ghostie 76 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Just something I was thinking about earlier that interested me... if you wanted a 'working lurcher' would you only get a pup bred from working parents? Or would you buy from a pet home ( bred from parents that have never worked) and get a puppy to train as a worker. Would people buy a pup even though only one (or even neither) parent was a worker? Would a good temperament and the fact that parents were a nice stamp of dog be enough for you to get the pup? Sorry if I haven't explained very well, can't word it how I want! Quote Link to post
jamesmc 582 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 i would stick to working parents,but thats just me....lol,plenty of good dogs have came from non working parents ....atb.... Quote Link to post
J.DOG 1,355 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I wouldn't buy a pup from non working stock. Quote Link to post
woz 260 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 It's not that simple.......its if both parents carry and pass on the worker gene...that's why people inbreed dogs...oooops sorry line breed.......this was explained to me the other night by a very knowledgeable fella Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 In an ideal world everybody buying a pup would have a pup from working stock and the best stock BUT its not like that so people like Hancock come into the equation, so people do buy off non working parents. 2 Quote Link to post
ghostie 76 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I was kind of wondering if there a similarities to horse racing- having worked in racing I know that you can have a fantastic dam and sire, spending hundreds of thousands on a stud fee and the progeny is plain useless! And vice versa. Although of course some of that can be down to who trains the horse and other factors... But I'm sure the same must happen with dogs, cracking working parents and a pup that is a failure..? Just interested to hear your responses and views on this subject Quote Link to post
woz 260 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I was kind of wondering if there a similarities to horse racing- having worked in racing I know that you can have a fantastic dam and sire, spending hundreds of thousands on a stud fee and the progeny is plain useless! And vice versa. Although of course some of that can be down to who trains the horse and other factors... But I'm sure the same must happen with dogs, cracking working parents and a pup that is a failure..? Just interested to hear your responses and views on this subject Spot on....no difference Quote Link to post
General lee 979 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 It do happen more than ya think but ya gotta play ya odds and get a pup off the best workers ya can find Quote Link to post
ghostie 76 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) It do happen more than ya think but ya gotta play ya odds and get a pup off the best workers ya can find In an ideal world everybody buying a pup would have a pup from working stock and the best stock BUT its not like that so people like Hancock come into the equation, so people do buy off non working parents. That's true agree with you both, and do people still find lurchers bred by him to train on as well? Edited January 21, 2013 by ghostie Quote Link to post
LaraCroft 863 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Genes and temperament - One of my best workers was from non working stock, and I have known people pay a huge amount of money for pups from working parents that have been useless. How much of that is genes, and how much is training I don't know, but like you said about horse racing - Saddlers Wells has awesome offspring, Shergar doesn't. 1 Quote Link to post
d lurcher 25 Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Working parents is a must with me ya increases your chances but not always the case.Theres only so far ya can train and take a dog then its up to the dog Quote Link to post
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