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I can't believe the huge prices some people ask for old dogs!!! After a dog reaches a certain age, the ice gets real thin. Anything can happen, and usually does. I know it's none of my business, and people can ask, or pay whatever they want to....just kinda "WOWS" me.

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It depends on what you consider an old dog. I m o, anything 8 and up is an old dog. But I know guys that consider 5 to be old.

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It depends on what you consider an old dog. I m o, anything 8 and up is an old dog. But I know guys that consider 5 to be old.

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Best to give them away with the price of fur. Been a tough sale, alot are priced as if their in prime,age, which is age 3 to me. Males are real hard to sell, females have old age reproduction issues....

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I'd say a dog is in it's prime from 4-7. After that they care a little less about what the handler thinks I m o. At 3 they still make a young dog mistakes. And by 9 they're slowing down a bunch compared to them at 5-6. But I agree the prices on these older dogs is kind of crazy. But they're only worth what someone is willing to pay.

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In my thinking, it doesn't matter how many coons they have treed, or how many titles they have, when three legs are in the grave. I've seen females, as young as 7, get crazy on their cycles, and 8 and 9 year olds that hunt good one night, and wake up dead the next day!!! They get like me....stuff starts tearing upl!!! If I'm going to get rid of an older dog, I'll give it to someone that needs them to start a pup with, and someone I know that will give it a good home. The best thing, once they get to a certain age, is to keep them til they die. Older dogs, sometimes, need special care!!!
When a dog reaches a certain age, there is a small window....as in now or never....you either sell them now, or they die in your kennel. Old dogs might look or act like a 3 year old (for a little while) but they're not. Some people ask thousands of dollars for old dogs!!! Blows me away!!! To each his own I guess ???

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It depends on what you consider an old dog. I m o, anything 8 and up is an old dog. But I know guys that consider 5 to be old.

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No matter what age how good the dog is would be what it's worth mostly! Wheaten it's a yr or 6 or 8. A good dog is hard to find.

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There is nothing more enjoyable than hunting a 5 to 9 year old coon treeing machine compared to these 2 to 3 year old mistake makers . I know you have to hunt them through the dumb dumb years but a hunted up old dog is refreshing . No one hunts a dog to maturity these days . Once its super stakes eligibility is up or super stud etc they are shelved . As for prices I paid $2500 for an 8 year old Grand Nite male . He is a grandson on top of Medleys Swamp and Houses Prowler and on bottom is a grandson of Lookin up jeb . All he does is tree coon after coon . Good old blood .

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X 2 on huntin the old dog 2 or 3 nights a week. I enjoy it more and more all time.

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There is nothing more enjoyable than hunting a 5 to 9 year old coon treeing machine compared to these 2 to 3 year old mistake makers . I know you have to hunt them through the dumb dumb years but a hunted up old dog is refreshing . No one hunts a dog to maturity these days . Once its super stakes eligibility is up or super stud etc they are shelved . As for prices I paid $2500 for an 8 year old Grand Nite male . He is a grandson on top of Medleys Swamp and Houses Prowler and on bottom is a grandson of Lookin up jeb . All he does is tree coon after coon . Good old blood .

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Mr Knuckols, it sounds like you bought a real bargain. Some people can see the worth in something that just brings them a lot of pleasure and some only look at what they can get out of something. Just a year or two of pleasure coonhunting can be priceless to some. I have an older female that I wouldn't sell for any amount of money. I don't care if she went sterile tomorrow.
4play, how much would it take to buy your old dog?

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About what I paid for after I collected him . He's still a winner . He and my other dog Extra Man got in the final 4 at Yadkintars hunt . I think he's won 6 out of 9 hunts . If he dies at my house that's OK by me . I've also got a coming 10 year old NtCh granddaughter of Stylish Clover that makes coon treeing look easy . Extra Man is 5 and clicking as well . I have 1 2 year old with a big upside but Lance Crump is dealing with the young dog Stuff lol . Mark Whatley helped me realize these old hounds are superior and to hunt them till the wheels fall off that's what they love to do not sit while Jr is out there tripping over himself lol

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At 11 yrs old granny will still make dogs look stupid she has pups in a few days I am a nervous wreck hope she gets them raised they will finish me up she will live in the lap of luxury the rest of her life.

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It takes 3 of us to hunt my dogs . The Lowry's have Poison . Me and David Gang up on Extra Man and Me and Lance team up on Ranger and Man Child . I can only do 1 dog at a time justice . A drop here and there does do much . If you wanna win you gotta work them on recutting from the tree instead of drop shotting . That's the difference I see in the modern dog verses the old blood . Back then we hunted all night in one spot and now we load up and move each drop due to the territory . My modern dogs are easier to train thank goodness cause I'm a big Nancy now . The old dogs were if it treed load the gun . Until 10 years ago I didn't know what slick treeing was

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Good luck with the pups Tar!!

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God bless you yadkintar. It does my heart good to see someone take care of one in its golden years. Never understood someone selling a dog that has given them eight to ten years of pleasure. Retire them and give them the good life.

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It takes 3 of us to hunt my dogs . The Lowry's have Poison . Me and David Gang up on Extra Man and Me and Lance team up on Ranger and Man Child . I can only do 1 dog at a time justice . A drop here and there does do much . If you wanna win you gotta work them on recutting from the tree instead of drop shotting . That's the difference I see in the modern dog verses the old blood . Back then we hunted all night in one spot and now we load up and move each drop due to the territory . My modern dogs are easier to train thank goodness cause I'm a big Nancy now . The old dogs were if it treed load the gun . Until 10 years ago I didn't know what slick treeing was

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Give me a seasoned hound any day over young dog. I go coon hunting not dog training. My father weaned me off pups years ago when he got the good dogs and I got to hunt the pups.

Like lambert said you can’t put a price on enjoyment. High to one is cheap to another.

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I own a 10 year old walker male he was pkc reserve world champion in 2009 he still hunts as hard as any dog still deadly accurate will split tree every drop if you take good care of them sometimes they last a long time i also have two 8 yr olds and a 6 yr old and none is for sale i hunt them with anyone that wants to go and I never get embarrassed I'd rather have older dogs any day than these wild young dogs what I like most is there's no babbling no trash running and no leash required that's why it's called pleasure hunting.

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Hats off and it is great to enjoy what you hunt. I’ve been hunting a long time and my experience has been once a dog reaches a certain age, stuff happens. I have seen both sides of older dogs, but if people ask high prices, and others are willing to pay.....its a WIN-WIN situation. Personally, I love to hunt a good young dog that keeps getting better. When an old, seasoned hound trees a coon, it doesn’t fire me up that much. That’s what they are supposed to do, and I’m disappointed if they don’t. However, when a young dog starts coming on.......I want to hunt every night!!! It really fires me up!!! I know people, with money, and it is easier to put their hands on a few grand, than it is to put their hands on a good, ole, dog. I’m glad that you guys have had good success with old dogs, and I hope they last a long time. Life carries no guarantees on health or tomorrow’s, but there is a reason life insurance is much higher as you get older.

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Would you rather pay a lot of money for a dog because they are going to be something special or pay a lot of money for a dog that is special? I wonder how many of those high priced young dogs never turn out to be something special? When you pay a bunch for an older dog, you know what you are getting.

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my buddy has a 11 year old black and tan female that goes as hard as any young dog trres coons every night i personally keep my dogs when they geyt old if they have pleased i will not place them any where i will bury them

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my buddy has a 11 year old black and tan female that goes as hard as any young dog trres coons every night i personally keep my dogs when they geyt old if they have pleased i will not place them any where i will bury them

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Would you rather pay a lot of money for a dog because they are going to be something special or pay a lot of money for a dog that is special? I wonder how many of those high priced young dogs never turn out to be something special? When you pay a bunch for an older dog, you know what you are getting.

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