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Welcome to this tech talk, sheep and cattle yard design. Our speaker today is Ben White from Conditon Group. Ben is an agricultural engineer, Conditon Group's research manager and the editor of Farming Ahead Magazine. Ben comes from a farming background and has worked for the group for the last 20 years. Ben has extensive experience in delivery of research and has expertise in the areas of farming technology, grain storage, precision farming, engine technology, seeding, spraying and harvesting equipment. Ben and his colleagues have altered numerous research reports and case studies about sheep and yard design. I welcome Ben. Thanks Ben. Today we're going to talk about investing in livestock infrastructure, incorporating handlers and or crushes. In particular we'll have some sheep handlers and we'll talk about some case studies and give you some examples of people who have done some of these measurements in yards and handlers and how they've done it. We'll do a quick run through on cattle crushes as a bit of a buyer's guide. Some of this material has come from a report that we conducted in 2019 around sheep infrastructure. What we've done there is put together a series of case studies with some detailed information on different growers and how they've gone about selecting yards and yard designs and what suits them and their needs. From a sheep infrastructure investment perspective, there's a bit of a checklist we could do well to run through before spending our hard-earned money. Checklists should include things like planning design, make sure that yards are well built and well designed and they're designed according to requirement. They're not straight off a plan that has been put together by a company in a one-size-fits-all because as we know, that's rarely the case. Need to think about things from a long-term perspective, allow for expansion, choice of materials, curves. I'll talk about diamonds, installation, races, coverage of the yards, latching, making sure we've got power, air and water, concrete and loading ramps. Now, before we spend our hard-earned money on yards or any infrastructure to do with livestock, it's worth making sure we get the plan and the design absolutely spot-on. I think one of the things that we need to do is make sure that it's going to suit our needs and also suit any existing infrastructure that might be there. Now, most of these plans will take a number of iterations. Don't be disheartened if you don't get a first go or you can't think of how to get a particular design. In a lot of cases, most manufacturers will help you to come up with ideas as to how you might want that design to work. I'd suggest that you're really going to get a first go and you probably will need to maybe have a think about some alternatives and also look at other yards to give inspiration as to maybe what might work in your scenario. One of the things that is absolutely essential is thinking long-term, making sure that the yards you're building are built with a long-term view, a long-term perspective. Make sure that the yards will accommodate what you might want to do in the future, that you've got room to expand those yards and that might mean making sure that you've got some panels that are removable or some sections of the fence that are removable or you can also fit other infrastructure around those yards in the future that might be there already. Allowing for expansion is something that is often overlooked and we get very focused on the yards that we're trying to build at the moment and not so much about what we might want to build further on. I suppose allowing for expansion means that we've got some options in some gateways or some panels that can be removed so that yards can be expanded later on and also that we've got the area for those expanded yards to fit into. Choicing materials is always an interesting one. Obviously steel is most commonly used now although we do see in this instance, for example, old gates with timber panels in them, they're perfectly good in good shape and they've been reused. Think about choice of materials and obviously steel materials need to be galvanised so that they wear well and don't corrode prematurely. Curves are a mainstay of most yards and the bugle horn design has served us well over the years and continues to do so and there's a few iterations of that bugle and curve design that probably we see in most sets of yards these days. The curve tends to draw shape around in a nice constant flow and means that pushing and enforcing pens don't have to be pushed so hard and can actually probably be a little bit larger than they have been previously. Diamonds are a new feature in a lot of yards and we're seeing more and more diamond pens incorporated into yards. Most of these are fitted with 360-degree gates which means that we can swing and shift shape from one pen to another of any of the four that are on the corners of the diamond. So I think that diamonds are something that we're seeing both in yards and also shearing shed designs. Races are the business end of any sets of yards and we've got all sorts of ideas and designs I suppose from the single sort of race as we've got on the right-hand side there to the double race on the left all concreted obviously. You might want gates that can be open from either end in the case in the left-hand side that's a feature that that race has. Also midway gates so that if you haven't got quite a full race you can drop a midway gate and stop livestock running backwards and forwards up and down the race and certainly that's a design that is becoming prevalent. One of the things that we've seen recently is a more elevated design in races so that the sheep are lifted up towards you a little bit more and also a toe gap underneath the race so that you can get in nice and close to the sheep. It doesn't add a lot to the cost of the race but does make them more usable. Cover is something that is worth waiting gold I think particularly in areas where a lot of work is done during the summer months cover is absolutely essential to be able to work throughout the day and equally in cold environments you can put a cover over it and stop rain and continue to be able to if you've got dry shape continue to be able to work without too much of an encumbrance. There's an absolute multitude of latch designs and what we need to do is make sure we've got a latch that's easy to operate in the position that it's placed and also that it can't be bumped too readily by stock and with the risk of boxing stock up when they're in the yard. So latch design is important it also needs to be easy to function and not too stiff it needs to be nice and easy to open if it's under load for example in a forcing pen and also in the context of latches and gates I've just popped a little image there of their 360 degree latches which are most common in diamond configurations in yards these days. When it comes to gates there's a fair bit happening we use them a lot in yards we need to make sure that they function really well. Power, water and air are all things we need in the yards to run things like scale heads tag readers, sheep handlers and sometimes animal husbandry equipment so make sure that we've either got access to those or they can be easily routed throughout the yards because it's becoming more common particularly electrical access points in a lot of cases these can be run hanging down from the ceiling or from the roof of the shed if it's under cover to be able to both provide access and also provide that in most places that you're going to work within the yards. Obviously high traffic areas need to be concreted so races, drafting points, around sheep handlers etc make sure you've got a nice rough surface there but also the ability to be able to clean out is important as well so not too rough I suppose is the key. One of the other things that makes out yard cleaning a little easier is perhaps incorporating some concrete in the gravel base and patting that down and doing it properly when the yards are first installed this can mean cleaning out is a lot more simple and just running a small bucket over it you'll be able to extract most of the manure and dust and dirt that might be or might have built up in the yards and of course over time this material can corrode the bottoms of posts out so pretty important to clean yards out making those outer yards with a nice firm base will certainly improve the ability to keep them clean. Loading ramps are one of the things that we often overlook when we're building a new set of yards but they're very important obviously for getting stock in and out of the property. If you've got a slope certainly the example on the right there gives us an idea of how that can be used to your advantage to maintain operation on land and also for the person operating or filling the truck it's got to be safe so on the left hand side we can see a new pro way race that conforms to some of the latest standards and those standards are available online worth having a look at those just to make sure that truckies are safe so those that are working with them to load trucks or unload trucks are also safe so gangways and handrails are obviously important and certainly can make the job of loading stock on and off trucks a lot easier. When it comes to yards one of the most important things is obviously installation making sure that once a design has been done well that the installation has also done well little things like just making sure that the concrete around the posts is a little bit proud so that again corrosion isn't an issue small things like that can actually make yard workability and maintenance and cleanliness a lot better. Design is absolutely essential as to with the layout and so often it's worth engaging a company specializes in this to help you make those designs and then in a lot of cases they'll install the yards and the components and a really good set of plans to then be able to install them yourself so just take your time with them make sure your wealth quality is good make sure that posts are well set in the ground and also make sure things like drainage are all accounted for as well because that's really important. Now sheep handlers are something that's becoming more and more prominent on farm and we're getting a lot of inquiry about sheep handlers as both farmers get a little bit older and some of these considerations come into play so we've recently looked at sheep handlers for the third time actually so we'd suggest probably a bit of a run through that and I'm happy to walk through that now in terms of what to look for and how some of the handlers compared so here's a test that we did we're looking at sheep handlers we're looking at build and design quality maintenance, ease of operation ability, we also ran 20 sheep through and just did a quick time test to see how those sheep would flow all the handlers were using the same lead up race to try and make that uniform as possible and I would add that the ability of a sheep handler to put sheep through comes back to the quality of that lead race and if you're going to make the investment in a sheep handler it's worth thinking about lead up races and making sure that they flow into that sheep handler so as you can see there's certainly a range of prices that sheep handlers range from sort of that $8000 up to $30,000 and also there's a variation in both build and design quality and also ease of operation there's a couple there that aren't in that list and some more unusual designs and some that maybe have come from across the Tasman so I'll just pop those in there for those that might be interested we've got the Hecton the Perkins Trenchmaster and also the Dandarion sheep handler there as well so just looking at some of the individual sheep handlers now and we'll start with the ClipEx obviously provides good access to the sheep it's a half rotation of the sheep there's a few little issues that we came across with pre-delivery and there is a control box in underneath the machine that's actually pretty difficult to get to so that said there's an air outlet for accessories and the auto release function was really good CombiClamp, very clever engineering it's quite simple, no power required just uses the weight of the operator pretty quiet to operate in all reality you probably need two people to operate the CombiClamp somewhat a push up because you've got to have a person there and the CombiClamp the sheep as it comes on and a couple of little finishing things there that we think might be might be improved in terms of capping those cut section profiles and moving on to the Gallagher Crutch and Dag pretty robust unit this one galvanised construction impressness and also simplicity of operation it's a pretty easy machine to clean down we also found that there's plenty of access for operators and in terms of what could be better perhaps that top cylinder does obstruct things a little bit and for a single operator might be a little bit tricky to set up to so maybe a couple of people are required to set up there if you are tipping the animal upright that release isn't automated so I think that's something that Gallagher are working on currently the P. Hill Handler this is a machine that rotates the sheet completely upside down providing excellent access look it is well built and it's really adjustable just a little thing there with the bore gate the sheet following and about to lead into that P. Hill Handler can push forward a little bit and create some issues here we have the P. Hill Industries a mobiliser a bit more of a similar design perhaps to the combi clamp in that it clamps the animal in an upright position overall very simple uses air for that clamping mechanism and you can adjust both the width and also the height of that clamp it's got an electronic eye that detects where the animal is and once that's adjusted it is very consistent in terms of catching the shape that manual rear gate which is optional does require a little bit of coordination but once you've got the hang of it it's actually quite simple there's a mount pole for overhead gear which potentially could get in the way and we would like to see some bigger wheels on that P. Hill a mobiliser just to be able to shift it in and out of the yards a little bit easier if it's going to be moved here we have the Tapari HD4 it's a new machine recently released to the market it's got a four-way draft on it a couple of new changes on this machine we've gone away from tools to a rotary switch on the switching panel there's a fast wrench mode so we're certainly looking forward to putting some sheep through this and just seeing how that goes in the context of those earlier 20 drench times that we showed earlier yeah, there's a new back gate that's see-through which would help animal flow and some adjustable hot bars that we're looking forward to putting some sheep through as well so that's one to look for as I said, new to the market we have a lot of testing with it at this stage now one of the things we looked at in this latest sheep handler report is the two bulk handlers when we talk about bulk handlers we're talking about sheep running onto a race and that whole race elevating so that they're immobilized and we're then able to undertake sheep husbandry practices so without them sort of moving around too much and it does, lifting their feet off the ground does tend to lift their head also which makes obviously drenching and tagging and things like that a lot easier so the two different models the pro-way bulk handler we'll start with the pro-way as per the picture here all galvanized steel construction we've got a floor that elevates using a hydraulic power pack so this needs to be connected to hydraulics the pro-way comes in a couple of configurations both in a transportable and non-transportable mode or a fixed sort of design this is the 6 meter transportable design in 6 or 12 meter fixed design so a couple sets of wheels go on this and it jacks itself up with a towing A frame to be able to be transported as this unit is taken from farm to farm now the pro-way has a sliding rear gate which sheep run into and then over the floor which is basically chains or rails that have a polythene hose coating over them so that they don't cause any damage or pinching and then that floor is elevated so the floor comes up once the sheep are in the race like this you can also see that the floor then is well off the ground and can be adjusted to any height that you want the front gate is there released with a handle from anywhere along the race really so if you're drenching and starting from front and then moving to the back effectively what you do is get to the back of the race and lower the floor and then open the gate and sheep are free to go from there the other bulk handler is the Murray bulk handler so this is an interesting one it's got two V race configurations actually uses an inflating wire to lift the race with some pretty clever geometry do need to have an air receiver there to be able to operate this with a smaller sort of compressor if you like I think one of the things that's interesting with the Murray handler is that there's always a lot of modifications whenever we see one of those on farms owners have done mods to it themselves so yeah maybe a good piece with option to modify things that's the inflating tyre as I mentioned which is part of the lift mechanism if you like so in the race there's two V races that run up the length of the machine the tyre is inflated that expands out and then lifts up the two races so that you can walk along and do drenching or earmarking or what are you doing as a couple of inserts you can get for smaller sheep and lambs that sit in over those two Vs which I guess narrow up the lift portion of the handler and these particularly used off shears probably could have done with that and as you can see they've still got feet on the ground in the elevator position but the thought what we do is just run through a couple of case studies now just to give you an idea of what people have done and look this is Digby Stretcher set up at Kojina in WA and you can see that there's some additional work to happen on the out yards and so just using some temporary fencing at this stage to get a feel for how that might work and I think that's one of the things that is worth thinking about is that if you've got some alternatives or some options or some expansion that you want to do down the track try it out with some temporary yards first and make sure you're happy with it make sure it flows well and maybe try some alternatives before you set things in the ground hard and fast Jeff Lowe from Victoria has got an arrow quipped a set of yards here all gal Jeff's been pretty happy with these yards and as you can see that bugle horn design obviously building again lots of 360 degree gates here as well and just options for sheet flow I think that's one of the things is having options for dropping equipment in and out of yards is really important more temporary sort of style again Tim Zeddo from Cogent Up Clip X and Midland portable or shiftable yards again Tim was just working in one small part of the farm and wanted to get these in place just to do a bit of a bit of light work probably more free to something more permanent down the track down Woolford at Bucklebourg nice set of atlex yards here Dern uses some scale unit and an auto drafting unit that can be brought in and out of the yards quite easily fantastic integration of personnel gates and that's one thing I think is really important in any yard design is remembering to incorporate those personnel gates in the atlex case they've got dog flaps in the bottom which are excellent and once the dogs get used to them they tend to use them and no jumping over rails and fences within the yards which is potentially causing it to mean to you Dumball Young in WA a set of yards here that have been adapted on to some out of yards on a shed again this is more a K-Rail style so these were fabricated in-situ long lengths of profile steel rolled on site and then put into place with pre pre-installed posts yards work beautifully well as you can see they're under cover race and some large out of yards that then feed into the Woolshed Hamish Thorn, cogent up WA set of Aussie stock yards here with some really large out of yards close to Silo's here if there was some supplementary footing down the track this is an Aussie stock yard set of yards again it's a more K-Rail style formed profile rail set of yards and Hamish has done a nice job here this is the set of yards that had the loading ramp sort of dug into the hill so quite a neat setup there of Hamish's and also feeds into the Woolshed as you can see this example came from Mount Elephant Station in Victoria it's a set of Norton yards that have been really fit with some solid panelling incorporating a Tapari auto drafter and a Combi Clamp handler this set of yards is all about flow make sure that animal flow is good and certainly that solid panelling aids that a set of yards here built by a commander Agquip for Barry and Jared West at Coolland in WA quite a big set of yards a single race design bugle horn feeding into that and some large out of yards incorporating diamonds so that sheep can be shifted in between any of those pens really nice design obviously leads into the shearing shed there and as you can see some large out of yards have been sort of incorporated as well one of the last sheep yard designs we'll look at is this one from the Karen Paul Marino stud in New South Wales it's a pro way built set of yards and they've also got a pro way drafter as well as a Combi Clamp handler beautiful set of yards all under cover really really well done obviously you know these yards are quite expansive and a lot of surface area so the water tank there is a handy addition as well might as well use some of that roof area so the Karen guys have got quite an investment in livestock infrastructure and we'll have a look at their cattle yards in just a tick this is the Karen Marino stud this is their cattle yards and as you can see one of the interesting features of this design is the central lane way that feeds out of pens well it's actually a hexagonal sort of pen there in the centre that allows the flow of animals out of the direction and in and out of any part of the yard so a really interesting feature and an interesting design and as you can see that central octagonal pen allows movement of livestock all the way throughout the yards and the lane way that feeds through is a really interesting design the hard stand area under cover which is where the main forcing pen is there with a rotary forcing pen into the race and of course all the operations are pretty comfortably done under cover there I thought we'd also touch on cattle crushes while we're talking about yards just a couple of buying points a couple of things to look for if you are in the market for a cattle crush obviously quality of construction and the finishing make sure the crushes fit for purpose if you're doing a lot of larger animals make sure that it will handle a larger animal well make sure all the mechanisms are easy to use releases are easy to use and fast to release make sure the adjustment for sizes is also simple to use as well so in a lot of cases we'll put livestock through these crushes that are range of sizes we need to be able to adjust them accordingly make sure the length in that context is also appropriate and make sure for regular animal husbandry practices like vaccination access is good need to be able to open those side gates if an animal does go down so you can get them back up again on their feet and also make sure that the backing gates are easy to use as well sometimes they're the sort of things that can make a crush more simple to use or easy to use over another we talked about the chin restraint make sure that functions well and is also adjustable we need to be able to make sure the machine is easy to maintain that the barred yoke is solid and well constructed that's the area that often cops a pretty hard time in the life of a cattle crush we also want to make sure that the kick gate is also foot operated so you don't want to be putting your head or your hands down there you won't be able to kick that with your feet continuing along we also want to make sure that vet and rear gates can be opened from inside so if you are in there or doing something you need to be able to crack the gate open that you can actually access those latches from inside the vet cage we want to be able to make sure that latches can be unlatched under load if there is some force on them you don't want that to be limiting and jamming the actual latch itself so single handed latch operations two handed latches you are always going to have something in your hand so you want to be able to operate it with one hand we also want the ability to split those side gates or open them as one in a lot of cases it's just a simple vertical latch that either locks those two gates together so that they can be operated as one or split and operated individually there needs to be a sliding gate behind the vet cage so that you can get in and out of there safely and make sure that bottom rail doesn't on the crush doesn't cause the gap isn't big enough to be able to hold for a leg and trap it, that's the last thing we need we want to make sure that the floor is easy to clean out we also want to make sure there is a nice clear view for cattle flow you don't want any obstructions or anything that might bore cattle as they are running through okay from a safety perspective there is a couple of considerations we need to think about or that there is nothing that protrudes or pushes out from the crush that might hurt us or injures as we are walking around it we need to make sure that those handles aren't at head height we are going to hit our head on them or when we have got our head down we are looking around and we are not going to lift our head and hit it on any of the handles we need to make sure equally that head clearance is good inside the crush and that means that it is high enough we need to make sure that operation of the crush not only does it mean that cattle will be less flighty it also means that at the end of the day the operator isn't deafened by a hole over noise going on there and can actually converse with other operators in the yard we need to make sure the floor is non-slip we need to make sure that all parts of the animal can be accessed that we need to access safely so that might include small latch gates that just give us access to the shoulder or the neck or whatever it might be without having to open an entire large panel we want to make sure that there are escape routes for the operator if they get into trouble that lower vet gate, as I said before, needs to be kick shut, all four are operated one thing we don't want to be doing is bending over and having to operate with our heads down around animals in a crush levers should be calicoted for safety and also fold away so that they don't cause any injury and also padded grip handles are a good idea that certainly make things a little bit easier to hold and also reduce the propensity of those things to cause any injury and that's all we have time for today and I'd like to thank you for listening to this talk. 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Today, we've got my top six penny stocks for up to 10x returns, possibly more. Okay, some of them are more slow movers, they're going to move gradually over time. Others could shoot up. We'll go through these stocks, what these stocks are, some of the research that I've got for you, and stay to the end of the video as well. I've got a stock thought of the day that I think you'll like, and I think you'll like these stocks that I've got for you today. So we'll go into this and we'll get right into the information. I've got to say, I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a business teacher in my daily life, but I'm by no means an expert on the stock market. I've got to get right into the information just to respect your time. So if you'd leave a like on the video, if you appreciate the direct approach of just getting right into it, then do so. That'd be fantastic. It really helps out all of you that are subscribed, all of the new subscribers that are coming in if you're new. Wow, this channel's been growing, so thank you very much. And I'm just going to continue to make these videos. If you like these penny stock videos, continue to like them. I'll continue to make them. Seems like a fair deal. So we'll go through these top six penny stocks that I've got for you today. So the first one is Zometica. I don't know if that's how you pronounce it. Sorry if I've butchered the pronunciation of this stock. It's the ticker symbol is Z-O-M. And what do they do? Who are they? So they're clinical veterinarians creating products for clinical veterinarians. Essentially, this is a product that is to help to improve companion animal health by increasing the number of successful veterinarians on the planet. And they've got different products up on the true former. They've got a range of products in the pipeline as well. And this is a stock that is less well known and it's still unknown. Not many people know about it. I think this stock has got a run. And it has run a little bit already, but we're seeing a bit of a dip, which is presenting a buying opportunity. It's at 0.44 USD. From the 4th of January, it's run up from 0.25 around there, all the way up to 0.5 at one point near 0.5. What I would say is if this dips a bit further, if you can get this anywhere between 0.4 and 0.3, I think this is a perfect buying opportunity to start a position. You may want to start a position at this price as well. What I would say is dip your feet into the water, so to speak. Buy a little bit and then buy a bit more. So you're buying increments, don't go into the deep end straight away. You want to find out what your average price is on this stock. So buy a little bit, buy it in increments. But this is a stock that's got a lot of potential. There's a demand for this product in terms of the pet industry here. So there is a demand and it's got a lot of potential and it's incredibly cheap. Look into this. I may make a video in-depth on this as well. So then we've got this next one. It's called Jaguar Health. And the ticker symbol is JAGX. So to go through this, who are they? They're committed to discovering, developing and commercializing plant-based prescriptions medicines for urgent global health needs. So it's a buyer, a pharmaceutical company. They are a health company. And this one has been running up massively. Okay, let's go through it. Moving on. Let's get right to it. Okay, Jaguar Health. $2.26. This has moved up lots. Look at this. 29th of December, we've moved up all the way to $2.26. This is up massively over these past few days. It's up, what, like 200, 300, 400 percentage points here. However, however, I want to let you know that I think that if you can get this at a bit of a dip, it may be still be worth buying into this stock. Why? Because actually, seeing an analyst saying that actually this stock could be worth $5 in 12 months, saying that basically this stock is underpriced at the minute. This is what the analyst is saying. Again, you've got to take it with a pinch of salt because this is only one analyst. Okay, but this has got a lot of potential to run up. They're saying it's a buy at this price, this analyst, $2.26. If you can get it lower, because it has run up, you may want to wait for a dip, put it on your watch list, set a price target, and get it on a dip. And then maybe if it does dip, it may not. Okay, we just don't know. So, but what you've got to say is your strategy going forward. What is your strategy? That's what you've got to think about there. But again, this is one that's got an analyst price target of $5. I've got to say, before we move on to all the other stocks that I've got for you today, penny stocks, and I've got some absolute fantastic ones coming up, I've got to say, again, thank you to everybody who's always liking the videos here and subscribing to the channel, because if you like the videos, it helps out the channel, it gets it up into the search results. So if you type in penny stocks, I'm up there in the search results in like the top 10 videos. So every time you like the video, it makes sure it reaches that. So continue to do that. I really appreciate all this support. Remember to turn on notifications, okay, because these penny stocks are volatile, right? I suggested a stock yesterday, it ran up, okay? This happens. So turn on your notifications so you get firsthand of what stocks we're getting into. And also continue to share the videos as well. I noticed that there's people sharing my videos into discord groups and all sorts of other groups. I do take notice. Thank you for everybody who's doing that. Much appreciated. So let's get right into the next stocks that we've got for you. And again, I'm going to say I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a business teacher, but that doesn't make me an expert in the stock market by any means. So obviously always do your own research. The next one we've got is a selector buyer sciences. This is getting to a buy zone, okay? It was at 2.15, 2.20, okay? It's coming down to 1.99. If you can get this anywhere below $2, preferably $1.90 to $1.95, this is a buying opportunity. This is a buying opportunity you don't want to miss. Why? Because that's incredibly cheap for this stock. What is it? So there's another buyer pharmaceutical company, but what do we have here? We've got five analysts, right? We've got five analysts that have a low of $3, a medium of $5.50 and a high of $10. It's trading at $1.99. And you've got to remember that this is five analysts. So because you've got more analysts, this adds more weight to it, adds more credibility to it rather than just having one analyst that you have on Jaguar, $5, at least on CNN business. This one has five analysts on CNN business, and this is what we've got in terms of the price targets here. So which is significantly more than what it is at the moment. So they're saying that this is under price and this is worth a buy. This is worth a buy. So anything under $2, I would get into this even if it's a small position, even if it's just $50, $100, right? Start a position in it because this could easily run up 300, 400, 500, 600% very much easily on this. Okay, so let's look at the next one. Okay, bear with me here. I know I've mentioned this a lot, this one, but I've got some more updates for you on Gaxi, Galaxy Next Generation. So who are they for anybody who doesn't know yet? Galaxy Next Generation provides technology to the classroom of today for the generation of tomorrow. Okay, so they've got different technologies, different products that are suitable for the classroom, and they're building up relationships with schools and selling these products to them. There's a lot of catalysts with this stock. Okay, some information I've got for you is that remember, what you can tell from a stock is are the insiders buying? Are the insiders buying this stock? Well, we can tell actually, Megan here, who's actually a really obviously a prominent person within this company, is actually constantly buying. Okay, she's constantly buying this stock. This tells me that the insiders of this stock, the people inside the company, running the company, and taking the company forward, taking its strategic direction forward, helping it achieve new heights. Okay, they're constantly buying the stock. That tells me they've got confidence in this business. They've got absolute confidence in this business and the success of the business. So that gives me confidence in that they have that, right? So the insiders are buying and buying and buying. In the, what that tells me is that they feel that this is going to go up even further. This stock price is going to go up even further. They see they see this as a long-term potential.  Okay, so this is good news. This gives us confidence. This is something that you need to take note of. If they're buying, if the insiders are buying, maybe you should consider buying in because they really do believe in the company, obviously. Now also, interestingly enough, this is at a good price again. It's having a tiny dip. It's not much of a dip. Okay, kind of quite stabilized at the moment. It is still volatile a bit, but it's kind of stabilizing, right? And if you got in at 0.02 when I first suggested it, right, you're already up a decent amount here. But here, look, so 5th of January, it actually peaked at 0.037. And it's come back down again to 0.09, 0.0, 0.029, okay? So this is creating a buying opportunity. Anything below 0.030 at this point, I would suggest as a buy. I think that you should have this on your portfolio. Scale it up to your income level. Scale it up to whatever you feel is necessary. But I would have a portion of this stock on your portfolio. Again, I'm not a financial advisor, but this stock has got a lot of potential in my opinion. Okay. The next one I've got for you is DriveShack. Again, I've mentioned it before this one. Some of them are new in this list. Some of them are some of the ones. But I want to give you updates on the ones I've mentioned before. Okay. And keep you updated on these, right? So we got DriveShack, which is DS. Take a symbol DS. What are they? So what DriveShack? So they bring the party to the party. Okay. And they've got corporate party, celebration, special events. And essentially it's this company in terms of leisure. It's got a leisure facility, golfing facility. And this stock is a recovery player, so to speak, that is a penny stock, which means that there is massive upside potential with it being a penny stock, but also that combined with it being a recovery player. Okay. So there is massive potential in this. So what is the price for that particular stock? It's around $2.00, $22.30. If you can get that anywhere close to $2.00, okay. $2.10, $2.15. That is worth a buy. Okay. So moving on to this next one. What have we got? We've got Lovoo Brands. We talked about this before. I made a full dedicated video on this. Check my channel if you want to look at that. But again, we suggested that at 0.3 right down here, 0.13. It has gone up a little bit, but again, this is volatile. It may go up, it may go down. And it did actually peak up here at 0.17 for the day, which puts you up significantly a lot at that point. It has come down again back to 0.15. And what I would say is, if you can get it at this 0.15 or below level at this stage, I think that it's a buying opportunity. I think this is going to break 0.20, 0.25 very easily, very quickly and very soon. So I would have something on this. This is a very, very good company. Look it up, research it or check my video and research it as well there. So what is it? So you've got all these different brands under this Lovu brand umbrella. You've got Jack's School, which is like a different equipment that can be used at school. You've got Jack's Living in terms of bean bags, high quality, Havana PPE, Havana Medical. So it's kind of medical equipment. And it's got loads of other range of brands as well. Okay, Lovu Brands is a buy, it is incredibly cheap. Look into it, look into the revenue, look into the company. This is cheap, right? And that was when I said it's 0.13. It's still cheap at 0.15. It's cheap at 0.10. It's cheap at 0.20, right? This is a stock that is going to go up potentially, and I've got to say probably go up, potentially 300 to 900% very easily. Okay, this stock has got a lot of potential in the future. These are in the coming months but also in the years to come as well. This is a good stock, good solid company, good solid leadership team. Look into it seriously. Look into this stock. Lovu Brands, take a symbol, L-U-V-U. And then back to Driveshack. I've put the power points the wrong way around there. So Driveshack is actually sat at 0.243. Like I said, if you can get this at any point at the 220 level, 0.230, this is getting to our zone, right? It was trading at like 0.260, but if you can get it anywhere and you know, low 2s essentially, this is a buy. We'll ride this one up. This is going up to $5, $6, $7, okay? No doubt about it, in my opinion, in my opinion. Not a financial advisor. You do your own research. Bonus one, we've got a bonus stock. NNDM, right? Everybody knows NNDM, right? Nanodime Mentions. So $8.91, okay? I did actually suggest to buy this before when it was at like $5. This was a few weeks ago. $5 or $6, okay? I did then again suggest to buy it at $8 when there was the direct offer and the stock actually crashed a bit. And this was like a week ago, something like that. So was it like $10.50 or something like that? And then it crashed down to just near $8, right? $8.05, something like that. And I suggested to buy it at that. Now again, $8.91, it did have a little bit of a crash. If you see this at $8.30, if you see this $8.40, get this on your portfolio. This is an innovative company. Look into it, okay? Do some research. This is really good company. Stock thought of the day, okay? My stock thought of the day is research. It's important to research the company, right? And the way I like to see this image, okay? The way I like to see this image is that you've got to research multiple aspects of the company. I see people focus too much on the finances, okay? They just look at the balance sheets. They just focus on the balance sheets. You get people, okay, let's just focus on the marketing. You get other people, let's just focus on what hype is happening, right? What you need to think of it is a multivariate approach to research. And I teach this in business, right? You've got to keep your research approach multivariate. You've got to come at it from a range of perspectives, okay? So only use my research and my videos as one perspective. Then you've got to find other fantastic YouTubers that are out there or, you know, research the company, research some sources, research documents. Find multiple bits of research to help make your informed decision. In the day, it's your hard and cash. You want to make sure you're making the right investments by doing the research. So don't just listen to me because I can sometimes be wrong. And I'll admit that I'm sometimes wrong. But also, I've been right a lot of times. So, but obviously do your own research. Thank you for watching the video. If this was helpful in any sort of way, then do like the video, get this up into the YouTube algorithm for us. That would be much appreciated. And I'll see everybody in the next video.


The challenge of the Yukon! It's King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the North Country, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Monod Police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. Un-King! Un-New Huskies! Gold, gold discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the greedy race for riches. Now back to the days of the gold rush when Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog King battle through storm and snow to preserve law and order as they met the challenge of the Yukon! Tim Anderson had come down from the North with a trapper to the village of Stewart's Crossing. As he started into the Roadhouse, he heard a familiar voice. Hey! Is that you, Tim Anderson?  How are you, old coot? Been two years since I saw you. Last where you been? Up around the Klondike and buck, I struck it rich up there. I got one of the richest claims on the river. Well, I guess I should have gone with you instead of staying around here trapping. What are you doing down here if you got a rich claim up there? I'm going back to the States to spend some of my money. You sell out? No, I got a partner. He's working at Barney. I'm planning to go on to Ogilvy and catch the boat as soon as the ice breaks up and she starts running. Well, pretty lucky I'll say. Come on over to my cabin. There's no sense in you staying here at the Roadhouse. We can do a little celebrate. Well, thanks, Buck. I'd like that. Where do you live? Just down the road a ways. Here, let me carry your pack now. That'll help. Matter of fact, I'm packing so much gold in my money belt, but all I can do to carry it. I got lift this far with a trapper friend of mine. Thought maybe I'd buy a dog team and sled here if I could. I doubt you'll get one. Dogs are mighty scarce around here. Well, maybe I can get one in the next town. I figured I'd sell it again before I took the boat. You better plan to stay here a couple of days with me and rest up.  Might be a good idea. I can take my time. It'll be at least a month before the boat starts running. I can get to Ogilvy a lot sooner than that. Well, here's my cabin. Quite a comfortable cabin you have here. Make yourself at home. I'll rustle up some supper. Ah, thanks. Maybe we can go to the roadhouse afterwards and join the boys. I'm kind of tired tonight, Buck. If you don't mind, I'd like to turn in early. Maybe we'll better wait until the mar to celebrate seeing each other again. Sure, sure. It's up to you. The following evening, Buck and Tim sat before the stove, swapping yarns. And so that gold claim turned out like all the rest. Now I'm trapping for a living. That's the way it goes. And then a drink, Tim. No, sure. Ha, thanks. I'm late for visitors. Okay, all right, come in, come in. I see your light. I just get back from Trapline. I'm glad you stopped in. I want you to meet an old friend of mine, Tim Anderson. It's Muskie John. Hello, Muskie.  How about another one for you, Tim? Don't mind if I do. Muskie here is one of the best trappers in the territory. That's how he got his nickname. Well, how is it happening this time, Muskie? Oh, good. Blendy, good catch. I shoot moose on the way back. Good for you. Where'd you get him? Cross Lake on Ogilvy Trail. Hey, that's the way I'm heading tomorrow. It's quite a long trek around the Indian Lake, isn't it? Oh, long way around, but not so far across. But it's too dangerous crossing it this time of year, isn't it? No, no, I crossed today. Ice very thick. Save 10, 15 miles like that. Well, I'm glad to hear that. I was planning to follow the show around. No use of doing that if you can go straight across, especially if you're walking. Good thing Muskie stopped in. It'll save you lots of time. Right. I don't know much about this territory, but if that ice held up under Muskie, it sure will hold me. He's bigger than I am. Will me come across with dog team? Heavy load of furs? Ice plenty sully. Nobody knows more about this country than Muskie. He acts as a guide to Hunter's newcomer to come in from the outside. I'll take his word for it. Say, my head feels kind of funny. What's wrong, Tim? You haven't gone soft, have you? You've only had three drinks. I can't imagine what I'd better lie down here. Let me help you. Come on. Get over here. John McCartney. Never had a feeling quite like this. Oh, I guess I made your drinks too strong. Now, you just lie back and rest. Are you sure and call me early? Sure. I'll get you up at dawn. You have a good sleep, and you'll be as good as new by the time you leave. Tim, sleep already? Yeah, looks like it. Tim. Yep, he's dead to the word. Come on, Muskie. Help me undress him. I'll say what you tell me say this afternoon. What I tell him, that all right. Yeah, it was good work. He leaves every word you said. Are you sure about the lake? Sure. Last she looked, melt the ice. In some places, very thin. He'll not get cross. He'll not get cross. It was early the next morning when Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police drove his dog team up to Pat Gallagher's cabin on the shore of Indan Lake. The Mounties' voice rang out in the clear morning air. Oh, King, how are you? Hi, Pat, you home? You're just in time for breakfast. I had some about three hours ago, but there's plenty room for more. And King, old fella, did you think I wasn't going to speak to you at all? King's always glad to see you, Pat. He knows that people will like him. Sure, who could help but like him? The finest animal in the Yukon. I've got a nice fresh-caught fish he'd like. Well, come on in, Sergeant. I'll be brewing the tea. Oh, just a second. I brought you a bundle of newspapers. They're here on my flat somewhere. Oh, welcome, LB. That's mighty thoughtful of you. Here they are. You had to come around the shore of the lake, didn't you? Yes, I didn't dare come straight across. It's too dangerous. Bad holes covered with thin ice. The ice has been dangerous for over a week. Here are your papers. Now, let's go in and have some breakfast. What's wrong, King? Hey, looking out at the lake. Pat, look. There's a man crossing the lake. Oh, the fool doesn't even know he'll break through. He can't hear you. Stop! He can't hear you. He's too far away. His ears are covered. We have to stop him before he reaches that thin ice. There's a long pool beside my cabin. Now bring it. Casey, break through. Hang on, boy. See that man out there? Get him, fella. After him, boy. Catch him. Hurry, Pat. Right, common.  I've got a rope. Come on, hurry. The man out on the ice was walking slowly, but he was a long way from Pat and Sergeant Preston and couldn't hear their cries of warning. King, however, gained on him rapidly. The big dogs sped across the ice in huge leaps toward him. He had almost reached him when suddenly a cry of alarm broke from the lips of the mountain and was echoed by Pat. There goes the ice. He's gone through. Go ahead. Give him safe preserves. He's round shore. King will try to save him. Hurry, Pat, if we can only get there in time. With all him closed and frozen, he won't have a chance unless King can load him up for a minute or two. Pat, we've got to get there. The great dog hesitated only a second before leaping into the icy water. The man, struggling frantically to keep his head from going under, grasped the heavy fur around King's neck. Help! Oh, good boy. Maybe we can make it. We're fine. We're fine. Help! Hurry. I can't hold up. Hurry, Pat. King's holding him up. What can I do, sir?  Here it is. Keep your feet taken, man. Hang on to that dog. At the end of this pole. There. Now let go of the dog. You better help me kill him, then, Pat. There, now. Just a little more. Watch out, Pat. The ice is breaking at the edge. Over this way. Take it here. I can make the impression. Grab my hand, mister. Yeah, I've got it. There you are. Take care of him, Pat. I'll help King out. Stand up, man. If you can. Under, King. Over this way, fella. Now get your collar.  Good old sonner. I'm cold. Put this park around your man.  Thanks. You'll have to keep moving to warm up. Take his other arm, Pat. We'll get him back to your cabin. Here you are, Tim. Drink this hot tea. It'll warm your insides. And keep that blanket wrapped around you. It'll take quite a while for your clothes to dry. I'm still pretty cold. Thanks, partner. You'll be no worse for a bath. I bet that's the first you've had since winter started. Yep, you're just about right. How's King doing, Charlie? Oh, he's all right. I've rubbed him down. Got the ice off his fur. I sure owe my life to that dog. Gosh, what an animal. I've never seen one so strong. My clothes would have sucked me in a minute if it hadn't been for him. He held me up. Let me hang on to him like that. King has saved a lot of people from drowning. That he has. He's the smartest dog I ever saw.  Everybody knows how dangerous it is. Well, you see, I'm not from around these parts, and I don't know much about the country here. Last night, I stayed with a friend of mine. During the evening, a half-breed came in and said he had just came across the lake, and it was safe.  They said he had. He saved time, so naturally I tried it. Well, I should think your friend would have known better than to let you try. Who is he? His name is Buck Cranston. You know him? I've seen him around. Yes, and so have I. Maybe the breed just figured I needed a bath. Guess I ought to be grateful for being alive. Sergeant, what would you take for that dog? I think maybe I ought to retire him for the rest of his life as a reward. You couldn't buy him for any kind of money, Tim. Anyway, being retired wouldn't be a reward for King. It sure wouldn't. There's a dog that likes action. Oh, gosh, I ought to do something for him for saving me like that. See, hand me that wet money belt, Pat. I know just the present I'm going to give him. Oh, sure, I'll get it.  I was going to use it for a watch, Bob, but now I want it fastened on King's collar just like a medal for bravery. Here's the belt. Sure, and this alone must have almost sunk you. It's almost too heavy to lift. I got it packed with gold dust and nuggets. Wait till you see them. Hey, somebody's robbed me. What's wrong? There's no gold in here at all. It's all their bullets. Maybe you better tell me where you stayed last night and just what happened. I stayed at Buck's Cabin. He had quite a bit to drink, and I went to sleep early. Just after that half-breed came here. Well, did you have that much to drink? Well, now that I think of it, I don't believe I did. All of a sudden, I just couldn't keep my eyes open. Hmm. Sounds to me as if they slipped your knuckle drops. You mean Buck deliberately... How well did you know Buck? I knew him a couple of years ago. We were never the best of friends, exactly. After a man's been alone as long as I had, he's glad to see anybody he's ever seen before. You weren't in very good company, Tim. I'll say you weren't. We didn't like to say it before, and I thought he was a good friend of yours, but Buck Cranston is no tin angel. Then you think he planned to send me across that lake after robbing me? That's obvious, Tim. He probably had it all arranged with a half-breed. He must have told Muskie to come in and tell that story about crossing the lake. Is that the half-breed's name, Muskie? That's what Buck called him. You know anybody with that name, Pat? Nope. Never heard of him. Never mind. Trouble is, Tim, you have no proof they took your gold. Anyone else in town know you had it? Not only Buck. You're right. It would just be his word against mine. That's right. And you can depend on it. Buck will claim you lost it to him at poker. You'll have no proof that you didn't. Anyway, you can't identify gold. The only way I could identify it is by that nugget shaped like a dog's head. The man who has that is the thief. When your clothes are dry, you'd better come back to town with me. We'll go straight to Buck's cabin to find Muskie. Perhaps we can make one of them talk. It was late that evening when Sergeant Preston and Tim drove up to Buck's cabin near town. The cabin was dark and no smoke came out of the chimney. Okay. I guess Buck isn't here. There's no light. Let's have a look at the cabin. Munking. Wait till I light a match. I think we'll find a lantern here somewhere. There's a lantern on the table. Find out in a minute. There we are. Now what's the matter, kid? Look. There's a body on the floor there in the corner. That's what we're talking about. Wait. I'll turn it over. Why, it's Buck. Somebody stabbed him. He's dead. Dead? It looks as if Muskie wasn't satisfied with his share of your money. He wanted it all. So help me get this body up on the car. Tim? Sure. There we are. When do you think he was killed, Sergeant? Sometime this afternoon. Can you give me a good description of Muskie? Not a very good one. The light wasn't very bright in here last night when he came in. He looked like an Indian. About a medium size, I'd say. I think he wore a gray fur parka. That's about all I can remember. Hmm. That must have gone. Well, let's take this lantern outside and see if we can find any tracks. It was a first snowfall early this afternoon. We're lucky we'll find Muskie's trail. Let's hope he murdered Buck after the snowfall. Come on, King. Outside, boy. Be careful, Tim. Stay behind me. We've got to get these tracks mixed up. These are the ones you made coming in. Here's some leaving the cabin. Which way to the head? Away from town. Muskie was prepared for this murder, Tim. See? Footprints are deep. He's carrying a pack. He headed north to get as far away as possible before Buck was found. You're going after him right now, Sergeant? I have to get supplies first. That won't take long. Here, King. These tracks, boy. Well, I thought you said you weren't going after him now. I want King to get the scent of Muskie while the trail is still fresh. Got it, fella? Come on, Tim. We'll follow it a short way to be sure King knows I'm after him. That dog knows he's on Muskie's trail all right. I want him to connect the scent with the depth of the cabin. This way, King always knows the man I'm after, even if I can't recognize him. Won't he forget the scent?  Muskie took the north trail all right. No sign of it turning off. We've gone far enough. Here, King. Come back, fella. Here, boy. Muskie won't know you're following him. He thinks I'm at the bottom of the lake, and I'm the only one who knows he was with Buck last night. Muskie won't take any chances. He knows he committed a murder, and sooner or later, a mobby will be trailing him. We can't lose any time.  All right, King. We'll go after him later. I sure wish I could go with you, Sergeant. I'd like to lay my hands on that half-breed. No, Tim. I've trailed these half-breeds before. They're tough, and they know this country like a book. It might be weeks before I find him. But you'll find him, Sergeant. I'm betting on you. You'd better go back and stay with Pat. Maybe I can help him with his traps for my bored room. I'm sure cleaned out of money. Maybe, King, and I can bring it back to you. Some of it, anyway. All right, King. Let's go, boy. As Sergeant Preston had predicted, the pursuit of Muskie was long and difficult. It was two weeks later. The mountain plotted weirdly beside his sled as the exhausted dogs trained to keep up with King. The big lead dogs seem to be the only one left with enough reserve to carry on. King, fire! As they pulled up in front of Jacques Leblanc's trading post, the dogs laid down in their traces, too tired to move. Sergeant Preston released King from the harness. Sorry I had to keep you in the traces, fella, but the dogs sure needed your help. Now, come on, boy. Come in with me. You are mounting, yes? I'm Sergeant Preston. I am glad to see you, Sergeant. I have heard about you, but you never came up here before. It's sort of my usual territory, but I'm failing a criminal. Yeah, you look so tired, Sergeant. Let me give you some hot tea, yes? Well, thanks, Jacques, but there isn't time. All I want is some information. Have you seen anything about half-breed? Looks like an Indian stranger around here. Yeah, that description. She fits so many. I could tell you 15 like that. Must have come here and close on his trail. He'd be tired and hungry. I haven't given him time to rest. There is man here one hour ago who is tired like that. He buy rifle and bullets. He must be the one. I found his rifle the last place he can't, but the barrel split open. He is very tired, but like you, Sergeant, he will not stop to rest. And he has no dog team? I almost caught him at Indian Crossing. He had to abandon his dog team there to get away. You know which way he went? We lost his trail after that snow storm last night. I see him leave. He gone now through woods. Thanks, Jacques. Come along, King. Let's see if you can pick up that trail again. Muskie's trail through the woods was clearly written in the new fallen snow. King was back in harness, breaking the trail ahead. His amazing strength and stamina easing the burden of the rest of the dogs as they werely dragged at their traces. The early darkness was falling when suddenly a shop rang out from a clump of spruce trees ahead. King stopped in his tracks as Preston staggered and fell, hitting his head against the stump of a tree as he went down. King, turning the team, managed to reach the body of his master.  Then he laid down close to the unconscious malty, his head on Preston's shoulder, and his head had fallen when Preston regained consciousness.  King, old fella. All right, boy. Oh, my leg. My head hurts. Never mind, fella. Get to the sled, son. I forgot to get under those blankets. Painfully, Sergeant Preston dragged himself to the sled, crawled into the blankets and furs, and sank into exhausted slumber. Muskie the half-breed staggered blindly through the darkening forest, carrying only his rifle, his face gaunt, his eyes red with exhaustion. His only thought was to get away from the man who had pursued him day and night. And then the forest ended and a great plane stretched out before him. A short distance ahead, he saw a light in a small cabin. Even though exhausted, his cunning made him circle it widely. And when he staggered to its door, his tracks in the snow seemingly came from the opposite direction. Me trapper. Open. Seek. Help me. Me lose weight. Come in. You got food? You lie down uncut. Me bring you soup. Big feather. My husband, him, go on hunt. Me come fast and far. Got to sleep. Him first baby, baby boy. He will take this. Want more? Him sleep look like bad man. Wish big feather come. As Muskie slept heavily, the Indian squaw Tila watched his evil face from her chair beside the baby, and fear kept her awake through the night. When the first streak of dawn appeared, she fed her child and stirred up the fire. It was then that Muskie awoke. How long I sleep? You sleep all night. All night. Me got to go. You gave me breakfast. Food there. You eat. You go. You hear something? What's that? Me look out window. Dog team come. Man sit on sled. No. Me shoot him. My gun. Where my gun?  Here's gun. Dirty red coat. Him please. This time I get him. Get back. Keep still. Why you break window? He shoot for window. What the matter? What? Where bulletin gun? You, you take bullets from gun. You bad man. Me no last night. Me got bulletin. You take bullets from pocket tool.  You no shoot please. Me throw bullets in snow last night.  Maybe use knife on Papus. You no hurt Papus. See knife. Me hold it under blanket.  No hurt him. Me do. You say me your husband. Me sit. Say you my husband. I put blanket around me. Hold Papus. You get police in here. Go outside. Me come take dog team. You no hurt Papus. You do I no hurt him. Me do. Me do. Open door. Me a knife on Papus. Police. Yes, I'm Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Baptist. Is there anyone else in there who can help me? My husband him sick. Me help. Me stop.  You lean on shoulder. I've been shot in the leg. Here we go. King barked frantically as he saw his master disappear into the cabin without him. Through the open door King had caught the scent of the man they had been chasing. He somehow knew that this man was connected with his master's injury. The scent of the man was on the tracks which came from the opposite direction, but King knew they were the same. He growled at the restraining harness that kept him from following the mountains and then began slicing at it with his sharp teeth. Inside the cabin, Muskie sat hunched over the baby's basket, a blanket half covering his face, as Teela put Preston on the cot. Thanks Teela. Now maybe I can dress this woolen. You hurt bad. That's my leg Teela. I wonder if you'll go out to my sled and get my first aid kit. It's a square box. Me too. Me help Teela. Well that's not necessary. Oh I mean I too seek. Hurry Teela. As the door of the cabin closed, the last strap of the harness parted between King's teeth. Muskie rushed to the sled and King got his scent. The scent of the man Preston had told him to get. As Muskie reached for the rifle on the sled, the great dog rushed him. Me get sergeant.  It's Muskie. Help me to the door Teela. Help me. All right Teela. I'll lean on the door. Cover him with my gun. You all right? Yes, go back to your baby. All right King, back.  Get up Muskie. Don't try to run away. Bring him in King and watch him. Me come but take dog away. That dog's staying right behind you. Sit over in that chair on the corner. Got him King. Don't call dog away. That dog's going to be your jailer. We got you behind bars. Is your baby all right Teela? Him all right. Where is your husband Teela? Big feather. Him come home today maybe. Him hunt. When he gets back, perhaps he'll help me get Muskie back to Dawson. Him do. You. You're sick. You want me hold on? We won't need a gun with King watching. Got him boy. Keep him in that chair. If he moves, get him. Now, he'll help me to the cot Teela. I'll fix this wound and maybe get some rest. It was weeks later when Sergeant Preston again sat in Pat Gallagher's cabin on Indian Lake. Tim Anderson and Pat watched Sergeant Preston as he fastened King's collar. On the collar, a big nugget, the shape of a dog's head, gleamed in the firelight, as the great dog rested his muzzle on the sergeant's knee. Well, King old boy, you're looking mighty dressed up with this. Say thank you to Tim. Sure, that's a nice thing for you to be doing, Tim. Getting him such a fighting presence. Well, he got most of my gold back, him and the sergeant. Saved my life when I broke through the ice. Little enough for all that. Well, I'm certainly glad you got that half-breed musty behind bars. I have to give King most of the credit for that. He ought to have a nugget for every job he does. Sure, if he did, he'd be a walking goldmine. That's he would. He's worth a lot more than a goldmine to me. Just the way he is.  The collar's all fixed. And now I guess the case is closed. The challenge of the Yukon, a copyrighted feature, is brought to you each week at this time, and all characters, names, and incidents used are fictitious.