Maximus Ferret
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He does look like there's a bit of bull in there. Is anyone going to say definitely how he's bred???? Penda, do you know? Leewoody, how about you?
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Most of the collie/greys I've had over the years would take a bag of rabbits but my favourites were 2 first cross dogs and a second cross bitch and all three of those would fire up when necessary. It makes the dog a lot more interesting to hunt with IMO.
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That's surely the dog you have Lurcher Lad?? He looks a fine dog to be fair.? I know that monorchidism (that's what it's called) is hereditary and would probably reappear in future generations and I would normally advise against breeding from him, BUT, if this dog is definitely only collie and greyhound he'd be worth a go. As Bunnys say's, good, game, collie/greys can be hard to find. When they are good they ARE good and should be bred from really.
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I'd agree with what you say there except for a) Some wheatons are a bit fizzy and kick off without warning and.. b)Arguing's good, there's always a need for it.
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Nice dog. I thought he'd be a bit woolly coated. (You should've got someone to water the plants while you were away though)
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Think I'll have to start early this coming season, running some early season bucks (rabbits). I'm getting square eyes and typists cramps with all this forum debating society bollox. Roll on August.?
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Sit on it's ass 'til it panics and makes a mistake.
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Lurcher lad, you don't really have to do everything there is all at once. You've got years ahead of you still and I wish I had. "Youth is wasted on the young".
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New Mink Raising/Training Video Series!
Maximus Ferret replied to Minkenry's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I really enjoyed that vid mate. Mink are regarded as a pest here as they aren't native and they kill gamebirds, chickens etc. and they impact a bit on salmon and trout, especially on the spawning beds. People trap them but in spite of that I see them regularly. I like mustelids myself and I'm happy to see the pine martin back in this area now though I'm sure not many hunting people would agree with me on that. -
I realised that but I feel that breeding pure sals, best to best, wouldn't have produced anything like todays coursing/fen dogs. Not yet anyway. They're just too different. Even a fast type saluki is a good bit different to a fast "up and att'em" type fen dog. People may disagree but that's my opinion.
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You only said the last bit, about Bill Doherty .
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Exactly, when they crossed their lurchers to salukis they must've had some good animals in every generation right up to today. If they'd only had salukis and greys it would have been a lot harder. In the same vein I reckon an F1 deer/grey would benefit from outcrossing to one of the deer/pit/grey strains being bred in Ireland ATM or to something like the pups Scottish hare hunter has bred from his dog to the deer/grey bitch. Even when better deerhounds were available than there are now, Bill Doherty himself said the mixed deerhound lurchers were better than the F1's or pures.
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And yet in spite of the dilution some of the best lines still have the woolly coat. Who knows what mental qualities might have carried down in the same way.
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Out of interest, does anyone think that the bedlington blood in the back pedigrees of most top strains of fendog or coursing dog makes them better than hounds with only saluki and greyhound in them? My own feeling is that it does because although testing and selection over generations has obviously been the primary factor the mixture of breeds provided the raw material to work on in the first place.
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In my case you'd be right. Some do use bowsaws but I consider the pruning saw to be an improvement.
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Not if you wanted a better bowsaw. Incidentally, I make part of my living doing tree work and all arborists and ntree surgeons do use handsaws as well as chainsaws.
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How about ending up with an improved bowsaw because you don't want a chainsaw? If you end up with a chainsaw the breeding program was a failure. (A chainsaw's way too heavy when you're hanging out the window)
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Your legs are more bull terrier than saluki then??
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Blitz variable with a lithium battery most of the time. In very windy conditions something with a slightly smaller dish. The LED ones could be good to leave in the car maybe?? I don't have an LED lamp but I do have a small but V. powerful LED Lenser I9R torch which is handy for taking walks where you don't want to be seen with a hunting light.
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I think most people who get first crosses just like this cross and are ready to accept whatever they CAN do workwise. Once you do have one you can always see it as a starting point and out cross to whatever suits you - smaller/gutsier/more intelligent etc.
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Or be prepared to switch to night shifts
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They're fine pups LL. If they've got the right drive they'll be strong enough for any sensible undertaking IMO. (Even any stupid undertaking given a bit of luck??)
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No good for a collie cross. It would soon jack.
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? thing is Bill, Hancocks are in it to make money and allways were. I very much doubt that they would still be in business if they had gone down the G/S grey route. I don't doubt though that he might have bred some good or better all round working/mouching dogs.
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I remember him breeding that litter. Plummer apparently was against it as he thought it might make people doubt the pure heritage of the collie crosses. Does anyone know if any of those (alsation crosses) did any good as workers??