Age

[TonyT 1,681]

To all terriermen who are wrong side of 50,

youll know the feeling when someone half your

age jumps in to do abit. Fact of life I suppose.

Some dogs must be same. It seems like last year

i bred a litter trying to get a border/ lakey type.

failed and got mongrels but wastage was low to be fair to em.

took em out today and thought the bitch looks old and shes only 5 at christmas. Time flies but hell of a bitch

that Ive spoilt abit on tough days.

 

[Daniel cain 48,417]

3 hours ago, TonyT said:

To all terriermen who are wrong side of 50,

youll know the feeling when someone half your

age jumps in to do abit. Fact of life I suppose.

Some dogs must be same. It seems like last year

i bred a litter trying to get a border/ lakey type.

failed and got mongrels but wastage was low to be fair to em.

took em out today and thought the bitch looks old and shes only 5 at christmas. Time flies but hell of a bitch

that Ive spoilt abit on tough days.

 

I've always said...it's as if ,they suddenly just turn old over night...one minute they are in their prime..the next they look all worn out T

[TonyT 1,681]

4 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

I've always said...it's as if ,they suddenly just turn old over night...one minute they are in their prime..the next they look all worn out T

Bit like me 

[fireman 11,369]

Comes to us all dogs and humans alike and we do all sometimes need telling to slow it down a bit, my old plummer bitch was still being dug to at  10 just about every weekend and the odd one at 11 years old. She was never a hard bitch but one who would hold her ground but she never got herself smashed up so she lasted it out and yet some dogs iv'e seen are old by 2 or 3 years the way they worked, but knowing your dog is what is important and even more knowing when to quit the dog before the dog knows when..

[Aled 571]

Yep my wildfowling and rough shooting dog has really aged this year, he's 8 in November, hoping we'll manage a few seasons of moderate shooting. 

[longers01 2,399]

Ye they do seem to get old to quick old boy enjoying himself lol  

[Gypsydog94 4,685]

On 30/07/2025 at 16:47, fireman said:

Comes to us all dogs and humans alike and we do all sometimes need telling to slow it down a bit, my old plummer bitch was still being dug to at  10 just about every weekend and the odd one at 11 years old. She was never a hard bitch but one who would hold her ground but she never got herself smashed up so she lasted it out and yet some dogs iv'e seen are old by 2 or 3 years the way they worked, but knowing your dog is what is important and even more knowing when to quit the dog before the dog knows when..

The chap who taught me a lot about the terrier game had a Russel bitch we was still digging at 14 and a black bitch still being dug regular at 12. Had a couple nut cases for when the time arouse but they dug far more with the yappers then the hard ones