Chain Space ??

[Wxm 1,638]

There's a lot of people that keep there dogs from start to finish so to speak, but if you have limited space say for 2 dogs (say 1 lurcher 1 terrier or other mixes) so what happens when 1 or both these dogs come to an age of retirement? and getting another dog is not plausible until the inevitable happens.

 

do you rehome them / cull / or just wait till the opportunity arises.

 

wxm

[antg 1,787]

personally if one of mine has earned his/her keep and done what they were meant to do, they live a grand old life till time comes when i have to do the right thing.

suppose every one is different and has different circumstances.

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

If the dog serves me well it'll live out the rest of its days either with me or with someone I know for a full fact will give it the retirement it deserves (good food, lead walks, lots of rest, and a good fuss every now and then).

 

If they've served you well, treat it like a champ in retirement.

[BIGLURKS 874]

Depends on the dog and if they can suit too being a house dog but dogs will always be replaced as long as housing situation never changes only thing I can see that would have too rehome a dog that's is retiring would be if the girlfriend is pregnant cos I would not have a dog in the house with baby's or small kids

[j j m 6,567]

id keep the dog if it has served me well

[gnasher16 30,583]

I think its the sort of idealistic thing we all like to think.....................but when the time actually comes id say not as many people as we think own a working dog through to its natural end........if you can only own a couple of dogs and you take the work a dog does seriously then why wait out a dogs life before you can work dogs again.......move it on to a comfy home and start again.

[Born Hunter 17,832]

A lot of you aren't gonna like this, but imo I think it depends on how seriously you take your dog work. The lads that are sculpting the modern lurcher or terrier with work and graft tend not to hang on to all their old stock, maybe the odd character but not all of them. Some maybe rehomed, a lot will be put down. That's just reality. An old ewe, chuck heffer or whatever would be shot, I don't see any wrong with doing the same with a dog. Not something that sits well with me or I'll admit something I think I could do to a dog that's worked with me the past 8-10 years but logically I have no rational issue with it, it's purely an emotional one.

[LaraCroft 863]

A lot of you aren't gonna like this, but imo I think it depends on how seriously you take your dog work. The lads that are sculpting the modern lurcher or terrier with work and graft tend not to hang on to all their old stock, maybe the odd character but not all of them. Some maybe rehomed, a lot will be put down. That's just reality. An old ewe, chuck heffer or whatever would be shot, I don't see any wrong with doing the same with a dog. Not something that sits well with me or I'll admit something I think I could do to a dog that's worked with me the past 8-10 years but logically I have no rational issue with it, it's purely an emotional one.

 

Agree. I can't do it - hence having 5 dogs, 3 of which barely leave the sofa, and an elderly horse that is an expensive field ornament - but I don't judge others. If the animal has a good life, and it ends in a decent way - be it sofa, bullet, big blue needle etc then that is fine. What I don't like is hearing of elderly dogs ending up in rescue shelters, confused and scared, because either the decision wasn't made, or they were abandoned.