The greyhound collie

[collie x 26]

Having kept collie x most of my time and them being of every type. And with border and beardie i find the beardie collie type to be better than the straight border type. My favourite has to be the 5/8 cross has good nose speed and agility. Also the beardie bring harder feat in my opinion. What would interest me is what the collie cross owners find through there experiance

 

[Yn Manninagh 45]

The best dog I ever owned was a Hancock bred half beardie. I never had a problem with it from day one, clever and as tough as old boots. Lamped with her mooched about in the day time and used her as a gundog. Her party piece was to stalk game birds and snatch them.

 

I'm living in DG now, I haven't owned a dog now for a few years but considering the game around here I'm seriously thinking of another.

[poacher3161 1,766]

The best collie crosses i have seen is [bANNED TEXT] another breed is added to the mix besides greyhound.

[old school 506]

i had a border cross, i thought she was good but what i hated about her was that she learned to pick her runs... do the beardie crosses have the same trait???

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

i had a border cross, i thought she was good but what i hated about her was that she learned to pick her runs... do the beardie crosses have the same trait???

 

I imagine they could quite possible have this trait. It would be unfair to say all beardie crosses do this, not all borders do it.

 

I've heard of salukis doing it aswell.

[wuyang 513]

Best hunt up lurcher I had had beardie and border in it. Brilliant thick skin, got tangled in a roll of barbed wire once and came off very well considering. Never had any problems with his feet and he cost nothing in vet bills, very robust dog. He loved to hunt, nose down eyes up, great to watch. Most laid back dog at home you could wish for at home. By no means a pre ban hare dog , but a 1st class dog for mooching and lamping. I never bothered with foxes, but by christ he could find them.

[rob84 112]

Sorry to go off the topic a bit but i have a kelpi collie cross, i have trained her to work sheep very good driving dog, use her out with the terrier and lurcher, and she loves to hunt with a keen nose, but what she lacks is the killer instinct, where she likes the hunt more than the kill bit like a hound. Temped to cross her to get a nice rabbitin dog, would a keen greyhound over her cure this? Apart from this shes tough as old boots, quick, agile, over obedient and loves to please.

[wuyang 513]

I can't vouch for all collie lurchers with beardie in them, but that one of mine was a keen as mustard, he never picked his runs, had to close my eyes if he was chasing towards a hedge row. Greatly missed.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Sorry to go off the topic a bit but i have a kelpi collie cross, i have trained her to work sheep very good driving dog, use her out with the terrier and lurcher, and she loves to hunt with a keen nose, but what she lacks is the killer instinct, where she likes the hunt more than the kill bit like a hound. Temped to cross her to get a nice rabbitin dog, would a keen greyhound over her cure this? Apart from this shes tough as old boots, quick, agile, over obedient and loves to please.

 

A nice whippet/greyhound could throw decent pups.

 

I like the kelpie crosses.

[foresterj 1,096]

Edited November 3, 2012 by foresterj

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

All three lurchers i have had, have all had collie in them, little whippet collie, then a big old DH/GH/C, loved it over Sailsbury plain , now got a beardie cross,at 8 months still a work in progress, but she's surpassed expectation on the training

Edited November 3, 2012 by Flipper_Al

[darbo 4,774]

had a beardy /greyhound 1989 onwards lived 17 years. a honest dog who gave his best.decent lamping dog daytime work with a terrier. knocked over a good number of daytime hunted up hares. bomb proof temperament. a strong dog who had very little injury problems.

[collie x 26]

Reading the post's i see people find the same view as me. I find beardie to bring more fire than a border. This maynot be case with all but crrtanly most of them

 

Cheers

[collie x 26]

The best dog I ever owned was a Hancock bred half beardie. I never had a problem with it from day one, clever and as tough as old boots. Lamped with her mooched about in the day time and used her as a gundog. Her party piece was to stalk game birds and snatch them.

 

I'm living in DG now, I haven't owned a dog now for a few years but considering the game around here I'm seriously thinking of another.

 

Living in DG. Do you mean dumfries and galloway

[Yn Manninagh 45]

I certainly do collieX. It's well Keepered here in the deepest south but I'm sure little notice would be taken of on old git out for a walk with his mutt when walking the countryside with his camera