D Platts

[beast 1,884]

a lad i know is hoping to get a platts bred deerhound cross and was asking my opinion. to be honest ive never seen one so i was wondering if they are any good as workers and also what lines his deerhounds originate from. many thanks for any information

[the big chief 3,099]

i own one and i think they are good a lot will say he doesnt work them but thats not the case.i don't no where his dh originate from

[beast 1,884]

thanks for that. nobody else on here know any more?

[Guest FTBBTH]

theyre supposed to be good lamping dogs form what ive heard, brain and drive, never heard anything bad about them, but never seen one run

[lapin2008 1,587]

You will get varying opinions based on peoples own experiences of probably 1 or two dogs. I have one that I am happy with so far (nearly 1 year old). But I very much doubt that any of his stuff is any better or worse than any of the other prolific deer hound cross breeders.

 

All prolific breeders will state that they work their dogs but how you define work is probably the question, if you own 10-15 dogs how much work can they possibly be doing

Edited May 17, 2012 by lapin2008

[mick c 411]

im sure his dogs originally came from the ardkinglas strain . not sure of the spelling lol

[Bootsha 1,306]

im sure his dogs originally came from the ardkinglas strain . not sure of the spelling lol

 

Near enough mick.. near enough.

[Rabbiting man 1,192]

You will get varying opinions based on peoples own experiences of probably 1 or two dogs. I have one that I am happy with so far (nearly 1 year old). But I very much doubt that any of his stuff is any better or worse than any of the other prolific deer hound cross breeders.

 

All prolific breeders will state that they work their dogs but how you define work is probably the question, if you own 10-15 dogs how much work can they possibly be doing

Probably more than Hancock ever will.

[lapin2008 1,587]

You will get varying opinions based on peoples own experiences of probably 1 or two dogs. I have one that I am happy with so far (nearly 1 year old). But I very much doubt that any of his stuff is any better or worse than any of the other prolific deer hound cross breeders.

 

All prolific breeders will state that they work their dogs but how you define work is probably the question, if you own 10-15 dogs how much work can they possibly be doing

Probably more than Hancock ever will.

 

Yes and hancock is on another level altogether but... does hancock not tell people that his dogs are not worked

[Rabbiting man 1,192]

You will get varying opinions based on peoples own experiences of probably 1 or two dogs. I have one that I am happy with so far (nearly 1 year old). But I very much doubt that any of his stuff is any better or worse than any of the other prolific deer hound cross breeders.

 

All prolific breeders will state that they work their dogs but how you define work is probably the question, if you own 10-15 dogs how much work can they possibly be doing

Probably more than Hancock ever will.

 

Yes and hancock is on another level altogether but... does hancock not tell people that his dogs are not worked

He did do at one time and yeh he does tell people. Ive had one dog off Hancock and he was not a bad dog. and seen some gooden's off Hancock and Dave Platts how much are platts dogs.

[lapin2008 1,587]

You will get varying opinions based on peoples own experiences of probably 1 or two dogs. I have one that I am happy with so far (nearly 1 year old). But I very much doubt that any of his stuff is any better or worse than any of the other prolific deer hound cross breeders.

 

All prolific breeders will state that they work their dogs but how you define work is probably the question, if you own 10-15 dogs how much work can they possibly be doing

Probably more than Hancock ever will.

 

Yes and hancock is on another level altogether but... does hancock not tell people that his dogs are not worked

He did do at one time and yeh he does tell people. Ive had one dog off Hancock and he was not a bad dog. and seen some gooden's off Hancock and Dave Platts how much are platts dogs.

I paid 250 or mine but it wasnt directly from him.

[the big chief 3,099]

£230 for mine off dave nice bloke

You will get varying opinions based on peoples own experiences of probably 1 or two dogs. I have one that I am happy with so far (nearly 1 year old). But I very much doubt that any of his stuff is any better or worse than any of the other prolific deer hound cross breeders.

 

All prolific breeders will state that they work their dogs but how you define work is probably the question, if you own 10-15 dogs how much work can they possibly be doing

Probably more than Hancock ever will.

 

Yes and hancock is on another level altogether but... does hancock not tell people that his dogs are not worked

He did do at one time and yeh he does tell people. Ive had one dog off Hancock and he was not a bad dog. and seen some gooden's off Hancock and Dave Platts how much are platts dogs.

I paid 250 or mine but it wasnt directly from him.

[artful212 394]

how many deerhounds would dp have i heard he uses or has been using the same greyhound for some time

 

if he changed or has changed this stud do u think the quality would change

 

atb artful

[lapin2008 1,587]

how many deerhounds would dp have i heard he uses or has been using the same greyhound for some time

 

if he changed or has changed this stud do u think the quality would change

 

atb artful

Not sure about him using greyhounds but I havnt been to his kennels. My dogs sire is Raven who is 5-6 generation dh/gh back to a grey owned by someone else who had used raven as stud. At the time I got mine there were lots of pups around by raven but he was 14 years old, I thought all the bitches he kept were also dh/gh and several generations in but its best if someone thats seen his set up comments..

Edited May 18, 2012 by lapin2008

[the big chief 3,099]

the sire to mine was raven his dam is wilow