Pharaho And Ibizan Hounds

[TOM HEAVY 140]

Hi all,

 

These Mediterranean sighthounds bred for hunting look nice!! just wondered if anyone has come across them in cross breeds or pedigree? also has anyone seen these run before?

 

Ibizan hound

 

pharaho hound

Edited March 31, 2013 by TOM HEAVY

[Richie87 401]

cant say i have but would like to see one run and what thye run ???

[TOM HEAVY 140]

Wikipedia specifically mentions rabbit, but they are around 22-24 inch so i wreckon hare and fox too ???

Edited March 31, 2013 by TOM HEAVY

[crorider 174]

There's a pedigree breeder near me with a few of them that he walks round our local nature reserve park. Wont let them off the lead and when i asked him if he ever knew of anyone that had used them in a lurcher breeding he got the raving hump with me lol! Said, "my dogs are pedigree as if id let anything compromise that" and walked off. Apparently theyre incredibly yappy and not particularly fast anyway

[TOM HEAVY 140]

what about these...

 

 

This is a manchester terrier, they only about 16 inch, they ment to be rapid tho, like the look of these too...

[Banter 1,751]

ya had a first x pharoh hound and if any dog deserved a life of cruelty it was that thing

[crorider 174]

yea i nearly got one instead of my whippet x, glad i never now but cracking little things

[Richie87 401]

just looked on youtube there is a vid of them catching bunnys but cant seem to put it up on here

[TOM HEAVY 140]

lol, i get the general impression of these breeds are not worth bothering with then, they do look class tho

[Banter 1,751]

lol, i get the general impression of these breeds are not worth bothering with then, they do look class tho

i loved mine but it was useless it struggled to kill mixi rabbit lost a lota ground on a turn. was a yapper . had selective hearing . there intelligent an it was like a homing pigeon you couldnt of lost it if you tried

Edited March 31, 2013 by Banter

[kranky 507]

They're fast enough and can easily catch rabbits but they are meant to open up and they do. They work differently to our running dogs and push through scrub and cover, catching rabbits and flushing them to waiting guns. Opening up allows the hunters/shooters to know where the dog is. I've never seen a pedigree one work but they are meant to work independently, recall isn't a strong suit and hunting up is what they're meant to do.

 

Edited to say: I have seen non ped workers and some Podengos. But never on anything other than rabbit.

Edited April 1, 2013 by kranky

[TOMO 27,710]

There's plenty of vids on YouTube of them working,,, I have put no end up over the years,,, type in podencos ,,, as we tend to call them Ibizan hounds ,, the Spanish refer them as podencos,,,

 

Have a look out for them hunting in Lanzerote,, running on pure rock and old larva flows,,, tuff dogs with great feet,, but there used more like our hound,,, in numbers and they open up but they do catch plenty.

[TOMO 27,710]

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=bp7Bgv2QYXI

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9uo4ITJzLU&feature=relmfu

[bullyson 2,045]

Seen one ibizan years ago my friend imported one but always yapping on course but they were tough and had good feet as tomo says but something i couldnt live with...

[Westy76 546]

They're fast enough and can easily catch rabbits but they are meant to open up and they do. They work differently to our running dogs and push through scrub and cover, catching rabbits and flushing them to waiting guns. Opening up allows the hunters/shooters to know where the dog is. I've never seen a pedigree one work but they are meant to work independently, recall isn't a strong suit and hunting up is what they're meant to do.

 

Edited to say: I have seen non ped workers and some Podengos. But never on anything other than rabbit.

Are the podengos the Spanish equivalent?

I saw a woman walking one of these yesterday shed rescued from Spain and by Christ it could run!!!! It was wire haired a lovely animal.