Airedale cross Saluki/Grey pups update

[Mars 42]

My pup is coming on well, very confident and loves to greet other dogs out on a walk, and to the anoyance of some people she likes to say hello to them too....

She too loves to fetch and grudgingly returns to me....lol...

I have my Dog that she likes to try and follow and copies his scenting skills, thankfully her recall is already far better than his.....!!!!!

So all good so far....Pic taken 6/11/10

 

 

Mars...

[skycat 6,174]

Thanks for putting that photo up Mars: yours looks quite Airedaly in the head: have you got any side on views of her standing up? I haven't measured mine for height yet, though I'd say that at the rate they are going they should make about 24-25inches. I she changing colour at all? Since I took my photos Lena has started going darker along her back: black hairs appearing: maybe she'll end up Airedale coloured

[heart of wales 19]

I have to say them Pups are the best proportioned for that age that I have seen in a long time,If they work like they look Penny,which I am sure they will knowing You You will have a pair of crackers there.

My Grandfather had an Airedale cross greyhound Forty Years ago swore by it,grew up with the tales of him,he died tumbling a big fox on a cliff edge him and the fox went over both died

 

Ps when You coming down to break them to sheep

[Born Hunter 17,832]

  On 10/11/2010 at 18:19, skycat said:

  On 10/11/2010 at 18:12, Born Hunter said:

Look forward to seeing these come on. Dill was the talk amongst the beaters last saturday, everyone was pleasantly surprised with her.

 

Oh B> that it the best news ever! I was quite aprehensive about taking her, as you know, but to be honest she didn't let me down at all, and when she found that pricked duck under the brambles in the water and retrieved it, or tried to LOL straight up through the brambles, I was made up. Just think how much she'll improve this season with going out regularly! I know that she's done quite a few different things so far, but that was the first time she'd been surrounded by so many guns, dogs and people. I'll have to work on her picking up so I can send her out for a dropped bird! She takes to every new task so easily that I know she'll cotton on very quickly especially as she likes retreiving so much. Thank you so much for letting me know that good feedback.

 

Bosun: thanks for the comments:I know deep inside that they'll be handy, but it doesn't do to crow too much before the chicken has actually laid the egg

 

I would sooner see dill working in the beating line than either of them mental choclate cockers! lol. far more versatile too. bit more beating will see her come on no end

[Guest deerhound hunter]

just wondering ,i,ve got a bull deerhound x bull airdale grey 10 month old pup ,just want 2 know what airedale adds 2 the mixs

[collie/grey 238]

Those pups are belters, im not sure which one id choose as i like them both, good luck with them in the future!

[skycat 6,174]

I would say, from what I've seen in my Airedale that this type of working bred Airedale (obviously I cannot comment on Airedales bred in this country, and that is NOT a knock against them, I just haven't seen any actually working in the field so I can only comment on what I have seen in my Redline bitch)should add: brains, nose, drive, toughness: I mentioned brains first as my bitch is one of the smartest animals I have had in my kennels, and she can adapt to new prey and situations in a way I've seldom seen in other types of dog. I doubt that she's a one-off because everything I've read about them on the American sites points to the same conclusions.

 

I'll put some more pics up of the pups in a couple of months time:; thanks for your comments folks.

[KittleRox 2,147]

nice pups,very interesting x,keep us updated,

[Guest deerhound hunter]

  On 11/11/2010 at 08:58, skycat said:

I would say, from what I've seen in my Airedale that this type of working bred Airedale (obviously I cannot comment on Airedales bred in this country, and that is NOT a knock against them, I just haven't seen any actually working in the field so I can only comment on what I have seen in my Redline bitch)should add: brains, nose, drive, toughness: I mentioned brains first as my bitch is one of the smartest animals I have had in my kennels, and she can adapt to new prey and situations in a way I've seldom seen in other types of dog. I doubt that she's a one-off because everything I've read about them on the American sites points to the same conclusions.

 

I'll put some more pics up of the pups in a couple of months time:; thanks for your comments folks.

the airedale thats in my pup came from working stock in scotland ,cracking pups

[sambo123 675]

Was this an accidental mating?

 

Atb

 

Sam

[skycat 6,174]

  On 11/11/2010 at 17:52, sambo123 said:

Was this an accidental mating?

 

Atb

 

Sam

 

 

Yes Sam: this was the accidental mating I posted about when the pups were born, and caused so much upset on this forum! Fast forward a couple of years and I'd have done a very similar mating anyway, but I was foolish enough to admit that it had been accidental, and paid the internet price!

 

I am now very pleased that this mating did happen, for so far, these pups have shown themselves to be a lovely mixture between both parents.

[sambo123 675]

Ok wasn't having a go just wondered that's all. Just Cos it's an unlikely cross. They seem like good looking dogs. All the best with them.

 

Sam

[skycat 6,174]

No worries Sam: I would have most likely put a Deer/Grey x Saluki/Grey over Dill had I had my way but these seem to have inherited mostly the Airedale mentality rather than the Saluki "I want to hunt far away and on my own" attitude: so far at least! That was my only concern: that they would inherit the hard prey drive of the Airedale and the 'f*ck you' attitude of the Saluki: then there would have been fun for sure. So far so good, but they are only pups at the moment: it will be interesting to see how the genes manifest themselves once they grow up and start working.