Message #509791

[bigo]

To me the term finished has nothing to do with how good a dog or how sorry a dog is. To me it's a solid, consistant dog, usually a 4 year old, that has been hunted hard and you pretty well know what they will do in any given situation. I have seen lots of dogs that should never have made it long enough to get a label but they were the same every time out.
  When a dog gets old and starts going down hill and unable to perform at the same level as when they were 5, does that mean they are unfinished? Someone that knows very much, at all, about dogs can still tell you what they can do in a given situation.