Good Lurcher book

[wuyang 513]

So come on then who's the biggest authority when it comes to writing about genuine lurcher work... :tongue4:

Edited January 1, 2010 by wuyang

[poacher3161 1,766]

TED WALSH all the others have just followed in his footsteps even though it was the first lurcher book i read over 30 years ago it still remains my favourite.atb dell

[old school 506]

yep ted walsh for me too... and a close 2nd is plummers 'the new complete lurcher entering and training'...

[blue staffy 145]

J Darcy running dog adiction is the best book i've read

[mcass123 6]

am with you on that blue, j darcy, running dog addiction great read and very recommended

atb

mcass123

[mike@NYorks 1]

So come on then who's the biggest authority when it comes to writing about genuine lurcher work... :tongue4:

 

i would also like to see the reason why you thought it was the best book i.e. for the training or the history or whatever

 

cheers mike

[boyo 1,398]

read them all and more than once still enjoy rogues and running dogs but my three favourites are running dog addiction gazehounds and coursing by salmon and stanfords press coursing a very good book as well is charlie listers on greyhounds charlie is the king as far as racing greyhounds go and this book goes right back to his coursing roots andis very imformative on conditioning a running dog well worth having on your bookshelf if your in to running dogs of any kind. also a really superb read is rich without money the true account of a mans struggle to keep his family by flapping his greyhounds all the tricks and ploys used greatread and better still all proceeds of the book go to a charity very close to his and his families heart .

[J Darcy 5,871]

Lurchers and Longdogs was a great read for me. I think i paid about £12 for it at a gamefair back in my teenage days. I can remember my thrill of reading about the saluki and the gazelle. I can picture the photo now. It is a book i would recommend highly along with A Mouchers Tale and A Poachers Tale.

As a youngster i had an insatiable appetite for any prose concerning lurcherwork but i never had any money,i was the typical skint lad, with my part time job paying me the heady sum of 75p an hour....but i still never regretted shelling out for the Walsh book.....JD

[cantona 310]

the only real decent ,relevent, lurcher book is running dog addiction, walsh v good but a lot of general doggy stuff that needs skiping over,

[foxdigger13 114]

running dog addiction by j darcy is the best lurcher book hands down

[poacher3161 1,766]

Just out of curiosity how old are you lads?? Running dog addiction is a good book and it would appeal to the younger generation of lurcher owners.

[rabitin girl 16]

TED WALSH all the others have just followed in his footsteps even though it was the first lurcher book i read over 30 years ago it still remains my favourite.atb dell

 

My favourite as well

[dirty twister 31]

imo there are no books that even come close to jon darcys lurcher books written by doggin lads for doggin lads just finished lurcherwork 2 absolutely brilliant

[lukeM51 1]

i agree that most of us young lads find Darcy books more enertaining

but it is hard to find any other books that arn't just recycled over and over again e.g jon hutcheon's 'the lurcher' is made of up of countrymans weekly quotes and he runs rabbits using a big deerhound which isn't great advice!

[Guest Rod&dog]

Jonathon Darcys ''RUNNING DOG ADICTION'' and ''SCOOBY'' are by far the favorite in my view.