borzoi lurcher

[craigheff 12]

does any one have or had a borzoi lurcher?..what your experience of them?..are day any good for lamping rabbit,fox ect......ATB

craig

Edited December 4, 2009 by craigheff

[merle24 61]

does any one have or had a borzoi lurcher?..what your experience of them?..are day any good for lamping rabbit,fox ect......ATB

craig

 

I did have one once, i let it off on a rabbit and i never saw it again lol, nah joking apart i donth think there is too many of them about to be honest, i hear they have good stamina.

Edited December 4, 2009 by merle24

[Wild_and_Irish 11]

double post

Edited December 5, 2009 by Wild_and_Irish

[Wild_and_Irish 11]

They are a while size and have a good thick coat, I think they were bred for wolves but not sure.... there's one on donedeal.ie now but the plank has put it down as birdseye lurcher

[chartpolski 22,829]

I'm sure the owner won't mind me showing these pics I took at Duns last year;

 

A Borzoi x Collie;

 

 

A pure Borzoi;

 

 

In the U.S. they breed the Borzoi down in size using Whippets, and call them "Windhounds";

 

 

Cheers.

[merle24 61]

I'm sure the owner won't mind me showing these pics I took at Duns last year;

 

A Borzoi x Collie;

 

 

A pure Borzoi;

 

 

In the U.S. they breed the Borzoi down in size using Whippets, and call them "Windhounds";

 

 

Cheers.

 

Yes i did hear that they put collie blood into the Borzoi at some stage,, that top pic would also point that was, obvious collie blood in that animal.

 

opppps didnt see the text above the pic,,

Edited December 5, 2009 by merle24

[collie/grey 238]

I used to own a pure borzoi. She was a beautifull looking dog and had plenty of speed and stamina, she had good prey drive but just would not course anything, she would just stand and watch qaurry run away in front of her it drove me insane!! The only time she would chase was if another dog was with her, not really ideal is it. She was purely from show dogs though so maybe a borzoi bred from decent coursing background parents might be better, who knows, but i certainly wouldn't buy a borzoi or a borzoi x with the intentions of working it. As for being bred for hunting wolves well all i can say is she would have failed, she was the biggest wimp on the planet, she wouldn't say boo to a ghost.

[lurchers 2,737]

i got my mate a borzoi whippet/greyhopund yrs ago but to be truthful it wasjust average so i wouldnt go outmy way to have 1 when you can have any breed to do the same job

[events co-ordinator 353]

I used to own a pure borzoi. She was a beautifull looking dog and had plenty of speed and stamina, she had good prey drive but just would not course anything, she would just stand and watch qaurry run away in front of her it drove me insane!! The only time she would chase was if another dog was with her, not really ideal is it. She was purely from show dogs though so maybe a borzoi bred from decent coursing background parents might be better, who knows, but i certainly wouldn't buy a borzoi or a borzoi x with the intentions of working it. As for being bred for hunting wolves well all i can say is she would have failed, she was the biggest wimp on the planet, she wouldn't say boo to a ghost.

They used to use them in matched pairs for wolves in russia before the revolution.

[Fabapocalypse 35]

Borzois on YouTube on rabbits:

 

There are also some clips on there of borzoi being used on wolf, but as the wolf in question is on a lead and being dragged about in one clip I'm not so keen on that one

Edited December 6, 2009 by Fabapocalypse