what breed for a decent allrounder

[Lewis Ste 245]

right lads i want to know your opinions on what breeds to have in a dog. i do a few beats with the shoot to earn a few quid so need something that will have good recall, obetiant and will retrieve. it will mainly been running rabbits with the ferrets and lamping but i want something thats not scared to bite back. the cross i had in mind is a collie grey x deer hound whippet. my mate has one of these but its to timid and small for anything that fights back

 

lewis

[rocky1 942]

a lurcher

[talt 878]

one of jeff burrells superdogs, Noah of the ark purportedly started this strain from two norfolk lurchers his grandfather gave him

[duane87 11]

collie whippet grey good alrounders atb

[Lukehunt 15]

i have a whuppet x greyhound which is perfect for the rabbits and ideal for ferretting

[Big Jim101 29]

a good 1st cross collie greyhound would be your best bet if your going on shoot days, the most obedient cross you could probably ask for so you wont have the embarrassment on shoot days of it screaming off across a field after things it shouldnt be. it will ferret and lamp happily, but mabye in a different style to a sight hound saturated dog, but it will still do a good enough job. when it comes to taking anything that might bite back its luck of the draw. its the heart in the dog not the breeds in it that makes a good fox dog (although it is more likely with anything with terrier in). as long as you enter it correctly you have a good chance of getting a very good alrounder in a nice first cross colliexgrey from working parents.

 

atb with you search

 

Jim

[cocker 2,654]

bedlington collie whippet greyhound, based,working lurcher to working lurcher, it wouldn't matter to me about percentages, i reckon it would be a handy size, game, fast enough for most stuff, trainable, with a good coat and feet,

 

i wouldn't have something to sight hound based, for the job your doing.

[KittleRox 2,147]

No again, please

[Lewis Ste 245]

Yeah I think il get a collie x i need something that's going to be bomb proof on these shoot days and plenty of training will pick up. I know a lot of you are thinking why doesn't he buy a gun dog because I still want to run it

[Big Jim101 29]

you could always get a nice little cocker AND a lurcher. unbeatable bushing team and you could use the cocker for shoot days and the lurcher for everthing else??

[Lewis Ste 245]

I would have the two if I could but at the moment it's not possible one will be a push but I love lurchers and wouldn't have anything else until I get my shot gun licence

[paulus 26]

I would have the two if I could but at the moment it's not possible one will be a push but I love lurchers and wouldn't have anything else until I get my shot gun licence

i shoot over my lurchers, bush, and retrieve to hand

[Lewis Ste 245]

What x have you got paulus?

[Ideation 8,216]

Get pup out of two dogs that do what you want pup to do, and that are from lines of dogs that do the same.

[Lewis Ste 245]

My mate was going to have a litter off his bitch the collie grey whippet deerhound with a whippet grey and I would of had one as I've seen the bitch work cause he's a trained keeper and beats with her all the time but he isn't having any now