers the best way for the justice system to address the particular harm that is caused by the theft of pets is to create a specific statutory offence. My understanding is that the member considers that that would recognise that the theft of a dog can have a serious effect on its owner. I agree that it is important that the criminal justice system is able to deal effectively with perpetrators of dog theft. As members will know, and we have discussed this evening, theft is a common law offence in Scotland, and the maximum penalty that can be imposed is limited only by the sentencing powers of the court in which the offender is being sentenced. However, I have heard concerns that where an offender is sentenced for theft, the court will be concerned only with the value of the item that has been stolen. However, I do not think that that is the case. I think that courts are very well used to taking account of the facts and the circumstances of each individual case. When sentencing a person for the theft of a dog or pet, the court would take into account the fact that the offender stole a beloved family pet and the impact that this has had. We will of course consider carefully any bill that is brought forward that proposes a specific offence of dog theft. One of the key questions is whether that would bring greater transparency to how the justice system responds to this kind of offending and provides reassurance to victims that the impact that this crime has had on them has been taken into account when sentencing the perpetrator. I agree. It is not just the level of the sentence. One of the key benefits of specific legislation is the message that it sends to the criminals, is that there is a high tariff associated with this type of crime, without not serving as a deterrent given the rising cases. I have set the context out. I am not sure if it is right to characterise this as a rising case, because, as I have set out, we think that the level has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Education and deterrents in general are very important things that we should all take note of. With any new law, we need a clear evidence base. I am sure that the members would accept what I am saying about that, to show that it will have a real and beneficial impact. As members have indicated this evening, I recognise that a theft of a beloved pet has a particular impact on those from whom the pet has been stolen. That has come out strongly this evening in this debate. The criminal law policy question is whether the creation of a specific criminal offence, meaningfully, adds to the police and to courts powers to tackle dog theft, given the wide-ranging powers that the courts already have to take relevant matters into account when sentencing. Today's debate has been good in raising awareness of the important issue of dog theft. I would like to begin my conclusion on what will hopefully be considered a positive note. Police Scotland has advised that its records show that in around half of all cases where a dog is reported as being stolen, the dog is subsequently reunited with its owner. It is clear that it is much easier to achieve where the dog has been microchipped. That was a theme that came out strongly this evening that microchipping is an effective method to identify animals to help to reunite them with their owners when they are lost or stolen. As members may be aware, it was this Government that made it compulsory for all dogs to be microchipped and for contact details to be kept up-to-date. It is standard practice for enforcement agencies to scan all dogs that are coming into their care. That helps to ensure that, when a lost or stolen dog is recovered, it can be swiftly returned to its owners. The Government is happy to work with interested parties, including the police and animal welfare organisations, to look at what can be done to improve how pet theft is addressed in our criminal justice system and to consider any specific new evidence-based proposals on how the criminal law could be improved in this area.


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Hi, my name is Andrea with Food and Mentory Adventures in Food.  On our channel, you'll find simple and tasty recipes using everyday ingredients. So for dinner tonight, we are having chicken and dressing casseroles. This is a casserole that my mom used to make often when I was growing up, and I actually recorded a video on how I make this, it's been a couple of years ago. So I'll link that recipe in the description box, made some homemade mashed potatoes to go with it, and some collard greens. So this is what we're having for dinner tonight, and we will see y'all next time. Hey guys, so for dinner tonight, we are having carne asada tacos. I had some thin cut ribeye steaks seasoned them with this carne asada seasoning that I picked up on a recent Kroger haul. If I remember, I will link it in the description box, but Howard just threw this out on the grill and then serving a side of these charro beans from HEB, and then they don't really need any seasoning, but I did add a little bit of this baraccio bean seasoning to it. Also made some easy Mexican rice, I do have a video on how I make my Mexican rice. So this is my plate, we've got the rice and the beans, and then I warmed up my tortillas on the stove, just kind of grilled them a little bit. All I have in mind is the steak, the cheese and the salsa. And then this is Howard's plate, here are his tacos, and he added some sour cream and avocado, as well as salsa and cheese. So this is what we are having for dinner tonight, and we will see y'all next time. Hey guys, so I had to run into Aldi for just one item today, decided to look in the frozen aisle, and they finally had these Euro, or these chicken Euro sandwich kits, 7.49, it makes five large sandwiches. It is, it was in the frozen section, and you can either microwave it or cook it in the skillet, which is what I'm going to do, or the air fryer, here it is right here on the back. And then you're supposed to let this thaw out overnight, just showing you the calories and the ingredients in there. You're supposed to let it thaw out in the fridge overnight, I'm not going to be able to do that, because I just got it today, we're going to eat it tonight. So I'm going to leave this out on the counter for a little while, and then I'll pop it in the fridge as it defrost. But here is the chicken meat, right here, and it's a pound, as you can see it's in pretty thin slices, and then here is the pita bread, and then here is the tzatziki sauce. So I will show you of course what everything looks like when it's all plated up. Okay, so here are the yuros, they were really quick and easy to make, they give you a lot of tzatziki sauce, and it is sour cream based, for those of you that are like me that don't really care for mayo, it's just sour cream. There's onions in there, and there's also cucumbers as well. The meat is pretty good and substantial, the wrap is coming open as you can see. But what I added to this was green, not green onions, red onions, and lettuce, and it keeps opening up on us, some french fries, and I incorrectly told you all that the Euro kit was $7.49, it's actually $11.99, I looked at the wrong item on the receipt. But anyway, this is what we are having for dinner tonight, and we will see y'all next time. Hey guys, so for dinner tonight we are having chicken salads, and I am using this Caesar salad kit from Aldi, I have bought this in the past, and Howard and I really, really liked it a lot, it's a quick and easy dinner. I doctored it up by adding a little bit of extra parmesan cheese, red onion, a boiled egg, and then I also added this chopped chicken, just bear that we buy from Costco, and I have had this bag for a very long time, and we are finally finishing it off tonight. But anyway, this is what we are having for dinner tonight, and we will see y'all next time. Alright, so we are eating family style tonight, my parents are here visiting, so we have some grilled ribeye, and then we've got some baked potatoes that I made in the air fryer, and some corn, so everyone is going to dress their potato and their corn once they fix their plates and are at the table. So this is what we are having for dinner tonight, and we will see y'all next time.


In today's video we're going to be covering another easy shiny hunting method for you to take advantage of in your copy of Pokemon Scarlet or Violet. But before we get into the video please subscribe to the channel, remember you can always unsubscribe later if you would like to. In today's video we've got a super easy method for you to go out and get a shiny sizeless of the new dragon and normal type in these games. And as far as easy goes this is as close to AFK shiny hunting as you're going to get but before we get into the details I've got to give a big shout out to Sukuroa Gaming who discovered this method and location for where to easily hunt and get yourself this shiny. So when you're in your game you are going to want to come to this Pokemon center in the north of Levincia town so this is where you're going to want to start off. Once you're here at the Pokemon center just follow this quick route out of town you want to come to this exit here and then you want to just head straight up this cliff side and it is just up here literally this is where it is. So this is where you're going to do the method in your game I'll just open the map so you can get a clearer picture of where we are right at the corner of Levincia town here so it literally is takes two seconds to get here. So the first thing you're going to want to do when you get to this location is drop a save make sure that your auto saves are off and then we are going to want to set a picnic and create a sandwich. As always I'll put an overlay on the screen right now of some sandwich recipe examples for you but there'll also be a link in the description for the most up-to-date recipes that you can use and there'll be a mixture of different recipes as well. Obviously for this one today we're just going with a very simple one just for speed we're going with the avocado one salty and one spicy herb amistica because we are wanting to set up the level 3 encounter power and level 3 sparkling power for dragon type Pokemon which size Lazar is part dragon and part normal. There are normal spawns in this area so you want them to go for that dragon but this is the sandwich power that you're going to want to set up. When the sandwich is done you'll see you've got that sparkling power level 3 encounter power level 3 which are the main ones that you're going to want to look out for for the dragon type and we get the bonus title power as well level 3 so if we do get a shiny with a mark that will just be a bonus.  You can also set up your camera if you want and this is to just stop the size Lazar encountering you and this is the biggest problem that you're gonna have with doing this method if you don't use your camera or you don't use your menu screen to just avoid the sizes are kind of running into you. Now when you first do this you might find that the spawns slow down after a little while and that is because you're probably not in the most ideal position so just try and reposition your character and they should start coming in out of the wall again. Now if they don't the other option is you're gonna be able to have a picnic set up and that will despawn everything that's spawned out of the wall so far and it will restart the spawns coming out of this crack in the wall. Now sizes are it's gonna be easy to spot it is green and it has red cheeks as it's orange cheeks as its normal form and its shiny form is kind of like a light brown beige color and it's got blue circles on its cheek so like I say it's gonna be easy to spot unlike some of the other new Pokemon in these games. Now like you can see here the spawns have kind of slowed down a little bit out of this area so because I've got my menu open right here what I'm gonna do is just make sure that there's nothing spawning out so we don't want to do this set the picnic up when there is a spawn coming out the wall and we can just set it up like I say it will despawn everything that has spawned out of the wall up to this point and it should just restart the spawns coming out of the wall there so you can see just make sure you've got your menu option screen on or your camera on so you don't get encountered and this is it you just need to sit back and relax and wait for the shiny to appear and like I said at the start of the video it's almost AFK but there are gonna be times where you're gonna have to either set your picnic up or just shuffle your character around to a different position just to make sure that the sizes are continually running out of this wall so you're getting as many spawns in short a space of time as possible because essentially that is what you're gonna want to do for shiny hunting to speed things up to make sure you get that shiny you're gonna want to have as many encounters as possible so just doing these little things while you're doing this hunt will just increase the chances of you getting that shiny even quicker obviously you can just stand here if you want and just wait for the spawns to kind of just keep popping out it might take a little while but there are a few tips that you can do just to kind of help speed things up for you and hopefully they will help you like they've kind of helped me within this process and there we go we got the shiny we've got to try and catch it there we are it's finally popped up and I wasn't even paying attention but there it is there it is we get it finally so it has taken a little while for this one to pop up but obviously when it does just make sure you are on point because you're gonna want to try and get it before it despawns itself so that's one of the keys to doing this I feel like a nest ball kind of feels suitable for it it feels like it's gonna match it quite nicely we get that critical capture and we get it so there you go that is how you are easily going to be able to get yourself a shiny size lasar I guess it has taken a little bit of time let's see how much time we have left on our clock probably not we do we do have quite okay I thought it felt like it's taken a bit longer to get than what it has but you've got a bit more time and just come back and start the whole process again just kind of get yourself set up next to these flowers next to the tree and just wait for the shiny to spawn out of the crack in the wall at the back there and that's all you're gonna want to do like I say you're gonna have situations where the spawns maybe slow down a little bit but just shuffle your character around maybe move forward a bit move back a little bit to the sides or just set up a picnic and then you can just despawn everything that has ran out of the wall in the last five minutes like we're gonna do now because nothing's really coming out at the minute so to speed things up and just to make sure that you all kind of getting as many spawns as you can in the time that you've got you've got a 30 minutes you don't need to worry about it too much because obviously you have dropped that save so if you don't get the shiny then you can just restart your game again and then come back into it but as you see it does initiate the the spawns to start coming out the wall again so if you are having difficulty with this method that is one thing that you can do to get things rolling again to get the shiny a little bit quicker so I hope you found this method useful if you have drop a like on the video does massively help if you're new to the channel do subscribe so you don't miss any more of these methods or other videos we're doing covering Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have a great rest your dear friends thanks for tuning in and I'll see you all in the next one so until then take care and bye bye


Alright, come grab her, come grab her. Hey guys, Tom Davis here, America's canine educator.  A lot of you guys have been asking about the aggressive Tibetan mastives that I've been getting into the facility, as well as the Russian dogs I've been getting and all the big floof dogs who don't like people they don't know. And so I'm putting this video together and I'm out of my facility so I can't do a proper intro of the dog. And basically this dog does not like people she doesn't know tries to go after people when they come into her house. And she's just young, she's less than a year old. So I'm gonna walk you through the process of how to take like an inherited dominant protective dog and help them become integrated into a normal household with obedience. And this is the first session so we get a lot done in the first hour. So that's what this video is and I just wanted to make a video and I hope you enjoy it. So all of the work when you're training mastives and specifically in Tibetans because I have a lot of experience with them. And a lot of the Russian dogs that I see too it's very similar, very just, hey, I'm here and if you don't teach me what to do I become a detonated time bomb. So what you have to be able to do is have the, because like if I train her, she's gonna be good with me. She's not gonna be good with you. So all of the training that we're gonna be doing you as the dog owner need to know how to do this. Nervous with people she doesn't know which then can lead to barking which then could lead to nipping and all that stuff. So when she's at the gate and she's barking at people at the door in the car, property, et cetera. Again, we're not gonna be able to pull that out of her but within a couple of days you can certainly get some obedience on her to say, hey, thank you so much for letting me know somebody's here go lay down and that's what you wanna do. You can't teach a fish not to swim. That's not teaching a Tibet massive not to be protective of possible intruders. And then the other thing that you have to do is you as the owner have to be able to manage the situation to know if you're gonna have people over to the house your obedience has to be good. You can have a parade of people come over hooping and hollering if you tell her to go to her place and her place is really good.   You can get them civil in the house and you can get them to be a dog in the house but they are gonna play the role of a Tibetan Mastiff no matter if you put them in an apartment or a house or a farm. They're gonna play that role. Sit. Yes, good sit. Stay. No. Shh. No. All right, come grab her, come grab her. So what you guys just saw was basic frustration.  She didn't wanna do what I was asking her to do, go figure, she's a Tibetan but then I immediately took the leash back and I diffused the situation. So she's a big dog to be doing this type of stuff but if you continue to watch you'll see the progression we make in this first session within the hour. I'm excited about it, I hope you guys are too. Now let me see her back. Going back to the breed, they go, nah, I'm not doing what you want. So you have to then weigh out your options to say that's how she's gonna be to people she doesn't know coming in the house if she wants to be, it's not gonna be all the time. That's the thing, it's not gonna be consistent. So she just did that to me now, come on, good girl.  So you should be working on leave it, recall and place stay.  But there's gonna be those times where she's gonna want to but it won't matter because your obedience is good. Bonnie, place, sit, stay. And as you advance you start using remote collars to get her more advanced with that stuff.  But then at the same time, because of what they're bred for we have to realize that having that instinctual primal primitive like, hey I'm a Tibetan Mastiff, what are you doing in my yard, Mr. Wolf, Kyo, whatever man or stranger or whatever. That's always gonna be ingrained right there.  So I have to make sure that you can do it. So what I wanna do is work on, leave it, place, place, stay. So again, all this training especially with these bigger dominant dogs is gonna come from you because she was staying for me decent and then as soon as you took the leash so that's what I mean is like the transfer, exactly, she knows. She knows I wasn't going to.  So work on your stay, let the leash down just a little bit and just walk away, stay. Nope, don't ask or tell her. So, there, good, good, good, now give her a break. Perfect, good job, well done, good, let's do it again. Do you know it? Good, now stay, nope, you don't have to yell it. Just say stay, good, it's just voice inflection. Good, now you just stay right here because there's gonna be distraction coming through.  You're good. Good, stay. Dog comes through. Good, stay. Good, and then break. Yes, good girl, well done. Whistle, whistle, whistle. So same thing when you're trying to teach her something, make sure you're also empathetic to the fact of her trying to learn a new behavior. So she doesn't know this that well yet, but she will by the end of this hour. Right.  My goal is for you and your house to be able to say, go to your place and she goes there. That's you try. Good. Sunny, stay. Good, just back up a little bit, good. And so just back up a little bit more. Good, stay. Good, stay. As we continue this, it'll get better and better and better and then pretty soon, the better will become from you going away and then you'll also increase your ability to center to the place from a distance.  And that'll help when you have distractions over because again, she's gonna go, hey, I'm a Tibetan massive, you're coming into my house, I have a problem with that. You say, okay, I agree, but they're my friends, you go lay down. You know what I mean? Right. Good, give her a break. A break. Good. Stay, tell her to stay. Stay. You got that bug. Going back to the original breed of the dog, understanding like this is one of the most primitive breeds you can get. Like you get a German shepherd, you'll get 50 flavors. With Tibetans, they were bred in Mongolia, China. They were bred to defend off wolves, tigers. I mean, people are not a problem for them. So, but historically speaking, every Tibetan I've worked with, they're all the same. They're all gonna go, hey, what's that dog doing? What's that person doing? So it's not to like reprogram this not be that way. It's to say like, I get you. Good, so let's add some distractions. So let's take a step further, just walk around. When we're doing this scenario, the stay is gonna be more important than the send away place as of right now. Like she's within this 30 minutes, 35 minutes that we've been working, the stay is gonna be more important because at home, you can work on the stay tonight. The send away place is just gonna take a couple days versus a couple hours. All right, break, break. Nice job, Bonnie, good job. So that was a lot of shenanigans that probably is not gonna happen in your house, but... I have a six and a eight. Well, then maybe it will. One of her siblings, they posted a picture of a coyote in pieces that the dog got. There are a lot of coyotes there right now that chickens are starting to disappear. So I don't know, I wanna be able to have her help, but I don't trust her to come back. I don't know how to deal with that. And that's a great question. When you get it, again, because I've worked with a lot of Tibetans before from puppies to adulthood, and I've even worked with the ones that are breeding for these, not for these well, well, these aren't inexpensive dogs.  And when you don't put them to work, they become, they take their work, like again, you just told me about her litter mate decapitating a coyote. That's what they're supposed to be doing. They're like, all right, job done, check what's next.  We do off leash training. People come from all over the country to do off leash training here because it's something that we've done for a very long time and we're very comfortable with it. And that's where your obedience here, because this is an only an hour session and we're gonna get done a lot today, but over time, you're gonna be able to have her off leash and have the same amount of control off leash that you do on leash. And that's what we're gonna translate and copy and paste to that area. But. Left. Touch. Go to watch. Good. So even with that distraction and the bangs and all this stuff going on, we're still able to accomplish the place stay within an hour. And now your job is to go home and practice this because what you have to practice is to send away to the place because ultimately after you practice a couple of days, come. Touch. You should be able to do that. Come. Touch. And that. Come. Touch. Cush. All that. That's just with a couple of days of practice, okay? All right guys, thank you for watching. If you haven't yet, don't forget like, subscribe to my channel. I hope this was informative for you. Like I said, we've been getting a lot of these Tibetans the last couple of years. And this is something that's going on with them and it's not something that's necessarily going on in a bad way. It's just people don't realize that these dogs are that protective and they're that one dimensional and who they wanna listen to. And so this is a good encompassing session for you guys to realize that not only do these dogs need serious training, but it really, really has to do with the owners as well. So I hope you guys liked it. Don't forget like, subscribe to my channel. Leave a comment below. Let me know what you thought of the video. Peace.


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