Guest CharlieC Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 I'm hoping you kind chaps and chapesses can help me out here, Im interested to know the longevity of working lurchers in general compared with the average lifespans of non working breeds, after a discussion I had with a lady today who keeps Airedales and commented they never seem to survive past the age of 12 despite being one of the healthier type breeds with few hereditary problems This set me thinking about working lurchers and how barring injuries, they can be one of the healthiest types of dog you can own. So, can you all take a minute to vote on the age of your oldest dog when it died, if you can add some comments about what age you retired the dog and what the cause of death was, whether old age, heart failure, kidney trouble etc. I know some of you lads take your dogs for a final walk to the woods when you feel they have outlived their useful working lives, please can you refrain from voting in the poll, as I want the numbers to reflect dogs which have died after they have had a working life, rather than being PTS because theyre no longer up to working, this isnt any sort of derogatory comment about this practice as I have done it myself in the past, and its never an easy task Thanks in advance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 my oldest living dog was an 18 year old first cross collie grey ... she was worked with the ferrets from the age of 4 months and lamped from 7 months .... i retired her from lamping at 8 and from ferreting at 12 ..... she lived out the rest of her days on my mates fathers farm where she died from old age in her sleep ........... this bitch was a first cross rough collie whippet and she was worked up untill she was 14 and died at the age of 16 .... she had distemper at the age of 2 and against the vets advice my old man brought her home and pulled her through it ........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CharlieC Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 18 thats a good age Socks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 WELL CHARLIEC , THE OLDEST LURCHER IVE HAD WAS A 17 YRS OLD FELLA WHO BROKE HIS FRONT LEG BEFORE THE AGE OF 2 , WHILE JUMPING A BEDLINGTON X BITCH WHICH HAD SUDDENLY PULLED UP ON HARD GROUND , AGAINST ALL THE SO- CALLED DOGMENS ADVICE I GOT THE DOG SORTED , HE WENT ON TO REPAY ME KILLING LOADS OF GAME THROUGH OUT HIS LIFE HE KILLED FALLOW , ROE AND SIKA UP TILL HE WAS 13 ...........THE DOG JUST DIDNT KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD ...WALK ...... !!! EVERY WALK TO HIM WAS A HUNT !! ONCE , NOT TOO LONG BEFORE HE DIED ...I WENT OUT FOR A SUNDAY WALK ON A LOCAL ESTATE .......... JUST A RECCIE ....... YOU UNDERSTAND WELL TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT ........ THE OLD FELLA KILLED A FOX , A ROE AS WELL AS SOME OTHER GEAR !................... MIND YOU HE DID SLEEP FOR 3 DAYS SOLID AFTER THAT ONE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Ferret 0 Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 What happened Jake? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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