Prime

[the goat 642]

2,3 and 4 years. If they had some hard digs I think the best is leaving them once they hit five and six ease of on the digging well that's what I would do. Each to there own.

I'd say 2 and 3 are still young. 4,5,6 I'd say prime. As for a human being in they're prime I'd say 18-20 I'm 24 and my back feels like I'm 65?

[the goat 642]

I don't know about prime but I don't think a terrier is fully mature 'till it's three. Obviously they're all different (ie. bitches often mature earlier than dogs) but as a rule I think they mature at around three.

As for prime, they're all different. I dug to a 9 year old bitch 3 times last week, twice one day and once a few days later. The same bitches sister was retired after 3 seasons.

I've dug to 7, 8, 9 and 10 year old terriers that could still succeed where other fellows prides and joys wouldn't at 3 and 4.

There's not to many rules in this game regarding the working life of a terrier.

There's a dog here being dug to twice as much as anything else and he's twice as old as the eldest terrier here bar him. He's ten...or at least ten next time...pluck a few grey hairs off him and he'd pass as 5/6 years old easy. His confirmation hasn't changed much if any since his prime whereas some ten year old terriers iv seen are looking half dead.

[howdeeposxxt 1,448]

 

2,3 and 4 years. If they had some hard digs I think the best is leaving them once they hit five and six ease of on the digging well that's what I would do. Each to there own.

I'd say 2 and 3 are still young. 4,5,6 I'd say prime. As for a human being in they're prime I'd say 18-20 I'm 24 and my back feels like I'm 65?

Mine are well out of there prime by 5 n 6. As said earlier all terriers different and it really does depend on what work that have done. Only one job for your back plenty a codeine to kill the pain believe me there great pain killers hard to get enough tho ??

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

 

I don't know about prime but I don't think a terrier is fully mature 'till it's three. Obviously they're all different (ie. bitches often mature earlier than dogs) but as a rule I think they mature at around three.

As for prime, they're all different. I dug to a 9 year old bitch 3 times last week, twice one day and once a few days later. The same bitches sister was retired after 3 seasons.

I've dug to 7, 8, 9 and 10 year old terriers that could still succeed where other fellows prides and joys wouldn't at 3 and 4.

There's not to many rules in this game regarding the working life of a terrier.

There's a dog here being dug to twice as much as anything else and he's twice as old as the eldest terrier here bar him. He's ten...or at least ten next time...pluck a few grey hairs off him and he'd pass as 5/6 years old easy. His confirmation hasn't changed much if any since his prime whereas some ten year old terriers iv seen are looking half dead.

Is that the big Red dog Goat?

[the goat 642]

Sadly he's gone mate...it's the dog we just spoke about....

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

I liked him too! F*ck I didnt think that dog would be 10 now! Time flies.