Cur X's ???

[DeanD 3]

Anybody done a cur cross in making lurchers? Just wondering as I ran across a fella with a nice pup this week whilst at the feedmill and was told the owner still has a few. So I'm wondering about such a cross and maybe I'd see about swapping a pup for a pup before they're gone.

[Mickey Finn 3,016]

Anybody done a cur cross in making lurchers? Just wondering as I ran across a fella with a nice pup this week whilst at the feedmill and was told the owner still has a few. So I'm wondering about such a cross and maybe I'd see about swapping a pup for a pup before they're gone.

 

BMC first cross?

 

ATB

[Guest crobinc840]

Isn't a Cur a mixed breed like a Lucher but more for sheep hearding?

[DeanD 3]

Anybody done a cur cross in making lurchers? Just wondering as I ran across a fella with a nice pup this week whilst at the feedmill and was told the owner still has a few. So I'm wondering about such a cross and maybe I'd see about swapping a pup for a pup before they're gone.

 

BMC first cross?

 

ATB

 

The pups are full blooded BMC, I was thinking of making a first cross over the next few years if I get one. Of course, I haven't mentioned it to the misses yet though either...

[DeanD 3]

Isn't a Cur a mixed breed like a Lucher but more for sheep hearding?

 

No, they're a breed of hunting dog... probably considered a hound but I'm not sure. The old saying goes like this... "If you want sound, hunt a hound. If you want fur, hunt a cur." Generally speaking a cur gets more game because they're mostly silent so they give no warning to their quarry. Another thing I always heard was that a cur would hunt anything that will climb a tree, but I doubt they're limited to tree climbers. I had a gyp cur when I was just a boy and she hunted plenty of rabbits as well as snowshoe hare, partridge, squirrel and coon.

Edited December 7, 2010 by DeanD