What Age Do You See Your Lurcher Slowing Down????

[merlehunter32 1]

i have a collie bull grey at 6 year old and still going strong like a puppy keen as always has been.

just wondering at what age will he start to slow and not have same stamina as he has now

guess i have a few good years left yet......................

[Chris Parsons 2]

Depends on how much work they have been doing and being fit all through there life... my dog just gone 8 and iv noticed a bit this year. Takes a bit longer to get her running fit now, but she is doing well and I'm happy so that's all that matters I suppose... first sound like yours is going to slow down any time soon

[bird 9,861]

Depends on how much work they have been doing and being fit all through there life... my dog just gone 8 and iv noticed a bit this year. Takes a bit longer to get her running fit now, but she is doing well and I'm happy so that's all that matters I suppose... first sound like yours is going to slow down any time soon

yeh fair point, and there all differnt some can go on till 9 -10 years old and get good bags, others can be fecked at 6-7 years old each dog differnt

[dave mac 58]

we have a bitch here that is almost 9yrs and she is well past here best. same breeding collie bull greyhound.she worked 100% from about 12mt old, didnt need terriers to flush she was in the hedgerows her self. i used to wince at the bumps and thuds when she was on some thing. it all catches up on them at some point, as bird said all dogs are different. she started to slow down about 2-yrs ago.

[col100 4]

depends on the work they do how hard they work any lurcher with collie and bull seem more active but age catches up with us all in the end???

[collie/grey 238]

My 12 year old bitch started slowing down at around 9-10 year old, she will still have a decnt run now but is nowhere near as fast anymore and then she is f****d for a good day, starting to lose muscle tone now and is losing hearing but otherwise she's all good.

[beast 1,884]

yeah its impossible to say really. i had a collie cross still lamping well at 13, but not big bags (5-10) whereas i've known other dogs fading fast by 7 or 8

[moonlighter 1,163]

Coursing dogs will show signs of ageing sooner than rabbit dogs, but that's because a hare takes some stopping. At dog at 6/7 years old would be its last hard season on the long ears

[Bosun11 537]

I see my dog slowing down about the time when the hare in front of 'em is almost a 'speck' and getting smaller all the time....!

[TOMMYONEIL 650]

I've got a bitch here at 11 and by god it doesn't stop it thinks its 2 lol

[Derek1962 50]

I had a deerhound greyhound first cross years ago,worked him on hareall the time,never used him on the lamp,could give a hare a good spin but at the age of six he was starting to loose his top gear so i retired him,but i took him lamping one night during his retirement and he took to it like a duck to water,i used him for lamping for rabbit till the age of nine and then he lay around the house till he died at the age of eleven years,so like most dog owners you will know when he is not giving you 100% so then its time for you to call it a day,