Collie Crosses

[Belfasthunter 12]

Has [NO TEXT TALK] ever known of lurchers with a good bit of collie in them say for example 1/2 or 3/4 collie greys to stalk down the prey instead of catching them... I know a fella and he told me its hard to get a good collie x without it wanting to herd up it's prey instead of catch it and in some cases demolish it lol I didn't believe it but it is sort of believable I wondered what peoples thoughts were on this?

[trenchfoot 4,243]

I've had collie x's do that stalk on rabbits in the daytime, but in 25 years of having them, I've never seen one try and herd it's quarry. So my thoughts on the subject? Bollox

[Belfasthunter 12]

Lol was thinking that

[beast 1,884]

a lot of collie crosses will try to stalk at times, but not all of them and not all the time. the only thing i have personally seen which might be described as herding was one bitch of a mates which would often go out wide behind its prey if it could and come in from the opposite side to the handler if you get my drift

[Hands of Stone 154]

My old 1/2 bred collie-grey would stalk day time rabbits..... but then my bull-grey x saluki-grey does too

[Wales1234 5,546]

Was out with a colliexgrey that would herd my lurchers haha

[fireman 10,947]

Don't the saluki boys call that herding thing "boxing in"?.

[trenchfoot 4,243]

Was out with a colliexgrey that would herd my lurchers haha

Clever dogs them collie x's. Filling the gaps in your dogs training ;0)

[trenchfoot 4,243]

Don't the saluki boys call that herding thing "boxing in"?.

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It's like herding, only slower

[Wales1234 5,546]

Heeeeey now haha poor bitch wanted to hunt and got hound down by the collie cross haha

[Belfasthunter 12]

a lot of collie crosses will try to stalk at times, but not all of them and not all the time. the only thing i have personally seen which might be described as herding was one bitch of a mates which would often go out wide behind its prey if it could and come in from the opposite side to the handler if you get my drift

 

Seen a few beardie collie x's do that aswell they would go right out from the beam of the lamp then come in on the quarry...

[trenchfoot 4,243]

 

a lot of collie crosses will try to stalk at times, but not all of them and not all the time. the only thing i have personally seen which might be described as herding was one bitch of a mates which would often go out wide behind its prey if it could and come in from the opposite side to the handler if you get my drift

Seen a few beardie collie x's do that aswell they would go right out from the beam of the lamp then come in on the quarry...

In my mind, that not herding, it's brains! Yes, it's how a collie cuts off a run when driving a flock, but in a collie lurcher, it's how they pick up quarry without spooking the crap out of it

[Ideation 8,216]

Yer I've seen them display traits which could probably linked to a herding instinct. But then herding instinct is just refined hunting instinct anyway. . . so if it catches the bunnys. . . . . who cares......

[foresterj 1,096]

Never thought of that, would be marvellous,field full of rabbits and the dog makes it's outrun then gathers and drives them back to you, could be onto something, makes more sense than going backwards and forwards for one at a time, do the hundred in 2 or 3 runs

[forest of dean redneck 11,694]

Don't forget the legendary Fenton ,he herded all those deer up,anyone with that dog and a cattle truck would make a fortune in venison.