Picardy Lurcher

[spindolero 1,111]

my wife saw pics of them and reckons theres someone with a couple of pure picardies in west wales where i live? small world. doesn't seem theres many about in uk.

[Bosun11 537]

A very informative and honest post Skycat.

 

Thank you.

[skycat 6,173]

Meant to say as well, and I may have already said it, the straight Picardy crosses are a lot calmer, less inclined to hyperness than the ones with the Beardie in them. Big difference in temperament, and I like it a lot better.

 

Edited to add: Inan, you're a loon

[DELTA 0]

Hi two nice dogs sent you pm about them looking for stud dog any lnfo about your mates dogs would be a appreciated cheers

[beast 1,884]

now i never saw a picardy cross run myself , but a friend reckons the ones he's seen are incredibly intense, full-on dogs loaded with drive and desire, which is great except he reckons at times it goes beyond the line of duty and is a bit too much for some situations (dogs almost uncontrollable when working, hard to discipline etc). for me, that would be as much a fault of the handler as the dog (lack of experience?), but as i say this is second hand so don't know how much truth there is in it. he also said they often turn out really big, powerful animals. again, someone with some actual experience of owning and working the cross might shed some more light on their temperament.

[long dog 125]

now i never saw a picardy cross run myself , but a friend reckons the ones he's seen are incredibly intense, full-on dogs loaded with drive and desire, which is great except he reckons at times it goes beyond the line of duty and is a bit too much for some situations (dogs almost uncontrollable when working, hard to discipline etc). for me, that would be as much a fault of the handler as the dog (lack of experience?), but as i say this is second hand so don't know how much truth there is in it. he also said they often turn out really big, powerful animals. again, someone with some actual experience of owning and working the cross might shed some more light on their temperament.

not found that at all with my dog but he does have a bit of berdie in him loads of drive but very clever does everything you would want in a lurcher NEVER gets hurt just wished i had two pups when i got mine all ready have mates lined up to have a stud from him i use to own bull cross years ago and i found mine bit of a night mare to own with there temperament bit to full on but the picardy cross i have no,s when to use it if you get where i am coming from but i have had problems with his attitude towards strangers in the past but got it sorted evenly with lots of interaction with other people i found them very protective of there owners .

ATB long dog

Edited March 31, 2013 by long dog

[skycat 6,173]

Yes, very good and protective. Long dog: the attitude towards strangers I don't mind one bit, as long as the dog is controllable, but as beast says, in the wrong hands they would be a problem.

The male lurchers in the dogs that Mark Treadwell has been breeding seem to come up a lot bigger and heavier than the bitches, and I mean A LOT: hence Raven, whose photo was up earlier on this thread. Now someone said it was because he originally used a huge coursing bred Greyhound in the initial breeding of his lurchers. Whether it is solely due to that I don't know, but most of the bitches seem much more lightly built, more than you'd expect, though I have seen some that are very strong, the ones with the Beardie in as well.

 

The drive is very high: my OH once had fears for his bitch when she jumped into a river in flood after she saw a muntjak on the other side: she only gave up after having been carried down stream in the flood for a bit, but managed to make it back OK. I guess its good they are tough dogs as they do put themselves through it when working, and are unlikely to give up once behind their quarry.

[beast 1,884]

thanks for that longdog and skycat, very interesting

 

good thread this