Which are you....

[Guest foxyjo.]

If I take on a dog, I like to think it will stay with me til the end.

 

Unfortunately, I'm far too quick to say "yes" when somethings about to be dumped, so I have taken a few and parted company in time.

Anything that I go out of my way to get, will stay. The 3 I have now, are here for life, regardless.

 

i took a gordon setter that was about to be bumped on the head, as he was the runt, he finished up bigger better than the pup they kept back as the pick!! At 12 months he went back to the breeder and on to a guy in Wales to do the job he was bred for. I loved him, but I couldn't do him justice. He's a damn sight happier than he would have been with me.

Took on two seperate terriers, that were cast offs - both ended up being shot - by my fella that was, at my request. I maintain they were both buggered up by humans, I was the last resort and I couldn't put the wrongs right. There was no point trying to push them onto someone else, they had been through enough homes, working and pet before they came to me. It upset me, but it was the right decision.

And there's been a couple of others, rehomed - BUT NEVER DOGS I SET OUT TO GET.

 

I distrust people who go through too many dogs...the fault must lie with them. Sometimes there's an element of "keeping up with the Jones'" as in some mate gets a bigger/harder/faster dog down the road, so out with the old and in with the new.... However, I do understand that sometimes a dog and owner fail to bond, which in working homes is crucial, so if another suitable home can be found, where the dog may be happier, I can't see the harm in giving him a chance.

[donk 12]

A guess it depends what you want from your dogs or how you want them to be? Ive heard allsorts of excuses or reasons for getting rid of dogs,workers and pets. Me? Ive got 2 lurchers cos i love being out with them. I dont call myself a dogman,im just a bloke with a couple of dogs that do a bit hunting. I guess im not the 'real deal' in a lot of peoples eyes,i dont give a f@ck though

My dogs,good or bad hunters, are with me for life,only time i would get rid is if they were terminally ill and needed pts, or if they turned vicious.

3 years on your own,wit just your dogs,you bond alright

[victor 10]

there unbtill the end. if it isnt good at one thing he is better that it at another thing, ive never givven up on aminals evan ferrets. and im happy about that aswell.

[mattyg 1,862]

good question anonymous,

me personally, i keep em till the end no matter how the end comes, my dogs only bad points are me!! lol. they do the best they can and thats all i can ask! i know lads who have dogs come and go but cant put their name to a pup that they have reard into a worker in their own right. they are of the school of thought that if it dosnt go out and exterminate everything on its 1st night out then its a jacker! good luck to em but that aint for me!

[doga 50]

If a dog is not up to scratch then its PTS time I am afraid..........It not fair on the dog because you will quickly fall out of love with it, Its not fair on the owner because its soul destroying and it puts an end to the chance of more shite being bred.

 

That said, I have rehomed a dog before...........but I made sure it was the right home and the dog went free of charge.

 

I wouldnt do it again.

that is my philosophy wilf and if folk wernt so greedy and untruthful you would not get so much rubbish about rubbish sold for good money.ive been after breeding my own little strain for years and nearly had it once but they could not stand physicly to the job hence no more,now im back at first base we a handy bitch that has to go through the riggers of work if she makes it ille breed from her and that should be every ones philosophy.that should answer wich one i am.

[dawnraider 2]

if it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations,he possesses this in an eminant degree;he lies down when i sit,and walks when i walk,which is more than many good friends can pretend to. Alexander pope. as my album in my gallery says pals for life.

[mad al 146]

We've five dogs here and all are here to stay Our Springer, Rusti, who is an absolute plank came with the territory so to speak is goin on about twelve years of age now and as yet hasn't quite grasped anything .

Graf the Rottie, Gus the Shar Pei and Dy the other Shar Pei have all come to live with us each with a different tale (no pun) of their previous lives but now have structure in their lives.

Then there is Lily, our Bullcross who I actually bought as a tool for the job and is coming along fine . The way we look at it is this, no end of folk have asked us about breeding, particularly with Graf, but they're not here for us to line our pockets, all deserve everything we can give them and all have "something", call it character if you like that shone through when we first saw them and they all came home with us to live with us, end of

[nbk 0]

simple for me if a dog dont put out he put dont down you keep shit and everyone will know you for keeping shit wouldnt keep a dog unles he was doing exactually what i want.....

[Bosun11 537]

If a dog is not up to scratch then its PTS time I am afraid..........It not fair on the dog because you will quickly fall out of love with it, Its not fair on the owner because its soul destroying and it puts an end to the chance of more shite being bred.

 

That said, I have rehomed a dog before...........but I made sure it was the right home and the dog went free of charge.

 

I wouldnt do it again.

 

Would agree with that Wilf, far better to see something that you have raised go that way than be passed from pillar to post.

 

Real time should be taken when choosing a potential partner. So many people 'take a shine' to a certain dog or type of dog without really asking themselves what they really want it for and if they have the time to develope it into the best it can be.

 

I've been guilty of the same in the past

 

It's an easy come, easy go, world we live in and that's a real shame for some of the dogs in it!

[whin 463]

well being knowledgble and expect alot out of a dog ive had failures some have a quirk you will never iron out ,but most of the dogs ive bred and worked have made the grade as allround working dogs an hold there own any were, maybe expierence and 25 years of game sense hunting all over helps , i think you must breed to the best you can get and test them and after 3 seasons breed it to the dog that suits your line ,im lucky i can trace my dogs i have bred and thyre are doing what i bred them for and get reports back from other owners i have sold pups to ,i must admit if i have failed with a dog its usaly me or mayb ive picked wrong pup but only once, so far, pups are all about timing and makeing sure you have time to work them and enter them properly , lifestile and work can sometimes make a well bred dog bad as it never got the chances as maybe prevuios pup, i no as ive done it , come good in end but for while i would have got the grave ready for sure , only certain retired lurchers make pets my old colli line she will be a pet but take it were there game you need aleash same with daughter father grand father , gave one to a female freind once i had retired her through getting knocked with vehicle , she still caught hares roe rabbs poor woman was embarissed , so took her back , to me honestly i would rather put mines to sleep once there getting on than abad home or any home unless very trusted people , im not into pet rescue or rescue everybodys pets a dog must work to keep its place and them produce its self ,then well, its worth keeping to live a ripe age , not got a problem putting a dog away to sleep but not callous in any way ,but no softie either

[karl_20 0]

if you own a dog from pup and it turns out to be a bad worker who is to blame?

 

i dont agree with having the dog pts if it isnt good enough, to be honest i dont really care if my dog cathes 1 out of 10 the best bit for me is watching the dog run and course its quarry, if my dog cathes then it cathes if the quarry escapes the it lives for another day,

 

cheers karl

[ulverston moocher 60]

I think nearly all dogs can be trained to work and to do it well depending on the amount of time you spend with them most people that get rid of dogs because they are no good never have good dogs because they take them out once a month and expect the world and when the dogs dont catch 200 rabbits a night when there 12 month old and have only been out 3 times its time to get rid.this is not the case allways just tends to be more times than not and asspecially around my area. my bedlington x is only 14 month old now and by the time he was 12 onth had had 3 homes thank f**k they hadnt tried working him and ruined a good dog now he is becoming a cracking little lamoping dog and is doing well with no faults that I can see he wouldnt be every bodys cup of tea as he does not walk on water and hasnt yet performed any mirricals.He wont have any more homes but the one hes in now.

[Guest MY LAW]

if a dog turns out not what you want and you are the one who traind it thenyou have to ask your self [do i realy know what i am doing ]???

[doga 50]

I think nearly all dogs can be trained to work and to do it well depending on the amount of time you spend with them most people that get rid of dogs because they are no good never have good dogs because they take them out once a month and expect the world and when the dogs dont catch 200 rabbits a night when there 12 month old and have only been out 3 times its time to get rid.this is not the case allways just tends to be more times than not and asspecially around my area. my bedlington x is only 14 month old now and by the time he was 12 onth had had 3 homes thank f**k they hadnt tried working him and ruined a good dog now he is becoming a cracking little lamoping dog and is doing well with no faults that I can see he wouldnt be every bodys cup of tea as he does not walk on water and hasnt yet performed any mirricals.He wont have any more homes but the one hes in now.

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fair play mate and a sencible kind of atitude to have a lot of dogs are past around due to no fault of there own.YOUR WRITE,types breeds and other dont matter in the end if its what you want and it suits for the write reasons good on ya stick to it and dont be drawn into this dog and that,time afection good all round stopckman ship count but if you have a rum un why try and pass it on for money only be kind and stop its missery there.

[jolong 1]

ive got four dogs here now... ones 3 ... ones 2 .. ones one and a half....and ones 7 months...

 

all brought up forom pup .. and will be with me untill they go to the sky

 

jo

Edited November 27, 2008 by jolong