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[Guest lurcherlad]

[NO TEXT TALK] got any pics of 3/4 greyhound 1/4 deerhound and wat are their strenghts and weeknesses in the field

[mistwalker 0]

[NO TEXT TALK] got any pics of 3/4 greyhound 1/4 deerhound and wat are their strenghts and weeknesses in the field 

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Here's my pup, only 5 1/2 mths old so obviously haven't tried her out yet. There's an old boy in my village swears by deerhound x's - reckons his best one's have been 3/4 greyhound 1/4 deerhound (not the sorta guy to keep it if it don't work). He used to used them on hare and deer regularly - before the ban, er... obviously

 

This is Mik's 3/4 bred, he should be able to tell you a bit more about them in the field

[Borderer 0]

Doxhope's the man to tell you about the deerhound crosses...he has some fantastic pictures which I'm sure he'd share with you.

Nice looking dogs mistwalker, good luck with the pup.

[Guest Keeps]

I have a 1/2 cross not a 3/4. A few pics of her

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Webby]

nice pics keeps

[Guest lurcherlad]

cheers guys [bANNED TEXT] are they like to train and wots thei temerment like. keeps wots [bANNED TEXT] dog like as an all rounder

[Guest CharlieC]

I agree with Mik, save the bitchy comments for Smoochers where they belong

If the lad wants to ask questions theres no harm in that is there? a curious mind aint no bad thing

 

A very good mate of mine :friends: used to run 3/4 greyhound 1/4 crosses, I saw 3 of his dogs run, all 3/4 crosses bred from Andy Barons dogs and I can honestly say they were excellent dogs, fast enough to knock hares down on a regular basis, great takers of roe and fox wasnt a problem to them either. They did suffer a lot of foot problems though, and seemed to knock up toes quite a bit.

I have 2 of them on video and they were great dogs for killing all game, the older dog I wished I had videod more cos she was a great dog, very fast and keen and didnt know the meaning of the word quit, even though she was often run hard.

[Guest lurcherlad]

cheers lads for the advice loki i see whear your coming from i just want a good all round dog tht will work all day and still be keen for more and i just dunno what kinda dog to choose

[doxhope 2]

Hi Lurcherlad,

Ive bred only first crosses, but I have witnessed some good three quarter breds working, and as you can see from other replys, they are doing the business. I always found the first crossers to be better, but thats only my findings, the three quarter breds are usually very fast, but so are any three quarter bred, thats what you would expect with so much greyhound in them, but will they last the pace of a hard days coursing or nights lamping? Im sure some will, but some I have seen threw so close to the greyhound they were virtually indistinquishible. I remember judging at AYRE a few years ago, and on the mornings time trials a three quarter bred d/g got one of the fastest times of the morning, in front of greyhounds...There is an old saying,"when in doubt, put back to the greyhound" To me, I have never been in doubt with the first cross d/g as an all rounder, but they dont make the best all rounders. If I had one now, the last thing I would put it back to would be a greyhound. A good lurcher x lurcher, a Bedlington x greyhound, collie x greyhound, saluki x greyhound all of these would produce usefull pups, depending what you wanted them for...

 

Good hunting

[doxhope 2]

Hi mistwalker,

great pics, is that Ayre dog track in the back ground, a while since I was there, but sure does look like it

 

Bill