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[Countryboyo 0]

Give reasons for your choice. Cheers

[Countryboyo 0]

What does one offer to a cross that the other doesnt ? is land run taken into account when choosing?

[inan 841]

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The last coursing greyhounds I saw running in England where for the most part rather too big for my liking ,it seems the Irish coursing with the emphasis on a big fast dog that gets the run up is wanted.A good mouth is not needed ,and might even be a handicap , as it can pull down to lose, without amassing the points. The coursing dogs of olden times like Master McGrath a smallish agile little dog with a big engine are a thing of the past . I would not breed a straight grey to a lurcher myself ,as I beleive the second cross is stronger, but, if I did I would probably go for a small to medium sized track dog.

[dave a 24]

nearly all the best lurchers i have kept and seen have been off coursing stuff,maybe a coincidence.also coursing dogs are bigger and help bring up the size in wheaten and bull first crosses.

[Countryboyo 0]

You see any difference in feet, turn etc? or does it show through when crossed into a lurcher?

[ggw 5]

i have used booth to have first cross beddy ,first cross whippet and to put new blood back into lurchers could not really find any difference in them they all made good lurchers

wouldnt of thought much diference as long as either types had done some work to test for any weakness?

[boyo 1,398]

i race greyhounds as well as work the lurchers been over to ireland greyhound coursing quite a few times and the coursing greyhounds are massive as all that is required over there is fast run up . theres no differance in my opinion in track or coursing bred as theey both have prey drive to spare and both can have strengths and weaknesses i have a litter due out of my greyhound bitch in 3 weeks to a pure coursing saluki and this bitch ran 2 4 and 6 bend races and since retirement shows just as much determination on the real stuff as she did on the dummy hare . i honestly dont or cant see it makes any differance in track or coursing bred as far as breeding lurchers are concerned

[whin 463]

if i use agreyhound i always test her first to see her running style , stamina and balls asit all passes to the pups , and if you want to keep astandard you ned to try dogs before you breed them as running dummy hares is nothing like the real qaurry , i look for a bitch with good feet gutsy with pace, had 3 like that and the rest well , went to pet homes ,

[supersam 64]

Give reasons for your choice. Cheers

The last coursing greyhounds I saw running in England where for the most part rather too big for my liking ,it seems the Irish coursing with the emphasis on a big fast dog that gets the run up is wanted.A good mouth is not needed ,and might even be a handicap , as it can pull down to lose, without amassing the points. The coursing dogs of olden times like Master McGrath a smallish agile little dog with a big engine are a thing of the past . I would not breed a straight grey to a lurcher myself ,as I beleive the second cross is stronger, but, if I did I would probably go for a small to medium sized track dog.

the coursing stuff in ireland that iv seen are a smaller in height than the track hound..

also alot more broad along the back with tighter feet.

a dog that can take a knock or 2 on uneven ground rather than there track counterpart.

so i dont think these dogs are a thing of the past and for me if crossing with a grey then a good coursing kind is the only way to go.