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    Not having a dig at you or your dogs here at all but I don’t think that sort of behaviour means a dogs got a high drive, I’ve seen dogs that behave like that go on to jack when worked hard
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    My dogs wouldn’t interest you mate, they’re just useless scatter bred things
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    @mC HULL I thought you’d have been all over this topic instead of the whippet one
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    As ive told you before I have neither so I’ve got no reason to lie, I’ve seen coursing bred dogs with all the big names in their breeding that couldn’t even take being ran once a week without breaking down with injury. But this is a topic about whippets so I won’t help you ruin it any further, please start a topic about coursing dogs and give all the others a chance to get back on track
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    Agreed I’ve seen just as many injury prone coursing types as any other type of lurcher
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    Dog races aren’t ran on wet arable fields though so your argument makes no sense. A greyhound is much faster than a pure saluki or else the country would’ve been full of saluki racing tracks
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    I think your over estimating the speed of a saluki, or underestimating the speed of a greyhound, they’re definitely not that close I don’t care what Google says
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    E collars seem like an easy fix, but when I’m out hunting I need it to feel like a partnership between me & the dog. I want a dog coming back to me because it wants to, not because it’s scared of getting shocked. I’d start from scratch & treat it like an 8 week old puppy, spend all spring and summer just bonding with the dog & then hopefully by next season you’ll have a strong bond with the dog, and it won’t just be doing what it’s told because it’s scared of the e collar.
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    Interesting deer though, saw them more than once whistle to alert the other deer about humans
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    Probably our nicest looking deer a mature sika stag in winter coat. An anti climax in terms of lurcher work though, especially when compared with the other big species
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    Always best to give wrists longer than you think, because when they become a problem the dog often never fully recovers
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    Best to see at least one of the parents run as well, sometimes that’s not possible but at the very least you want evidence of what they’ve done. Can’t the anyone at their word when they’re selling you a pup
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    Be too expensive for me those pups that come with the bit of paper with all the fancy names!
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    Ive never actually caught any…. Need better dogs really
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    My main quarry isn’t hares either….. as you can probably guess by my username, but I wouldn’t want a bull/grey for daytime work, not meaning to upset anyone but just my take on it based on what I’ve seen
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    No you definitely can’t mate, different dogs for different jobs & there’s not many out and out daytime dogs that would have the gameness of the 3/8 bull
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    Don’t mean to be controversial but a 5/8 3/8 bull grey will struggle if ran enough in daytime, especially in the winter months when the grounds wet
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    Agree with that, but to be honest even a little rabbit type dog shouldn’t just stand and watch things run away, if it’s got that attitude with other things it’ll probably start picking its runs on rabbits eventually
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    It’s probably just because these days unless you’re going for a purpose bred hare killer or a rabbit specialist every litter seems to have bull in somewhere along the line, it’s not to common to see deerhound in pups now, probably got good reason but that’s another story
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    Just personal preference I’d imagine, and the type of running you’re doing, some of the best dogs I’ve seen for edible game didn’t have a drop of bull in their make up. For the lamping man id agree a saluki x bull x grey is ideal but if most of my running was daytime I’d stay clear of bull blood. Just one persons opinion not trying to kick off a big debate
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    Think the Lucas dog was meant to have a bit of Irish terrier in his breeding somewhere
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    There’s a picture of the dog above it’s definitely not underfed, some sighthounds can be as greedy as any other breed I’ve seen greyhounds & whippets that would nearly knock their front teeth out they went in to a food bowl that fast
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    Sounds like a good dog to breed from
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    Should just get someone to slip 3 dogs on a hare for you over here, save you the journey
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    Just going off what I’ve seen mate, a whippet will miss plenty of stuff but it’ll give 100% and they’re exciting to watch, when they do catch something bigger than a rabbit it’s an achievement because they’re punching above their weight. Pure Salukis are the most boring dog to watch just slowly running things to death, no urgency or drive I think I’d rather stay at home than go out with a saluki. Like I've said I don’t keep either so no sides to take, just saying what I’ve seen
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