the collie x for Rabbiting,

[FUJI 17,327]

Love em or loathe em they have stood the test of time in this game for sure when others have came and gone and came back again lol...i like em,they just suit my type of hunting i guess?

 

[birddog 1,354]

without collie in it is it a lurcher?

[nothernlite 18,089]

without collie in it is it a lurcher?

without collie in it is it a lurcher how do work that one out ?

[bird 9,944]

without collie in it is it a lurcher?

without collie in it is it a lurcher how do work that one out ?

 

well with collie in the mix, you will get brain,good feet+coat, fast+agile+ wind in a dog. And when choosing a lurcher all them things what most lurcher people would want in a rabbit dog day+ night. But i thinks its getting the balance right, as alot of collie in the mix can somtimes make them a hard dog to live with .! a 1/4 is plenty in most xs .

[Guest born to run1083]

without collie in it is it a lurcher?

without collie in it is it a lurcher how do work that one out ?

 

well with collie in the mix, you will get brain,good feet+coat, fast+agile+ wind in a dog. And when choosing a lurcher all them things what most lurcher people would want in a rabbit dog day+ night. But i thinks its getting the balance right, as alot of collie in the mix can somtimes make them a hard dog to live with .! a 1/4 is plenty in most xs .

Spot on mate my half cross fecker to live with. Never gives in, has it's positives for working but in the house she never leaves you alone. I swear I'm getting tennis elbow from all the throwing of toys. Take her for a seven hour lamp and she'l still be sat at the door saying come on let's go again

[Guest born to run1083]

Love em or loathe em they have stood the test of time in this game for sure when others have came and gone and came back again lol...i like em,they just suit my type of hunting i guess?

 

That don looks and sounds like my kind of dog. Like him alot

[Terrier Sam 297]

Each to their own and most will stand by their preferred type but IMO you will get diverse offspring (within reason) when you have a dog with excellent speed, another with excellent agility/acceleration and a third with a good coat/feet/intelligence in the mix....?

 

I've not had a collie cross but know people who have so I know they are a good cross for rabbits and the like but the reason there are so many different types of lurcher about is because it's not as straight forward and simple as that. Different people like the way different types work and that's how it is and always will be.

 

Nice pics though

 

P.S. How the hell, on a hunting forum, does it tell you that lurcher is spelt incorrect?

 

ATB

 

Sam

[nothernlite 18,089]

without collie in it is it a lurcher?

without collie in it is it a lurcher how do work that one out ?

 

well with collie in the mix, you will get brain,good feet+coat, fast+agile+ wind in a dog. And when choosing a lurcher all them things what most lurcher people would want in a rabbit dog day+ night. But i thinks its getting the balance right, as alot of collie in the mix can somtimes make them a hard dog to live with .! a 1/4 is plenty in most xs .

what i thought he was meaning if it has no collie in it it inst a lurcher as in a beddy greyhound or saluki greyhound not a lurcher thats the way it sounded to me and what your saying about your collie xs good feet brains and coat i have seen all of that from beddy xs and if you have to much beddie in a dog it is no where near as bad as to much collie in a dog another case of each to there own atb

[Romany 1,065]

Never had much to do with collie crosses, seen a couple of first crossers run in the `s but I can see why they could suit some

[Millet 4,497]

Collie grey/whippet will be handy dog's for sure but for some reason i would never fancy one..im not saying i don't like a bit of collie in a pooch though but mixed with other breed's Saluki/Deerhound/Grey and Collie is my prefered choice as a hopefully alrounder..basicly lurcher to lurcher type of stuff..if you get my drift

[Guest born to run1083]

Never had much to do with collie crosses, seen a couple of first crossers run in the `s but I can see why they could suit some

Thing is Romany I ain't blind with my bitch I know her limitations. as a rabbit dog she lacks nothing. I've ran her on the mountains to the flat arable fields in England, and even on golf courses she does well on all these places. Now if we look at things other then rabbit that a different story she ain't got the top end and can only do big ears on the lamp. She's done the odd Charlie when in Irwland and helped taking photos of the Bambi but she doesnt come close to specializing in these other quarrys ,Horse for courses but for rabbits hard to beat in my eyes.

[Romany 1,065]

Good point, knowing limitations, I like that..

Rabbits have always been my thing too,

[FUJI 17,327]

Aye spot on Born To Run..it's all about having the correct tool to do the right job!

[Romany 1,065]

Aye spot on Born To Run..it's all about having the correct tool to do the right job!

 

Never a truer f*****g statement, well done you

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Love em or loathe em they have stood the test of time in this game for sure when others have came and gone and came back again lol...i like em,they just suit my type of hunting i guess?

 

Andy thats the exact reason I keep collie x's, they suit how I hunt and where I do most of my hunting, my old bitch is a dream to take out she's no world beater but when she's out I never have to tell her anything she just does it. Like I say they make great companions and just suit.