What lurcher to buy

[canaliculata 28]

Just wondering what would be your choice for a daytime mooching dog. Im hoping to buy a bitch, but dont want anything too big, lets say 24inch and under. Must be good at using its nose and be able of the odd longer run. Have to be quite quick off the mark to catch them around the areas i work...smallish fields.

 

I know worker to worker ect.....but what would be your preferred choice.

 

Cheers

[darbo 4,774]

i have seen beddy/whippet/grey and collie/whippet/grey complete the tasks which you describe.

[the big chief 3,099]

same as darbo mate

[whip x grey 276]

if its mainly daytime???

 

ull want a lurcher with a lot off sighthound or longdog in the mix,,,,,,rather than lamping breed lurcher

[gnipper 6,426]

if its mainly daytime???

 

ull want a lurcher with a lot off sighthound or longdog in the mix,,,,,,rather than lamping breed lurcher

Why's that then?

[whip x grey 276]

a long dog or sighthound will add the speed,,,( not always granted),,,,but if its for daytime mooching,,,,u want a dog to be able to make the ground up,,,,,some lurchers cant make the ground up,,,them having the aid off a lamp

 

its horses for courses,,,,,,,plls who run the forley cup,,,,run dogs with alot off sighthound,,,hence daytime

 

 

but thats were the question lies,,,,if ground has a lot off cover and ur only after rabbits and good 1st collie ,grey will do the job,,,,but what if ya want more in the daytime ,,,without aids,,,thats when sighthounds and long dogs come into there own,,,,,deerhound/sulki /grehound /whippet, list goes on

[J.DOG 1,355]

Beddy whippet grey

 

Atb pal

[poacher3161 1,766]

Some thing bred out of lamping dogs to a good coursing line of lurchers.My old bitch bred out of such dogs could adapt to snatching daytime rabbits flushed from cover and pre ban could consistantly catch daytime hares.

[canaliculata 28]

Poacher 3161, how is your bed lurcher getting on? Was it bed/whip/grey x whip/grey.

 

I was possibly thinking lurcher to lurcher, but i here there can be a lot of variation size wise....and its making me a bit wary.

 

There was a litter of ...dam collie/grey x collie/grey/saluki.... sire bed/whip, but a lot of variation in the litter, the bitch been the biggest..... i was tempted, its not having such mixed breeding before made me a bit wary, but i thought it might do the job ok.

 

What you think

[poacher3161 1,766]

Poacher 3161, how is your bed lurcher getting on? Was it bed/whip/grey x whip/grey.

 

I was possibly thinking lurcher to lurcher, but i here there can be a lot of variation size wise....and its making me a bit wary.

 

There was a litter of ...dam collie/grey x collie/grey/saluki.... sire bed/whip, but a lot of variation in the litter, the bitch been the biggest..... i was tempted, its not having such mixed breeding before made me a bit wary, but i thought it might do the job ok.

 

What you think

Shes been blighted with injurys one of the risks [bANNED TEXT] getting pups out of fast raceing dogs and i am in the procces of finding a pet home for her.TBH i would have sooner took a chance on the litter you mentioned as long as the perants were good dogs rather than anything bred out of a greyhound or other raceing dog this is only MY opinion after over the years having more success with lurcher to lurcher bred types and two of my best dogs ever being [bANNED TEXT] lamping type bitches usualy a mix of crosses have been bred back to saluki hybreds.atb dell

[Ideation 8,216]

I'm sure i will get shot down for this, but i use my whippet for this exact task and he's fecking dynamite at it . . . . .

[dougall 98]

the ground i do sounds similar to yours i use beddy whippet x beddy whippet greyhounds the two of them stand at 21tts and r ideal for it atb

[whip x grey 276]

Poacher 3161, how is your bed lurcher getting on? Was it bed/whip/grey x whip/grey.

 

I was possibly thinking lurcher to lurcher, but i here there can be a lot of variation size wise....and its making me a bit wary.

 

There was a litter of ...dam collie/grey x collie/grey/saluki.... sire bed/whip, but a lot of variation in the litter, the bitch been the biggest..... i was tempted, its not having such mixed breeding before made me a bit wary, but i thought it might do the job ok.

 

What you think

Shes been blighted with injurys one of the risks [bANNED TEXT] getting pups out of fast raceing dogs and i am in the procces of finding a pet home for her.TBH i would have sooner took a chance on the litter you mentioned as long as the perants were good dogs rather than anything bred out of a greyhound or other raceing dog this is only MY opinion after over the years having more success with lurcher to lurcher bred types and two of my best dogs ever being [bANNED TEXT] lamping type bitches usualy a mix of crosses have been bred back to saluki hybreds.atb dell

 

do yer home work next time poacher,,,and champs dont always mean best,,,,,find the ones that will work abit,,,,,rather than look in awww of what they tell ya,,,iam away to the worst ground imaginble to the running dog 2mmorrow,,,,ill take my camera pmsl pmsl deerhound country ,,,,doesnt mean they cant be open class or champs in there spare time lol

[Weedy 7]

Well there are many things to take into consideration on making a choice of what sort, breed, or line your going to purchase. It's realy down to things like type of ground, where you live for instance, be it a flat in the middle of birmingham or country estate in scotland. Really all these sort of things need thinking about when choosing what you would buy. and all though this is an intresting thread it realy does come down to personal circumstances. What is good for one man isn't nessercarly good for another. So this cross and that cross realy have no importance to how you will live and work your chosen mutt. Yeh sure we all have our preferances but they are what work for us and our situations. Take a long hard think what you want and where you will be using your dog. And work from there. There is enough info on here to provide help in finding the right choice.

 

Good luck Weedy

[canaliculata 28]

Poacher3161, how bad do you find the variation in lurcher to lurcher of different breeding....any tips

cheers

 

Taking into account im after a bitch probably 24inch or less.

Edited December 29, 2011 by canaliculata