At What Age Is Do You Stop Running Your Dogs.?

[Bosun11 537]

Never stop taking them out... Either run 'em till they drop or call it a day and PTS.

 

Nothing more sad than a keen old dog in forced retirement....!!!

[paulus 26]

Never stop taking them out... Either run 'em till they drop or call it a day and PTS.

 

Nothing more sad than a keen old dog in forced retirement....!!!

[bird 9,861]

 

What age is too old to run a lurcher.

alot of variables in that question. i dont think theres a right or wrong answer, theres things like old injurys that can come through, has the dog in question had a hard or easy working life.

 

also each dog is different along with each owners expectations.

 

very true, some dogs if not over worked ,or not many injurys can still knock over good few rabbits at 10 years old. Then you get some dogs that had hard working life +few injury's and could be fecked at 7 years old. My one dog 7 in couple of months , still does ok gets good bag, but have noticed takes longer to get over a night's lamping now then couple years back . But as had fair bit of graft over the years , suppose age catches us all up , whish I could turn back the clock 15 years me self

[paulus 26]

you can not expect a 7.8.13 year old dog to be the same as when it was 3 or 4 but it doesn't mean you stop taking it out because of that

[yellowdog 12]

 

I have only had one that reached a good age (13) she pretty much gave up herself, no longer did she want to look over every wall for something to chase and she was wise enough to know that her old legs were not up to catching a fit rabbit on fair terms (any dog with brains soon learns what it cannot get) but she did still poke her head into a bush now and then for a mixi or the like (sometimes in embarrassing places) . I can think of nothing worse than carrying a carcass of a once loyal dog off a field because I asked for too much too long.

and the alternative is to what, retire it in home and watch it go down hill, sorry but ive done that and will never do it again, when he can no longer do it or in pain i will take him out to do what he loves and bury him where he has spent the greater part of his life. im not one for taking them to a vets and putting them through that stress,

 

I think you might have missed the bit were I stated "no longer did she want to" PTS and retiring a dog from full on work are very, very different things. I don't view a dog as purely a tool, in pain or suffering beyond that which I can control PTS, bad temperament PTS, no limbs removed or trollies fitted PTS not fit for a hard days work retired or semi retired. A dog is so honest a creature it will if you ask of it sacrifice itself, if only I could aspire to be like that myself in return. If you raise them right trust me they have little difficulty adapting to civilian life after service

[desertbred 5,490]

when its heart stops or it decides enough is enough even just getting out for a mooch about does an old dog I should know

[pro keeper 111]

with mine when they get to around 7 to 8 years old and done a good service for me i like to return there years of service and retire them off to my old dears to become a house dog she walks them twice a day, they live inside and every vet bill they face i pay till they drop or put to sleep. she has two of mine now witch lived together for 5 years now they chill together still catching rabbits while walking the fields, which upset the old dear when they bring them live to hand lol bless her.

 

This works for me but in truth they take some replacing and the new pup takes years to gets to standards, i just feel i owe it them right or wrong but thats just me.

 

here is a couple of photos of they pair i sent her

 

 

[pro keeper 111]

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