which cross

[lamping lurchers 34]

hi im new to the site, im after a lurcher pup to bring on for next season was just wanting your opinion on which cross would suit my needs i was thinking alon the lines of a collie grey or whippet grey , purely for ferreting and lamping rabbits,

i bought a nice saluki greyhound bitch at the start of the month she was 14 weeks old and had not been jabbed when i bought her, i had her 2 days and took her to the vets for her first jab and 2 days later she was pts through parvo, the vet claimed she had parvo when i bought her and when she was jabbed she was basically given a second dose of the virus and went down hill from there

 

mike

[shepp 2,285]

hi im new to the site, im after a lurcher pup to bring on for next season was just wanting your opinion on which cross would suit my needs i was thinking alon the lines of a collie grey or whippet grey , purely for ferreting and lamping rabbits,

i bought a nice saluki greyhound bitch at the start of the month she was 14 weeks old and had not been jabbed when i bought her, i had her 2 days and took her to the vets for her first jab and 2 days later she was pts through parvo, the vet claimed she had parvo when i bought her and when she was jabbed she was basically given a second dose of the virus and went down hill from there

 

mike

 

Collie grey cross whippet would be my choice.

[lamping lurchers 34]

how much collie would you have in the cross, would you use a first cross collie grey x whippet or maybe a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie x whippet

[whippetXgreyhound 0]

i like whippet greyhounds but it is each to there own

[steveS.Yorks 161]

Personally mate they are 2 of the last x's i would want to own,having seen both types at their job.

 

Collie x grey f1's are very limited and whippet x grey are ussually a bit accident prone,both have their uses i suppose but theres much better x's than either in my opinion.

 

I know you get the odd exeption to the norm in most breeds [before anyone jumps down my throat] but for every exeption theres hundreds that follow the norm.

[lamping lurchers 34]

so which type of lurcher would excell at ferreting and lamping, im only wanting a rabbiting dog, a fewpals have also reccomended beddy whippets

[shepp 2,285]

how much collie would you have in the cross, would you use a first cross collie grey x whippet or maybe a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie x whippet

 

I think first cross collie grey to straight whippet or even a whippet grey.

I would'nt go for a beddy cross, my next lurcher will be a bitsa my mate has, which has bull, grey, whippet and saluki in it which he is putting a hard whippet over next year.

Edited January 16, 2011 by shepp

[whippetXgreyhound 0]

i use my whippet grey for both and a mate uses a beddy whippet for both but to me the dog only does what you train it to do

[wuyang 513]

I run a collie greyhound first cross, very useful bitch, but i was lucky and she has thrown quite racey and is quick off the mark, but for what i do bushing rabbits in small fields i would opt for something with a bit more speed, i also find if there isn't much action going on she gets bored quickly and finds something else to do like find a stick to play with.

 

Many years ago i used to go out with a pair of real old blokes doinga bit of bushing and ferreting and they used to sware by there whippet/greyhounds for catching the bolting rabs, can make very good dogs, but like steve said earlier they can be prone to injury.

 

I think if you are going to lamp regular i wouldn't get bed/whip.I would be tempted to go for proven lurcher x lurcher with a touch of collie in there.

[poacher 299 1]

I run a collie greyhound first cross, very useful bitch, but i was lucky and she has thrown quite racey and is quick off the mark, but for what i do bushing rabbits in small fields i would opt for something with a bit more speed, i also find if there isn't much action going on she gets bored quickly and finds something else to do like find a stick to play with.

 

Many years ago i used to go out with a pair of real old blokes doinga bit of bushing and ferreting and they used to sware by there whippet/greyhounds for catching the bolting rabs, can make very good dogs, but like steve said earlier they can be prone to injury.

 

I think if you are going to lamp regular i wouldn't get bed/whip.I would be tempted to go for proven lurcher x lurcher with a touch of collie in there.

I run a wippet/greyhound but your never shure what you are going to get mine is the hight of a wippet but has all the bulk of the greyhound so she is very fast in a stright line but has the turning curcle of an oil tanker, so she don,t catch that much but she is good fun to run also she is very smart for a sighthound to sighthound cross and picks things up realy quickly

[Country Joe 1,411]

I always worked Beddy crosses, never had a problem with them, like everybody I was looking for more speed, I had a Whippet X grey which if worked well I would use as a stud,

he was a cracking looking dog, with a good turn of speed, but had bad feet, spent most of his time kennelled up with knocked up toes, whilst my beddy crosses were out hunting,

I had over 1000 acres of prime hunting ground at the time, so I would only run him on good ground, but it made no difference, and I never used him as a Stud,

Don't really wish to knock the Breed, maybe I was just unlucky.

Worked my beddy crosses over all types of terrain, and never had any problems,

regarding your question I suppose a lot depends on the type of ground you will be hunting.

[jambay5 191]

so which type of lurcher would excell at ferreting and lamping, im only wanting a rabbiting dog, a fewpals have also reccomended beddy whippets

Beddy whipps will do the job, firstx beddy grey could be usefull for what your looking for just my opinion

 

ATB

 

Jambay

[ban is just a word 43]

for what you want (daytime ferreting/mooching and lamping rabbits) i dont think you could get a better cross than a bedlington x whippet but thats just my oppinion if its deffanitely out of whippet/greyhound or collie/greyhound i would go for the collie/greyhound as its very clever and thrives on being given commands,

but again i dont think you can beat the bedlington x whippet for your needs, also id think about a kc whippet from mike brown if i was you, iv never rated kc whippet but after seeing one of them mike brown whippets run on the lamp and in the day they certainly proved me wrong.

atb with your choice

[rocky1 942]

at the moment you are just into rabbit and fereting and lurchers will do that with ease try and get yourself a allrounder so if you want 2 other stuff then don,t have go out and bring another dog in,all these will do a job ask of them ,weatonx/deerhoundx/bullx/colliex/beddyx/all lurchers will do a good job in any sitiation if you get the right 1and brought on proberly

[keepitcovert 842]

Ive had beddy crosses and whipgrey crosses.Beddys are slightly slower but mine had the better nose for marking and was fearless when bursting into cover. I now run a saluki whippet and beleive me its the best rabbiting dog ive ever owned, good luck with your choice.