Does height matter?

[lord of the fens 23]

Do you think height matters when it comes to a good hare dog? I prefer my dogs to be around the 27" mark but that's just my personal liking. You hear folk saying about a big dog that it will make a good hare dog and if a dog is big it cant get down to rabbits.... Which I know is a load of shite.... But what you reckon, can you get small consistant hare dogs?

[ozzieowl 53]

i like a big dog 26 27 inch,better pace,and my old bitch was 26 inch did well over a thousand rabbits,loads of hares,worked day and night,she loved it,she was a very well known bitch in her time this was taken 20 yrs ago.

[Simoman 110]

You can get consistent small hare dogbut height does offer a significate advantage in certain areas..........

[Borat 8]

i like a big dog 26 27 inch,better pace,and my old bitch was 26 inch did well over a thousand rabbits,loads of hares,worked day and night,she loved it,she was a very well known bitch in her time this was taken 20 yrs ago.

 

I'm sure I've seen this photo before ? From of the IFF ???

[Simoman 110]

i never heard or seen her,

to the topic and not the promotion of a dog,no height doesnt matter many good 20 inch dogs out there

 

He wasn't promoting a dog, is he having a litter from the cyrogenics lab, hes says its 20 years ago, how old are you? Were you around then, lads if Johnjo ain't heard of it must be shite Now puot your claws away Felix............

[RossM 8,119]

depends on the terrain and size of fields,

[ozzieowl 53]

you have,seen it on iff

[ozzieowl 53]

i never heard or seen her,

to the topic and not the promotion of a dog,no height doesnt matter many good 20 inch dogs out there

but will admit if runing through high folage a taller dog will come better,

youve got a lot to learn.

[Malt 379]

Don't know much about hare coursing, but I'd have thought length of back was more important than height?

[lord of the fens 23]

Ok, do you think in a match of dogs, the larger dog has an advantage over a smaller one on large fields with short grass?

[lord of the fens 23]

i like a big dog 26 27 inch,better pace,and my old bitch was 26 inch did well over a thousand rabbits,loads of hares,worked day and night,she loved it,she was a very well known bitch in her time this was taken 20 yrs ago.

 

Nice dog mate, what was her name? Back when a summer was a summer.....

[Simoman 110]

Yes......

[lord of the fens 23]

Yes......

 

you ever seen a mismatch of heights run against each other?

[ozzieowl 53]

my other bitch which i have now is 20 inch to the shoulder can take both but cannot keep nowhere near a 26inch lurcher in the field,shes good for bolting rabbits and quick of the mark but on a long run even though shes got stamina,this is where the bigger dog comes in,im not pulling anyone with a small lurcher as i have one myself but over the years of going out and seeing loads of lurchers in the field its my opinion.

[lofti 579]

Don't know much about hare coursing, but I'd have thought length of back was more important than height?

 

your spot on there Maltenby,

i knew of a fen dog that went for ALOT of money it was only 24"

and like you say it was long in the body.

 

 

height would only matter on thick ruff heather etc.. for obvious reasons