Coursing Under Rules Pre Ban Good For The Breed Or Not?

[juckler123 707]

Titans post got me thinking it was quiet easy back in the day to get hold of greyhounds with good mouth as they would earn little points coursing under rules so good mouth wasnt wanted.

Iim not sure about salukis but would have thought the same to me thats detrimental to the breed whats your views on this id be interested to hear lads n lasses atb.

[desertbred 5,490]

coursin under rules had its draw backs and its critics but this gave the opportunity for the alledged top coursing dogs and men the opportunity to get to organised meets and the dogs to show thier trade in front of plenty of people instead of the small private matches. most of the hounds came from across the water where they learnt thier trade as working coursers.The one benefit of coursing under rules was that things like kick ups and dodgy slips could be avoided and as is common in private matches lads avoiding slips that were not favourable to thier animal, unfortunately in the coursing world honesty is a quality hard to find and some kind of rule of law needs to be applied. How ever there are still some genuine lads who run without the dodges the other draw back in the organised coursing under rules is the double slip I personally like to see single handed courses, Doubled up sometimes is required if game is scarce but a fairer test is the single over 3 runs so it balances out the terrain and the quality of the quarry. The passing of the organised course has not affected the dogs more the handlers

Edited January 27, 2013 by desertbred

[juckler123 707]

Good post Ali thats what im after mate

Dont think doubled up running is any good for a breed myself either the old dog of mine would growl other dogs off when running doubled up which a lot of the lads did back in the day no one knew but me and my mate

Plus they learn to anticipate the turn the other dog puts in and make easy kills no good in under rules coursing..

Single handed all the way to produce a better animal imho wish the coursing lot had that view atb..

[moonlighter 1,164]

I think it can make them run that bit harder/faster and more aggressive. It did with my old dog anyway. They don't wanna sit behind waiting for the hare to slip up, if there is another dog trying to get there first.