danw 1,748 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Funny how it is always the dogs fault when it fails, its never because the owner is totally inept. Buy from genuine (that's a word miss understood by a lot of sellers) working stock fella unless you just want a show pony Link to post
mark21 8 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 bought a hancock dog now a year old dog is bang on although his dogs are not worked he will openly tell u that the dogs are only bred for exact breeding i have had lurchers of many breeds the hancock dog wil be as good as any dog if schooled and cared for right but just remember it wil be a collie x and expect no more Link to post
mattmcw 12 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 at least with hancock dogs you no exactly what you are getting Link to post
hullhunter 219 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 at least with hancock dogs you no exactly what you are getting yer puppy peddled shit Link to post
Jack Dark 2 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 at least with hancock dogs you no exactly what you are getting yer puppy peddled shit Link to post
FlyMyGirl 147 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Know a lad who bought one. Spent hundreds in vet bills within the week of taking it home due to health issues!!!! Dog didn't turn out to good either, now just a family pet. Link to post
Guest vin Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 worker to worker if poss mate. there's plenty of em out there Link to post
stephane 0 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I know two guys with hancock's and they've done very well with them both. Never let them down! Link to post
steve123 29 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 i had one about 15 years ago , caught fox, (deer with another dog, she was first to make contact) , hare and rabbits, worked with ferrets. she was with me for many seasons and hardly had any time off , i would love to have her back. she was 3/4 bred. i had her second hand after the previous owner had a litter from her . probably the best alrounder i have owned. if a pup comes from healthy stock and is reared correctly you have as much chance as any with it . collies and greyhounds ,generations of good working stock. Link to post
riohog 5,701 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 had a first x collie grey off the man many years ago , was out of a dog called ,richard jones , infact it was a bitch, was a good bitch, killed well! Link to post
bolio 51 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 A mate of mine, Millsy R.I.P., bought a 3/4 greyhound 1/4 beardy off Handcock about 25 years ago. By the time Tanner was around a year old he decided he wanted to sell the dog and he gave a trial. The dog jacked after a short run at a hare but inexplicably another pal who was there on the day bought the dog. Tanner went on to kill a load of close range hares....he had a great mouth and accelleration....but after a couple of seasons he had every toe pointing in a different direction and eventually pulled up on another occasion in the exact same field as he had that first time. That was in the small fields in Ireland so if you were thinking of running hares on bigger land I would give Hancock a wide berth....although to be fair to the man he doesn't claim to breed hare dogs. Link to post
iceman001979 1,316 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Every one will have different options on this topic l have seen a few hancock dogs some good some bad if your looking a pup go get a pup from 2 working dogs and one you wont have pay £200 for just think about it your paying £200 for a pup out stuff that has never seen a field off work???? Link to post
Cochyn 0 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 i had one about 15 years ago , caught fox, (deer with another dog, she was first to make contact) , hare and rabbits, worked with ferrets. she was with me for many seasons and hardly had any time off , i would love to have her back. she was 3/4 bred. i had her second hand after the previous owner had a litter from her . probably the best alrounder i have owned. if a pup comes from healthy stock and is reared correctly you have as much chance as any with it . collies and greyhounds ,generations of good working stock. A mate of mine, serious ferreting man, bought a hancock dog 15-20 years ago. Says it's the best dog he ever owner (and he's had a few). Reckoned it taught him a thing or two! Link to post
ribb 15 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 in my oppinion a dog will only be as good as the man/woman thats got it no matter where it comes from whether it be untested or tested stock simple as that Link to post
robo-christ 40 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 imagine if hancock had of bred his dogs best to best and lurcher to lurcher,he could of kept track of the dogs which were working well and used those as studs, eventually he then could of line bred his best dog's and kept track of all the pup's progress and used them at stud if they made the grade. in the time he's been peddling he could of created a very good line of dog's imo. Link to post
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