Lurcher vs Greyhound

[Monkeyjax 0]

What reasons do people use lurchers over greys on rabbit???

[iceman001979 1,316]

Turn better harder feet better coats dont get hurt as much ect ect

[fordie 8]

with out Greyhounds ect there will be no lurchers Greyhounds are good dogs when they are bred right I like both

[Monkeyjax 0]

So there is no reason why greys couldn't be used against rabbit its down to personal preference, assuming your permission is open field and not fell

[fordie 8]

So there is no reason why greys couldn't be used against rabbit its down to personal preference, assuming your permission is open field and not fell

 

 

It like I sed Greyhounds make cracking rabbiting dogs I had one and she was one hell of a dog on rabbits she no longer with me as she was put to sleep if I was you go for one mate

[billy bronk 76]

lurcher

[Guest deerhound hunter]

lurcher has more brains ,better field craft,better agility,better prey drive,so i don,t why people want to work greyhound their turning is rubbish the only thing good about is their speed but that also their downfall in my experience they allways over shoot things ,leave them to the track chaseing rags about.

[CorkyJohn 808]

lurcher has more brains ,better field craft,better agility,better prey drive,so i don,t why people want to work greyhound their turning is rubbish the only thing good about is their speed but that also their downfall in my experience they allways over shoot things ,leave them to the track chaseing rags about.

I partly agree with your reasons in comparison to track greyhounds/ex racers but a GHD reared from a pup could match a lurcher on any of the above. I disagree with prey drive as purebreds will usually have a go at anything & are fired up more than most when chasing. Turning just comes down to experience & if a dog has the intelligence to use it's speed. The only drawbacks I would think are stamina & injuries due to the speed they have.

[luke. 9]

I have seen a few Greyhounds and heard of alot more that are amazing all rounders, but IMO i would go for a lurcher based on personal preference.

Luke.

[Guest deerhound hunter]

the 1 i,ve seen is extrack dogs just look like they havent got a clue ,stamiana would be issiue if you wanted good bags

[Stabs 3]

One of my neighbours is an old boy who races gryehounds and he keeps a few that he runs at the huge numbers of hares that we have local to us. Actually, that's not quite right as "the man" has just built a dual carriageway through our coursing ground. Anyway, he gets his charges out in the field and runs pretty much the same quarry as I do. His dogs do fine although on occasion he carries his off the field, whereas I walk mine off. We run very, very rough ground so it's not surprising they suffer with their feet a bit

[Ideation 8,216]

Hybrid Vigor.

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

greyhounds are decent dogs but lurchers are loads better for stamina and other things i used to run my lurcher with a greyhound years ago and my lurcher used to run rings round it but the greyhound still was a very good dog though but it didnt hav the stamina compared to the lurcher but it did hav a very good prey drive and it would try its hart out on everything it ran so i think greyhounds are decent dogs but are no way better than a lurcher

[coursing man 10]

What reasons do people use lurchers over greys on rabbit???

ive got both and on rabbit or hare (pre-ban)the grey is easy the best over 1 run but often comes back lame as they will run through a brick wall to catch there quarry,the lurcher seems to have more stamina as time goes on and seem more light on there feet.but thats just my experiance

[boyo 1,398]

whoever said a lurcher has more prey drive than a greyhound is wrong full stop but lurcher every time imo.