More doggy practice

I've had a very quite day today, so much so it's quite difficult to write any kind of entry, but I did do a few things to keep me occupied.

The first thing I did today was to do a bit of research on this whole pub idea I've got. I spend a lot of time evaluation what the sort of prices I'd be looking at to get myself into my own pub which varies depending on if you want to lease somewhere or buy somewhere freehold. Ideally I'd like a free hold pub but without the backing of about £500,000.00 I'd be lucky to get anything with 4 walls and a cellar. The reason I like freehold is because you have no obligation to any brewery and you can get your supplies from anywhere you want. You also own the property outright (except of course from any lender) so you're pretty much left to your own devices.

But as you can see, freehold is a pretty big financial commitment so I've also looked at other options. If I was lucky there is an option occasionally to get a "free of tie" lease, which is cheaper than freehold but also gives you the freedom that I mentioned before. Only problem with "free of tie" is that they are relatively hard to come by, and are also expensive by comparison to an ordinary tie in lease, which are more common and less expensive.

So ultimately then I'm left with the choices of a tie in lease or the rare chance of picking up a free of tie lease. Ideally, the latter would suit, but I think I may well be lumped with a tie in if I do decide to go further ahead with my plans. I suppose the upside of a tie in is that for a newcomer like myself it is easier in terms of getting supplies (you'd be required to get them from one place stipulated in the contract) and also a lot of the tie in leases are offered by companies who provide training for first time landlords and the like.

Anyway, I've sent off for some information from one particular company that looks promising, and bookmarked several websites specialising in the sale of licensed premises so I can keep a regular eye out for anything that might come up.

Doing all of the above pretty much took up most of my day, but by 6.30 we're off to doggy training again. For some reason Rupert is a bit ditzy tonight confusing his sits with his downs so I've got to do more work on that to help him reclarify what he's suppose to be doing. He did do pretty well on his puppy recall though and was once again the star of the show when we had to practice grooming (getting the dogs to lay on their backs etc) which he found very easy since he spends 90% of his day on his back asleep!

Posted by Abi on the September 6, 2006 9:19 PM