JUST SEEN THIS.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

The 'stupid hair cut' seen on the text book show poodle of today actually stems from the traditional cut given these Working Dogs. Stop laughing. Get over it. Look again as " Dog Men ". The fur is left long to cover and protect the brain, heart and lungs, pulse points from the shock when the Dog leapt into a freezing river of lake to Retrieve shot game. So, forget Crufts. Just sit and day dream about some harsh coated, relatively big Dog which has had its coat shorn down by blokes pretty much like us. With hand shears. Now ye starting to think about a Real Poodle.

 

My mate, Chris H. One of the finest Lurchermen I ever had the privelidge of knowing, was obsessed with the Poodle Lurcher. It had always been his personal dream to get hold of one. Bred right it would have, he considered, all or even more of the attributes and qualities a Moucher would look for in a Dog.

 

Excellant coat. Superb nose. Intelligence to spare. Solid feet. So on and so forth. Granted; Finding a decent, working standard poodle in uk would be daunting, if not down right impossible. In those days we didn't have the internet. Ye'd pretty much have to have travelled to France and sought out the right Dog by knocking on doors. That'll be why he made do with 'The Usual Suspects' and simply used his own skill to bring out the best in what was available to him.

 

To suggest there are enough, even too many crosses out there seems to me a bit Luddite. Were we not to have experimented, there would have been no Greyhound. Then man experimented and tested his further theories and we got the Lurcher. Thus I'd suggest there aren't too many 'breeds' available. More like there's too many of each type. Just too many 'Lurchers'. And, as long as kids insist on breeding their own " World Class " piece of mediocrity to their mates? There always will be. That's where I see the problem.

 

As for the asking price on those pups? 600 E's? What's that? Something around the four hundred quid mark? Something like that? Scary money, for sure. But plenty of people pay that and more for 'pet' ~ at best ~ quality 'pedigree' lap Dogs and all sorts these days. Why should Lurchers be two a penny? Better bred Dogs do and should command better money. Perhaps there'd be less messers if it took some serious consideration to aquire a Dog like ones mate down the road has?

 

Having said all that; Would I buy one? Hell no! I have no further use for a Lurcher of any description now. Do I condone the asking price? Not without knowing a damn site more about the facts behind those claims, no. Nor would I suggest anyone here rush out and buy one - at any price. But I Do feel it could be a perfectly viable cross and just don't understand why any self professed " Dog Man " should deride it, in principle, out of hand.

[snoopdog 1,256]

THIS THREAD IS TURNING INTO ANOTHER LOAD OF CRAP ....ANSWER ME THIS DITCH OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS A PODDLE IN THERE MAKE OF A LURCHER WHAT ATTRIBUTES WOULD IT BRING THAT WE HAVNET ALREADY GOT ......COME ON IAM DIEING TO HERE THIS ONE ...... ..I WILL ANSWER NOW IF YOU WANT NOT A FECKING ONE ..DONT SAY COAT WE HAVE BEDLINGTON DEERHOUND WHEATON FOR THE JACKETS ..PLUS THEM THREE BREEDS HAVE ALOT MORE ATTRIBUTES THAN THE PODDLE WILL EVER HAVE ............POODLE MY ARSE ...

Edited August 4, 2007 by snoopdog

[Guest MOLLY]

Easy one to answer Snoop

 

 

I would'nt have to hoover as much! :ok:

MOLL.

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

Easy one to answer Snoop

 

 

I would'nt have to hoover as much! :ok:

MOLL.

 

 

but then what would you do with all yer time molly

 

ah dishes i suposse !

 

[MikeTheDog 153]

WHAT ATTRIBUTES WOULD IT BRING THAT WE HAVNET ALREADY GOT size=7]POODLE MY ARSE ... [/size]

Absolutley feck all imo....Bit like having a gsd cross, I for one can't see the point ...How about a Dalmation x Greyhound?....Loads of stamina and would run for miles...

[Guest MOLLY]

Another easy one to answer Ricky, eat more chocolate You dont need dishes for chocolate

MOLL.

[snoopdog 1,256]

Easy one to answer Snoop

 

 

I would'nt have to hoover as much! :ok:

MOLL.

NEVER THOUGHT OFF THAT THE HOUSEWIVES LURCHER .. MOP THE FOOR WITH THE THING TOO

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

Another easy one to answer Ricky, eat more chocolate You dont need dishes for chocolate

MOLL.

 

 

lazy bitch !

[Guest MOLLY]

Thats started me off now...im away to cook some heinz chocolate sponge with custard :clapping:

MOLL.

[Guest Frank]

well,well,well mr hartigan is now breeding poodle/greyhounds

i hope he puts more thought in to this breed than he does with

his fox terriers or is it the €€€€€ i think so

 

New the guy was a twat , with prices like that for crazy crosses.

 

Frank.

[Guest MOLLY]

Easy one to answer Snoop

 

 

I would'nt have to hoover as much! :ok:

MOLL.

NEVER THOUGHT OFF THAT THE HOUSEWIVES LURCHER .. MOP THE FOOR WITH THE THING TOO

Hows that for a marketing ploy...think of all the money you could make...eco friendly lurcher, not only will it kill your dinner but you can use it to wash down the blood from the bench tops, mud from the floor, then make it lie next to the door as a draft excluder

Can come in various sizes. Toy poodle for bench tops, standard for the floor

MOLL.

[hairyface 211]

How about a Dalmation x Greyhound?....Loads of stamina and would run for miles...

only problem with that cross mate, is they would probably only chase carriages

[jacob 28]

surely in order to improve a lurcher then we have to try ne things !

ricky dont you think we have enough different breeds????

 

collie

bull

saluki

grey

wheaton

bedligton

whippet

deerhound

gsd

 

the list goes on i think theres enough dogs there to make any kind of hunting dog you want so why try new ????whats a pooddle going to add to what you cant already get from the dogs above ive mentioned ????? i think honsestly there too many now .....improve what we have now before trying somthing else .... all the best snoop ...

 

 

if no one ever try's it then we'll never know what it has to offer thats all i'm sayin mate

Exactly....

[montague 0]

if no one ever try's it then we'll never know what it has to offer thats all i'm sayin mate

Try all the fruits in the bowl before you decide which one you like best Snoops.

[Scallywag 78]

THIS THREAD IS TURNING INTO ANOTHER LOAD OF CRAP ....ANSWER ME THIS DITCH OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS A PODDLE IN THERE MAKE OF A LURCHER WHAT ATTRIBUTES WOULD IT BRING THAT WE HAVNET ALREADY GOT ......COME ON IAM DIEING TO HERE THIS ONE ...... ..I WILL ANSWER NOW IF YOU WANT NOT A FECKING ONE ..DONT SAY COAT WE HAVE BEDLINGTON DEERHOUND WHEATON FOR THE JACKETS ..PLUS THEM THREE BREEDS HAVE ALOT MORE ATTRIBUTES THAN THE PODDLE WILL EVER HAVE ............POODLE MY ARSE ...

 

Well apart from high levels of intelligance and water proofness, they'd be hypoallergenic for sneezy hunters and presumably might not look very much like a lurcher which could be handy for stealth

 

Don't want one tho......

Edited August 4, 2007 by Scallywag