lurcher

[hunter1 63]

Has anyone got this cross. How do u rate them to other lurchers.

[ru_and_dill 0]

Has anyone got this cross. How do u rate them to other lurchers.

 

Before the whole world says it, the best dog for the job depends on the job!

 

And the world divides into those who believe that a lurcher without a trace of saluki is like a pie without a pint, and those who wouldn't trust anything with feathers behind the ears. The pro-saluki lobby point out that anything bred to course gazelle for dozens of miles over the desert has got to bring staying power in huge measure, while the anti-saluki crew point out that anythign with Arab blood is unreliable, theuir recall is shot to pieces, hunting-up isn't so mcuh a failing as a mark of the breed, and so on.

 

And both are perfectly right

 

My two youngest are cases in point - the Saluki-Beddie (and bitzer) one can go on for ever and a day, but doesn't really start doing brilliantly until he's had the first of his freshness run off him (run him 6 miles on a string at lunchtime before lamping that evening to calm him down), while the deerhound-greyhound type scarcely needs a string to keep him to heel, but is always the first to turn for home. Combine the pair of them and you could have a fabulous piece of kit: biddable, loyal, with boundless energy and recall to die for. Or you could have a work-shy,deaf-when-it-suits-him runner who knackers every field for miles around

 

Or you take the coward's way out; never breed, never buy a lurcher, and just wait for an irresistable pair of eyes to lock onto you from a rescue kennel or a roadside, and give your life and your love to that one. It works for me

[Staghound 0]

i bred a litter 12 months ago like this the sire was 3/4 deer 1/4 grey and the dame 1/2 sal 1/2 grey. 2 of the pups i kept out of the litter are going realy well and have started taking foxs the smaller ones in the litter matured realy quick and started catching rabbits at 5 months. so far they seem to be realy good dogs and have alot going for them. 2 through heavy to the deerhound side and ended up to big for my liking tho

[ru_and_dill 0]

i bred a litter 12 months ago like this . 2 of the pups i kept out of the litter are going realy well and have started taking foxs

 

Those will be the injured foxes that you're merely reducing to hand, of course, Staghound, rather than healthy ones that you illegally slip on (as if you'd do a thing like that.....)

 

Don't forget, not everyone reading this is friendly forces.....

[Staghound 0]

im from australia. were still aloud to have fun here

[Hob&Jill 258]

Dont rub it in

[hunter1 63]

Has anyone got this cross. How do u rate them to other lurchers.

 

Before the whole world says it, the best dog for the job depends on the job!

 

And the world divides into those who believe that a lurcher without a trace of saluki is like a pie without a pint, and those who wouldn't trust anything with feathers behind the ears. The pro-saluki lobby point out that anything bred to course gazelle for dozens of miles over the desert has got to bring staying power in huge measure, while the anti-saluki crew point out that anythign with Arab blood is unreliable, theuir recall is shot to pieces, hunting-up isn't so mcuh a failing as a mark of the breed, and so on.

 

And both are perfectly right

 

My two youngest are cases in point - the Saluki-Beddie (and bitzer) one can go on for ever and a day, but doesn't really start doing brilliantly until he's had the first of his freshness run off him (run him 6 miles on a string at lunchtime before lamping that evening to calm him down), while the deerhound-greyhound type scarcely needs a string to keep him to heel, but is always the first to turn for home. Combine the pair of them and you could have a fabulous piece of kit: biddable, loyal, with boundless energy and recall to die for. Or you could have a work-shy,deaf-when-it-suits-him runner who knackers every field for miles around

 

Or you take the coward's way out; never breed, never buy a lurcher, and just wait for an irresistable pair of eyes to lock onto you from a rescue kennel or a roadside, and give your life and your love to that one. It works for me

[welshnutter 0]

Has anyone got this cross. How do u rate them to other lurchers.

they are shit

[thurso jack 3]

 

my deer/grey x saluki/bull/whippet @10 months approx 27 tts

 

was catching rabbits at just under 6 months and is doing really well at the moment her recall is near perfect and jumping well, cant wait for the season to start properly.

 

 

Edited July 4, 2007 by thurso jack

[sandymere 8,263]

That a nice looking dog Thurso perhaps a little tall for my taste but still a credit to you.

[elma-fudd 0]

 

my deer/grey x saluki/bull/whippet @10 months approx 27 tts

 

was catching rabbits at just under 6 months and is doing really well at the moment her recall is near perfect and jumping well, cant wait for the season to start properly.

 

 

thurso yer bitch just gets better and better looking all the time very nice.

[thurso jack 3]

cheers lads shes starting to fill out now and is loosing her puppy attitude, so far she is showing all the right signs of turning into a good dog for what i wanted her for.

[leec 132]

welsh nutter i run a bitch of this make up and the only thing shit is what your talking ive run her in scotland england and wales on all quarry she has never failed me endless stay well mannerd and abit of pace to ferrets an bushes bot a hare bitch daylight but killes 10 in the lamp often she is not a 1 off seen over members of her breed do all so well.its just like a chef realy give him the right ingrediants he will create somthing delightfull. i think they are a decent breed of lurcher but there are others all so good or better

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

FINE LOOKING ANIMAL THURSO

[DEKAW 85]

Here is mine he is Grey/Saluki X Grey/Deer/Whippet. He is now 20 months old. Stands 27"TTS.

Jumps for fun,retrieves to hand(most of the time)