Guest hpool_hunter Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 as the title says - what age would you retire a working lurcher? if kept fit ect ect what age would you keep running at? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Missie 1 Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Personally if the dog was fit and healthy then i'd say around 8 but it all depends on how hard it is worked I guess. My greyhound bitch still runs at 9 but she's not worked she had a fairly hard racing career and although she likes taking a turn after the rabbits I let her take it fairly easily. She's getting to the point that after she's pushed herself she's stiff but I can't stop her from running with my other two unless I kept her on a lead which isn't fair on her. I do however put her back on the lead before them so she doesn't totally knacker herself out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeTheDog 153 Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Depends what you're retireing it from. Does it run thirty/hundred rabbits a night four nights a week or is it a bushing/mooching/ferreting buddie? My old lurcher was still up for a bit of ferreting at fourteen but would stand and watch deer and hare get up in front of her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caravan Monster 323 Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 Depends what you're retireing it from. Does it run thirty/hundred rabbits a night four nights a week or is it a bushing/mooching/ferreting buddie? My old lurcher was still up for a bit of ferreting at fourteen but would stand and watch deer and hare get up in front of her. This is something that I have been thinking over for the last year or so. If you fall more toward the mooching, rather than hardcore lamper category, and only really need the one lurcher, that dog can keep going well into old age. You just change your methods and quarry as time moves on. The one thing I am unsure about, is at what stage do you make the decision to look for a pup? Do you look to bring the pup on alongside the old timer, young learning good (and bad) habits from old? Or do you wait until the old dog is very elderly and will be happier staying at home whilst you concentrate on one to one training with the pup? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 This is Gripper 11yr old collie/grey still doing his bit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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