Lurcher

[relic2 19]

Hi we all know about beddywhippet being a bushing dog but what else fits the bill ( lurcher)

Cheers

[wuyang 513]

I don't think any whippet x terrier cross makes an out an out busher, but if you after a little mooching dog that will hunt very well I would be tempted with a little springer lurcher.

 

Edited October 9, 2014 by wuyang

[day and night walker 237]

I don't think any whippet x terrier cross makes an out an out busher, but if you after a little mooching dog that will hunt very well I would be tempted with a little springer lurcher.

 

That is a cracking looking dog, i would love something similar, at the mo its just me and the terrier. I want too get another dog but don,t know weather to get another terrier or small lurcher or better still a mix of both. atb daywalker.

[Rustypippa 18]

How does that springer lurcher work? Wanted to see one working for a while

[jcm 2,327]

A good lurcher will complete any bushing pack

[wuyang 513]

I don't work areas that have an abundance of rabbits etc, so If I don't have dogs that actively look hard for game I don't tend to see much. So that's why I searched out a springer cross hoping it would have that natural drive to hunt out game, but with a bit of speed.

 

She's about 14 months now and is a lovely dog to own. She covers a lot of area much more than my other little lurcher and works at a quicker rate......although as a result needs to get her breath back more often than the other, both got very different hunting styles.

 

I bought her soley as a daytime mooching dog and this is where she excels. Shes more heavily built than my whippet/bedlington x collie/ grey/whip and is not as quick and can't turn as sharply, although she can shift and turn not to bad. She's very obedient and bright.

 

Take into account her dam was a gamekeepers springer and sire was a big lurcher.......I was told greyhound,,,,but it wasn't, so really she's less than half sight hound.

 

Day and night walker.....I think it all depends on what type of hunting you enjoy doing the most and type of land you have access to. A big part of the thrill for me is when I get to see one of the lurchers chase something which in most cases the terrier may have bolted....so I personally would opt for a nice little lurcher...... One of my favourite pass times Is thinking what dog I'll get next years down the line.

Edited October 11, 2014 by wuyang

[wuyang 513]

How does that springer lurcher work? Wanted to see one working for a while

If I can find a link theres a bloke on youtube who's put up a few clips of his springer x whippet, tiny bit of bedlington in it as well...give you some idea. I'll try and do it later......I think in the earlier clips it's only about 6 months old.

 

Search tyke471 on youtube.....not great quality vids but shows his young bitch

Edited October 13, 2014 by wuyang

[Mars 42]

I don't think any whippet x terrier cross makes an out an out busher, but if you after a little mooching dog that will hunt very well I would be tempted with a little springer lurcher.

 

 

 

I`ve always imagined that these would make a good daytime bushing / ferreting dog.... But perhaps to scent reliant for a lamping dog....

please feel free to correct me if i`me wrong...

 

Mars...

[wuyang 513]

"I`ve always imagined that these would make a good daytime bushing / ferreting dog.... But perhaps to scent reliant for a lamping dog....

please feel free to correct me if i`me wrong..."

 

Mars..

 

 

 

Yes I think there'd be many better dogs suited to lamping, but I reckon you could if needed to.

Edited October 11, 2014 by wuyang