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You are correct in one respect donk ridgebacks are not sight hounds and do not posess the blistering speed of a good staghound, They are in fact an african cur dog, just like the americian cur or the australian cattle dog they posess good garding instinct for the home and stock from predition as well as good hunting instinct with the ability to hunt by both nose as well as sight. no if I was after a dog to lamp foxes the way you do over their then I would go for staghound or some other purpose breed foxdog. but for us out here where our hunting is done from vehicle or on foot and the dogs are
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Here is one I took a couple of weeks ago. This dog has a foxhound like nose and I exspect he would have used it in the chase.
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You could not be further from the truth. they are quick enough for them in a big place or spring them from a seat in the long grass. A good friend of mine has a male I got for him from show home he had it out yesterday afternoon got several large fast types and a fox. It is very easy to knock what you know nothing about.
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Sight hound would be deerhound, greyhound and whippet though I really prefer a cross of the first two. hunting dogs rhodesian ridgeback, fox hound. Terrier Airedale, smooth foxterrier and boaderterrier. some of these I have owned all I would love to own.
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I own this one he doesnt were the breast plate because he is soft. He has an exerlent nose and a fare turn of speed though no sight hound Bails hard on the big ones and will catch his own out of a mob. Ive had the breed for 30yrs and I wouldnt say he is typical but the good ones can be found.
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100% mutt Id say
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the dam to my staghound bitch was a greyhound from racing lines that was raised as a pet when the mate got her she was 18mnths old and couldn't run his bull dog was faster he just kept giving her the oppertunity to learn and it wasnt long before she was taking all game unfortunetly she got a bit to good at the killing part and developed a taste for mutton so at 2.5yrs she meet her maker.
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if man did not dream and experment we would all be swinging in the trees. think out side the sqare you are boxed up in man
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You will never know until you give one a go. might get some recall into the saluki. The hand bag might be handy for it to put its catch in as well. LOL
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Hi Dan I think you should look up a friend of mine down new mexico way Gail Goodman Midbar kennels might change your mind on jack rabbit dogs.LOL steve
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dose breeding from dogs make them harder
stevemac replied to allgame's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I dont no about harder she always has been hard algame, but the monthes she was confined with a litter sure made her keen to bite somthing when she got the chance. stevemac -
why do you guys differenciate between ped and non ped dogs is it that they get a bit sus. on the non ped dogs -might have a bit of greyhound blood. just asking stevemac
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top dog that and exerlent seeing her doing so many activites no wounder she is so fit. stevemac
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Gday mate, I also have a deerhound xgreyhound she has exerlent acceleration and early speed makes most of her catches early in the chase how ever the longer it goes on the less chance a catch becomes. can I ask what is the main attrabutes you hope to acheive from this cross. stevemac
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First foxes were bought to sydney town in early 1800s to hunt along with a couple of red stags, The rabbit thing might have been true in latter years as hundreds of cats were released for that purpose.(recone foxes are hard on native wild life got nothing on those cats)
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Built for the boar that hound all that dog power a bit wasted on bunnies and rats. all the best with him. stevemac
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Very nice hound that Dan wouldnt mind him out here. stuntman were you born a cockhead or did your mother make you that way?
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well how about that Stabs I can rememberit being a ornamental garden plant when I was a kid and I can still hear my grand dad tell me it was rubish and would be a blight on the landscape, Guess he was right about that atleast. HAHA Ya that dog looks like some of the ones I new others looked more kelpie though others that had a bit of bully blood were very simular just a heavier head. stevemac
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Acdx kelpies are very common over here and are very handy dogs used on cattle I have worked with both purbreeds and this cross even ones with a bit of boarder collie blood even ones with a bit extra EBT blood for rough work pushing semi wild cattle out of mountain gullies and creeks chocked with blackberry and lantana( another couple of lovely plants imported from the motherland). Straight cattledogs can be accussed of being a bit lazy But i have always found them right there when you need them. Oh to be 30yrs younger and still playing those games. I used to spend a lot of time chasing hares
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Why the hell did some one take foxes to Australia for the sport, just like the hare and the rabbit, along with 6 deer spieces. stevemac
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Bugger them things Dan Ill face a cranky old hog any day but those mothers would just want to eat you. Read a bit in dutch Salmons book I think about staghounds taking wolves but I think they might have been the red wolf. i have also read acounts of stags. and kangaroo dogs taking asiatic wolves in celon both these are smaller sub-speices. As far as adding bull blood to a sight hound it is regarded as un-nessessary to do so in aus. as sight hounds have more than enough bottle for any game out here, doesnt stop some including myself giving it a try though. stevemac
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some very nice kelpie x greyhounds. when I was a few years younger and spent most of my time working every waking moment around cattle and mixed farms kelpies varried in stature quite a bit legy race types were consided paddock dogs and the smaller squarer type were consided yard dogs both had there place around the farms I hung around. Those cattledog x greyhound pups are commimg on fireman, the longer coat could be comming from a cattledog type from tasmania that carries a heaver coat almost long haired. Their are moves in some circles to have this tasmanian cattledog recognised as a sep
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very flash mate
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its a bitch Allgame its my misses play thing had it out a couple of times perfer the staghounds stevemac
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We have 4 ridgebacks 2 in work and 2 retired gents 1 deerhoundx greyhound 2bullystaghounds 1 saluki 1 wolfhound/bull arabxmastiff/greyhound/bully/staghound I think