gypsy-lurcher 7 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 has anyone on here used or seen a wolfdog for hunting i reckon it would be bang on deer fox and rabbits Quote Link to post
Casso 1,261 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 has anyone on here used or seen a wolfdog for hunting i reckon it would be bang on deer fox and rabbits wouldn,t be worth a shit,,all instinct ,no drive,, Quote Link to post
stroller 341 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 I have a friend with a Saloos (I think thats how its spelt) which is a wolf hybrid over many generations and his has very little prey drive. i suppose its how the dog is brought up but he hasnt actively discouraged its instincts he just says its crap Quote Link to post
bullmastiff 615 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Humans spent hundreds of years breeding the bad bits out of the wolf so it was somewhere near useful as a hunting companion. Why would you ever consider putting Wolf back in the breeding??? 3 Quote Link to post
weasle 1,119 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wolf`s hunt using numbers,even then they spend a long time searching,for sick or weak individuals in a heard,then they keep pushing the heard until there intended victim,gets separated or gives up.Not much good as a hunting dog. 2 Quote Link to post
Paid 935 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Humans spent hundreds of years breeding the bad bits out of the wolf so it was somewhere near useful as a hunting companion. Why would you ever consider putting Wolf back in the breeding??? See, I can not belive that, the wolf must of been a handy hunting partner from the get go, or else it would of been just another nice warm coat. Quote Link to post
Beddy-Poacher 30 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Does anyone on here run a Wolfhound cross? Never heard of any working, But seen them about and they are feckin huge!! Quote Link to post
Beddy-Poacher 30 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Does anyone on here run a Wolfhound cross? Never heard of any working, But seen them about and they are feckin huge!! Quote Link to post
Guest combat Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 hi beddy poacher, a lot of lads tryd wolfhound xs in the late 60/70s they were to big, to slow and clumsy buggers ok as a pet i suppose.....yis combat Quote Link to post
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Does anyone on here run a Wolfhound cross? Never heard of any working, But seen them about and they are feckin huge!! A friend of mine had a bull/wolfhound/grey, it was an impressive dog that earned his keep. Quote Link to post
tinytiger 830 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 has anyone on here used or seen a wolfdog for hunting i reckon it would be bang on deer fox and rabbits Id say it would be some beast allright ,probably impossible to traiin though,I think i remember reading somewhere that the greyhound shares a surprisingly large amount of genes with the european wolf. Quote Link to post
thomas h 0 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) not sure what you mean ,,, dog hound wolf wild cross.. well a bush wolf is a wild dog ,, it breeds with our domesict dogs even today . they must weed themsells out some how.. the crosses when your female pet gets it from a bushwolf. then you end up with more bush wolves .. and if one is tamable ,,because they go wild as they grow and it may run away .. the ones that stay tame,, stare allot . not much good even as a pet ..but kind hrearted soles care for them.. not sure but we baged yotes that looked like giant foxes ,, but that yotes tail is not the same ..it made a good joke at the tavern, anouncing .. we just got the largest fox ever ..about 34 lb ,we all laught ,,all patrons agreed that that thing looks like a giant fox which reminds me of another story were we filled a dead fox with air till it looked like 30 pounds .and the guys fell for it .. they still talk about the lbig fox .. we do not have the heart to tell them they were,,, tricked again... Edited January 12, 2011 by thomas h Quote Link to post
tripletree 75 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 If youre thinking of a wild canine to put into a hypothetical lurcher much better with a Dingo I reckon. The Aussie's have used it to good effect in quite a few herding types which in turn have been bred to produce lurchers. One thing about wolves they'd throw good feet and stamina I reckon. I remember watching a programme about a small wolf pack in the high artic about 3 or 4 individuals and the lead male was 14 and still catching artic hares not many dogs have genes that make them that tough Selective breeding had weeded out anything inferior so that the wolf could survive in this harsh place. 2 Quote Link to post
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 If youre thinking of a wild canine to put into a hypothetical lurcher much better with a Dingo I reckon. The Aussie's have used it to good effect in quite a few herding types which in turn have been bred to produce lurchers. One thing about wolves they'd throw good feet and stamina I reckon. I remember watching a programme about a small wolf pack in the high artic about 3 or 4 individuals and the lead male was 14 and still catching artic hares not many dogs have genes that make them that tough Selective breeding had weeded out anything inferior so that the wolf could survive in this harsh place. good post no land for the weak there 1 Quote Link to post
whin 463 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 there was some coyote hunters had 3 parts running dog one part woldf had ahatred for coyotes for some reason i think it was in an earth dog magazine years ago maybe 18 Quote Link to post
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