My ugly duckling...

[salclalin 240]

Nice type of Dog that Mate.

[Mrs A.R.D 53]

im sure we've all seen uglyer

atb

[skycat 6,173]

Isn't it strange how some people judge a lurcher by the sighthound 'standard'. In other words, if it doesn't look like a Whippet, Saluki or Greyhound etc, then its 'ugly'. Give me a dog with good thick legs, a sturdy body and a brain any day: look forward to seeing how he comes on. Keep us posted.

[FUJI 17,166]

Isn't it strange how some people judge a lurcher by the sighthound 'standard'. In other words, if it doesn't look like a Whippet, Saluki or Greyhound etc, then its 'ugly'. Give me a dog with good thick legs, a sturdy body and a brain any day: look forward to seeing how he comes on. Keep us posted.

 

Thanks Skycat,compared to many even my other dogs he is rather unsightly lol but as long as he earns his corn that'll do for me,he has been a "type" i've been looking at owning since i had similar several years ago,they too weren't the best of lookers but they could fill the bag and then some ..he's from a long line of Minshaw bred's back to a Border Collie from Ireland who is used daily for working cattle although when he and his littermates were just seven weeks old the dam won the County Wicklow Sheepdog Trials so he is from decent stock...he has one or two little problems what need ironed out but hopefully these will lessen as his workload increases? Here's a little "family tree" kind of thing going back a few generations or so,some will know one or two of the dogs here including Minshaw's Blue and perhaps one or two more?

 

 

This is his sire Jack

 

This is his Dam

Edited August 24, 2010 by poacherspocket22

[scothunter 12,609]

now there better trainers mate

 

I agreee dont care what a dog looks like as long as it does what it was in tended to do.my new pup has the markings of a fresian,but the proporations of the dog are promising.

[markg 0]

its a real shame the old minshaw thread got taken off a few year ago, there was some exellent reading of these minshaws and the amount of game they took especially the likes of minshaws blue and kes, bulpa to mention a few, and lets hope don turns out half as good, gud luk this coming season.

 

atb markg

Edited August 24, 2010 by markg

[lamping mania 0]

he is a nice dog

[Back Stabbath 1]

Ah nice dog, actually remids me of my uncles sheep dog haha same colour

Atb with him

[toughguy 0]

Isn't it strange how some people judge a lurcher by the sighthound 'standard'. In other words, if it doesn't look like a Whippet, Saluki or Greyhound etc, then its 'ugly'. Give me a dog with good thick legs, a sturdy body and a brain any day: look forward to seeing how he comes on. Keep us posted.

 

Thanks Skycat,compared to many even my other dogs he is rather unsightly lol but as long as he earns his corn that'll do for me,he has been a "type" i've been looking at owning since i had similar several years ago,they too weren't the best of lookers but they could fill the bag and then some ..he's from a long line of Minshaw bred's back to a Border Collie from Ireland who is used daily for working cattle although when he and his littermates were just seven weeks old the dam won the County Wicklow Sheepdog Trials so he is from decent stock...he has one or two little problems what need ironed out but hopefully these will lessen as his workload increases? Here's a little "family tree" kind of thing going back a few generations or so,some will know one or two of the dogs here including Minshaw's Blue and perhaps one or two more?

 

May be a coincidence, but I have seen a very impressive 17 month old bitch working in Wicklow last week and I understand that her father is an English dog and her mother is a top class Irish border collie. The bitch was black, about 22 inches tts and is an excellent hare dog for her age. Did any of the litter come to Ireland.

 

 

This is his sire Jack

 

This is his Dam

[FUJI 17,166]

May be a coincidence, but I have seen a very impressive 17 month old bitch working in Wicklow last week and I understand that her father is an English dog and her mother is a top class Irish border collie. The bitch was black, about 22 inches tts and is an excellent hare dog for her age. Did any of the litter come to Ireland.

 

Yeah,they were actually bred over there and the bitch is indeed litter sister to Don,the black dog i posted a picture of which i own although long retired now as he's 13 years of age gone June is their sire and the Collie picture i put up is their dam,i have heard that the black bitch is doing exceptionally well,fingers crossed Don doesn't let the team down over this side of the water We'll see

[jack lee 137]

i dont think that don is going to let you down, if anything i think he may open alot of eyes as what he is capable of, TOUGHGUY i also heard of that bitch, but i never seen her work unfortunately,i met your mates older brother some time back, if i am right there is a few of them in the family who keep them,they dont say out about them though they seem to be well tuitored on that

[FUJI 17,166]

Took the dog out a night or two back and he picked these up without too much fuss,missed quite a few through him being very keen,once he settles into things i'm sure he'll come up with the goods?

 

Don with a handful of bunnies

[scothunter 12,609]

Took the dog out a night or two back and he picked these up without too much fuss,missed quite a few through him being very keen,once he settles into things i'm sure he'll come up with the goods?

 

Don with a handful of bunnies

 

good bag mate be a wee while before i get back out,my pup is only 12 weeks old

[taz2010 1,297]

Just a snap of my young ugly duckling who'll be starting his first season of work imminently,i'm expecting decent things from him (lamping)..fingers crossed anyway! He's a dog consisting of almost 75% Collie make-up,seems to have ample speed,loads of drive in him,very atheletic and quite clever too..here's hoping anyway?

 

Don

nice dog mate hope he does well for ya should have plenty of stanima