Working Veterans?

[ryno 11]

does anyone on here still mooch with veteran dogs?,we tend to keep our dogs till they die,so inevetebly work some old dogs.it amazes me to watch!. as the pace slows down so the brain works faster. my dad has a 14 year old coursing whippet a very handy allrounder in his day, now he picks and chooses his runs. whilst out last week my young lurcher bitch was up a bunnies ass that had been flushed from the cover..the whippet trotted behind until she put in a really good turn and he picked it up.another example was an old collie wippet grey we bred called chaz once he realised that his pace was gone he would go 20 yards up the hedge from the terriers and lie in the runs in hope of a passing conie,and to be fair caught a fair few like this. does anyone have any stories relating to the above? atb ryan

[Blind Hawk 57]

Thats where the saying comes from ;;;The old dog for the long road ;;;