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  1. birddog
    someone on here must know them.....name and shame guys........lets make an example of them......it could be your dog they're after next
  2. birddog
    exactly.....the legs of a bull ?.......the brains of a greyhound ?..........the drive of a collie ?.........cancel that pup..lol
  3. birddog
    Does it matter as long as there doing the job? think your maybe missing the point, i imagine most folk are reading between the lines and getting a little hint of sarcasm
  4. birddog
    just a thought.......what about breeding the two together......1/4 collie....1/8 bull.......5/8greyhound......and worker to worker........in theory (and we know it doesn't always work that way) brains a wee bit of brawn and speed........put me down for a bitch pup just don't tell the missus Bull/grey/collie/grey can make exceptionally good all-round type dogs yes mate, but............what fractions?
  5. birddog
    just a thought.......what about breeding the two together......1/4 collie....1/8 bull.......5/8greyhound......and worker to worker........in theory (and we know it doesn't always work that way) brains a wee bit of brawn and speed........put me down for a bitch pup just don't tell the missus
  6. birddog
    looks like a really handy type, a bit of a looker eh, how tall is she?
  7. birddog
    some really smart hounds if only more of these places realised that a hunting home can be a good home
  8. birddog
    sorry couldn't resist that one you set them up mate n i'll knock em down
  9. birddog
    what!!!!!!! your mate slept with a collie?
  10. birddog
    dan....the law of heterosis according to docherty is applied in f1x's arresting certain traits, features colours etc. some of these would almost certainly reappear breeding to f1's together.....he also states that in 200 pups only 5 (2 1/2%) were black with brindle being the dominant colour, he also states that fawns are possible though he never saw it
  11. birddog
    i've seen many pics of bruce and his sister and agree totally that they're very alike and can see both sides of this, i've also read the book (many times) but i've also seen many different 'types' coming from f1 x's, i'm not for a minute saying a 32" dark coloured rough coated male is in any way better than a lighter coloured smooth 25" bitch or doxhope is better or worse a line than any other but i do know that you get them, maybe not regular or in every litter but they are there
  12. birddog
    very smart and much like 'bruce'........but that's still quite a height difference..........and we're still only speaking about perhaps 25% (4 out of 16) of the two litters....i've seen smooth coated f1 x's......parti colours.......nervy greyhoundy types / laid back deerhoundy ones.......and your wording would seem to suggest you agree with 'predictable'
  13. birddog
    much as i admire these types, i've been following this thread and have to ask as you only mention 4 pups out of maybe 16......there wasn't a dog that threw to the deerhound and went big? or a bitch that threw the other way and made 25"? were they all (the whole 2 litters) rough coated? ....was there much colour variety?......i think maybe the terms 'true to type' and 'even' would maybe be better swapped with 'predictable'
  14. birddog
    the way i see it........there are more 'top dogmen' jack than there are failed dogs
  15. birddog
    not getting at you in the slightest mate but i always pick up on the term you used..........'proven parents'.........i know most folk think of this as proven over a few seasons in the field but surely in breeding / producing offspring terms it means nothing, they will most probably be virgins with no offspring............hancock on the other hand knows what his studs have been producing for decades, he knows what greyhounds and greyhound lines have produced from certain studs, so the way i see it in breeding terms hancocks are the more proven than the best of workers with no history of produci
  16. birddog
    she sounds good, any pics?
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    LOL you won't get hypothermia in this weather mate ......... LOL ?..........i say lethargy you say weakness..........i say dissinterest you say dazed look........both (granted hard to spot in really driven types that will go on trying) caused by the dehydration you mention......probably far better to learn to recognise these early signs rather than waiting for the strong urine or worse still blood in the urine (macroscopic haematuria) which can be a precursor to organ failure...........i say staggers, penny taylors book mentions unsteadiness walking in this context, probably brought on b
  18. birddog
    hottest day of the year up here so far and mine (both are dark coloured and one has a coat like a polar bear) still get their dailly walks.....very early morning, the beach, shaded woods and a nearby burn help me....... though i'm never complacent, hyperthermia even in young fit dogs can strike fast and in hot weather i'm always extra vigilant........the signs are easy to spot lethargy / dissinterest, staggers, the big dark swollen tongue
  19. birddog
    i've saw a couple of cracking wee collie x's 22" take deer regular, one used to hold on but couldn't finish the job alone and got dragged about a bit so you had to get on the scene sharpish, as for the size thing i don't think height is as important as build or heart, a wee dog with a big heart for me is always going to be better than a big dog with a wee heart
  20. birddog
    a dog does from time to time need scolding, punished for a misdemeanour or reminding who the pack leader is and for me it's all about the timing there's absolutaly no point punishing a dog even a few seconds after the event as it's mind will be somewhere else, one of mines killed one of my mates chickens, she'd been around them since a babe, she knew they were out of bounds, but she had killed many pheasants, pigeons etc and this bird probably triggered a chase reflex at the wrong time, she retrieved it perfectly from about 40yds away, if i'd shouted / scolded her no more pheasants, retrieve s
  21. birddog
    he admits in a 'question of lurchers' that he's put pups down.......i think they discount less popular colours now........and for me the first x beardie on for sale now looks the part
  22. birddog
    my mates wife worked in one and when a litter of neglected deerhound pups were taken in they took one on, she's very small probably down to the early neglect and has no killer instinct, easy fast enough but she runs alongside hares happy just to chase and play, she's also had her share of injuries including leg fractures whether thats down to bad luck, genetics or the poor start in life who knows. i wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of rescuing a lurcher but its a hard world out there if your gonna work it regular and after all their in rescue centres as someones reject / failure in a lo
  23. birddog
    i know i've been having a laugh but and i've said it before on here...truth is as long as there is a lick of brains, a good nose and a bit of toughness breed / type is far less important than practise, i've seen shit hot labs, staffies and 57's, with probably the best a cross between a cocker and a collie and they all had one thing in common their owners were addicted to the game and out dailly
  24. birddog
    why bother with a lurcher at all......if youve got the ground to suit a wee terrier can be just as useful.......my mates wee russel is excellent in really rough gorse brambles etc she marks well and retrieves
  25. birddog
    the only one i could find........belle is on the right and remember she finished 26" her sister jean (in the middle) i think ended 28" and the 'big' brother that lives with their breeders gran, i think they were about 7 or 8 mnths here
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