Pure Greyhounds in the field.

[CorkyJohn 808]

I have been considering a greyhound deerhound cross but i fancy a pure dog that i can then if its any good start breeding my own lurchers or longdogs from in years to come. I do prefer deerhounds but there far too big for any work i have.

What is the point? You will spend years wasting time, money & if done right culling failures. Theres lads 20 to 30yrs ahead of you so why not just contact someone who keeps what would be your ideal & go from there? Its the same as these idiots breeding 'exotic' lurcher crosses when theres already plenty dogs/breeding out there to choose from doing the job

[lampinglurcher 36]

I'm with CorkyJohn here, unless you have a specific dog in mind you feel the need to put over a good greyhound then.. why?

 

BeLucky either you got completely different greyhounds where you're from or there's a bit of fib telling going on...

 

I've done dusk till dawn lamping and it takes a bloody huge toll on the dogs, unless maybe you have real easy running ground on just rabbits? Even a smart lurcher knocks up after a night of running fox or roe or hare....

 

Maybe I'm naive to greyhounds but the only one i ever saw "work" broke 3 toes in the first hour of daylight mooching on the moors. Couldn't calibrate.