Heavy Lurchers

[chris87 297]

The worst of the bigger lurchers is they can be so injury prone as ive found out in last 2 seasons

[Terra Firma 136]

 

My old dog Zak 28" TTS, sadly passed away now, could move for a big do and never let me down, produced some decent stuff aswell.

Edited October 3, 2014 by Terra Firma

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

The worst of the bigger lurchers is they can be so injury prone as ive found out in last 2 seasons

I've found the opposite Chris. .bigger boned tend to take the knocks better but I reckon a lot of injuries are just luck..(or lack of it) my bitch picked a wrist injury up back end of January last season. .ground was soft? Season over. .All we can do is get them fit before we run them...had a whippet a few years back she was always picking injuries up where I hunted..

[bird 9,863]

 

The worst of the bigger lurchers is they can be so injury prone as ive found out in last 2 seasons

I've found the opposite Chris. .bigger boned tend to take the knocks better but I reckon a lot of injuries are just luck..(or lack of it) my bitch picked a wrist injury up back end of January last season. .ground was soft? Season over. .All we can do is get them fit before we run them...had a whippet a few years back she was always picking injuries up where I hunted..

 

could be right there , Bryn my 1x collie x grey suppose is mid-large lurcher he 25in 60lb, and he 7 years old . apart from few probs with his dew claws , that he catches now+then , he never been off with any injury's in 7 years, and ive took him to a lot of different places in that time . ive had smaller size dogs than him and deff had more injurys . My other dog Buck 1x gsd x grey had shoulder injury , jumped of a embankment and hurt his shoulder, he ok by prob get arthritis in it as he gets older, but that was just (bad luck) as most young dogs are reckless when running around. But don't think just him working would he have hurt him self , they can cut+pull muscles as easy as small dog yeh, but I think big dog like him will take the bumps+bangs better than smaller type dogs long term

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

my bitch...not the tallest at 23 tts but got good bone..a strong bitch atb sesku

[skycat 6,173]

I've given up trying to say which type of lurcher is least injury prone. I've had really heavy big dogs that floated on air, and lightly built ones that hammered the ground like charging bulls: you could hear them coming from far away so hard do their feet hit the ground at a gallop. Isn't a lot of it how they move?

[bunnys 1,228]

I believe of one his willing to run any ground,the occasinal knock or two will be got,stylem of running can have a bearing how thy hołd out on the worst of land.atb bunnys

[Cleanspade 3,322]

Cleanspade what's in him and what age,?? Nice

first cross whippet wheaten. around eight or nine i think.

[Dewclaw69 484]

had deerhound x collie/greyhound mid 90's. rabbit hare and fox no issues. took foxes single handed and ended it smartish. never ran him on deer as there was no opportunity. big animal around 28". never got knocked up at all. his litter brother took foxes after suffering a broken neck. no need at all for a bull x with that sort of dog.

[Bosun11 537]

had deerhound x collie/greyhound mid 90's. rabbit hare and fox no issues. took foxes single handed and ended it smartish. never ran him on deer as there was no opportunity. big animal around 28". never got knocked up at all. his litter brother took foxes after suffering a broken neck. no need at all for a bull x with that sort of dog.

 

As much as I know how good the first type you mention can be, I really beg to differ with your last line....

[blackmaggie 3,376]

i agree with bosun i dont doubt what you say is true rob theres taking foxes and then theres fox dogs and i dont think the cross you mentioned could live with the purpose bred fox dog [bull x ] but its always a pleasure watching other crosses work

[Dewclaw69 484]

i agree with bosun i dont doubt what you say is true rob theres taking foxes and then theres fox dogs and i dont think the cross you mentioned could live with the purpose bred fox dog [bull x ] but its always a pleasure watching other crosses work

i appreciate both your comments. those dogs took every fox we came across so did it for us. i'm just a bit old school. doesn't help that everyone i come across seems to run a bull x at the minute. i've said before and i'll stick by this....what do folk think were used before bull x became the must have dog ? having said that i appreciate there must be some good bull x around. but i just aint seen any down here

[Ggib 370]

 

Cleanspade what's in him and what age,?? Nice

 

first cross whippet wheaten. around eight or nine i think.

stick it over a greyhound

[gamerooster 1,179]

 

had deerhound x collie/greyhound mid 90's. rabbit hare and fox no issues. took foxes single handed and ended it smartish. never ran him on deer as there was no opportunity. big animal around 28". never got knocked up at all. his litter brother took foxes after suffering a broken neck. no need at all for a bull x with that sort of dog.

 

As much as I know how good the first type you mention can be, I really beg to differ with your last line....

Typical scouser, always disagreeing with folk lol

[blackmaggie 3,376]

 

i agree with bosun i dont doubt what you say is true rob theres taking foxes and then theres fox dogs and i dont think the cross you mentioned could live with the purpose bred fox dog [bull x ] but its always a pleasure watching other crosses work

i appreciate both your comments. those dogs took every fox we came across so did it for us. i'm just a bit old school. doesn't help that everyone i come across seems to run a bull x at the minute. i've said before and i'll stick by this....what do folk think were used before bull x became the must have dog ? having said that i appreciate there must be some good bull x around. but i just aint seen any down here

 

i have seen all manor of crosses take them and do the job very well but for hard regular nights bull x or the wheaton x cant be matched but thats imo