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[tomshep 41]

Just looking to hear people's views on this. I have a little whippet he is a great dog, don,t get me wrong it,s no record breaker but is great fun to work and does me proud. I now have more ground and time to work my dog and would like to get another in the future. The question I have is that I work as a shepherd for a large farming business and run 4 welsh sheepdogs for work, these dogs work bloody hard for me and never give me any real trouble with injury s . I am shore they would make a great cross for a running dog and I have seen some nice crosses on here. But just not shore what to cross with was thinking about a whippetxgrey or just a straight grey.many thanks for any help cheers Tom

[Deputy Dog 28]

Give it a go tom. Sounds handy for what your doing pal

[gamerooster 1,179]

A good first x collie greyhound

[wi11ow 2,657]

Collie x whippet

[tomshep 41]

As they are welsh sheepdogs and not just a normal collie I am a bit worried they would be a bit to big for a whippet and put to much of a stamp on the pups,but I see what you mean wi11ow

[wi11ow 2,657]

I like that x but everyone's different mooching rabbits I would have one

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

If ones of your welsh sheepdogs is a bitch why don't you put a good greyhound over her. Max hardcore on here has one and would know of others.

[Flacko 1,755]

Your dog ????

[Dewclaw69 484]

i'd go for a greyhound cross. i'm taking it that you'll be bringing a bitch in and using a collie as a stud. cant imagine the farmer being too happy about one of his working dogs whelping lurcher pups bit of a long term plan though. you'll end up with a bitch you didn't want and a litter of pups to get rid of and you still have to bring your pup on. you might have trouble finding a bitch worth breeding from.

if i were in your shoes i'd be looking at finding a pup from a collie grey mating that someone else had bred. have a look at hancock's website. at least you can make a decision on the amount of running dog in the mix and a hancock dog would offer no less than what you're intending but with a lot less hassle for you.

[shepp 2,285]

Just buy a pup.

[tomshep 41]

Thanks for the replies I can see what you mean about it being a lot easier to buy a pup but I know my dogs and how they work and just think they would make a good mix for a running dog as I know they are well put together

[BlackBuck 655]

Use the dogs u know mate , at least that way u know what u have and not something that's never been outside a pen , never mind done any work

[wi11ow 2,657]

any pics tom

[buster gonads 862]

Find someone else with a GH bitch thats looking to breed a litter of lurchers, offer your best collie as stud and take a pup as payment, saves you alot of trouble.

[tomshep 41]

Hey wi11ow I carn,t upload a photo but if you look for the welsh sheepdog association Webb site they have plenty of photos. I have 2 red dogs and 2 Black and Tan ones and they were all brought through the association or breed from there stock