Question
I have an old bush that is probably 25 plus years old.  It is absolutely beautiful with pink roses.  My mother would like to take an off-shoot from it.  How would we go about it?  And if I dead head the old roses, will new ones form and if so, how far back to I remove the dead heads?  Thanks!

Answer
Dead heading a rose is just snapping the old bloom off with your finger. The cutting down to 7 leaflets  myth has been disproved. Here is a good site that will walk you through the process of making a new rose bush from a cutting.
http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/hulse.html