14 Months

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Looks like you got what you wanted mate. Any pics of the lurchery ones. Id like to see that one turn or try atleast haha. We need fast dogs here I doubt that would cut the mustard. You seem happy tho

[nothernlite 18,076]

 

 

just looks like the dog down the road a malmute hows his turning coming along ?

like a tug boat but he's caught a couple.

[Tiercel 6,986]

 

This is just my honest opinion, no axe to grind. I find the dog looks a bit too heavy, the feet are not the best I have seen, but not the worst either. However, conformation is only a part of a dogs make up, what goes on inside the head counts for a lot also and you cannot judge that by looking a photos.

 

That said looks can be deceptive and handsome is as handsome does, if he suits you? Then fcuk anyones elses opinion.

 

TC

 

PS; There is a black greyhound that will be along before long, and he will massagé your ego,

 

TC

he is heavy built as you can see but he's as I wanted mate.

Thats fine as stated if it suits you then great. What I cannot understand is your constant need for approval from your peers? If you chose it for the above reasons, then fair enough, why do you feel the need to parade the dog at every opportunity? Obviously you like that type of dog, nothing wrong with that. But, You have to accept that they are not everyones cup of tea. people will make derogotary remarks especially as you bite.

 

Enjoy your dog for what he is, and realise that there are so many crosses out there that no one dog is going to be the ultimate lurcher.

 

TC

[Mal x 1]

 

Looks like you got what you wanted mate. Any pics of the lurchery ones. Id like to see that one turn or try atleast haha. We need fast dogs here I doubt that would cut the mustard. You seem happy tho

he does ok.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

No offfence malx but to say he does well tells me you either run some bad land/ easy game or ain't seen many dogs find. The more I look at the pics the more I'm convinced that dog couldn't handle fast going fields. What is the dogs job is it For retreiving fox? Tracking deer? Or a bit of everything?

[Mal x 1]

 

No offfence malx but to say he does well tells me you either run some bad land/ easy game or ain't seen many dogs find. The more I look at the pics the more I'm convinced that dog couldn't handle fast going fields. What is the dogs job is it For retreiving fox? Tracking deer? Or a bit of everything?

ive said he does ok mate, I've killed a couple with him now. I'm not say he's fast or can turn well but he pleases me. ATB

[blackgreyhound 206]

malx.i think my mate has one out of the same litter as yours he has been out with a gamekeeper who said it was a donkey .best of three 50 quid the keepers lurcher caught one out of three my mates called mal caught two out of three like yours it is only 14months old.look at the length of the dogs body great long stride on him

[blackgreyhound 206]

lapin2008.that malxg could do some serious damage to a herd of deer preban plus as you say it dosent attract the attention of the boys in blue or the boys in the plus fours also it wont cut blow up or wimp out

[Hot Meat 3,109]

That fat out a condition dog done two out of three? What time of year was this? Any invites out on these easy runs haha

[lapin2008 1,587]

lapin2008.that malxg could do some serious damage to a herd of deer preban plus as you say it dosent attract the attention of the boys in blue or the boys in the plus fours also it wont cut blow up or wimp out

Just because its a malx doesnt make it immune to failure lol. and stating categorically the above is a little rose tinted in my view

 

But...

Having a dog that looks like that looking out of the back window of your car at 2 in the morning in my opinion means your probably less likely to get a pull than many other more lurchery or bullx looking things.

 

Also makes me laugh though someone can put a pic up of a 28" dog with a long back and people pull them up for it not looking fast enough, yet if the lad put a pic up of a 24" 80lb bullx it would have been nothing but 'nice dog mate' and no one would have been asking him what it can catch.

[blackgreyhound 206]

lapin2008.i totally agree. i am 59 years old this year my father owned lurchers and i have owned them since 15yrs of age .my friend graham who owns mal has had dogs since 1978.lots of people on here do not have 44years of dog exspirience.i know for a fact that if i said to some of these so called dog men right leighton buzzard across to woburn 7 miles rough ploughing etc carrying all of the catch back at top walking speed .some of them would be so far away they might as well stayed at home .thier dogs would be knackerd and i would be saying for fecks sake come on i have not got all night to wait for stragellers.graham is a true dog man .if that dog couldnt catch hares and do its other jobs he wouldnt give it kenell room.also those malxg are so strong and so hard they could not possibly blow up or wimp out it is not in thier nature to do so hundreds of years of selective breeding in the alaska wilderness .where it is survival of the fittest guarantees it.they have very thick coats very strong bone very thick pads and they are defenitely not softies and they are exstremely strong

[mike456 170]

i hav'nt seen this x run before so i wont comment on that part,the dogs look well hope they work out for ya

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Aren't they known to bay at game bigger than a hare? Ain't that a fault?

[lapin2008 1,587]

lapin2008.i totally agree. i am 59 years old this year my father owned lurchers and i have owned them since 15yrs of age .my friend graham who owns mal has had dogs since 1978.lots of people on here do not have 44years of dog exspirience.i know for a fact that if i said to some of these so called dog men right leighton buzzard across to woburn 7 miles rough ploughing etc carrying all of the catch back at top walking speed .some of them would be so far away they might as well stayed at home .thier dogs would be knackerd and i would be saying for fecks sake come on i have not got all night to wait for stragellers.graham is a true dog man .if that dog couldnt catch hares and do its other jobs he wouldnt give it kenell room.also those malxg are so strong and so hard they could not possibly blow up or wimp out it is not in thier nature to do so hundreds of years of selective breeding in the alaska wilderness .where it is survival of the fittest guarantees it.they have very thick coats very strong bone very thick pads and they are defenitely not softies and they are exstremely strong

 

Mate, Like I said earlier I like the look of these, I have not seen them work myself but have heard very good things from people I do trust and have largely dismissed some or the negative stuff that I have heard on here about them from people I dont know.

 

But to say that the history of the breed guarantees success or guarantees that a dog of this breeding will not wimp out or get hurt is madness. also for some reason do none of the negative traits from the greyhound never come through when crossed with a mal?

 

Like I said, I do like these but to paint any specific breed as the panacea of running dogs is just daft

[low plains drifter 10,297]

This is just my honest opinion, no axe to grind. I find the dog looks a bit too heavy, the feet are not the best I have seen, but not the worst either. However, conformation is only a part of a dogs make up, what goes on inside the head counts for a lot also and you cannot judge that by looking a photos.

 

That said looks can be deceptive and handsome is as handsome does, if he suits you? Then fcuk anyones elses opinion.

 

TC

 

PS; There is a black greyhound that will be along before long, and he will massagé your ego,

 

TC

One thing you cannot judge on looks alone is how durable a dogs feet are