Ex racers

[ben0777317 0]

Does anyone work ex or retired racing greyhounds?

[Mark Dearden 0]

I have a 3yr old ex racing Greyhound. He's very strong and fast but he can't turn tightly enough to catch rabbits and he's also very injury prone.

[ben0777317 0]

I have a 3yr old ex racing Greyhound. He's very strong and fast but he can't turn tightly enough to catch rabbits and he's also very injury prone.

OK thanks for that!

[whip x grey 276]

I have a 3yr old ex racing Greyhound. He's very strong and fast but he can't turn tightly enough to catch rabbits and he's also very injury prone.

OK thanks for that!

 

 

small type grey,s will catch rabbits / hares or anything

 

ur sprinter types,,,,,,but if x racers there hit or miss,,,,but they can do the job if u are lucky enough to get a good un

 

 

greys can turn ok ,,there atheletes,,,,,run fast and turn is there game,,,

 

,unfotunly the track grey now,,,, more farm breed for job i,e racing,,,,,,( but that doesnt mean u dont get a good un for time to time for hunting rabbits/ hares e.t.c,,,,,,,as they all go back to simalar lines ,,the coursing grey

Edited March 30, 2010 by whip x grey

[vanquo 2]

My mate has a pair of them and the dog's a big lad, very fast but doesn't turn very well at all. The bitch is quite small and finely built for a grey, not as fast as the dog but she turns so much better.

[tote 856]

Does anyone work ex or retired racing greyhounds?

 

There will be some worked but there are better options out there.

[lurchermania 25]

hi there i work a ex racer who came off the track at 2 1/2 when she pulled a muscle she is fathered by premier fantasy and mothered by amolee sugarbabe. when i got her she was so timid and scared she is now camo out of her shell and works alone or in company she marks warrens and will entefrtain mr charlie if he pops up and the big ears well thats what they where bred for. i am thinking of getting a male grey to work and if he worked as well as her then might even try start a line of workin greys. only part she struggles is retreving but i also have a deerhound cross so he retrieves it for her though she would of been a good retriever had i had her from a pup

[Guest little lurcher]

im working one again this coming season , this will be his second season , no reverse gear , willing easy to train , very biddable , but he did do his toe in the snow and ice, so had a long time off , this was also then thought to be bone cancer , i didnt go back for results as its my opinion im not going to pts if he is doing well in everything else , ill cross that bridge when i get to it , he is an entertainer and ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what an actor but a more easy and willing partner id struggle to find as him personally , he also now has a lot of stamina , which when he first arrived he did not , for a couple of days per week of fun work , why not???

[gerron 13]

Many years ago when i was just starting out coursing a lad a few years older than me, who is on this site i think... had a grey called mini, he took me out with this dog a few times and she was dynamite, she killed 3 hares in 1 field 1 after the other her only fault was she wouldnt jump in chase,she would plough strait into fences at full speed, so if the hare got through the fence it was free, most of them didnt mind you ;-)

 

wonder if he'll read this and post lol

[tinytiger 840]

I have a 70lb ex track bitch(keetona star) whos taken one fox since ive had her.shes still full of beans at 7 years old,,beautiful temperment.I have 2 pups out of her by a brett lee son-and a coursing bred bitch.They take the odd rabbit as well but wouldnt have the smarts of a lurcher.I know of several worked on the lamp quite sucessfully.The coursing bitch is only a year and a half,and is going to be fairly good i think ,so im sort of trying to mind her(gave me a bad fright ,the other evening)