deerhound x greyhounds...

[collie daft 15]

well lads after have a lot of trouble with last pups and havin 2 have mine put to sleep.....i went back to what cross i no best after years of using other breed, but back to the deerhound for me anyone work this cross never here much about them, and anyone got any pics ???????....cheers

[farlap 19]

well lads after have a lot of trouble with last pups and havin 2 have mine put to sleep.....i went back to what cross i no best after years of using other breed, but back to the deerhound for me anyone work this cross never here much about them, and anyone got any pics ???????....cheers

i have had 2 of this cross. I wont have another one. half hearted, whinging (that come from the dh), idle. Just my opinon on the 2 ive had of course. Still they look nice on the sofa anf have been good pets, but not up to scratch for the working side of it.

[davey 310]

I agree every one of them is useless to big to slow can't turn no prey drive no good in small fields no good in big fields can't take rabbs scared of fox won't hold deer they just look good hmmm did I miss anything

[artic 595]

I have a 2nd Gen Deerhound/Grey/Saluki/Grey. A joy to work with.

 

I have seen a few 1st cross deerhound greyhounds, and can only comment on what I have seen. They can be a little slow, however I've not seen a half hearted one, and definitely not seen one which is scared to commit.

[COSH 14]

ive seen with my own eyes, 2 first crosses that i would be pleased to own myself,went out with them many times hunting up fell ground in south east Cumbria, and the deer/greys caught some good hares, they were also good foxing lurchers and were lamped at all quarry. ive never owned a first cross but the ones ive seen first hand were decent enough to fill a freezer. ive seen many more on video, though some of these would be second/third generation deer/greys, however they were picking up rabbits for fun! the best lurcher i ever had was a deerhound/saluki/greyhound, she had a good chunk of deerhound in her, and bred out of an excellent half cross bitch that took all game, and had a love of foxing. Doxhope on here breeds some useful lurchers, and many of people around the country have had good workers out of his kennels. i think it must depend on the base stock used, as there are not many lines about that are true old style working stock. now im not breed blind at all, in fact ive owned more lurchers of different breeding, but to call the deer/greys useless is UTTER BULL SHIT.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

When I got into lurchers many moons ago there was a good gene pool of "working" deerhound blood around,and a lot of bitza's had deerhound in their making and before the saluki become more prominent deerhound was the choice of many.These days with the show brigade turning the deerhound into a wolfhound clone its very hard to find working deerhound's that are worked to the standards of them by-gone days.Though they are out there you'll find most of the best blood-lines are kept close

[davey 310]

I was taken the piss I have a f1 doxhope dog which I'm happy with . When I first got him they were all the things my mate said and now I know he is full of shit about dogs think green eye monster

[thorne43 1]

i have a deer/ grey and he turns great for the size of him. i walk my deerhound grey with me mate and he has two whippets, im sure they have taught him to turn. hes quite good on the bunnys and most things i point him at. hes great i take him everywhere and he goes on what ever hes pointed at. hes not fantastic at everything but he will have a good go. like i say im happy with him. he does what i want!

 

and if you really dont believe they do rabbits with ease, theres a dvd on ebay and the first twenty minutes is full of deerhound crosses smashing rabbits! i will get the name of the dvd up!

 

 

[rocky1 942]

i,ve got a 1/4 bull 1/4 deerhound 1/2 grey and 1/8 bull 1/8 saluki 1/2 deerhound ,and both top dogs ,on every quarry big and small ,heard good things about derhound since been into the dogs and never use anything else.

[Guest storm70]

I've got a deerhound bitch who's pure arkinglass 5 gen of my own line which ian happy whith there not greenparkdogs lads more suited in heather my bitch lamps takes rhfd singlehanded iam putting a very fast halfxminnshaw 28 inch dog to her next year she's 29inches and great bitch hjkc and does commit her father was a right bad deerhound dog atb

[ihatealiens 0]

I have a 16 week old out of an F1 Rhodesian Ridgeback x Deerhound / Greyhound. The owner of the parents had a 30 year history of both parents families and both are great working lines with pictures going back for the 30 years of the bags they have all caught (all quarry). A fabulous history and can't wait to get going with her but I will have to be patient as I won't be doing a tap with her until she is at least 12 months old. She really is blossoming and is 18 kilos already - gonna be a monster.

[macker 5]

if there is a problem in england with alot of the deerhounds why not put some weaton terrier in them

can work a treat i honestly think they are decent base line in a lurcher

with terrier crosses rather than first and second crosses dont get me wrong had a real

good first cross bitch but could not get a decent pup out of her she was a once off

that served me well

mack

[asha 48]

aye own two first cross dhghs thats doing well.both single handed dogs.would just like to say these dogs can run for there size

[rocky1 942]

if there is a problem in england with alot of the deerhounds why not put some weaton terrier in them

can work a treat i honestly think they are decent base line in a lurcher

with terrier crosses rather than first and second crosses dont get me wrong had a real

good first cross bitch but could not get a decent pup out of her she was a once off

that served me well

mack

the thing is that ,the weatons are more show then other x ,pure weatons working stock are very hard 2 come by ,you ask the lads on the terrier section 2 show them their working weaton and theys not that many,theirs still alot of deerhound blood left in the uk and tried and tested blood

[cooper101 86]

never owned or run this cross before!! but have high hopes for this one!! if hes half as good as his sire i'll be a happy hunter, 9mth 25" an still growing!! still too much of a baby to do anything with!! but hes got all his manners now and has been easy to train so far!!