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Collie x's are shite..just admit it guys   A couple of collie x's I had way back in the day..yes these were lamped..do I care? Do I f**k lol..I was out to catch numbers and pay the bills plus fee

Jai   Yes mate it's safe to say he stood out....  

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Everyone prefers a certain type of dog and everyone is entitled to it.

 

It is funny how lads night not like a dog that looks too much collie but like one that is too much bull. Each to their own.

 

The lurcher has changed over the years from the Norfolk or Smithfield Collie type, to the three quarter and now to heavy set bull types.

 

Some lads state a working lurcher is not a working lurcher unless it can take a fox. Some great fox dogs would be a demon to work around ferrets, or too heavy for the hares. A working lurcher is a lurcher capable of doing the work asked by its owner.

 

Your collie type is a smashing looking dog and I have owned three quarter greyhound collie crosses in the past and they were all smashing fox dogs, great feet for rough ground, could take a knock on the lamp, would hit cover and used them alongside ferrets. I could never have worked a heavy bull type around ferrets in the past because many would have crunched the first rabbit as soon as it hit the net.

 

I bet the collie crosses in these photos have real brains and the powerful jaws of a farm collie too, which aren't to be underestimated.

 

You have all the ingredients there, brains, stamina, agility, tough feet, good hard coat, powerful jaws, good acceleration and most all the ability to work with the handler in retrieval and hunting up.

 

I think it is one thing saying good on ya for having such a unique type of lurcher, but I think a lurcher like this takes a unique type of handler who understands what the dog is, how it works and the ability to make a good hunting session a great one by having that unique relationship. It looks as well that you ask a lot from the dog and by the sounds of things since you say you would be lost without it, it must be doing everything right.

 

I would really like to see some good hunting photos of this next season or if you have any from this season, since it is a lurcher we don't see much off and it would certainly widen my experience of working dogs.

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don't reckon she'll win many rosettes .. :D

 

Dave she looks great.....like her a lot....they ain't gonna be easily broken are they.... :thumbs:

Cheers Colin. .be interesting to see how they look after a season of graft this time next year. .
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foxhound a working old fashioned lurcher was never ment to take a fox they were there to snatch a rabbit take a hare and maybe a few pheasants and anything edible to feed the family and put a good show on a hare , if they took a fox then a bonus but no big deal ,real brains is great but can develop dogs into cocking on game etc pulling up etc , on a chase especaily if lacking pace , its good to see this type about still and ideal for rough cover woodland hunting , were they come into there own

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foxhound a working old fashioned lurcher was never ment to take a fox they were there to snatch a rabbit take a hare and maybe a few pheasants and anything edible to feed the family and put a good show on a hare , if they took a fox then a bonus but no big deal ,real brains is great but can develop dogs into cocking on game etc pulling up etc , on a chase especaily if lacking pace , its good to see this type about still and ideal for rough cover woodland hunting , were they come into there own

Go on say it, your dying to...... Lol

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