irish wolfhounds

[Floyd17586 454]

Anyone use them on here?what are they like?any pics?'

[johnny 2 367]

Are you serious?

[chris k 205]

  On 24/10/2012 at 00:10, Floyd17586 said:

Anyone use them on here?what are they like?any pics?'

 

You might as well ask what deerhounds are like. The reason being is becuase when the numbers where so few some years back they used deerhounds (alot of them) to stir the gene pool to stop inbreeding and the extinction of the breed. Due to this most of these so called irish wolf hounds have nothing close to irish wolf in them any more. Hope it helps

Edited October 24, 2012 by chris k

[Ausnick 190]

got no pics but hunted with a young one a year back. was almost picking up rabbits but im pretty sure the bloke got it for deer. unfortunately he said it turned out too slow for deer (even though he bought it for $1000 he has a feeling a great dane got over the IW rather than the persons IW) he said it has a fair crack at fallow but he needs to run it with a quicker dog and it will then try to retrieve the deer to him.

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

  On 24/10/2012 at 01:25, Ausnick said:

got no pics but hunted with a young one a year back. was almost picking up rabbits but im pretty sure the bloke got it for deer. unfortunately he said it turned out too slow for deer (even though he bought it for $1000 he has a feeling a great dane got over the IW rather than the persons IW) he said it has a fair crack at fallow but he needs to run it with a quicker dog and it will then try to retrieve the deer to him.

 

I knew you would comment mate , Floyd I've only known of 2 that sort of worked and I had a pup out of a bitch to a bullmastiff but it got to 35" so I gave it to my mate for tracking shot reds up scotland

[Floyd17586 454]

Cheers lads.tbh the only reason i asked is because honestly dont see much point in them

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[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I'm pretty sure they had there place back in the day. Like most breeds I guess.

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

  On 24/10/2012 at 06:56, Floyd17586 said:

Cheers lads.tbh the only reason i asked is because honestly dont see much point in them

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As Ausnick said they still work them in Australia, never seen them mentioned on the American forum though. There isn't a point to having one now except as a pet and show dog

[R.A.W 1,987]

  On 24/10/2012 at 07:02, BEARINATOR said:

  On 24/10/2012 at 06:56, Floyd17586 said:

Cheers lads.tbh the only reason i asked is because honestly dont see much point in them

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As Ausnick said they still work them in Australia, never seen them mentioned on the American forum though. There isn't a point to having one now except as a pet and show dog

 

plus you forgetting they take some clean up after, you'd break your back picking up shite after one of them lol

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

  On 24/10/2012 at 07:13, R.A.W said:

  On 24/10/2012 at 07:02, BEARINATOR said:

  On 24/10/2012 at 06:56, Floyd17586 said:

Cheers lads.tbh the only reason i asked is because honestly dont see much point in them

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As Ausnick said they still work them in Australia, never seen them mentioned on the American forum though. There isn't a point to having one now except as a pet and show dog

 

plus you forgetting they take some clean up after, you'd break your back picking up shite after one of them lol

 

True enough, my horse takes less cleaning

[gamerooster 1,179]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

  On 24/10/2012 at 07:27, gamerooster said:

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

But there dogs work for them although different styles of hunting to here

[Floyd17586 454]

Yea there more of a pet but couldnt ever imagine one of dem on a rabbit der about 6ft tall and weigh about 20stone lol.there a farmer in barnsley i kno that has two of dem but as pets.

[northern lad 2,292]

Bear have you got any pics of the wolfhound/bullmastiff you had?

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

  On 24/10/2012 at 07:35, northern lad said:

Bear have you got any pics of the wolfhound/bullmastiff you had?

 

Not now as lost loads as had to reinstall windows , I'll take the camera when I'm next up at my mates place