what sort of pup

[darlo dan 0]

im lookin for my first hunting dog with there being so much choice advice would be gratefull.was thinkin of getting a saluki

[emeera 1]

have you read up about them ? i find saluki's good dogs , need plenty of exercise , can you'll need to have patience they can be difficult

all the best

Edited September 21, 2009 by emeera

[darlo dan 0]

have you read up about them ? i find saluki's good dogs , need plenty of exercise , can you'll need to have patience they can be difficult

all the best

yeah i heard that but are preaperd to be patient

[emeera 1]

o yes lol best to lock yourself in a room for a few hours some times , have pics of mine in my album my 2 year old dogs just learnt to come back properly and has caught his first rabbit not long ago

[darlo dan 0]

o yes lol best to lock yourself in a room for a few hours some times , have pics of mine in my album my 2 year old dogs just learnt to come back properly and has caught his first rabbit not long ago

2 years your kiddin i take it they are hard to train

[emeera 1]

i only got him at 8mths and he was kept in a barn so he'd neevr been socializd or anything and they say its very important to soliaz a saluki pup young as there a nervous breed, so been working hard with him , saluki bitch at 5months who's coming back and retrievin objects but sometimes get her nutteer head on and i she wont come back till shes tired out lol the greyhound is the most obedient dog iv ever had ,

[darlo dan 0]

i only got him at 8mths and he was kept in a barn so he'd neevr been socializd or anything and they say its very important to soliaz a saluki pup young as there a nervous breed, so been working hard with him , saluki bitch at 5months who's coming back and retrievin objects but sometimes get her nutteer head on and i she wont come back till shes tired out lol the greyhound is the most obedient dog iv ever had ,

yeah was also thinkin of a saluki x grey you ever had one

[arcticgun 4,548]

saluki's is probaly not the best dog to start with for a general puropose allround hunter, look at collie x greyhound, bedlingtonx whippet or greyhound, as Emeera points out saluki's take a 'certain' kind of owner to get the best out of them, utilising stamina to catch, dictates they need ample room to run, they can and are used as allrounders, but the crosses mentioned above will be easier to train, less expensive to buy, easier to get hold off.

 

Get yourself a decent lurcher book and have a good read of it before buying a pup, it will work out better if your prepared before purchase, the last bit of advice I would give anyone is get a pup and not what someone claims to be a 'top notch' older dog, decent dogs do not come up for sale this time of years, crap that lazy twats have ballsed up already.

 

Best of luck to you mate,

 

atvb Richard

Edited September 21, 2009 by arcticgun

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

what you want really depends on the type of land you want to run on - and indeed what sort of hunting you wish to do - which you havent specified.

 

Tell us abit about what you're about and what you are looking to achieve and im sure more info will be forthoming.

 

Personally though I would steer away from a saluki for you first dog -

[emeera 1]

nope , i was only to get one before i got my bitch , havnt heard anyone fault salukiXgreys, if i was going to get another dog id get a beddy X just cause i think there great or a deerhoundXgreyXwhippet , something abit easier this time

Edited September 21, 2009 by emeera

[darlo dan 0]

saluki's is probaly not the best dog to start with for a general puropose allround hunter, look at collie x greyhound, bedlingtonx whippet or greyhound, as Emeera points out saluki's take a 'certain' kind of owner to get the best out of them, utilising stamina to catch, dictates they need ample room to run, they can and are used as allrounders, but the crosses mentioned above will be easier to train, less expensive to buy, easier to get hold off.

 

Get yourself a decent lurcher book and have a good read of it before buying a pup, it will work out better if your prepared before purchase, the last bit of advice I would give anyone is get a pup and not what someone claims to be a 'top notch' older dog, decent dogs do not come up for sale this time of years, crap that lazy twats have ballsed up already.

 

Best of luck to you mate,

 

atvb Richard

cheers for the advice

[arcticgun 4,548]

No problem mate, there will be wiser men than me along to give you advice soon, atb Richard

[darlo dan 0]

what you want really depends on the type of land you want to run on - and indeed what sort of hunting you wish to do - which you havent specified.

 

Tell us abit about what you're about and what you are looking to achieve and im sure more info will be forthoming.

 

Personally though I would steer away from a saluki for you first dog -

will be hunting rabbits and them bigger ones day and night on land got permision mainly large fields

[Catcher 1 639]

have you read up about them ? i find saluki's good dogs , need plenty of exercise , can you'll need to have patience they can be difficult

all the best

yeah i heard that but are preaperd to be patient

 

 

Agree Young Catcher has a bit of saluki in him.ATB. Catcher

[darlo dan 0]

No problem mate, there will be wiser men than me along to give you advice soon, atb Richard

need as much advice as possible will be hammering this forum in the months to come