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    I know it's a matter of opinion but, the bwra sold it's soul? were they following the lead set by the feds who recognised the heavywieghts and the need for providing these (in a lot of cases throwbacks) with proper recognition and racing? Thus not losing the members whose puppy choice had not bred true to type and had thrown to a greyhound grandmother perhaps from both sides. Or were they merely echoing what was happening at clubs the length and breadth of the country, that are the heart and soul of any organisation, where much loved family pets had went too heavy for some commitee members lik
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    hey kev, can't believe shes not been snapped up either with all the good comment they've been getting. her little sister is settling in well mate, looks to be a natural retriever always carrying something around shoes,toys,balls and dragged a dead bunny from the garden back to her bed. already walking round garden on a lead and getting on well with jazz and the ferrets. developing a lot of longer guard hairs and even a wee beard now. (pics to follow). and for everyone else thinking about this pup: her sire is a big strong rough coated 29 in linebred deerhound cross and her dam is 26in by to
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    don't think it would be a good idea. non peds dont breed true to type, fact. often two racy types put together can give stocky, bully type whelps. if you did want to create a breed/strain these could be bred out given time but you would lose the only things that these great wee dogs have been bred for for generations: speed and racing ability. with the amount of greyhound blood flowing in some lines again if you mate 2 reasonable size racers throwbacks can occur, i recall from a while ago a mate bought a pup to be a yd/lb racer from a 26lb rch f2 stud out of a 22lb rch f1 and instead of a mayb
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    moo i genuinely believe that whilst having diferences we should all stick together. we all want diferent things in our dogs, yours is obviously a bigger stronger beast with more stamina than bobs and would undoubtadley leave his behind on a long distance run just as his would make yours (and mine) look silly on a short straight race but mines whilst not having the one run stamina of yours or the electric sprint of his does have remarkable recovery rates and can manage 30 or 40 and sometimes more runs at bunnies in a couple of hours (and shes out of a well bred ex racer). different breeds do br
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    optimus, without a doubt bobs a good guy with a lot of experience and knowledge in those days his old man and i raced together, he was brought up wi hardbloods and hunting dogs. hes a really good mate ive known him since he was a lad, we still walk our dogs together. i understand entirely your passion for hard bloods but i think it depends on what your looking for when you breed an individual bitch or indeed line. the guy with the deerhound is i imagine trying to keep some of his bitches virtues while reducing the size and adding a wee bit of zip and zest as well as turning ability and agility
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    optimus your either reading from a book or your as old as me couldn't agree more i raced against some of these dogs more than 20 yrs ago, undoubted quality. thanks for making me feel old still great memories
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    even at that genetics doesn't work in fractions, take a look at his dog its obviously thrown more to the greyhound, no deerhound rough coat, no racy narrow front end, no saluki ears maybe more greyhound in there than he thinks and this topic was supposed to be about what track blood offered. we all to some extent think our dogs and ideas are better than others his is maybe a better coursing dog, bobs is a better racing dog and the parents can be traced back for decades giving far more stability and predictability to a line. i,ll refer to an earlier post of mines on this: the owner of the bitc
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    Yes mate, one thing to bear in mind, if you are beating toward a hedge, make sure your net is set on the opposite side to where you are, they seem to go in easier. You will not make a hare go where it doesn't want to so theres a bit of field craft involved in where to set the net(s). Good luck., can vouch for the fieldcraft bit, don't know about longnetting them but fieldcraft mega when gatenetting especially with young/inexperienced dog (preban of course)
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    hey all, just to let you know hunting life does have good guys. pups breeder sounds genuine as and 'belles' scottish passport is done and dusted pick her up next week
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    pm sent
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    absolutaly stunning pups look to be in ace condition if only a bitch was even a wee bit broken coated she'd have a scottish passport in no time
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    i'm relaxed didn't take it wrong, to each their own. if they do repeal i'd have an ideal sort to put a deerhound x greyhound over her but i got her as a working dog and she feeds herself and then some. slightly off topic now but if they do repeal the ban will the farmers and keepers ive been contrlling vermin for be more likely to give a guy they know with a well trained dog they have seen working be more likely to give me permission or to a stranger with a dog they don't know?
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    kicking myself for having a trained lurcher? why? she'll still be a trained working bitch if they repeal the ban or not (and im not holding my breath on that one) we'll still lamp and ferret, she'll still work long and gate nets
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    no i have a trained lurcher, and shouting her off would warn all the nearby rabbits of our presence, whats the point of having a silent lurcher if the owner shouts?
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    no i'm saying when shes working cover and a deer gets up she sits like a spaniels drops to flushed game
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    cheers guys,i'm pleasantly surprised, when i started this thread i thought i would get a lot more replies from the dreamer / internet hunters. ive been hunting bunnies since i was a lad now in my 50's and thought i was a wee bit old fashioned expecting a wee bit too much from my dogs. i think i could stop her chasing or call her off anything except a rabbit maybe a lot to do with her upbringing but i'm sure in her mind the only good rabbit is a dead one, although shes almost steady to rabbits kicking in a long net, happy to leave them to me and continue hunting up. for me the only other query
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    are a keepers deer or your mums pet rabbits not just stock the way sheep or chickens are ? i'm not saying anyway is right or wrong i'm only asking opinions
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    ive had a couple like that over the years, not all collie bred, had a beddie cross in the early 's that had instant obedience and in those days we took all sorts with him
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    she'd been on the lead passing the hens, and on the lead wi the sheep a dozen times before off the lead scatty hen shouldn't have been there. shes been well sorted for ages. i'm trying to find out how many real decent hunters think that a dog dropping to flushed deer is a good thing or how many guys on here have either the dog, the skill or the inclination to train their dog properly (in my opinion) or how many just want a running/killing machine that takes anything in front of it
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    my mate has a smallholding and as a pup i would use his livestock to train her, she was off the lead in a paddock wi ewes n lambs nae bother, one of the hens had jumped the fence and she was ace with it until the thing ran away then 4mnth old pup and chase instinct kicked in she didnt kill it but brought it back live couldn't scold her she's a pup who's just retrieved but it did take months to get her anywhere good with poor scotts hens but she got there eventually
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    she's 3yr old pics in my gallery (no kids at home just now to upload some here)
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    i have a collie cross who catches lots of game she takes pheasant and woodies but is almost bombproof on chickens. when working cover and she puts up a roe ive got her conditioned to sit and when out with one of my permission landowners who raises game this so impressed him he went out of his way to get me more rabbiting
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    just a thought guys maybe get a wee debate going. if real terrier men dont want their dogs rioting to rabbits,and ive seen real hard game terriers play with pet bunnies, should real rabbiting lurchers be taught to be steady to other game?
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    if the truth be known with their lack of socialisation, hunting instinct and physical strength many track greyhounds will run and kill anything in front of them cat,fox, deer, sheep, other dogs anything. and we still haven't found out how much greyhound is in your dog
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    having already explained about the feet, hunting instinct, nose, retrieving, conformation and speed of this particular mix and you have not picked it up yet, i'll add that by using this blend the breeder is also hoping to reduce the size thus adding nimbleness and turning ability. the reduction in size as others have mentioned can also help reduce injuries as the lighter bodyweight reduces the amount of strain on tendons joints etc when working and turning. not all offspring will inherit every quality but by using quality racing blood like this the chances are only improved. as to the gameness
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