Working Lurcher x Lurcher...breeding

[wuyang 513]

I know a fair few experienced dog men on have learned through time that working lurcher to working lurcher seems to produce there favoured type of dog. I personally haven't owned a lurcher to lurcher only first type greyhound crosses. Im still undecided what my next lurcher will be (or possibly whippet), but i am swaying to towards a lurcher to lurcher pup.

 

Now i have heard and read that the litters can be quite varied and there is no knowing exactly what the pups are going to throw to. So can anyone throw any advice just how varied the pups can end up being. Also wondering what qualities have you found the lurcher to lurcher to have over other breeding of lurchers.

 

 

I would only be using mine to mooch for rabbits etc and prefer not too big a bitch..around the 21/24 inch mark.

 

 

cheers

wuyang

[turbotyke 62]

in my opinion you cant beat a lurcher x lurcher here is my two father and son

[mick01 36]

cracking pair of dogs mate.. really nice

[mick01 36]

double post

Edited December 24, 2010 by mick01

[turbotyke 62]

thanks mate they do me proud

[iceman001979 1,316]

Would not have anything else only lucher to lucher out off dogs that have had a few seasons under there belt why would you want a lucher out off none working stuff????

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

With reference to how much variety there will be in pups, depends what the parents were. If dam was deer/grey and sire whippet x then pups could be very varied and it would be impossible to say how they may throw.

 

My pups parents were of similar breeding and didn't look worlds apart. Sire 25" Dam 23" and similar shape bodys, similar coats etc. The pups have all come out very consistent and some of them looked identical.

 

I think that if I breed my dog to a bitch then I will stick to sal/whip/grey breeding with a dash of bull in there and put him over a similar looking bitch.

 

But who knows, I guess in reality even with "lines" some could throw to saluki and some to whippet?

 

Gaz

[skycat 6,173]

There are all sorts of lines of lurcher to lurcher bred dogs out there. What they look like depends on what the breeder is breeding for: for example, Saluki hybrids for hares, and they are IMO, lurchers after all: most of the dogs which are said to be Saluki/Greyhound have other breeds in them as well, but far back in the lines.

If someone is breeding for rabbits only they will lean towards smaller lurchers with greater take off speed.

 

Whilst some types of lurcher do go in and out of fashion, there will always be breeders who stick to the type of dogs they like best, lines they have bred for many years, and IMO some of the best all rounders come from those lines.

 

I like my dogs to be biddable, retrieve naturally, be fast enough for rabbits but have the stamina for hares, but also have the minerals to take bigger or biting game. I'm not saying that they are all brilliant at everything, or that they will all be out and out hare dogs, but as all rounders they do me well enough and as an opportunistic hunter I like a dog which can switch tasks at the drop of a hat: be equally at home out ferreting, lamping or bushing, and take whatever gets up in front of them. Nose is also very important to mooching type hunters, as are brains. Point and slip dogs are no use to me at all, though I do believe that most dogs can do more than just catch what they are slipped on providing they are given enough opportunity to learn how to use their noses whilst growing up.

 

 

Lurcher to lurcher for me every time, though I have had some decent Collie lurchers who fulfilled the role of almost all rounder!

[morton 5,368]

If you know the breeding and capabilities of both parents then lurcher to lurcher every time,when there are hidden elements in the breeding that you no nothing about,thats when problems can occur i.e. unacceptable size variation,lack of character,unbiddable,poor scenting ability.Stick to line bred dogs and usually the percentages will fall in your favour.

[lovearun 1]

lurcher to lurcher breeding is the bestway mixing in the qualities of each breed for stamina speed brains loyallty prey drive ect but the hard thing is getting the breeding right

[rocky1 942]

i,ve bred my bitch twice and both times its been similar breeding ,my bitch is 1/4 bull 1/4 deerhound 1/2 grey ,and i put deerhound grey x saluki grey over her ,she had 5 and and 4 trow deerhound type but with heads ,and 1 bull type ,and then bred with a bull airedale and all the trown the bull type ,what i trying 2 say is when you diulitied the blood that much when does become a lurcher x ,and stop being about percentages

 

 

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Edited December 25, 2010 by rocky1

[MOUSE TRAP 19]

i,ve bred my bitch twice and both times its been similar breeding ,my bitch is 1/4 bull 1/4 deerhound 1/2 grey ,and i put deerhound grey x saluki grey over her ,she had 5 and and 4 trow deerhound type but with heads ,and 1 bull type ,and then bred with a bull airedale and all the trown the bull type ,what i trying 2 say is when you diulitied the blood that much when does become a lurcher x ,and stop being about percentages

[KittleRox 2,147]

The mate lined his sal/grey line bred dug to a LURCHER,one of the pups threw right back to saluki

[wuyang 513]

I def think its the way forward for me. One of the main qualities i like in my lurchers is the ability to hunt up and be biddable. My current collie/greyhound is't that good at hunting up, gets bored quickly if there isn't much about, where as my old beardie/border lurcher lived for using his nose, didn't appreciate how good he was at the time. I would def want a bit of collie in the mix.

[rocky1 942]

i,ve bred my bitch twice and both times its been similar breeding ,my bitch is 1/4 bull 1/4 deerhound 1/2 grey ,and i put deerhound grey x saluki grey over her ,she had 5 and and 4 trow deerhound type but with heads ,and 1 bull type ,and then bred with a bull airedale and all the trown the bull type ,what i trying 2 say is when you diulitied the blood that much when does become a lurcher x ,and stop being about percentages

 

 

can anyone anwser this ,please

anyone