"You cant teach an old dog new tricks"

[hunt and fish 35]

"You cant teach an old dog new tricks". A very well known phrase..mate got given a 3 year old pet whippit X Grey last week never been worked..he took it out ferreting the other day to see if he had any interest in working..he learnt quick and caught a few bolters he was over the moon..havnt seen the dog yet but the boy knows his dogs and thinks it has good potential do you think it could turn into a good lamping dog at his age?

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

of course it will just take time and patience atb for him

[pikesta 54]

mate i got a bitch at 2 yrs old, sal/whip/grey been a pet in the house.. took alot of time to get her right but she ended up the best bitch i ever owned. i was offered decent money for her but neva took it. sadly she hit a barbed wire fench and nealy took the leg of herself, had to be pts. on a brighter note ive got her son and he's at the top of his game.

[hunt and fish 35]

Cheers for the comments lads. Sorry to hear about your dog but at least you have the son out of her alb with him.

 

 

[3 Turns 326]

MY SON AND HIS FREIND ASKED TO TAKE MY DOGS OUT FOR A MOOCH .

I SAID NO.

A OLD LADY ROUND THE CORNER HAD A 4YR OLD W X LURCHER.NEVER EVEN HUNTED A DAY EVER

I TOLD THE BOYS GO AND ASK HER SO AWAY THEY WENT.2HRS LATER BOYS APPEARED WITH A BIG DOG FOX STILL WARM AND CHUFFED TO BITS.NOW THEIR OUT ALL THE TIME WITH IT.AND MY DOGS DONT EVEN GET A LOOK.FAIRPLAY

[ReggieCuz 18]

My 28 kilo 3 year old english bull terrier X pitbull (many moons ago) got into an accidental fight with a bloke's ''proven'' pitbull. My dog had NEVER been in a fight before but he delivered some serious wounds to this bloke's proven dog. By the time we split them up his dog needed 40 stitches. Yes, his dog was still keen to go despite its injuries, but so was mine.

I hasten to add I HATE dog fights but I had a big shot of pride about this one cos it shut this twat up for a good month and all his ''cur'' talk was put to bed.

My dog then went on to live another 7 years without a serious fight.

[3 Turns 326]

  On 18/12/2010 at 01:12, ReggieCuz said:

My 28 kilo 3 year old english bull terrier X pitbull (many moons ago) got into an accidental fight with a bloke's ''proven'' pitbull. My dog had NEVER been in a fight before but he delivered some serious wounds to this bloke's proven dog. By the time we split them up his dog needed 40 stitches. Yes, his dog was still keen to go despite its injuries, but so was mine.

I hasten to add I HATE dog fights but I had a big shot of pride about this one cos it shut this twat up for a good month and all his ''cur'' talk was put to bed.

My dog then went on to live another 7 years without a serious fight.

ALRIGHT MATE ITS FUNNY WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AND THE WIND GOES OUT THE SAILS RAPID STYLE HAHA

[hickymick 37]

  On 18/12/2010 at 01:40, 3 Turns said:

  On 18/12/2010 at 01:12, ReggieCuz said:

My 28 kilo 3 year old english bull terrier X pitbull (many moons ago) got into an accidental fight with a bloke's ''proven'' pitbull. My dog had NEVER been in a fight before but he delivered some serious wounds to this bloke's proven dog. By the time we split them up his dog needed 40 stitches. Yes, his dog was still keen to go despite its injuries, but so was mine.

I hasten to add I HATE dog fights but I had a big shot of pride about this one cos it shut this twat up for a good month and all his ''cur'' talk was put to bed.

My dog then went on to live another 7 years without a serious fight.

ALRIGHT MATE ITS FUNNY WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AND THE WIND GOES OUT THE SAILS RAPID STYLE HAHA

the saying; old dog new tricks, means to me stubborn folk wont learn,people...dogs will do new things dont write a 3 year old unused dog off as he's in his prime then.. Its the one's that have been broke in bad hands that take longer.

[3 Turns 326]

THATS A TRUE POINT.

[Gerry48 10]

Hi, my only concern with using an older untried dog is chasing stuff that he or she shouldn't,most dogs will chase, but i found the untrained older dogs are hard to brake to stock, there would not be anything worse than going out with your dogs and one untrained taking a woolly,