First Lurcher - Deerhound x Greyhound?

[Little Butch 16]

In the process of selling our house to move somewhere more rural with a much bigger garden, which means I should be able to get my first Lurcher pup!

I'm after a pot filler, something that will snap up Rabbits and retrieve Hare and Deer. I also beat alot In the season so would be taking the Lurcher along to retrieve shot game..

 

Have been told that a Deerhound Grey Is a much underated Dog and a mate has pointed me In the directions of some very good lines of this cross!

What are your experiences with this cross? I'm on about straight Deerhound Grey crosses not Saluki or Collie etc In there aswell.

 

Pictures would be nice aswell.

 

Cheers, Butch

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

deerhound crosses are probly one of the best dogs goin mate ive seen a good couple of dogs run all differrent breeds and the ones that have impressed me the most are the ones that have deerhound in them and they always try to give you a 110% everytime they run atb Top Lamper

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

heres a pic of myn hes a deerhound greyhound bull greyhound

[Chid 6,540]

lb you will look a fool with a deer/grey it will be bigger and heavier than you i dont think you'd be able to hold it on a slip

 

oj lol i like the deer/grey but i think youd be better with some collie in the mix say a deer/grey x collie/grey

[Guest fence_hopper]

handy cross mate if you legs get tired just pop the sadle on and high ho silver.

[Little Butch 16]

Get off my thread Chid you messer! I didn't even know you still came on here?

Cheers for the Input guys..

 

Butch

[villebones 4]

i think youd be better with some collie in the mix say a deer/grey x collie/grey

 

[davey 310]

I have doxhope first cross tall but still light weight I very happy with him coming on nice Asha on here has a nice sounding litter coming up first cross doxhope x greyhound so should knock the size down

[Little Butch 16]

When I'm eventually ready for a Pup, Ideally I want something not to tall and about 26/27tts are there many this size as most of them I see on Thl are 30tts or more!

 

Butch

[artic 595]

Great Dogs to own and work.

 

 

 

[Romany 1,065]

Pick the smallest (lightest) bitch pup from the litter

[Keeps 403]

They aren't all huge, this one is only 23" tts at 11 months, her dam is just under 24" (deer/grey x collie/grey)

 

[davey 310]

When I'm eventually ready for a Pup, Ideally I want something not to tall and about 26/27tts are there many this size as most of them I see on Thl are 30tts or more!

 

Butch

Like the others say not all tall my dog is about 29tts and very long back ideal just what I wanted even if mates say to big when running big fields with long hills that long stride starts to show but can also pick up odd rabbit, like I say just what I wanted

[Little Butch 16]

Cheers guys, think I'm set on a Deerhound cross

Butch

[jamie1994 0]

hi mate i got a frist cross deerhound hes 28ins tall does well on rabbits and deer also got a 3/4 greyhound 1/4 deerhound bicth shes 27ins tall 13 mths old now and picked up 5 rabbits so far goin well