ferreting king 9 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Are they any more than a track dog or can they be turned round regardless of age and back ground Quote Link to post
brendy mc l 694 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 mate im sure they would take a few rabbits but i think there to weak for the field Quote Link to post
chartpolski 23,108 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Some people say they can make decent dogs; but the ones I've seen have had immense prey drive, too much, if thats possible !! They will usualy have a go at anything, but also usualy end up killing themselves,or taking injuries that leads to them being PTS ! Saw two good track dogs excersizing on a golf course when a roe lifted...one broke a hock, the other broke it's neck ! Saw one course a hare and end up with a broken wrist broken tail and ripped from neck to tail on barbed wire !! I had an ex trackdog, seemed fine until it killed a Poodle on the beach one day !! I think they are better for breeding Lurchers from , than trying to be Lurchers ! LOL ! Cheers. Edited January 3, 2012 by chartpolski 1 Quote Link to post
boyo 1,398 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 if reared from a pup as a lurcher it would be a differant kettle of fish but majority of ex track dogs will be a liabilaty to use as a lurcher but have seen it done in fact had one myself 40 year ago but not very succesfully if the truth be told . Quote Link to post
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