deerhound xs

[Guest joe ox]

Doxhope the dog which I refered to was bull x greyhound with about 1/8 or less deerhound in, she was a decent all round lamping dog had some real good times with her not the fastest of dogs but determined and 100% honest. Sadly she was ran down.

[Guest whitser]

lad i hunt with keeps two, a dog and bitch. they take all quarry. and they are great for a draw too. this is the only pic i have of one them. its the dog going in for a draw.

[doxhope 2]

Doxhope the dog which I refered to was bull x greyhound with about 1/8 or less deerhound in, she was a decent all round lamping dog had some real good times with her not the fastest of dogs but determined and 100% honest. Sadly she was ran down.

 

Cheers Joe, I think it works with bull too. seen one or two decent dogs with just a touch of bull in..never owned one though

[duke-1589 0]

BUMP

[mush 204]

had half breds and 3/4 Greyhound 1/4 Deerhound and seen a lot work, if i was to have one again it would be a 3/4 bred or DxG put to a lurcher.

[whin 463]

early eighties two of the lurchers we had were deerhound crosses back to collie crosses one of the bitches was a good hare catcher and a nice looker to boot , they were not any good for ferreting but as lamping daylight hare dogs roe etc as good as most , sadly the black country sting came along with there lies and a lot of these families of lurchers went with the dodo,when i think back to the shite plummer etc wrote about these wonderfull dogs they were breeding makes me boil all the best, plenty deerhoundy dogs in the usa got some nice pics of them good dogs cheers

[sandymere 8,263]

It's good to see Deerhound crosses coming back into vogue a little. About 15 years agoe had a deerhound/grey to collie/grey that did alright on the south downs hares, he didn't have the agility of the saluki cross he often ran with, 2" taller and strongly built in comparison to the saluki hybred, but was often in the right place at the right time when it came to the strike.

Have a bull/greyhound to deerhound/greyhound of about 11 months at the present and have high hopes for him.

[Guest oldskool]

 

 

 

this is big jock... he was just an average joe... crap on rabbits but he'd of done fox well enough and used to be a great dog on hares..

deerhound/greyhound x collie/greyhound... i crossed him to an ex track dog and got molly

 

 

 

 

 

she would have blew hot and cold but when she was hot she was pretty useful... big jock had an infuriating lazy style of running, i prefer a bit more of a burst so i decided to cross back to grey... all in all, i dont know if i'd go back to the deerhound cross... perhaps if the proper blood came along i would reconsider

[Guest tina/kev/sky/ace/tug]

i love the deerhound cross and will be getting a first cross soon. I have a 3/4 cross at the mo ( even though some say there is whippet in him i got him as a 3/4 cross) He does me proud every time i take him out on his own or with guests. I cant fault the cross or speek highly enough. He even once jacked on charlie then just started takeing them again as he got older.

 

 

[skippy 0]

my first x deer/grey takes everything from rabbit to roo excels on the lamp off the truck

[DiStuRBeD 0]

most staghounds in australia have deerhoud blood in them

 

but we hunt big game with them, as well as rabbits and foxes

 

i guess coudl say similar to fallow there mabye

[mistwalker 0]

i love the deerhound cross and will be getting a first cross soon. I have a 3/4 cross at the mo ( even though some say there is whippet in him i got him as a 3/4 cross) He does me proud every time i take him out on his own or with guests. I cant fault the cross or speek highly enough. He even once jacked on charlie then just started takeing them again as he got older.

 

 

 

He's a crackin' lookin' big fella isn't he?

[inan 841]

always fancied 1 and would like some feedback on them? what was your preferable x i.e. 1/2 or 3/4 and how did you find them for stamina brains and on all sorts of quarry? cheers wyllie

I got my 1st lurcher in1968,at that time every other dog was advertised as a Stag hound x,usually inthe Exchange and Mart,the 1st time I went to the Lambourn show the over class was dominated by deerhound x,s,I think Phil Lloyds wife won it with a dog called Lucy,,Ive only had one deer hound x myself ,he was a 3/4 grey x Deerhound , a dog ,I only keep dogs,he was fast and reasonably biddable I never ran him on the fens ,buit he took a lot of hares on quite "big land else where",Ive seen quite a few deerhound x,s run over the years ,they are invariably fast ,and can turn reasonably well .depending what your quarry is ,on hares,in my experience after a couple of runs they fade,if they havent caught it inside 2 mins ,they arent going to,,most will take fox ,and they have the reach of neck,not to receive too much damage,especially the dogs,if I was going for one now ,I would break my rule and plump for a bitch,to keep the size down.I have no experience of them on deer ,so can,t comment. If you like the cross ,go for one,they are certainly handsome to look at.Inan.