Thinking Of Breeding My Lurcher Bitch

[lurchers4life 103]

Ive never bred a dog before so this would be my first my collie grey bitch is coming 4 year old and shes had 3 good seasons on the lamp and she dont miss hardly nuthing if i said she dont miss nuthing id say anyone was lying no matter how good of dog they are well im thinking of putting her with a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddlington would this be a good cross? Im not breeding for money so before anyone starts saying im a peddlar or anything im breeding for a pup for my self and a 2 of my friends want a pup so whats your oppinions guys?

[bush wacker 77]

Depends on what you want the pups for whther its a good x or not,most of the collie grey whips iv seen have been small,will prob make good rabbiting x

[d lurcher 25]

3/4 hound 1/4 wheaton havin seen a bad wheaton x yet. putting a bit of spark to the pups and alot of speed should make a good alrounder .

[cammy12 176]

as long as there both working the quarry you desire and are healthy animals then dont see why not

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

Breed her to another good lamping dog. Dont worry bout all that other shit. Go out and find a real good male that is great at what you want. Breed and with luck you may get another good un.

[night warrior 178]

What do u want the pup for? ask your self is your bitch fast inof for what u want is she strong inof for what u wont if not i woul say suliki gray for speed and stanimer or a bull gray for the harder side of things what persent of things is up to u all the best whith what u do i just lined my half cross bull bitch with a sulki gray dog to get a pup for what i need it took me 3 seasons to make shoure she is right and the dog ive used noes is job all the best and hope u get the pup you need

[jamesmc 582]

worker x worker...

[Country Joe 1,411]

Although the 3/4 is a great cross, with your Bitch being Collie Greyhound, you are putting another two crosses into the mix, if mainly for rabbits I would put a decent size Whippet say 23 inch.

[morton 5,368]

Ive never bred a dog before so this would be my first my collie grey bitch is coming 4 year old and shes had 3 good seasons on the lamp and she dont miss hardly nuthing if i said she dont miss nuthing id say anyone was lying no matter how good of dog they are well im thinking of putting her with a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddlington would this be a good cross? Im not breeding for money so before anyone starts saying im a peddlar or anything im breeding for a pup for my self and a 2 of my friends want a pup so whats your oppinions guys?

The dog you have seems to meet all your needs?,if i had a dog that did the same id be looking to breed to the same.As soon as you start adding more to the mix it throws the breeding all over.

[shaaark 10,693]

Whippet

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

Better still let someone else do the breeding and buy a pup in. Ask yourself if you really need the cost, work and hassle breeding a litter of pups entails. Also can you afford to put things right if things go wrong - ie, a C section ain't cheap!!!

 

And what about finding homes for them - press advertising isn't cheap and problem free and unless you are very lucky you will have to deal with a fair amount of idiots before you have them gone. With the best will in the world folk, friends and hunting mates may be 'up for a pup' but often when they're here and ready to go you can be let down...you only need to scan the pages of some internet for sale sites and re-homing sites to see many forlorn looking sad cases that have been badly let down by humans!!! Do you want to add to that?

 

However, if you have a good bitch and you'd like to run her progeny good luck and I hope all goes well for you. I've had running dogs for almost 35 years and have never bred a litter of pups (bred several litters of terriers but never big dogs) - always brought them in - was just my way of doing things!!! And it has worked well for me.

 

Having said all that though - I have a very nice, well bred and capable irish bred coursing greyhound bitch here and hopefully she'll breed me a nice pup this summer - a break from the norm but one I have thought long and hard about. Fingers xed al will be good!!!

 

Good luck with your bitch!!! Take care. Colin.

[lurchers4life 103]

Well ive been looking hard for a pure whippet *t about 22tts and theres none around me a saluki or bull would never entertain me my bitch is probally the fastest dog ive seen nut theres alot probally faster than her but she runs along well bred salukis with no problem but like i say theres probally alot faster dogs about than her id like a collie whippet stud but cant find one and im not gonna travel miles to pay somone and my bitch ends up not catching

[Mixed Bag 603]

I've had running dogs for almost 35 years and have never bred a litter of pups (bred several litters of terriers but never big dogs) - always brought them in - was just my way of doing things!!! And it has worked well for me.

on the topic 3 turns started you said you bred the lurcher he has out of a collie x called lana

[morton 5,368]

Well ive been looking hard for a pure whippet *t about 22tts and theres none around me a saluki or bull would never entertain me my bitch is probally the fastest dog ive seen nut theres alot probally faster than her but she runs along well bred salukis with no problem but like i say theres probally alot faster dogs about than her id like a collie whippet stud but cant find one and im not gonna travel miles to pay somone and my bitch ends up not catching

If you want the right dog then the miles have to be traveled at times,otherwise its 2nd or 3rd best choice,then its 2nd or 3rd rate pups,if the bitch fails to take,which is seldom,then the stud fee,if there was one,will be refunded.

[lurchers4life 103]

Ive got the choice of a bedllington whippet whicj stands at 22ts shoulder its only used in the day but its a wicked ferreting dog which id like because id do alot of lamping and ferreting of ive got the choice of a deerhound greyxcolliegrey which stands at 24tts which is a good lamping dog im just stuck on which one haha