Old Dogs?

[DeerhoundLurcherMan 997]

I see loads of threads "my pup" ect.....

What about older dogs? What age should they be retired if at all? Do different xs live longer than others? Lets see them old boys and girls!!! And what they have done??

[rocky1 942]

i,ve got a 1/4 bull 1/4 deerhound 1/2 grey .she is 7 and has 2 litter,s of her ,1st litter at 3 which produce some top dog,s 2nd litter at 6 which only 1 pup survied ,at thet is doing well in its first season,she is still going strong now ,she has been my best dog i have but her the ultimate test and she keeps surprizeing me still so as for retireing ,i thinl i,ll let her decide that

[wild rover 548]

I see loads of threads "my pup" ect.....

What about older dogs? What age should they be retired if at all? Do different xs live longer than others? Lets see them old boys and girls!!! And what they have done??

 

 

Ten years old next week, still likes a good mooch, slowing down now. Lamped regular until 7, now i just ferret and mooch and hes out regular.

[mr-lurcher 6]

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he is 8yr old he still got it in him out runs most does he has ran with kills and thing what is on the lamp can have a fox and kill it with no probs and no makes on him the best dog i have had

[DeerhoundLurcherMan 997]

nice photos ....hows that dog bred wildrover..

mr lurcher nice dog saluki grey?

[collie/grey 238]

Yep i still have my oldy although she doesn't really show her old age bar her lameness on a front leg due to osteoarthritis, she still goes out on the lamp now and agian although she can't be run as hard as she used to she still gives her all, just tends to be stiff for a good day after, she will be nine years old tomorrow She was my first ever lurcher and i have enjoyed the years hunting i have had with her. Pre ban her main role was deer but she was up for anything, she was never a single handed fox killer but that never bothered me, she will be sorely missed when her time comes but she has life in her yet and she will let me know if she doesn't ever want to go out when i pick the lamp up.

 

 

As a 12 week old puppy.

[KittleRox 2,147]

Kali,16 yrs now,retired but still manages the odd jaunt roond the block.A half decent ferreting dug in her day and the odd daytime hare,she,s a year older than my laddie so she,ll be sorely missed when her time comes,

[#1poacher 8]

hello people my dog is 11 yrs and still jumps about like hes 2 the crazy thing

[terrierjohn 49]

my first lurcher a saluki grey collie grey hunted all the way to 12 and would have kept going longer but she killed her last daytime hare at 12 and retired her on that very day

no pics of her as cameras where not my thing in they days

[martnmagik 68]

they will tell you when they have had enough.... my old bitch was 20 when she finally said goodbye and would mooch with me still if i let her.

[Billybob 1]

My old bitch is about 12, hasn't worked for a few years due to injury but in her days she was a good rabbiting dog, lamp/ferrets etc.

Although she did have every think else she exercise more hares than she caught!

Still she did me ok.

I know a bloke who had a collie x greyhound who caught his last fox at the grand old age of 15 and had to be put down 7 months later due to old age and illness. He was the best all round working lurcher I've every seen.

[ReggieCuz 18]

Maggie, bull/grey cross pure grey, hunted pigs and other things regularly till she was 8 but had her last taste at 11. Retired after that and died peacefully at home at 14.

Beautiful natured, gentle, dignified dog and a decent hunting dog to boot, no world record breaker but a pleasure to own. Oldest dog I ever hunted was a english bull terrier/labrador bitch called Cleo, she retired from active duty at 12. Have had dogs retire as early as 6 though due to injury and unwillingness to keep at it.

[ReggieCuz 18]

Maggie in full

[no1 jibber 31]

i have an old dog. he's about 12, hope he don't live untill he is 16 plus

Edited December 31, 2010 by no1 jibber

[ReggieCuz 18]

lol, he might mate, that bull/labrador I had died at 16 and I had another bully/aussie cattle dog died at close to 18. For a while there my house was like a retirement village.

Least ye can do for a loyal hunting dog you've had from a pup is retire it to die at home, I reckon.