When Buying a coursing Pup

[mattythelamper 73]

You alright lads Just wondering what you look at when buying a pup ? Anything important to look for or is it just how the pups are bred from good working stock making them more chancy than others ? Just wondering how you go about it ?

 

Cheers Atb

[Daytimeonly 91]

good nuckles, good feet, i like a long neck, but some people like shorter necks, look at its chest does it have a wide chest or a deep chest? some like wide some like deep, and the main thing for me is the length of its tail, if it was down to me id pick the pup with the longest tail, atb dto

[troter58 1,711]

breeding first every time what as the length of tail got to do with any thing ? atb

[graham4877 1,181]

From working sire and dam of right breding and if their looked after right!

then

feet/eyes/ears/jaw/body/shape..if all looks in good nick i pick the pup i like the look of

[Lab 10,979]

4 legs really is a must.....

[graham4877 1,181]

breeding first every time what as the length of tail got to do with any thing ? atb

is what i was thinking, longer tail = easer to tickle your balls with it???

all pups grow at different rates

[Daytimeonly 91]

longer tails give dogs more balance mate, and usually are alot better at turning etc, but thats my opinion, if you look into different species you will see species develop long tails for balance and speed, like the cheetah. pure greyhounds have long tails compared to the whippet, because greyhounds are bred for coursing turning, and whippets are bred for short burst kills, salukis also have very long tails but thats more for balance on rough, and bad quality ground. if you look at the scottish deerhounds you will notice they have the longer tails of all the breeds, simply because they were bred to course on bad ground and woodland areas. all the best.

[troter58 1,711]

breeding first every time what as the length of tail got to do with any thing ? atb

is what i was thinking, longer tail = easer to tickle your balls with it???

all pups grow at different rates

or is it that it gets to turn better when chasing it as it can catch it being longer

[Daytimeonly 91]

a pure deerhound, you can see the length of the tail in this picture

 

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=deerhound&num=10&hl=en&biw=1140&bih=518&tbm=isch&tbnid=bOZtRxwk7Gzw6M:&imgrefurl=http://puppydogweb.com/caninebreeds/scottdeerhnd.htm&docid=v_O5N8XgFWDXRM&imgurl=http://puppydogweb.com/caninebreeds/dogimages/scottishdeerhound_pdw.jpg&w=375&h=326&ei=NazxT9DBDsTx8QOJnenRCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=297&vpy=169&dur=2227&hovh=209&hovw=241&tx=130&ty=112&sig=106275014581041574852&page=2&tbnh=140&tbnw=161&start=12&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:12,i:182

[troter58 1,711]

longer tails give dogs more balance mate, and usually are alot better at turning etc, but thats my opinion, if you look into different species you will see species develop long tails for balance and speed, like the cheetah. pure greyhounds have long tails compared to the whippet, because greyhounds are bred for coursing turning, and whippets are bred for short burst kills, salukis also have very long tails but thats more for balance on rough, and bad quality ground. if you look at the scottish deerhounds you will notice they have the longer tails of all the breeds, simply because they were bred to course on bad ground and woodland areas. all the best.

what a load of rubbish one of the best hare dogs i seen add half a tail atb

[Daytimeonly 91]

this shows the length of the tail on a saluki

 

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=pure+saluki&hl=en&biw=1140&bih=518&tbm=isch&tbnid=V3w6NPIeqOA2tM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sighthound.net/sightgb2.htm&docid=4-Nhs9cSRO4QrM&imgurl=http://www.sighthound.net/quney.jpg&w=316&h=239&ei=lqzxT67jO8yl8gOh4cSADQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=699&vpy=205&dur=27&hovh=191&hovw=252&tx=184&ty=64&sig=106275014581041574852&page=3&tbnh=142&tbnw=211&start=25&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:25,i:162

[mattythelamper 73]

Good set of knuckles deep chest long tail . . Its good to hear how people pick the pups everyone has there own opinion on something

[Daytimeonly 91]

pure greyhound tail

 

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=pure+greyhound&hl=en&biw=1140&bih=518&tbm=isch&tbnid=DRmiYm8RnQJcaM:&imgrefurl=http://www.greyhound-data.com/photodb.php%3Fland%3Dother%26letter%3DK%26filter_sex%3D0%26color%3DF%26x%3D9&docid=ET6M5Sbo41VZZM&imgurl=http://www.greyhound-data.com/greyhound/664982/161/Greyhound_Kimsar_Pure_New_Dust-big.jpg&w=640&h=436&ei=16zxT4StC5K38gOlv92IDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=828&vpy=11&dur=96&hovh=185&hovw=272&tx=216&ty=58&sig=106275014581041574852&page=2&tbnh=145&tbnw=194&start=10&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:10,i:151

 

pure whippets tail

 

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=pure+whippet&hl=en&biw=1140&bih=518&tbm=isch&tbnid=U-Ca-dkuC0safM:&imgrefurl=http://redhunta.webs.com/variousdogbreeds.htm&docid=a1A2XxQGokXqTM&imgurl=http://redhunta.webs.com/watching%252520for%252520squabs.JPG&w=800&h=600&ei=E63xT6-6A4KY8QOAt-WWDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=672&vpy=210&dur=59&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=127&ty=134&sig=106275014581041574852&page=4&tbnh=150&tbnw=175&start=41&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:41,i:252

[U.L.D.A 289]

first thing id look at is the eyes they need good clear eyes after all they are sight hounds good feet knuckles clean ears and a good attitude an outgoing sharp one. look healthy coat gums have a long mouth not one with a short muzzle and the thing i like the best and i know pups change shape but a goog length of back and a deep narrow chest

[graham4877 1,181]

breeding first every time what as the length of tail got to do with any thing ? atb

is what i was thinking, longer tail = easer to tickle your balls with it???

all pups grow at different rates

or is it that it gets to turn better when chasing it as it can catch it being longer

 

but how could one tell when all the pup's will be around 8weeks and all the litter will have round about same size tail at pups and when fully grown ,, he don't make scene to me,