Don on the lamp...

[jack lee 137]

WELL i had A GOOD feeling over that litter, the fella that bred i met a couple of times, we had a falling out , but i think we are all right now,i know he is a good pal of yours POACHERPOCKET,BUT I WAS OUT WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER recently, and yeah that black bitch you spoke off, DONS sister is absolutely fantastic,i seen her crashing threw ditches, to the point of nearly killing herself, and pulling out rabbits screaming,ive never seen a collie cross with so much intence,she is a cracking little bitch on hares daytime with no end of energy,i can only imagine how good that DON can turn out,what ever the hell is in them its no ordinary collie cross,ive seen enough of collie crosses to no that,

[byron 1,169]

Thanks Johnny ..like you say it's no good having a dog that DOESN'T suit the type of land you hunt yourself,horses for courses is what springs to mind lol. ATB fella have a good un yourself. Cheers Andy.

 

Grandfather of Don (1/2 Collie) another ugly dog but the best i've had and ever likely to

CRACKER.............

[whin 463]

would like to see that nice collie cross run up in whins country looks a nice dog got an ole collie type or 2 getting rarer now

[Jacob27 3]

NOW this could turn out to be very interesting,i heard of this litter some time back by a friend of mine in the north of ireland,not much was knowing of them,possibly to young at the time, so i said i would watch this space,i even put a topic up at the time looking to see what they turned out like,but to be honest i met a brick wall ,now i have seen alot of crosses run over the years, but this cross intrigued me greatly ,because of the minshaw blood used,i do believe young man your going to have a very good dog on your hands,and i have seen enough of the old stuff run to make that judgement , its good to see a bit of good breeding trying to come back,far to many longdog types about with nothing upstairs,anyway keep us posted on how he matures

[frankel 2,123]

WELL i had A GOOD feeling over that litter, the fella that bred i met a couple of times, we had a falling out , but i think we are all right now,i know he is a good pal of yours POACHERPOCKET,BUT I WAS OUT WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER recently, and yeah that black bitch you spoke off, DONS sister is absolutely fantastic,i seen her crashing threw ditches, to the point of nearly killing herself, and pulling out rabbits screaming,ive never seen a collie cross with so much intence,she is a cracking little bitch on hares daytime with no end of energy,i can only imagine how good that DON can turn out,what ever the hell is in them its no ordinary collie cross,ive seen enough of collie crosses to no that,

sounds a bit like Don mate, he would run through brick walls if he could!! He seems to love the big fellas

[frankel 2,123]

NOW this could turn out to be very interesting,i heard of this litter some time back by a friend of mine in the north of ireland,not much was knowing of them,possibly to young at the time, so i said i would watch this space,i even put a topic up at the time looking to see what they turned out like,but to be honest i met a brick wall ,now i have seen alot of crosses run over the years, but this cross intrigued me greatly ,because of the minshaw blood used,i do believe young man your going to have a very good dog on your hands,and i have seen enough of the old stuff run to make that judgement , its good to see a bit of good breeding trying to come back,far to many longdog types about with nothing upstairs,anyway keep us posted on how he matures

i hope so mate, so far hes turning out brill... what ever i put him too he is great, lamping, ferreting, charlie, big fellas!! he seems a jack of all trades so far in his career..

[FUJI 17,285]

NOW this could turn out to be very interesting,i heard of this litter some time back by a friend of mine in the north of ireland,not much was knowing of them,possibly to young at the time, so i said i would watch this space,i even put a topic up at the time looking to see what they turned out like,but to be honest i met a brick wall ,now i have seen alot of crosses run over the years, but this cross intrigued me greatly ,because of the minshaw blood used,i do believe young man your going to have a very good dog on your hands,and i have seen enough of the old stuff run to make that judgement , its good to see a bit of good breeding trying to come back,far to many longdog types about with nothing upstairs,anyway keep us posted on how he matures

 

Only time will tell if the dog makes the grade we hope he can? He has done all we have asked of him SO far but he has to improve vastly in one or two departments yet! I am of the opinion no matter what he does in the field he'll produce decent pups (ugly though) lol...quite possibly superior to him and his litter mates? With having four lads all dog daft you always have to think ahead in this game.ATB Andy.

[doggy bag 20]

don will do well i no andy . he looking well . like the look of that chief

[royal lazy boy 42]

great to see thread not dominated with salukis ,well done lad ,

[dytkos 17,784]

Keep the faith Andy, you're lucky the boys are dead keen to carry on the tradition

 

Cheers, D.

[Guest storm70]

[tia.kins 56]

..couldn't agree more with your point about the keeness and maturing at some stage BUT this dog is just so bloody keen lol,he'll either learn the easy way or he'll end up worst case scenario dead!! Either way he'll get the gear thrown infront of him..no cotton wool here to wrap him up lol .Atb Andy oh and how's wee Poppy coming along now?

 

Andy, she died in March at about 18 months age. Real shame as she had already shown me she had plenty to offer regarding taking bunnies in all forms and was keen on the wooden tops too.

 

We were out across the moors as we always were, she put up a bunny from cover, coursed it and whilst doing so either hit a post or got mixed up with some sheep netting.

 

Either way, she was the wrong side of a sheep fence when i got to her, having gone under it some how and was clearly in her last moments. Nothing registered from her and she was gone before i had a chance to do much at all.

 

Exact cause of death will remain unknown but there was no obvious sign of injury apart from a tiny scuff mark on her chin and under her eye. Skycat came up with the most probably cause, dislocating the atalus bone off her skull. I think she struck at the rabbit as it made through the wire and her body kept going whilst her head couldnt.

 

Was a long walk home across the moors that night.

 

Anyway, i have a new youngster here, she wont be doing much this season coming, but hopefuly next

 

 

Poppy....like you say, you cant wrap them in cotton wool.

 

 

 

 

On a more pleasant note......those collie x youngsters really look the part. Its nice to see some strong collie biased lurchers coming on the scene are arent from the standard sources. I have always liked collies put to good lurchers as opposed to any old greyhound.