OldPhil

Go with your heart...I always do....

Yeah,...its amazing that some guys still continue to argue/debate about a subject, that in reality, needs no arguing about... Regarding the F1 Collie x Greyhound hybrid,..an easy enough product to produce,...and in truth, this style of work dog was once produced, on a massive commercial scale,...there really is no mystery to them. Disregarding the noted Black Country Sting , where so much hype and frequent exaggeration was forwarded,.. most Sheepdog/Running dog lurchers were the product of home-bred, backyard breeding, and often none the worse for it...Such animals were created bec

So beautiful... What exciting adventures await ,.....I'm so envious.....

Yeah, a poor specimen,...something definitely not right...

He knows....

Quite Amazing....

I grew up around Sheepdogs and Cattle curs, and we did have collie saturated lurcher dogs,...but, nobody I ever knew,.. had an actual Greyhound There was one about somewhere,. obviously,.. but our lurchers were mostly bred 'like to like',.. and they worked well enough.... The Greyhound element has always seemed the obvious choice when producing a lurcher, and back in the day, these superlative running dogs were in abundance and could be relied upon to produce a reasonably level end product...and even more so for those wishing to sell litters, on a commercial basis.... However,.. th

Bred several litter of F1 hybrids,.. using Collies and Greyhounds as Sires and Dams,...and other than the Greyhound bitches producing larger litters,.. we have found very little genetic difference.....Facts are,.. with this particular hybridisation,.. although physicality is obviously of prime importance,. the most essential quality to aim for is,...TEMPERAMENT.....because if you ain't got that, and tractability in abundance,.. then really,...you have achieved nothing...

No,. it's not her....

I've been a lurcher enthusiast for over 65 years,...met a lot of lads, some good 'un's, and predictably,. some not so good. Yes,. I believe that you are a genuine Hunting Man..

Hi, yeah, I would probably have met the Guy,...I seemed to cross paths with the majority of folk mentioned in the early jottings , books, articles, etc.... Facts were, back then, I used to get about a bit ,...I always had an almost perverse urge to meet various people, described as being, genuine hunting men... It took me a few years,.. but, I eventually grew out of it,...I stopped searching for heroes, and then everything became, a whole lot clearer...

Well,.. I hung out with an Army guy for a few seasons,.. we mostly did the rabbits and a few Roe,.. and I pretty soon realised, that being in the Military was a bit different to working in a Factory, or for some building firm.. He had to abide by certain rules. There was obviously a few fiddles and opportunities to slink off,.. more so if you had a bit of Rank, and had been in a Regiment for several years, and knew how to work the system... But,.. on the whole, my pal had to toe the line and be available, if called upon. The guy I was rabbiting with, was permanently based on Sa

We use Marketplace extensively to sell items,...of course you get Scammers (daily) and time wasters and dreamers abound... It is so easy for folk to ask, 'Is this item still available,.. I am interested"....to do so, costs them nothing,.. its just pressing a button on their keyboard.. The real trick, is to separate, the clowns from the genuine buyers,...and obviously, not to take anything too seriously... We have found that if people are really serious, and want to buy or view your items,...their interest is fairly obvious.. Sometimes you come unstuck, and it is disappoin

Mother Nature schools a dog to find his quarry,...we just watch his movements,.. and general demeanour....very carefully....

Personally,...I think its all wrong to be hunting down, hunting men,.. considering the plethora of violent folk that are wandering around the UK.. Whatever has this fecking country come to...