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    Spot on if you’re just doing a bit of mooching, rabbiting etc an obedient dog that can catch the odd thing here & there is all you need. Easy for a lot to get carried away and think they need a specialist dog when they don’t. Best of luck if you do decide to go for one & would be nice to hear how it turns out.
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    I’d rather a pup went to someone like that than most dog men, better than seeing them passed about
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    I wouldn’t have one myself
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    Well they’re getting more popular now so will be interesting to see if they catch on for bigger quarry
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    Never seen one of these run they don’t look badly put together dogs though, would be interesting to see someone honest have a go with one and hear what they’re really like
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    Reckon they’d be too slow for anything bigger than rabbits? Shame that really as they look like they could take a few knocks but suppose no point adding stuff that’s lacking speed to run fast quarry
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    Would be good to see one working on quarry other than rabbits, reckon they could add a bit to a lurcher
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    Nice pair of dogs, never been much of a collie fan but these ACD crosses look a better option.
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    Nice looking dog that deer/grey does it do well enough in the field? Don’t see many of them around these days
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    Surprised at that. I’d have thought they’d be a fair bit more than 60lbs
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    No I don’t imagine they would be but I didn’t know we were talking about seasoned deer dogs I thought it was just about lurchers in general, if a dogs seasoned on the bigger deer species a goat isn’t going to give it much of an issue. That being said if you’ve got a seasoned big deer dog & you’re running in that terrain I’d much rather go look for a herd of reds than a group of stinking goats
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    No but I’d say a big Billy goat would put up more of a challenge for a lurcher than some of those that I mentioned that was my point. I’ve had wallabies myself not many but a few, they’re easy pickings for a dog but something different
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    Same could be said for other quarry species. Rabbits, mountain hares, wallabies, muntjac to name a few. None of which present much of a challenge for a lurcher but all part of the experiences of travelling & trying new things
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    The cut on the pad has severed the ligament in that toe, can’t do anything for it now they need stitches straight away if you're going to go down that road but I’ve seen a few dogs with that exact injury run the same as they did before and it’s never bothered them. Don’t waste your time at the vets nothing can be done for it just run the dog as normal he won’t even notice it. Keep the nail short on that toe though.
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    So you lads don’t think working dogs need broken to livestock? Things must have changed from when I started with dogs then because any working dog that wasn’t sound round sheep was always seen as a liability. I’ll stick to my stupid ways of putting a bit of time in and actually training a dog.
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    You reckon if that greyhound was let off the lead in a field full of sheep it wouldn’t have attacked one? Price and breeding doesn’t come in to it, if a persons had a pup with the intention of working it and they’ve not broke it to stock then they’ve not done right by the dog whatever way you spin it
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    Was a greyhound for sale on here recently & the lad said he hadn’t broke it to sheep don’t remember him getting any stick over it, bit of double standards
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    Love it when people say they’re not in it for the money then they charge for pups & stud fees
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    Good post, it’s same with terriers and coursing dogs men act like the dogs are only put to top class tested bitches, then you find out down the line they’ve been put to all sorts of shit to earn the owner a few quid
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    You never know, they might be a fan of bulldogs & small lurchers, would be their choice after all
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    Unless maybe the person fancy’s a bull x whippet pup that is
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    What made you go for one in the first place Sandy did you like the look of them better than the coursing bred dogs in this country?
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    To be fair I’ve seen some well built dogs with plenty stamina, they don’t need to look half starved to have a bit of wind
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    Agree’d. Working dog should have a bit of strength to it, not bones sticking out everywhere
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    Nice looking pup, don’t think they look much like our greyhounds to be honest, look closer to Salukis in shape
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