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    Well, having hunted and travelled a bit all say is based on what I reckon to be the case. Yes we were unfortunate in the UK in the past, when longdogs were banned and very heavy penalties were inplace for deer poachers. At the time we were, and had been for centuries using longdogs of various strains to catch our native quarry. They came in differing sizes and with rough and smooth coats. And more than likely with stamina to spare and all we could possibly want for our land, which back then included wolves as a common quarry. We then saw our longdogs slip into the hands of the aristocracy
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    I'm sure Alan learnt his trade with Racing Whippets, he sure knew how to get a dog ready !! The good old days !!! Cheers.
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    Joe, you'll see by my original post, that I wasn't advocating bringing in new blood....simply asking IF it would be worth it. My own opinion is NO, it isn't worth it, as we have, as you say, pleanty of good blood right here, but theres some on here who seem to think the dogs "over the pond" are some sort of mystical beast, that we can't equal ! I think that if people here put more thought into what they are breeding, and only used good stock, there wouldn't be so mich dross about. Cheers.
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    I was over there last year, Andy, County Offaly, running hares with the locals. Good craic with good men!! Cheers.
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    Well, having hunted and travelled a bit all say is based on what I reckon to be the case. Yes we were unfortunate in the UK in the past, when longdogs were banned and very heavy penalties were inplace for deer poachers. At the time we were, and had been for centuries using longdogs of various strains to catch our native quarry. They came in differing sizes and with rough and smooth coats. And more than likely with stamina to spare and all we could possibly want for our land, which back then included wolves as a common quarry. We then saw our longdogs slip into the hands of the aristocracy
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    Very, VERY, nice dogs !! Cheers.
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    I know that Salukis have been imported and added greatly to the coursing stock in this country, but reading some of the posts on this, and other sites, what about other breeds/types from abroad? Would they have anything to add to our dogs ? What about the Staghounds from America ? We've all seen on here what they can do. And what about the Australian Stags and 'Roo Dogs ? Also, how about Bull Arabs and Catahoulas ? Now that quarrantine is a thing of the past, it's far easier to import a dog; would it be worth importing some of this overseas blood, or are we happy with what we have ? Cheers
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    There are, obviously, better crosses than Whippets; but I still have fond memories of the ones I have had... and I'll probably have a Non-Ped again, before I get to old, for a bit racing and mooching ! Grand little dogs !! Cheers.
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    FFS !! Bob, you're sounding like Whin !!! You know more about Non-Peds than most, so stay of the "Buckies" when youre talking aboot Whippets !! !!! LOL !!! Cheers, Richie.
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    Thomas, just a genuine question...... you seem to have a say on every post on here; but do you actualy have any dogs yourself ? And are they any good ? It would be interesting to hear about you coursing dogs . Cheers.
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    We've all been thru' the same shit, young'un !! It's part of the game ! I read your theads, and it's obvious you do a bit, so, good luck, young 'un !! Keep it up !! Cheers.
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    Just an answer to your question, and no offence meant....but how many on here actualy have a "line" ? I'd say about 90% or more on here haven't !! I've thought for many years about my own "line", but at the end of the day, not bothered, I can get a well bred pup any time, without trying to go down the Plummer, Handcock, Burrell route ! There are lads who HAVE got their own lines, and certainly don't need to advertise them ! Cheers.
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    K100. you're a keen young lad, and I can see you reading this ! It probably sounds like nonsense to you , but us old farts know what it means !! LOL !! You lads stick with it.. you kids are the future !! Cheers.
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    Aye... in them days we could get a made to measure top coat, a stout pair of walking boots, a bag of monkey nuts, and change out of a farthing !! Luxury !!! Cheers.
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    £15 per week , take home pay in the mines of Lancashire, out weekends we a greyxwhippet. i can see the look on my mothers face now, when i came home with the bunnies good days. poaching tales, you wouldnt believe em Aye; and we lived in't middle of road in cardboard box ! Hand full of cold gravel for breakfast, then down pit for shilling a day !! Luxury !! Try telling kids that today, and they won't believe you !! LOL !! Cheers.
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    I would say poaching and putting food on the table were the same thing. We were selling rabbits for £1 apiece back in the 70's, and my take home pay from an engineering job was £53 a week, so it was good money for rabbits ! Hares and venison were usualy kept for ourselves, much like now. Don't get me wrong, we didn't HAVE to poach to eat, but it was an enjoyable sideline ! LOL ! A guy on another site once asked me why I went out to kill a hare for dinner, when Tesco's has all the food we need........ He simply didn't understand some peoples way of life ! Cheers.
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    OK, a couple of reminisces from me ! I'm a man of, shall we say, "vintage years", and over the last couple of seasons have been going out, day and night with a far younger, fitter laddy !! He drove me to a place were I recognised and said "this place used to be red hot with keepers, years ago " ! He said"no problem, I'm on here every night and no bother "! Anyhow, It was my first night with an 8 month old pup on the lamp, and she was running her first rabbit well, when my mate said "quick, get the dog, let's go "! I said "no, shes doing well"! Next thing a 4x4 is roaring across the field towar
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    I had a 40lb bitch, she killed them, but not easy. I also had a 75lb bitch, she killed them easy. When a 75lb Lurcher hits a 15lb fox, and means it..........there's usualy only one outcome. Cheers.
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    I remember saying "nice Lurcher, how's it bred" to a guy in Texas, he was most upset, and told me it was a "Chartpolski", a Polish Sight Hound; hence my user name !! LOL !! Cheers.
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    A previous poster has said he thinks the image of Lurchers has been "tarnished beyond repair". I don't agree with that. This may be the biggest hunting site on the 'net; but it's small fry in the grand scheme of things. The vast majority of "ordinary people " haven't a clue what a Lurcher is, or what it's used for ! And, it's not just ne're do wells who own Lurchers; I was priviledged to be asked to have a look at two Lurchers that were given to an Arab Sheik, by the Queen, from her Sandringham Kennels. And very nice they were ! Also, I'm sure Princess Anne owns Lurchers; no doubt thru' her Ho
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    Chalky, as a devotee of Non-Ped Whippet Racing, I can see your point; they have improved tremendously over the years, and so, no doubt, have Lurchers. I may be looking back thru' Rose Tinted Spectacles, or maybe there was just more game, less rules about back then ! LOL ! My brother asked me how my old dog from the 60's would do now; I said he caught pleanty them, and I don't think the quarry has got any faster since !! LOL !! In the end, it still comes down to animal husbandry, .....a bad dog man can ruin a good dog !! Cheers.
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    Well, I've had a fair few dogs over the last 45 years, some as "allrounders", some brought in for specialised jobs, but the two I have in my kennell just now, are not realy any different to the dogs I had back in the 70's. I still hunt the same game, day and night, using the same methods, although the lamps and batteries have improved a lot ! I've owned just about every "mainstream" cross or purebred, apart from Bull X, and I still get enjoyment out of the "game", weather its lamping, daywalking, ferreting or just mooching ! Cheers.
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    The dog did it's job, but nothing special. In fact, I'm a bit disapointed that it didn't finish the job quicker. It may be a better dog on different ground, but on plough, it didn't realy impress ! Cheers.
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    I judged a couple of these a few year back. Nice looking dogs, black and tan. The breed was supposed to go back hundreds of years, but then the guy told me they had Piccardy in them, so I suppose that contradicted the "hundreds of years" of the same breeding ! LOL ! Cheers.
  25. chartpolski
    Bedlington Terrier x Greyhound ?? A very handy cross. Cheers.
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