wolfhound crosses pre-ban?

[Johnathon 15]

I knew that this comment would cause a stir.

 

She is a 4thgen Bull cross from a rather selective kennel.

 

Sika aint that hard to catch as I would class them as non-runners, fallow in the rut will only make it 100m then stop for a fight. Im only one person and what the majority think is not going to bother me. There are a few on here that have seen her and her sister work and would snap their balls off to have a pup from either of them.

[whin 463]

jon i would love to see her run up here on the open land were the beasts are wild and flighty be a good crack and if she wasnt getting tail chasers fair play to you in the good old days

[jonesey 2]

Here's a tale of the Wolfhound cross.. Many years ago we were doin a bit of freelance for the landlord of a pub that may be known to a few who went to The Cup, called The Running Horses. He was doing a nice line in game pie and we supplied the ingredients!

Anyways, a nice couple who frequented the pub had a Wolfhound dog and at that time the boozer was well frequented by those 'in the game' and the chance of a coursing puppy came up from one of the lads. They took it, a bonny little bitch, bred in the pink from some very well bred old school coursing hounds that are mentioned frequently on here.

I recon they were a little bit 'good life' and wanted to emulate the stories that came up nightly. The puppy they took was never really worked and within her first year was 'cought' by the Wolfhound.

From what I remember they all went to pet homes but the couple kept a dog back and he grew to be a big strong Deerhoundy lookin thing, real nice to look at. Like the coursing bitch he grew and was never really worked and from our nights in the pub they asked us if we'd take him out, 'because he needs it'!

To be fair, they'd ran a hare or two with him, though it wouldn't be hard living on the borders of the most famouse coursing estate in the world..! We were pursuaded to take him out, though that wasn't that hard, as our own mutts were well under the cosh and lurchers were few and far between back then.

So why not, you never know, if it can run... Well run it could, in straight lines, getting right up the arse of even the furthest hares, a slow start but a big stride but then the turn...

Oh Jesus! i've never seen a dog turn so bad and just lose sight on its effort to get round. It'd bounce, head up, those big paws pounding the ground, completly lost on its sight of the quarry.

The poor fecker tried and tried, we gave it every chance, both because it done so well on the run up and that the couple wanted to hear success on our return. They belived in 'the big donk' but just about every time the same, it went on for week after week! Even on that good run up, it just didn't seem 'nimble' enough to snach a hare up and never did and because it was our own doing for saying 'yes', as much as he was a real nice dog, I really started to despise him for his inability and stopped taking him out, sadly to say, lying to the couple about his efforts and steering well clear of 'em at every opportunity!!

 

Thats my thoughts on the cross, all be it a tale but thats all i have...

 

 

good story that mate! would like to see a wolfhound cross in the flesh as you say be a nice thing to look at if nothing else. few people round here have got 'pure' wolfies but none 'working' as it were they are pretty quick when they get going in straight lines, see em running on the beach sometimes. turning seems pretty poor evenwen theyre just running for the fun of it rather than actually coursing something, just thought a cross with a greyhound or the like mite make a difference but obviously not!! cheers

[jezza 126]

why go for something that died out years ago, that is expensive and something that the 'show ring' has ruined, that isnt as fast as any other lurcher and costs twice as much in food! It is a nice prospect thinking that their might be a few decent ones around, but there isnt. Also, what you were saying about taking sikka and roe ect and you want something similar looking, go for a deerhound, or deerhound x. The answer to your main question as you may have figured by the recent posts, its not worth having the cross in a lurcher, they dont bring anything to the table. cheers

Edited December 5, 2011 by jezza

[jonesey 2]

Jezza!! good post that matey spose a DH would do better think i might be coming to Pocks at the weekend hows xee going? pock tells me shes gettin pretty tanked now! cheers

[jezza 126]

I, you better! havent seen you in ages! well take you out on the lamp with her, im impressed! i think she is more of my kind of dog, ill hopefully stick to similar breeding in the future! If you look on some of the pig hunting forums there are deerhounds crossed with mastiffs and such like that look quite reminiscent of the wolfhound.

[jonesey 2]

aye mahayat! i wos bloody impressed [bANNED TEXT] pock told me she picked up 4 coneys on one of her first solo nights out. ye pock says shes taller but really starting to thicken out. she will be a good dog for sure mate especially with how racy she is with her muscle!! look forward to it!!

[jezza 126]

yeah, cant wait for her to fully mature to take her out on other quarry, im hoping shell turn out well, shes one to look out for in the future!

[lurcher330 2,297]

My mate's next door neighbour has 2 bitch's that she shows ,we were gona throw his whippet dog over to them once when 1 of them was in heat,but we decided it will be a waste of time ,i would of been like a midget trying to mount a clysdale

[jonesey 2]

yeh itd be a long way to reach for sure!!! cheers