help please

[benson. 0]

hi i was wondering would getting a 2yr old lurcher from the animal refuge be any good for work?

 

i visited the refuge the other day and saw a very nice 2year old lurcher cross.

 

it is a quiet dog to the rest in there,

 

its also house trained and sits, stays and gives paw.

 

looks very healthy, jabbed up to date, chipped wormed etc.

 

wat you think?

[stanley 5]

its always a gamble mate,you gotta be asking why it there in first place

[benson. 0]

yeah i know wat you mean. i thought they are just strays thats done a runner and no one will go and collect them?

[sh 08 17]

If they "done a runner" whats to say they wont do the same with you?

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

my mate got a lurcher from the kennels he still has it and it does everything hammers foxes pre ban the first night he got it we took it lamping and it killed a rabbit straight away atb Top Lamper

[benson. 0]

lol. it might of been treated bad or something so its done a runner sh 08..

 

god knows, might just buy a dog of a breeder..

 

 

 

yeah thats wat i mean top lamper,, this one looks a good one 2, might just be pot look or sometheing..

 

nearly every dog in the refuge is a lurcher anyway!!

Edited April 15, 2010 by benson.

[boyo 1,398]

benson i wouldnt imagine its going to be top class because top class animals rarely if ever end up in animal pounds. but thats not to say with a bit of work you cant have a lot of fun with it mant years ago i paid £2.50p for a whippet x bull out of a rspca home and with work and patience he ended up a very usefull worker indeed with a nose like a beagle find bunnies anywhere. one word of warning if you do decide to go for it dont tell them you want it for hunting some rescue homes are dead against it atb if you go ahead.

[benson. 0]

okay boyo cheers

[Guest jt750]

Many reasons for dogs being up for rehoming mate....some have been lost ..some probably stolen and dumped ...some have been given up ..some have done runners...and some cruelty cases ...I have one here around the 2 to 2and half years old and she was a cruelty case ..she's fine and now has a patterjack for company ...She still has issues with some men but after having her just over a year she is a good mooching dog ..trouble is if she misses her target she keeps on going looking for other stuff so i've not lamped her due to the huge number of badger in the area.

As someone said you're taking a chance getting one of these dogs because you have none or little history .i'm lucky i have the history of my dog ...but there again you get an older dog from anywhere then you only have the previous owners word (without a trial) of what it is like and often it takes time for their faults to manifest..Your other avenue is getting a puppy

[benson. 0]

cheers mate,i might ask them for a 2 week try with it,

 

is it fully grown at 2 year old?

 

the way it looks, and sits to our commands makes me think its a grate dog!!

[sh 08 17]

any ideas what cross it is mate

[benson. 0]

he looks like a collie greyhound or something allong there..

medium hight and build,,

 

all the other whippets and lurchers were yapping there heads off,

 

this dog was just chilled and relaxed waiting for a command,

 

il go back up and take some pics of it and see wat use think..

[Guest jt750]

You will get a 2 week settling in period with the dog to make sure you're both suited ..also some places don't like the idea of dogs being worked or sleeping outside in a kennel ...Sounds like a dog waiting for a master and willing to please ...just my sort if i wanted a serious hunting animal

[all.rounder 3]

go for it mate.if they are going 2 give you 2 weeks with it.

[Guest arch1]

Go for it, we did. Our dogs a rescue. He had/has issues, we think he'd been ill treated because he would cower all the time, he wouldn't play or look you in the eye either. We couldn't leave him as he got on the kitchen table and settee, he destroyed 3 cat flaps trying to get out. He doesn't like some other dogs.....But. But. With time iv'e got him half right, his recall is only ok, he will sit, but iv'e not managed to get him to stay yet, he lives with our cats no problem, he loves being in the car. We don't have a gate over the drive, but he doesn't go down it anyway. We hunt as much as we can but don't catch much. If you put in the same amount of time as you would for a pup i think you'll do fine. He seems half way there already. But It wouldn't be fair on the dog to have it for two weeks then take it back if he doesn't live up to your expectations though. Just my opinion.

 

 

 

HTH,

 

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Edited April 15, 2010 by Ossie'n'Arch