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Well, thanks so much, Mike. That's really interesting. By the way, you didn't time out at all. That's exactly what happened to us last week when we went down to the breeder and our husband is a really good gun dog trainer. He's a retired police dog trainer and everything else. He was saying the same thing, get him off the lead. Get all the basic commands done. Get a better lead. He told us we had the wrong equipment. We changed it and everything else. What a difference it's made since a week past Wednesday. Honestly, it's been a world of a difference and his training has come on so, so much. Just as he'll work, everything else has just been quite a transformation. He says, once you've got that, he says, don't worry about the recall. He's a lab. He'll come back to you. He doesn't want to leave you. If you've got the ball, he'll come back. Have a second ball, he'll come back. He was absolutely right. We really enjoyed that time at the field yesterday. It's 12 pounds for an hour, which I don't think is too bad for the training and everything else. It has all the tunnels and the wee posts and the bridge and a sand pit and an old boat to go and play in and different bits and pieces. Even through the tunnel, great. We actually put up a video. Well, Helen did somewhere. He was doing absolutely wonderful. It definitely built our confidence. Hopefully, he built his as well. Good stuff, Mike. I think we're kind of at the same kind of stage. Just trying to get more confident and get them off the lead and just trust them, trust them to behave and come back. Good stuff, Mike. You take care. Say hi to Jane as well. Hope she recovers really, really quick. All the best to you, 73 to G7, MBH. Talk to you again soon there, Mike. Thanks so much. Let's see what's happening with Dale. That's out of the way. Dale, welcome to the Met, sir. Happy Friday. Dale, the mic is yours.