Usa Lurcher (Stag X Collie)

[Dan McDonough 560]

Here they are on 9-2-13:

Edited September 3, 2013 by Dan McDonough

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Nice strong pups,atb with those..enjoy

[blue staffy 145]

Nice big healthy pups , hope they turn out good workers for you

[Ginny Spinner 455]

Nice big fat healthy looking pups mate... The way they should be. I recon they'll be a handy cross for most game!!

[beast 1,884]

very nice. so which one you keeping? third one down for me.

[Dan McDonough 560]

At this point I'm with you on that one. My wife likes the funny looking one (2nd). I like something about all of them but they'll start separating themselves pretty quick. Usually you can get a good look at what their adult body proportions will be at around 10 weeks. I'll be looking for the longest body. I figure that will likely be the pup with the most staghound body on it. I've got this crazy little book that has intelligence tests that you can give to dogs to see what level they can function at and it really gives you a good idea of which pup has got the smarts. I've used it for a long time now and it's very reliable. I've put around 11 litters of pups through the tests and it lines them up well.

 

After I'm done, I'll post the results. Tomorrow I'm worming the lot with Strongid and the mother also.

[birddog 1,354]

pups are looking real well, look forward to seeing their progress

[Dan McDonough 560]

9-24-13 (7 1/2 Weeks):

 

Edited September 24, 2013 by Dan McDonough

[birddog 1,354]

looking well smart..........the only thing i don't like about them is..........theyre on the wrong side of the pond

[keepdiggin 9,561]

nice lurchers

[beast 1,884]

nice level litter, any one standing out in particular for you to keep?

[Marvel 469]

9-24-13 (7 1/2 Weeks):

 

good luck picking one out of that lot

[Dan McDonough 560]

If I could afford it I would send a bunch of them over and let you guys sort through them. It would be really great to watch them grow up with a couple of people who have actually had lurchers before.

[Dan McDonough 560]

Marvel- No kidding! This is NOT going to be easy!!

 

Beast- The goofy one is acting like a champ now, the champ is somewhere in the middle of the pack and I'm not as sure about the for-sure pup. I don't want to have a big lightbulb running around the woods but the whitest pup seems to be taking on the biggest and most stag-type body but they are some dang close it's going to be a crap shoot. I've got a whole pile of intelligence tests for dogs that I'm going to put them through. That should make some decisions for me. It doesn't measure desire but it's a handy tool that will make a big difference on my pick. When I get done with the tests I'll post the results.

Edited September 24, 2013 by Dan McDonough

[the big chief 3,099]

They look nice a strong Dan if i would have one it would be a choice of the black one in the top pic or 3rd one down they just chump out to me but all the litter looks spot on shame i am breeding mine at the end of this season i would have liked one of those