hard dog

[Richie10 345]

Dr Who one, no need to worry about barb wire fences with that one.

[LaraCroft 863]

Dr Who one, no need to worry about barb wire fences with that one.

 

True With those eyes, it won't need lamping onto a bunny either

[relic2 19]

what would you say has best feet/coat out of 3/4 whippet beddy or 3/4 whippet collie

cheers relic2

i am being serious people no daft answers please

cheers relic2

[LaraCroft 863]

A clumsy dog is more likely to get injured, whatever breed. IMHO round feet are better than the hare feet that a lot of sighthounds have, and are less injury prone from running, and out of my lot, the 2 with collie in them ( they are collie x grey cross with grey x whip )have the best feet and leg bone.

[Neal 1,857]

I was once told by a racing whippet breeder that, of all her dogs, the ones with the worst feet were those containing the most racing greyhound blood.

 

She held the view that racing, working and coursing whippets were all bred to run on a variety of surfaces as were coursing greyhounds whereas racing greyhounds were bred to run on sand.

 

I hasten to add these are her opinions not mine; just putting forward somebody else's point of view.

[DogMagic 461]

I wouldnt wanna f**k with this one! Lol!

[lapin2008 1,587]

The least injury prone dog is not going to be down to a specific breed but how they run, something slower, fairly clever that doesnt smash into hedges I would have thought, a rough or thick coat may offer another layer of protection as well.

 

That said, most of the things I have listed are regarded as faults and am not sure you would want to pick a dog based on these.

[storm323 191]

I was once told by a racing whippet breeder that, of all her dogs, the ones with the worst feet were those containing the most racing greyhound blood.

 

She held the view that racing, working and coursing whippets were all bred to run on a variety of surfaces as were coursing greyhounds whereas racing greyhounds were bred to run on sand.

 

I hasten to add these are her opinions not mine; just putting forward somebody else's point of view.

i agree with her on that one,working whippets are the dogs that run our grounds and you don't see many working greyhounds my choice would be a dog that's perents and grandparents have done the graft you wanted your new pup to do when the time comes.

[foresterj 1,096]

The least injury prone dog is not going to be down to a specific breed but how they run, something slower, fairly clever that doesnt smash into hedges I would have thought, a rough or thick coat may offer another layer of protection as well.

 

That said, most of the things I have listed are regarded as faults and am not sure you would want to pick a dog based on these.

One mans meat is another mans poison.

[skycat 6,173]

The least injury prone dog is not going to be down to a specific breed but how they run, something slower, fairly clever that doesnt smash into hedges I would have thought, a rough or thick coat may offer another layer of protection as well.

 

That said, most of the things I have listed are regarded as faults and am not sure you would want to pick a dog based on these.

 

Sounds a bit like my Airedale lurchers :laugh: Having said that one is a lot faster than the other, over a short distance her take off speed is well up on the other, but so far (they're about 2 1/2 years now) they seem to be very tough, agile and clever on all sorts of ground and in cover. What they lack in pace they make up for in determination. But they do smash ... not sure that is the right word though as they don't smash, just dive in carefully, if that makes sense.

One gets a bit of damage around her eyes from cover bashing. Their coats are smooth but their skins are as thick as leather and they seem to ping off wire with hardly a scratch.

[lapin2008 1,587]

The least injury prone dog is not going to be down to a specific breed but how they run, something slower, fairly clever that doesnt smash into hedges I would have thought, a rough or thick coat may offer another layer of protection as well.

 

That said, most of the things I have listed are regarded as faults and am not sure you would want to pick a dog based on these.

 

Sounds a bit like my Airedale lurchers :laugh: Having said that one is a lot faster than the other, over a short distance her take off speed is well up on the other, but so far (they're about 2 1/2 years now) they seem to be very tough, agile and clever on all sorts of ground and in cover. What they lack in pace they make up for in determination. But they do smash ... not sure that is the right word though as they don't smash, just dive in carefully, if that makes sense.

One gets a bit of damage around her eyes from cover bashing. Their coats are smooth but their skins are as thick as leather and they seem to ping off wire with hardly a scratch.

One of mine although fast and agile sort of slows and enters hedgerows with more caution. Not pulling up as such but he does miss the odd one because of it. My other one doesnt slow down at all even if the rabbits piled into a dry stone wall

 

Although the one that enters hedgerows slowly does loose the odd rabbit because of this (and it can be pretty annoying at times) my other one has has three serious injuries this season so far, pretty much back to back as well. So when you look at the bigger picture I have had much more with the lurcher that runs more cautiously this season.

 

Like forresterj said one mans meat...anothers poison. I will also always have both mine out lamping so I get to choose which one gets the most appropriate runs for themselves so it works well for me with them having different running styles

[bird 9,868]

i would say most hearding breeds x to running dogs, are tough dogs. All my colliexs Bryn,Blaze, etc.. all worked over 6 years , on all type of grounds in the UK. None ever had any foot probs, can handle bumps they get as most working do get, got great coats which help weather+ b/w fences. Bryn now 5 1/2 never been layed off, and ive worked him quite hard over the years, my pup Buck 1 x gsdx grey , i think right tough dog when older, got great coat on him, got massive big round feet, just like a timber wolf lol, and got tons of energy could make real good lurcher when older. This is just physical side of things,? the mental side well hearding x lurchers can be very sensitve to sensitve really, well for me, but you carnt have everthing in any lurcher, we always looking for somthing better out there .