lurchers and dogst

[whin 463]

if you gave up hunting would you get rid of dogs to good working homes or put to sleep im a hunter in many forms but if i stopped it dogs would be gone and do something else to while the time away ,hunting to me is the reason to have a hunting dog coursing hound what do youse people keep dogs for pets company etc

[TOMO 26,255]

work,,, i wouldnt own a dog if i didnt work them

[6pack 60]

Always shocked by those that turn their backs on their dogs so quickly.

Lets hope you are not overcome with boredom while hunting then

[whin 463]

you dont turn your back you twat and would not be a thing taken lightly ,t me a working dog is afood provider etc , not as pet to lie about

[rob190364 2,594]

i'll always have a dog whether hunting or not.

[Tiny 7 1,694]

If i gave up the game then id give what iv got too decent working homes were they would be worked and looked after, If i wasnt out i wouldnt keep any of lurchers for just pets when there used too so much more wouldnt be fair on them IMHO..

[rob190364 2,594]

no, but you can get another breed thats less active.

[Tyla 3,179]

Interesting, mine are both pets and workers. I have one retired due to injury and shes still here so i'd probably keep them and if they were here cant image not working them. To be honest i cant really imagine having a dog as just a pet, had gun dogs before the lurchers and terrier. I wouldnt want to be without a dog and i wouldnt want to have a dog that doesnt work do i guess i will just have to keep hunting

 

Just out of interest, Whin and Tomo in particular, as you've been involved in the dogs a long time - what would make you give up the dogs and the hunting?

Edited September 17, 2011 by Tyla

[flashellie 5]

a mate of mine went out of the huntin last year he gave his dog way to a good working home as he thought but the dog is starved an not out the door is just left to waste i would put my dogs to sleep if i was gettin out of it

[whin 463]

nothing realy just a matter of opion with like mided souls as i cant see the piont of rakes of dogs as pets you go to the odd show and some have the whole of battersea dog kennels ,to me a lurcher is a working animal come pet but not pet come working animal ,far from giving them up fech buying meat ,its thta there so many bred from non workers etc non tested puppy peddlars i wonder if there going liie the silly feret show brigade etc ,people on here should remember a dogs for providing the diner etc not some ribbon tied pooch .its like kling stuff wouldnt dare do it for waste to feed freinds mates etc

[pluto55 2]

work,,, i wouldnt own a dog if i didnt work them

 

100%

[forest of dean redneck 11,623]

if i havent a dog round me i feel empty,

 

a bull breed or mongrel as a pet.

or a hunting dog.

if you have a dog you have to get up and out and not fester away.

 

theres nothing like tramping round the countryside with a dog and camera looking at the plants and wildlife.

[tsteve9999 456]

No way would I get rid,

Even if I gave up actually going out looking for game my dog would still have a good life mooching along canal banks and suchlike, thats something I've done all my life and will never stop doing.

[collie/grey 238]

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[iworkwhippets 12,614]

The only time my dogs will see the back of me, is when im 6foot under , keeping Elsie warm