Stag hounds

[blacktabs 3]

love the old staghound types good feet and brilliant at wind scenting is what i remember most from the dogs of the seventies in the uk be good to see a genine stag come over here they have some presence about them and i reckon theyd suit if you were aiming at larger quarry but theres more than america australian has some corking looking stags too bred for roos would they be quicker or not. .atb

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

Guys, listen closely. These dogs are not some magical cross we made up in some lab. They are just worker bred to worker. Take this bitch right here for example. She is used on coyotes more than any other game but she is not anything like the dogs I keep. She can outrun them, yes. She will trip a coyote and stick her head in a coyotes mouth if need be. She is a gritty little shit at times. There some over here that would call her a staghound and yes she probably is but she has some saluki in her of course somewhere. What I'm sayin is that yall have all the same stuff as we do, you just gotta keep breeding worker to worker which of course I know alot of people already are doin this. There is alot of "romance" in the idea of a F1 cross cause thats what the books say a lurcher is sorta but it just aint so.

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

I guess what I'm gettin at is this. You take this here yella dog that I stole this picture off of this site and you put him over that brindle bitch and you keep the courageous ones that catch, drag down, and kill the biggest and the baddest and you have a staghounds. Now you breed these kind of dogs for years and kill the shit eaters, the slow, the dogs with no wind, the lazy, the ones that cant handle the cold and the heat, the ones with bad feet, the cowards, the sickly. Now, you just got a good staghound. We have dogs with all the problems mentioned above, trust me on that.

[chartpolski 23,103]

Guys, listen closely. These dogs are not some magical cross we made up in some lab. They are just worker bred to worker. Take this bitch right here for example. She is used on coyotes more than any other game but she is not anything like the dogs I keep. She can outrun them, yes. She will trip a coyote and stick her head in a coyotes mouth if need be. She is a gritty little shit at times. There some over here that would call her a staghound and yes she probably is but she has some saluki in her of course somewhere. What I'm sayin is that yall have all the same stuff as we do, you just gotta keep breeding worker to worker which of course I know alot of people already are doin this. There is alot of "romance" in the idea of a F1 cross cause thats what the books say a lurcher is sorta but it just aint so.

 

Dan, I know what you're saying; this dog had the look of that bitch about him, and he was bred from Deer/Grey/Saluki/Bull, not sure what percentages, but was worker to worker. He belonged to LDR, but I saw him do the job; a big dog, 28" + but he took everything from rabbits up !! Died doing what he was bred for !

 

 

 

 

Cheers.

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

He looks like he'd be good on them big bunnies over your way.

[NORELATION 6]

I guess what I'm gettin at is this. You take this here yella dog that I stole this picture off of this site and you put him over that brindle bitch and you keep the courageous ones that catch, drag down, and kill the biggest and the baddest and you have a staghounds. Now you breed these kind of dogs for years and kill the shit eaters, the slow, the dogs with no wind, the lazy, the ones that cant handle the cold and the heat, the ones with bad feet, the cowards, the sickly. Now, you just got a good staghound. We have dogs with all the problems mentioned above, trust me on that.

 

Lump of a dog to say the least. cheers for the pictures again Dan. Working ability aside these dogs are cracking looking powerful animals

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

Yes, that yella wheaton cross is a lump of a dog. I cant remember who owns him on here but he is a big powerful lookin brute. I liked him as soon as I seen him.

[chartpolski 23,103]

There's a lot of wishfull thinking and nostalgia on this site about Staghounds.... but lets keep our feet firmly on the ground !! I've seen them run, both in the 'States and Australia. They have been bred for generations, from the best, to run certain quarry, on certain land ! We in the UK don't have the same quarry, and the size of the land these lads run makes the fens look like a city park !! Lets be fair; ther's nothing in this country that a decent Bull X or Deer X can't take; so a Stag from the 'States would basicaly die of boredom !! Don't get me wrong; they are tremendous animals at what they do, but there simply isn't the quarry or the land for them here ! There has also been posts about Borzoi's on here, asking if they are any good; the simple answer to that is; no, they are useless here, but well bred ones on the Russian Steppes will make our Lurchers look like fools !! There has also been discusions about pure Saluki's..... once again, a well bred Beduin Saluki running the shale and scrub, in 130 degees heat, will catch more gazelle than any of our dogs !!

 

So what I'm trying to say is, basicaly.. it's "HORSES FOR COURSES" !!

 

Cheers.

[whin 463]

looks like what a irish wolfhound looked like hundreds of years ago , was with some coyote hunters they hunt texas newmexico border and travel up to oklahoma, they had several dogs got pics of them working some smooth some rough ,some nice dogs they had pens fifty yards by 10 yards good size of pens ,they were real keen guys , alot of them hunted the texas pan handle , met a few from nebraska with coyote hounds or stag hounds real keen guys to ,its great to have the space to let a dog open up and give them the mesage and lay it down, dan did you ever read the american book canines and coyotes was a classic some nice dogs and hard working hounds ,scotch deerhounds , crosses greyhounds borzios , anything that killed the grey bugger as the guy says ,

[whin 463]

i have to disagree saw some of smaller stag crosses 26 27 my freind has they would be decent over here but no better than some of the better working dogs ive saw ,some are like strong greyhounds but can run 2 and 3 plus minites on a strong jackrabbit ,over the last ten years of hunting i see dogs over there that would be more useful than some here ,but its along haul to ge one over ,one thing i do like with my freind dutch salmons dogs they have good feet speed , a bit aggresion , and typey they beet salukis hands down , for coursing over there , they beat galgos they are very good dogs, the bitches come in at 26 plus ideal size for some areas ,a dog would be good on the heather and hills were afew freinds keeper ,there smooth coated and broken,thdre hardier than some saluk crosses ive saw, more bone and attitude and better built than some deerhoundy types , good wind his best one ive saw, course a jack rabbit for four minutes phoebe was her name then ten minutes later they piled into a coyote, there a place at my fire for one of that type the big ones well to big for to be useful over here but the lighter gyps well good dogs for sure ,staghounds com ein all sorts of sizes ranging from 26 to 30 but what i did notice they had balance wind and feet , like a good running dog should have long backed etc ,ideal nite time dog for me and some mates ,and others ,there are god dogs here ,but it takes years to get then usaly ,ive always found some of the saluk bitches here throw small for me , and the collie type sometimes small for me , the deerhound bitches throw taller but were do you get one to compete with a good saluki type

[chartpolski 23,103]

Whin, do you deliberatly just disagree with whatever anyone else says ?? Youre usual reply to any thread is that your saluk/collies are the best, but in your last reply, you are having a go at saluki and collie X's !!!!! If I said I saw a Podenco x Galgo killing penguins in the Antartic; you would say you have seen the same, but they wern't as good as your dogs at taking salmos and lobsters in the Mojave desert !!! LMFAO !!

 

Cheers.

[riohog 5,701]

whin , go and ask your mate ,dutch salmon to send you over a good running dog

[whin 463]

it would be nice to get a big bitch mate they are as handy as a young male ive got very good dogs they make 26 27 ideal for what we get up to ,it wouldnt be aproblem to get apup but what about the usa immagraition etc

[riohog 5,701]

it would be nice to get a big bitch mate they are as handy as a young male ive got very good dogs they make 26 27 ideal for what we get up to ,it wouldnt be aproblem to get apup but what about the usa immagraition etc

were theres a will theres a way , same as bringing one in from mainland europe ..pet passport mate

 

put your hand in yer pocket and get it done!!

[whin 463]

no dont disagree with you mate but if i see adog or bitch that i like ,well its nice to be able to get one if the chance comes along , most saluks ive had were 24 25 inches samewith my collie line , his bitches make 26 27 withpower speed stamina good feet or they would never last in the rocky desert an d can run abit 3 to4 minutes pretty fast ,there aplace for staghounds here especaily the smaller ones 26 to 28 , alot of keepers would like them on the hill bitches for the big feilds i hunt etc ,be a change to see them work here as we always discuss his dog here some of the saluk crosses there or other type of lurchers ,