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[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Is it imperative to have saluki in a hare dog, I have seen a non saluki dog spin a hare and he made short work of it, do we know of any good non saluki hare dogs ??

[Richie10 345]

I guess that was while you was lamping.

[billy bronk 76]

my m8ts collie bull grey whippet grey... it is mint on hares and i have saw the dog run 9 hares in 1 day and kill 8 9th 1 only got away as his dog slipped on right hand bend right in front of our feet as we tried to moved the dog wiped its owner out and the hare went throught fence so no dont fink you need saluki for a good hare dog atb total lamper

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

I guess that was while you was lamping.

 

Guess again

[Deano7 22]

U see different types of Saluki crosses some fast of the mark then the coursing ones

its impossible 2 say every Saluki cross is same but think its a possitive if a 1/4 or less in

the dog IMO !!!

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

i have a derrhound greyhound bull greyhound and it killed a hare the other day and made very easy work of it i know its not the ryt time of the season yet but wat i seen him do i reckon ill be havin a good winter with him

[cocker 2,654]

short answer is NO its not imperative to have saluki blood,

and yes there are loads of good hare dogs, that dont have any saluki in them.

[CarraghsGem 92]

ive never had a lurcher with saluki blood, im not big into salukis though, a good collie x or bull x can + will do the same job.

[Ideation 8,216]

Old hare dogs were deerhound/grey were they not? And before that just grey. But the Saluki adds a lot of the stamina that was bred out of our greys etc.

[asha 48]

own a dhgh bitch thats had a few daytime and in season.difrent running up here

[Romany 1,065]

Is it imperative to have saluki in a hare dog, I have seen a non saluki dog spin a hare and he made short work of it, do we know of any good non saluki hare dogs ??

 

Well I havent owned, and wouldnt own a lurcher with a large percentage of saluki in it. Not for me, but thats my choice.

[get the beers in 1]

had a 23tts whippit x greyhound a few years ago and he made a good hare dog . made easy work of them as well , mind saying that after 2 or 3 hares he was nackered , may be if he had a bit saluki in him who nose he cud of killed more , the most i had was 6 in one week day time good few years back when there was plenty of them about . not so many now about

[wexford-digger 1]

saluki in a lurcher can really help with stamina but i dont think that it is essential as there are many gd hair dags out there without saluki blood

[romany52 313]

saluki in a lurcher can really help with stamina but i dont think that it is essential as there are many gd hair dags out there without saluki blood

It would be true that in Ireland there may be good hare dogs without saluki blood , but might that be because the brown hare is uncommon in Ireland and that the far more common Irish hare is inferior in performance terms to the rare brown.