curious about lurchers

[ruthi 0]

I've always been a Labrador girl, using them for beating and occasionally picking up, but am now living next door to a 14 year old! non working lurcher (3/4 greyhound, 1/4 Irish wolfhound) and have fallen in love.

 

I've never seen a lurcher work, anyone up for showing me one eve? could be a new interest, this I'm in York but close to North York Moors etc.

 

I'm also interested in how different crosses form the character of the dog and what work he'll be best at.

 

Atb Ruth.

[Richie10 345]

Can only work for ferretting, lamping or mooching for rabbits and rats nowadays.

[ruthi 0]

Thanks What crosses are best for rabbiting or ratting? Atb Ruth.

[dytkos 17,793]

Thanks What crosses are best for rabbiting or ratting? Atb Ruth.

 

 

Try youtube, type in lamping/ferreting/rabbitting etc.

Cheers, D.

[barry lurcher 27]

bedlington cross whippet or greyhound probubly the first 2 on list if your only after that quarry

[ruthi 0]

Never thought about Youtube, thanks! It'll let me see more what goes on plus a keeper friend's going to take me lamping.

 

Beddy cross sounds good, will look into them more. Thanks for everyone's help atb Ruth.

[stealthy1 3,964]

3/4 greyhound, 1/4 Irish wolfhound, some big rabbits up your end

[shepp 2,285]

Are you sure the neighbours dog is not a 1/4 deerhound, a much more common cross?

[ruthi 0]

Ah didn't know that. He said wolf but then again did get him from a rescue as a 12 week old pup...

 

Why choose deerhound over wolfhound then?

 

Thanks to everyone for their answers, lots to think about now atb, ruthi

[ruthi 0]

Ps: stealthy1, you've never seen rabbits so huge...must be what the farmers are feeding 'em

[ruthi 0]

Ps: stealthy1, you've never seen rabbits so huge...must be what the farmers are feeding 'em

[Ideation 8,216]

bedlington cross whippet or greyhound probubly the first 2 on list if your only after that quarry

 

 

That's just cos they are current flavour of the month. There are innumerate x's which will and do make excellent rabbit dogs, pretty much anything between 18-26 inches that comes from good working lines will do the trick. As for your neighbours greyhound/wolfhound x - the reason people suggested it might be deer hound is that if it was originally bred for working, very few people in their right mind would use a wolfhound in a breeding programme as they are hardly used for work and so would be from a show line, and they are too big and clumpy to catch much at all. jai.

[Guest Buttermilk]

3/4 greyhound, 1/4 Irish wolfhound, some big rabbits up your end