What does the greyhound add to the mix

[sidney567 0]

I was having a debate with a friend and just thought I'd put this up for everyone to have their own say.

 

I believe the greyhound adds far more than just speed to the lurcher. I think a good greyhound bitch is essential in producing a good litter.

 

My mate reckons all you need is an old track bitch.

 

Before some people go off on a massive tangent, I do recognise that lots of goodlitters have came from untried track bitches but this is to the testament of the greyhound as a breed. I just think a greyhond from coursing stock is far more preferable than from track stock and as their available I dont understand why people wouldn't use one.

[bull101 35]

it adds some good old greyhoundness

[theferreter 311]

speed thats it

[iceman001979 1,316]

it all depends on the greyhound is a coursing dog is it 840metre 560metre track or is a bitch that has no good because its a fighting f**ker on the track and no good for racing. in my case lucher to lucher for me two dogs that are working not ( hancock ) something breed thats has never hunted in its life

[old school 534]

i trained a couple of bitches and one dog to the lamp... i didnt find them any different in the brains department to any lurcher... it would help a whole lot if they were'nt raised like cattle and were taught something when young...

 

 

[webby 31]

there is a thread in the terrier section about genes and the fact that the mother of pups passes on more genes than the sire. there is a post on it that is copied and pasted and worth the read

[ferreter.al 22]

coursing stock every time but try finding one in england anyways.i dont know of any round me.lurchur to lurchur for me mate.atvb

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

I like the track greyhounds myself, but I have had a recently been working with an Irish coursing bitch. She is mentally much sounder, but that is mostly due to her upbringing methinks, as the track bitch was institutionalised.

I like the track because of the lighter build, and smaller size. She has a good nose as well.

the Irish coursing bitch is built like a weight lifter and has legs like pillars. A neck like a tree trunk and long thick back. She is calm and gentle but surprisingly runs cunning, probably the reason she was retired from coursing. The track bitch does not run cunning (but I am working on that).

The two are like completely different breeds.

I am told that most lads here like the coursing greyhound for breeding. It definately would make a sturdier built lurcher.

[border lad 1,047]

if its from a track then its only speed cos there as thick as pig shit in my own experience

the greyhounds you get of the track,are only trained,to trap,, and to run as fast as possible, and when they are a couple of seconds slow,

they are,put to sleep, or pet homes,(( if they are lucky, ((( I was given a coursing greyhound bitch,she was only 20 months, old.. when she was coursing,she learnt, if she stayed a length of the other dog or maybe 2 she could catch the Hare, and also she would jump the fence, at the end of the course,which was taboo, I received this bitch, from a well known, trainer,as they were going to put her sleep, that bitch was a fantastic greyhound, sadly, she could not breed, on two occasion's,I tried to take pups from her, (( but she give great sport,

[sidney567 0]

Like the replies.

 

I personally think that the pups get 50-50 genes from mother and father, but get alot of their mental soundness and personally from their mother as thats all they know. However a friend of mine who breeds lots of dogs (spaniels, labs, lurchers and terriers) thinks its uncanny the traits they pick up from their father that they've never met.

 

I personally think a good mother is more important than a good father. (but both are still very important)

[Guest fence_hopper]

if its from a track then its only speed cos there as thick as pig shit in my own experience

 

 

 

 

speak for yourself. my bitch is very clever. piss me off people slating greyhounds, if we never had them we wouldn't have lurchers so shut the f*ck up

[daz280597 4]

greyhounds are just for speed bit of collie in them they mint but dont matter how they breed it how they brought on only you to blame when they f**k up