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    daily mirror sat 21st august 1976
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    my brother. blackgreyhound
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    over the years i have seen lots of so called hare dogs most could chase but they couldnt course .a hare given fair law is not going to be caught by a dog lacking stamina. to course five hares one needs a dog with above average speed and above average power .i have seen hares slow down and speed up teaseing slow dogs .lurchers come in various sizes and to course well you need a dog that has the heart and lung capacity plus superiour speed .saluki x greyhound or deerhound x greyhound are the best if bred right but i have seen collie x greyhounds alsatian x greyhounds labrador x greyhounds thaht
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    [the best dogs for hunting in woodland are alsatian x greyhound .collie x greyhound .labrador x grey hound all 3 crosses have got brains and are well made the alsatian x greyhound is very good as they are heavily built and have good thick pads and have excellent tracking ability.most lurcher to lurcher crosses especially those thaht are very greyhoundy are not suitable to lightly framed and not built for woodland .i have hunted the woods with all types of lurchers and first crosses allways out perform stamina wise and brains wise whaht they generaly lack in speed is made up by thier versatil
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    [the dogs at lurcher shows are called lurchers but are generaly mainly greyhound blooded.this is ok for running in races .but usaully hunting wise they are not up to it .over the years i have had lots of dogs .when courseing three quarter dogs are faster away than hailf bred but in a few hundred yds a good hailf bred will overtake the three quarter.also most three quarter bred will not enter deep cover bramble bushes etc also thier pads are thinner thier bone and general chasshis is not robust enough.most lurchers at shows are mainly long dog blood .and are ok for light lamping only.a lot of p
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    hi i have bred a lot of alsatian x greyhounds one i had called spider was very fast in 1973 he caught 7 hares in daylight.tho he was more of a deer dog and was to big for rabbits .if out lamping he would allways let the other dog do the work and nip in at the last minute.the pups in my litters were usaully 3 very fast and clever go thru any cover night or day work for the gun etc .rest were to slow for hares but could run all night .3 slow away on hare but could turn on tremendous power when strikeing the hare/most were what i classed as diesel engined slow but lots of power .3 i would rate a
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