Selling Your Dogs And How You See Them

[Trinity Baits 0]

How do Gents?

After reading through a few post on here and other forums its amazing how so many people describe there dogs as tools or there stock as though they have just bought a new drill from B&Q and are easy replaced I was just curious how many people think of there dogs in such a way I have three dogs two lurchers and a spaniel yeah i do work them and they are my working dogs but they are also my pets who are a loved member of the family and will be with me till the day they die i have kept working dogs from the age of 14 and now i am 30 so fair to say i am no novice at the game

 

Another thing that bothered me is the amount of dogs for sale i am not talking about litters of pups here but dogs at 8,9,10,11 months old and they state its done this and done that this dog is gonna be the best next thing so why SELL IT seems like there is to many people out to make a few quid at the expense of a poor dog going from home to home just think it spoils it for the genuine dog men out there

 

sorry that my second post is a bit of a rant but just wanted to know other peoples views on the topic

 

ATB

Rik

[morton 5,368]

A lot of people have lurchers to serve a specific purpose,to aid and assist them in their hunting activities and lifestyle.Some value them as a family pet and companion as well.I don,t have the same sentimental attachment to them now as i did 30 years ago,in that time ive had some stolen,lost some through injuries and retired some because of injury,plus let the odd un go because it failed to meet my requirements.I won,t keep a dog thats of little use to me,especially when that kennel space is to be utililised by a dog i can graft,thus at times sentiment as to be met by the realism that an hard and bitter choice needs undertaking at times.The old Beddy bitch,retired last year and now fat and comfortable on the settee,is a sign that sometimes the hard and bitter choice cannot be faced with certain jukels that have given their whole for the owners gratification,she,s a one off,perhaps.

[bird 9,916]

A lot of people have lurchers to serve a specific purpose,to aid and assist them in their hunting activities and lifestyle.Some value them as a family pet and companion as well.I don,t have the same sentimental attachment to them now as i did 30 years ago,in that time ive had some stolen,lost some through injuries and retired some because of injury,plus let the odd un go because it failed to meet my requirements.I won,t keep a dog thats of little use to me,especially when that kennel space is to be utililised by a dog i can graft,thus at times sentiment as to be met by the realism that an hard and bitter choice needs undertaking at times.The old Beddy bitch,retired last year and now fat and comfortable on the settee,is a sign that sometimes the hard and bitter choice cannot be faced with certain jukels that have given their whole for the owners gratification,she,s a one off,perhaps.

good point , having had lurchers 30 years now, and was brought up with heinz57s, bull breeds from a kid, so been round dogs of all types+sizes for long while. I don't know what it is , but never seem to get the same attachment to a lurcher type dog , as what I did with the other breeds of dogs we kept back then. maybe it the temperament or the look of average type lurcher, but what ever it is I deff had more of better attachment to the other type dogs. I ve had few lurchers get hurt even killed out hunting, ok felt sad and sick at the time, but got another lurcher and thought no more of. But we had few nice staffs that was more like pits of today, that when they died really up set me. so maybe I must view lurchers more like a (tool) than just pet+ companion ,as carnt think of another reason why I feel this way about them, which is a lot different to how I feel to other type of dogs

[Trinity Baits 0]

Totally understand what your saying and the point your making and dont think there is any harm in re-homing a dog if not wanted.Its just the way people talk about there dogs as though they are objects and can be disposed of and new bought in over the years i have had working dogs i myself have had to re-home one of my dogs BUT i made sure the dog went to a good home and was permanent i have known of people over the years give them to anybody and seen the same dog for sale over and over again each time £10/£20 more expensive also heard of dogs just been tossed out the boot and left at side of the road

[lurcherman 887 13,156]

 

 

A lot of people have lurchers to serve a specific purpose,to aid and assist them in their hunting activities and lifestyle.Some value them as a family pet and companion as well.I don,t have the same sentimental attachment to them now as i did 30 years ago,in that time ive had some stolen,lost some through injuries and retired some because of injury,plus let the odd un go because it failed to meet my requirements.I won,t keep a dog thats of little use to me,especially when that kennel space is to be utililised by a dog i can graft,thus at times sentiment as to be met by the realism that an hard and bitter choice needs undertaking at times.The old Beddy bitch,retired last year and now fat and comfortable on the settee,is a sign that sometimes the hard and bitter choice cannot be faced with certain jukels that have given their whole for the owners gratification,she,s a one off,perhaps.

good point , having had lurchers 30 years now, and was brought up with heinz57s, bull breeds from a kid, so been round dogs of all types+sizes for long while. I don't know what it is , but never seem to get the same attachment to a lurcher type dog , as what I did with the other breeds of dogs we kept back then. maybe it the temperament or the look of average type lurcher, but what ever it is I deff had more of better attachment to the other type dogs. I ve had few lurchers get hurt even killed out hunting, ok felt sad and sick at the time, but got another lurcher and thought no more of. But we had few nice staffs that was more like pits of today, that when they died really up set me. so maybe I must view lurchers more like a (tool) than just pet+ companion ,as carnt think of another reason why I feel this way about them, which is a lot different to how I feel to other type of dogs

 

Or maybe you was more sensitive in your younger days bird

[bird 9,916]

 

 

A lot of people have lurchers to serve a specific purpose,to aid and assist them in their hunting activities and lifestyle.Some value them as a family pet and companion as well.I don,t have the same sentimental attachment to them now as i did 30 years ago,in that time ive had some stolen,lost some through injuries and retired some because of injury,plus let the odd un go because it failed to meet my requirements.I won,t keep a dog thats of little use to me,especially when that kennel space is to be utililised by a dog i can graft,thus at times sentiment as to be met by the realism that an hard and bitter choice needs undertaking at times.The old Beddy bitch,retired last year and now fat and comfortable on the settee,is a sign that sometimes the hard and bitter choice cannot be faced with certain jukels that have given their whole for the owners gratification,she,s a one off,perhaps.

good point , having had lurchers 30 years now, and was brought up with heinz57s, bull breeds from a kid, so been round dogs of all types+sizes for long while. I don't know what it is , but never seem to get the same attachment to a lurcher type dog , as what I did with the other breeds of dogs we kept back then. maybe it the temperament or the look of average type lurcher, but what ever it is I deff had more of better attachment to the other type dogs. I ve had few lurchers get hurt even killed out hunting, ok felt sad and sick at the time, but got another lurcher and thought no more of. But we had few nice staffs that was more like pits of today, that when they died really up set me. so maybe I must view lurchers more like a (tool) than just pet+ companion ,as carnt think of another reason why I feel this way about them, which is a lot different to how I feel to other type of dogs

 

Or maybe you was more sensitive in your younger days bird

 

yeh you might be right mate maybe I changed for the worse . just one of them things suppose

[morton 5,368]

Totally understand what your saying and the point your making and dont think there is any harm in re-homing a dog if not wanted.Its just the way people talk about there dogs as though they are objects and can be disposed of and new bought in over the years i have had working dogs i myself have had to re-home one of my dogs BUT i made sure the dog went to a good home and was permanent i have known of people over the years give them to anybody and seen the same dog for sale over and over again each time £10/£20 more expensive also heard of dogs just been tossed out the boot and left at side of the road

Some people change and trade dogs with little thought or consideration for their future or wellbeing,they see them as little more than an accessory to their ego,these sorts are far removed from anything the genuine hunting fraternity wish to ever be associated with or have affinity with,the vast majority of mutts sold,dumped and traded have no hunting association whatsoever,a small minority have,again this small minority have owners that true hunting folk have no wish to be tarnished or be associated with.

[Tomhill131 25]

Mine is primarily a family dog, but I got a lurcher so I can work him and the hole kill it cook it eat it really appeals to me being a chef but if he turned out to be naf at working or injured himself working he would stay with me till his final day but I would get another one to work. Everyone is different though I have friends that own theirs as work tools and doesn't bother me.