what best for your first lurcher?

[langouroux 14]

Hi all,

 

A while ago i had a thread on here about convincing the Mrs aboout another dog....well she is convinced! cut a long story short we are moving to a house which has more than enough land to cope with 1 extra K9.

 

This will be my first lurcher! i have a working mastiff at the moment, i shoot a lot, and go ferreting as well, so the dog will have to be broken to the ferrets at an early age / and maybe the gun later on

 

I will mainly use him for rabbits, and any larger arguments there is always the mastiff for following up.

 

I have a couple of questions:

 

what should i get as a first lucher?

 

can some one point me in the right direction of where to get one...i don't want to get ripped off!

 

cheers

 

[kevin from bristol 95]

whippet x are great for rabbits very loyal and fast they make great all rounders and arn't much trouble

[FightTheBan 1,147]

The best first lurcher will be one you buy as a pup and rear yourself. It will be a learning experience.

Most crosses will do rabbits but the best rabbiting lurchers I have seen have always had a bit of whippet. Collie/grey/whippet would do the trick, as long as the parents are grafters I dont think you will go too far wrong.

Whippet beddy also great wee rabiting dogs.

FTB

[Bosun11 537]

My advice is always the same mate, I never try to name any particular cross, just get yourself a puppy, look to an average hight 23" to 26", for all round work (you never know what might come up ) and ensure its from well worked parents, pref something you've seen out and been impressed with.

 

[jf1970 328]

hi mate,i have just bought a 3/4 whippet 1/4 bedlington,she is also my first lurcher,i will be using her for ferreting,it took me around 3-4 mths do decide what lurcher to get that would suit both me and the dog,i had alot of help on here about making my decision,for what you want your dog to do,sounds as if 1 of these dogs would be just what your looking for,as for being ripped of,well if the breeder is any good at all he will have the pups best interest in mind and won't be to bother about raking in the cash,i payed £100 for mine and both parents were seen and are working,hope this helps cheers......john

[NORELATION 6]

The beddy whippet should keep charles entertained until the mastiff executioner arrives on the scene. When you say working mastiff, has the mastiff played a similar role before or has it been for different type of work? Im a big fan of mastiffs but have never heard of them working as anything other than security guards so I would be interested to hear.

[runforyourlife 361]

If you need to ask someone what type of lurcher you need, you are not ready to have one pal...

 

All you'll get is people naming their own lurcher.. No one has ownedvery type of lurcher, some no one can answer the question...

[Guest fence_hopper]

you have to like the look of the type dog. the end of the day you'll have to live with it for 10 plus yrs. thats my little bit of advice lol

[Guest DogFaceKillah]

get the worst cur you can find, and make it real deal...........

[steve123 29]

hello

collie /greyound / whippet not too big and go for the opposite sex to your mastiff if i were you. i had a male bull grehound whippet with my male bullmastiff who was very fit and came out on my lamping expeditions when i lived in cornwall . the bull cross was headstrong and fancied his chances against the bullmastiff and i could not leave them together un attended even for a few mins both got on well with bitches of any breed ,maybe just a clash of personalities but probably down to dominance .

what mastiff have you got.

cheers

steve

[langouroux 14]

The beddy whippet should keep charles entertained until the mastiff executioner arrives on the scene. When you say working mastiff, has the mastiff played a similar role before or has it been for different type of work? Im a big fan of mastiffs but have never heard of them working as anything other than security guards so I would be interested to hear.

 

 

the mastiff is a part time worker / running dog of sorts. yes he has seen work in the past but not a lot, but a few outings here and there, he has some jowls and they tend to get caught up at the very wrong moment so the mrs put the clampers on what i had him doing. there is other people on here who have mastiffs working as well mate, and retrieving to hand! mine is Alano espanol x rustic neapolitan but there is pure breed bullmastiffs that work on here to.

[langouroux 14]

I think beddy whippet it is then!

 

JF1970 what a little corker!

 

if any one hears of a decent little lurcher let me know.

 

cheers all.

[NORELATION 6]

The beddy whippet should keep charles entertained until the mastiff executioner arrives on the scene. When you say working mastiff, has the mastiff played a similar role before or has it been for different type of work? Im a big fan of mastiffs but have never heard of them working as anything other than security guards so I would be interested to hear.

 

 

the mastiff is a part time worker / running dog of sorts. yes he has seen work in the past not a lot, but a few outings her and there. thre is other people on here who have mastiffs working as well mate. and retrieving to hand! mie is Aalano espanol x rustic neapolitan bu there is pure breed bullmastiffs that work on here to.

 

I saw the topic of the first cross mastiff x grey now that i think of it. would you be tempted to go this way?

[langouroux 14]

The beddy whippet should keep charles entertained until the mastiff executioner arrives on the scene. When you say working mastiff, has the mastiff played a similar role before or has it been for different type of work? Im a big fan of mastiffs but have never heard of them working as anything other than security guards so I would be interested to hear.

 

 

the mastiff is a part time worker / running dog of sorts. yes he has seen work in the past not a lot, but a few outings her and there. thre is other people on here who have mastiffs working as well mate. and retrieving to hand! mie is Aalano espanol x rustic neapolitan bu there is pure breed bullmastiffs that work on here to.

 

I saw the topic of the first cross mastiff x grey now that i think of it. would you be tempted to go this way?

 

 

I would love to have enough experience with running dogs to be able to comment - but I don't to be honest! But what I can tell you is this: Mastiff's are very capable working dogs and are a lot more intelligent that people think. They are also a lot quicker than people think, as long as you don’t have a show type / heavy boned line. HOWEVER mastiffs are not for the faint hearted or the inexperienced - try holding one back when he has seen some thing he shouldn't in the lamp!

 

The best person to ask regarding mastiff x lurcher is really "bullmastiff" on here. He has a bull lurcher and a working mastiff, as well as one of their pups that he is bringing on at the moment and he has a lot more experience with both breeds.

 

Check out one of the Alaunt link that was on here recently - these might be the sort of dogs you want! Not for faint hearted on inexperienced either though

 

Cheers

[NORELATION 6]

The beddy whippet should keep charles entertained until the mastiff executioner arrives on the scene. When you say working mastiff, has the mastiff played a similar role before or has it been for different type of work? Im a big fan of mastiffs but have never heard of them working as anything other than security guards so I would be interested to hear.

 

 

the mastiff is a part time worker / running dog of sorts. yes he has seen work in the past not a lot, but a few outings her and there. thre is other people on here who have mastiffs working as well mate. and retrieving to hand! mie is Aalano espanol x rustic neapolitan bu there is pure breed bullmastiffs that work on here to.

 

I saw the topic of the first cross mastiff x grey now that i think of it. would you be tempted to go this way?

 

 

I would love to have enough experience with running dogs to be able to comment - but I don't to be honest! But what I can tell you is this: Mastiff's are very capable working dogs and are a lot more intelligent that people think. They are also a lot quicker than people think, as long as you don’t have a show type / heavy boned line. HOWEVER mastiffs are not for the faint hearted or the inexperienced - try holding one back when he has seen some thing he shouldn't in the lamp!

 

The best person to ask regarding mastiff x lurcher is really "bullmastiff" on here. He has a bull lurcher and a working mastiff, as well as one of their pups that he is bringing on at the moment and he has a lot more experience with both breeds.

 

Check out one of the Alaunt link that was on here recently - these might be the sort of dogs you want! Not for faint hearted on inexperienced either though

 

Cheers

 

I believe you picked me up wromg my friend. I am not interested in getting an Alaunt or mastiff cross, Im trying to help you decide what would suit you best and was putting forward the point that you might not have to go far from home if you liked the mastiff type dogs. ie get a greyhound as your next dog. Im sure this "bullmastiff" guy you speak of would give you advice.