EX working dogs

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

I agree totally that hunt kennels have no option but to PTS, also I am sure that some lads have to be practical when it comes too been dogged out, that’s life.

[Ratreeper 441]

I agree totally that hunt kennels have no option but to PTS, also I am sure that some lads have to be practical when it comes too been dogged out, that’s life.

 

Like when someone on the doll keeps having more kids? If only there was a simple solution! ffs if you can't handle another dog then killing the slowest isn't the f*****g answer

[Ideation 8,216]

I'm not sure i could be out night after night and day after day with a dog, raise it, train it, form a bond with it and know it inside out and as soon as it slows down shoot it to make way for a new one. Maybe folk should just think about these things before they get dogs . . . . ? 8-10 years is a long time for an animal to be your hunting partner, give its all to you and for you, only to turn your back on it as soon as it can't perform as it once did.. . . . Each to their own i know, but for a lot i think maybe it's just done cos it's 'less hassle' than having the dog about the place. What you gonna do when your missus starts looking a bit aged . . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

[Guest Leveller]

If by ex-working you mean a good worker that's retired then if you've got a SUITABLE pet home or suchlike then go for it but put the animals welfare above anything else by that I mean not your own feelings otherwise it has to be pts that's the kindest option. If however you're talking about a youngish worker that's spewed then you've got two options one is called WILF and the other is called simoman they'll buy any old jacker

[spanj 11]

I dont see how this post is helpful to any hunting man as there are only 2 choices........ one of which can be used against us !

[CarraghsGem 92]

If by ex-working you mean a good worker that's retired then if you've got a SUITABLE pet home or suchlike then go for it but put the animals welfare above anything else by that I mean not your own feelings otherwise it has to be pts that's the kindest option. If however you're talking about a youngish worker that's spewed then you've got two options one is called WILF and the other is called simoman they'll buy any old jacker

 

[CarraghsGem 92]

What you gonna do when your missus starts looking a bit aged . . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

 

yep! why is that a problem? or would you like to rehome it?

[romany52 313]

I'm not sure i could be out night after night and day after day with a dog, raise it, train it, form a bond with it and know it inside out and as soon as it slows down shoot it to make way for a new one. Maybe folk should just think about these things before they get dogs . . . . ? 8-10 years is a long time for an animal to be your hunting partner, give its all to you and for you, only to turn your back on it as soon as it can't perform as it once did.. . . . Each to their own i know, but for a lot i think maybe it's just done cos it's 'less hassle' than having the dog about the place. What you gonna do when your missus starts looking a bit aged . . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

A true example, one of the best spaniels I ever owned, a kennel dog ,12 years old.If I took it out working it couldn't walk for 3 days, if I kept it in the house it peed any where it liked, mainly on furniture, it would actually jump up on to the sofa for a piss. If I left it in the kennel when I took the other dogs out it would scream like a banshee and rip everything it could to bits. It had one last day out, while it sat contented beside me looking into the distance, bang ! the lights went out. I had tears in my eyes all the way home, but that dog was better off dead.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

. . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

I'm not sure i could be out night after night and day after day with a dog, raise it, train it, form a bond with it and know it inside out and as soon as it slows down shoot it to make way for a new one. Maybe folk should just think about these things before they get dogs . . . . ? 8-10 years is a long time for an animal to be your hunting partner, give its all to you and for you, only to turn your back on it as soon as it can't perform as it once did.. . . . Each to their own i know, but for a lot i think maybe it's just done cos it's 'less hassle' than having the dog about the place. What you gonna do when your missus starts looking a bit aged . . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

A true example, one of the best spaniels I ever owned, a kennel dog ,12 years old.If I took it out working it couldn't walk for 3 days, if I kept it in the house it peed any where it liked, mainly on furniture, it would actually jump up on to the sofa for a piss. If I left it in the kennel when I took the other dogs out it would scream like a banshee and rip everything it could to bits. It had one last day out, while it sat contented beside me looking into the distance, bang ! the lights went out. I had tears in my eyes all the way home, but that dog was better off dead.

 

 

Very honest post, credit

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

I dont see how this post is helpful to any hunting man as there are only 2 choices........ one of which can be used against us !

 

 

I can see your point, but.... were we to not discuss such issue's it would appear to those that could use this against us that we are hiding something, dont you agree.

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

We have a philosopher amoung our mist , true words.

[Ideation 8,216]

I'm not sure i could be out night after night and day after day with a dog, raise it, train it, form a bond with it and know it inside out and as soon as it slows down shoot it to make way for a new one. Maybe folk should just think about these things before they get dogs . . . . ? 8-10 years is a long time for an animal to be your hunting partner, give its all to you and for you, only to turn your back on it as soon as it can't perform as it once did.. . . . Each to their own i know, but for a lot i think maybe it's just done cos it's 'less hassle' than having the dog about the place. What you gonna do when your missus starts looking a bit aged . . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

A true example, one of the best spaniels I ever owned, a kennel dog ,12 years old.If I took it out working it couldn't walk for 3 days, if I kept it in the house it peed any where it liked, mainly on furniture, it would actually jump up on to the sofa for a piss. If I left it in the kennel when I took the other dogs out it would scream like a banshee and rip everything it could to bits. It had one last day out, while it sat contented beside me looking into the distance, bang ! the lights went out. I had tears in my eyes all the way home, but that dog was better off dead.

 

 

Good post mate. Your story is a good example. . . . it's about the individual dog. Like you said - that one was better off dead, but doing it as standard policy to make space. . . . is a little different. It's about making the right decision at the time for that particular dog. Some like you said hate getting old and are better gone, but some, like our old terrier is happy as a pig in shit living with my 86 year old grandfather. Their growing old and disgraceful together.

[romany52 313]

I'm not sure i could be out night after night and day after day with a dog, raise it, train it, form a bond with it and know it inside out and as soon as it slows down shoot it to make way for a new one. Maybe folk should just think about these things before they get dogs . . . . ? 8-10 years is a long time for an animal to be your hunting partner, give its all to you and for you, only to turn your back on it as soon as it can't perform as it once did.. . . . Each to their own i know, but for a lot i think maybe it's just done cos it's 'less hassle' than having the dog about the place. What you gonna do when your missus starts looking a bit aged . . . . . put a slug in her and get a new one off tinternet?

A true example, one of the best spaniels I ever owned, a kennel dog ,12 years old.If I took it out working it couldn't walk for 3 days, if I kept it in the house it peed any where it liked, mainly on furniture, it would actually jump up on to the sofa for a piss. If I left it in the kennel when I took the other dogs out it would scream like a banshee and rip everything it could to bits. It had one last day out, while it sat contented beside me looking into the distance, bang ! the lights went out. I had tears in my eyes all the way home, but that dog was better off dead.

 

 

Good post mate. Your story is a good example. . . . it's about the individual dog. Like you said - that one was better off dead, but doing it as standard policy to make space. . . . is a little different. It's about making the right decision at the time for that particular dog. Some like you said hate getting old and are better gone, but some, like our old terrier is happy as a pig in shit living with my 86 year old grandfather. Their growing old and disgraceful together.

That's right mate, I've successfully rehomed some and unsuccessfully rehomed some,I've kept some till the end. But if you can't find the right home and you can't keep 'em there's only one other alternative. Some dogs are pets ,others are workers, some are both, obviously you keep the pets on. Dogs just kept as workers are of little use once they've finished, some are just a liability and couldn't be rehomed safely. Bloody hell even the rspca puts healthy dogs down just for being the wrong breed or looking sideways at another dog or cat.