Lurcher puppies how they turned out!!!

[whin 463]

did you get to chase the white hares on some open land , they are not as easy as people make out ,bolio ,been a hard winter this year they were coming [bANNED TEXT] down to the pastures were the brown hare mainly dominates the land,there a good day out epecaily if you havent got them ,on the local moors they used to have some hares , thick with them ,once the weather gets hard and they move down for food ,do they not have simliar were youre from in the high country ,it can be a hard slog on the moors , u never get the chance to go again to see them bolio ,

[bolio 51]

The land we were on was varied Whin. There was heather, where the hares provided no challenge, there were rushy grass areas where they ran better, and then the blackened burn off areas where they were at their best.

The Irish hare is a different subspecies and much more of a challenge. They don't occur in anything like the numbers but that may be due to the lack of managed grouse moors over here. It used to be thought that these two offshoots of the arctic hare where the same species. The Irish hare very rarely turns white. In over 40 years I've only ever killed one pure white one and a handful of partially white ones. Before Willows time when I had a couple of days at the whities in the highlands I noticed differences. The smaller body size on average could be down to the difference in food value between the grassy meadows where we take the bulk of our Irish hares and the heather of the mountains but I found, and I've posted this before, that the white hares come apart in the hands a lot easier, whereas I need to step on a back leg and use two hands on the other to seperate the hind legs of most Irish hares. Another thing I noticed was that when fed to pups they seem to relish the flesh of the whities far more.

 

One thing I will say is that I think the whities are the perfect start off for a young dog starting out to build confidence and mouth.

[bolio 51]

Here's a link to a study carried out by researchers at Queens University Belfast that tends to support my thoughts on the above

 

http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/irishharegeneticsreport.pdf

Edited March 20, 2010 by bolio

[jonnytraff 8]

thought it would be fun to see your pups when you first got them and how they turned out or even turning out!! heres mine 3/4 grey x 1/4 collie at 8 weeks then again at just under two years!!

not trying to say your lying mate but them two dogs look nothing like each other ones white with grey. the other is white and jet black. just my oppinion i don't think its the same dog. jon

[jonnytraff 8]

shows him in a better light!!! same dog fella i assure you

i take my last comment back mate sorry can tell from this angle that he has got no black on him probably just the light.cheers jon.

[cooper101 86]

thought it would be fun to see your pups when you first got them and how they turned out or even turning out!! heres mine 3/4 grey x 1/4 collie at 8 weeks then again at just under two years!!

not trying to say your lying mate but them two dogs look nothing like each other ones white with grey. the other is white and jet black. just my oppinion i don't think its the same dog. jon

 

lol your the second person to doubt there the same dog!! kind of the reason i started the thread as hes changed alot physically and got darker in color!! i can see why you might think that at first glance but if you look at the markings on both the pics there identical i can put up more if your still in doubt

[cooper101 86]

hope this clears up the colour issues !!

[course 1 11]

they look nice dogs pal

[woody 99]

the cream pupas a young adult

hows it bred mate

[killa-combo 142]

hairy f****r

[collie/grey 238]

 

 

Absolute belter that mate!

[collie/grey 238]

This was my little man whom i sadly lost at the tender age of 10 months. Still hurts to this day.

 

My 3 year old bitch.

 

And my 8 year old bitch which i never had many photos of as a pup.

[the colonel 83]

6 week old

18mth.old.

[Guest welshman]

the cream pupas a young adult

hows it bred mate

 

 

lucky wolf dels luke gc joe some old lines

[jimmy100 48]

This was my little man whom i sadly lost at the tender age of 10 months. Still hurts to this day.

 

My 3 year old bitch.

 

And my 8 year old bitch which i never had many photos of as a pup.

is a real shame about ammo mate he really did look the part!! funny seeing jo so young and she looks spot on in the other pics!! tash looks well to mate atb jimmy ps in the first pic she looks as keen to get that coat off as mine was!!

Edited March 20, 2010 by jimmy100