First "proper" Lurcher Pup! Opinions Wanted!

[Sammy Labhound 1]

Hi all I have recently got my lab x greyhound a friend, and hoping she will mature into a good worker, she is greyhound x saluki x whippet x border and bearded collie, one hell of a mouthful is anyone asks!

Finally managed to get her to stay still but still not the best picture in the world! She is now 11weeks so basically any opinions in breeding and confirmation would be loved, and also if anyone has seen a similar cross working just wondering how good they are?

My lab lurcher is the first dog/lurcher/rescue/problem dog i had Dealt with. he was a nervous aggressive dog that hadn't left his old owners house in the 18months they had him, and now have a lovely friendly dog, with great manners, doing training to be an assistance dog for myself, and also doing some rabbit catching too, And love his durability but fancied a lighter build to focus mainly in working in a year or so.

Also any tips to focus her better, she is very energetic and has selective deafness. Am working hard on this and after Sam with all manner of aggression issues she is easier but was wondering if their are any tips to wear her out before training so I can stand a better chance of training to go in!

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Looks a nice pup that, a good mixture too.........good luck.

[Westy76 546]

Any pics of the lab x grey?

[beast 1,884]

its only 11 weeks, give it a chance!!

nice litle pup, good luck with her.

[skycat 6,173]

You've got at least two breeds issued with the longer lasting batteries in that pup: Saluki and Collie. Expect to be knackered! Don't expect to be the centre of your pup's world either: she is at the age when everything around her is begging to be investigated and explored. Don't nag at her, don't continually call her to you. Make sure that when you do call her she isn't doing something much more interesting than you can offer. Let her play, explore, have fun, in safe places. Only call her to you when you have her full attention: wait until she is heading towards you then call her, give her a treat when she gets to you, then let her go off again. Don't be tempted to hold on to her or cuddle her: many pups find that boring as hell, when all they want to do is tear around. She needs to run around a lot to gain strength in her legs and body, lungs and heart. If you haven't had a lurcher before, especially one which has both brains and stamina in its breeding, you will be surprised at how much they need to run and play before they are tired. All their senses are 'faster' than in a Labrador type.

[Ideation 8,216]

Good mix that!

[sikastag_1 689]

I have a sal deer collie grey mix lurcher mate and she was good to train and the end result was a very good dog, good luck with her

[northantscourser 118]

A cracking pup that mate

[stripes 401]

Good looking pup that sam.

[Sammy Labhound 1]

Any pics of the lab x grey?

lab x grey, has actually turned out to be a lab x whippet/collie! He is in the profile pic, but added my girls breeder on Facebook and after cross referencing who she sold too and who I rescued from, we have concluded he was bred by the same woman!! He is basically a "skinny"/healthy looking lab with a slightly different head.....and longer tail hair (which is why I was rather confused about him being the straight gh cross!)

[Sammy Labhound 1]

And thanks guys, am pretty clued up with normal training regulations as it were, like not nagging, or constantly repeating things (or like my bloody grand giving them constant treats to "make them behave" when they are barking jumping up etc, well with my mums and her dogs, these two have both learnt they get sod all until they are calm!) Also she is a hefty great lump (well if you have fibromyalgia and me and lost all the muscles that working with horses had given you!) So she isn't cuddled all that often, I'll occasionally sit down with her when she is calm, and Sam spent along time not getting calm cuddles in the sofa until I had his complete respect, so he didn't see me as a push over, So she will have the same for now! She was a bit of a brat with her food once but one session of me just staring with my hand over the bowl until she backed away worked eventually after she stopped pushing and found that even nipping didn't work and now she will patiently wait sat down until I have walked away (just wish I had recorded it to show some people that no violence or words need using, just a good stern look and not backing off until they have the message!)

I did realise when I got her she would be energetic so have a busy routine to get her knackered now and a very long line until I have a 100% recall (although I think she is there now!) But I am lucky to have very little else going on as I think as a healthy working person she would be a right handful as she does require lots of running, and it is keeping Sam fit too!!

Luckily she is very bright so when she is satisfied exercise wise she learns very quickly, and at our first outing she quickly learnt that if I'm sat on my walker she either sits or lays down next to me like Sam, this took about 4 commands And guiding with treats and after that I was just throwing treats down as she did it instantly, the brains did pose an issue for a few days as she would pee in her cage and I did the told thing of taking her out straight away, but the 3rd time she did this I just cleaned up and left her in her cage, and she hasn't done it since, I think the first accident and she realised that if she did it again she got to go out and play so I'm glad I picked up on it quickly as not having that after 2 weeks of a clean house!! Lol

I think I'm just very interested about how she will turn out more than anything, she is somehow getting a very coarse coat almost like a border terrier type, and that matches non of her breeding, and she doesn't have the same puppy coat as any of the pure pups, so really excited to see how it comes along!

Thanks for your replays guys =)

(PS I somehow managed to sign up with my dogs Facebook account (in the Process of adding his fan base, so they can keep track of what he is doing now! His next adventure is meeting Martin Clunes at Buckham Fair for the rescue and rehomed champs!) and have no idea if I can change my user name!! Anyway I'm Emzy! Hello!)

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Your dog has its own Facebook page?

 

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[BS40liam 203]

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[Sammy Labhound 1]

Your dog has its own Facebook page?

 

Lol yh he has a surprisingly large fan bas Of people all over devon who want to see how he is!! Think its because a cripple rescued a real problem dog and now have him training as an assistance dog, therapy dog, and gundog/lurcher work after being a nervous wreck with real aggression issues (all been sorted now and he is in my opinion a perfectly behaved dog by any standards.....wish I could same for pup already haha!!) Luckily he is intelligent enough to enjoy learning all of this, Even piddling around with agility to keep him busy.....I think part of me is trying to make up for his first 10months of living in a tiny house never being walked or socialised but he enjoys it all!!

[crorider 174]

Good luck with both, hope they make you happy for years to come