Why Lurchers Over Pure Greyhounds?

[Tiercel 6,986]

Surely someone somewhere still has coursing greys??

If anyone would know it would be Leeview. His knowledge of coursing has to be second to none.

 

TC

[roybo 2,873]

Stamina and durability would still be a concern of mine, especially in hot conditions with cover etc.

Competitive doubled up coursing on open fields is different ball game to catching Jack rabbits in the desert

[weasle 1,119]

Still plenty of coursing blood around,even before ban irish dogs were popular,there still coursing over there.

[weasle 1,119]

Stamina and durability would still be a concern of mine, especially in hot conditions with cover etc.

Competitive doubled up coursing on open fields is different ball game to catching Jack rabbits in the desert

You dont know untill you try though,dosnt the op train mink to hunt with him,who~d of thought that.

Edited October 22, 2014 by weasle

[roybo 2,873]

Hope he can train durability and teach how to have good feet and wind ,greyhounds are top of their game ,I agree that much ,but have their limits,are highly tuned athletes and nothing compares, that break when they hit stuff at 40mph ,think Ferrari doing the Paris - Dakar.

it's been tried loads of times and people had a great idea! They crossed them with other dogs and made Lurchers and they done the trick

Of course a greyhound will catch (quickly ) but I for one wouldn't pay the kind of money wanted for a well bred greyhound http://www.greyhound-data.com/litter.htm?land=uk when a lurcher pup might cost a tenth of that ,but cost a lot less at the vets.

but as I said good luck to anyone who has the belief and spare cash to try it

[merle24 61]

Hmmmm,,, i think you will find that it is you who is talking bollocks,,, do your research,, then come back.

 

hybrid vigour

heterosis, also called hybrid vigour, the increase in such characteristics as size, growth rate, fertility, and yield of a hybrid organism over those of its parents. Plant and animal breeders exploit heterosis by mating two different pure-bred lines that have certain desirable traits. The first-generation offspring generally show, in greater measure, the desired characteristics of both parents. This vigour may decrease, however, if the hybrids are mated together; so the parental lines must be maintained and crossed for each new crop or group desired.

 

cue, the salukixgreyhound,,colliexgreyhound,,bullx, wheatenx etc etc.

 

Fast and slow twitch muscles also come into it and play a masive part in performance as does heart volume especially in coursing dogs and saluki blood.

 

Lurcher to lurcher mix blood lines make good animals average all round in the field,, to excel at one job breeding back to pure bred lines creates less wastage and specific traits.

 

 

Edited October 22, 2014 by merle24

[leegreen 2,169]

Exactly, who'd of thought of that

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Hope he can train durability and teach how to have good feet and wind ,greyhounds are top of their game ,I agree that much ,but have their limits,are highly tuned athletes and nothing compares, that break when they hit stuff at 40mph ,think Ferrari doing the Paris - Dakar.

it's been tried loads of times and people had a great idea! They crossed them with other dogs and made Lurchers and they done the trick

Of course a greyhound will catch (quickly ) but I for one wouldn't pay the kind of money wanted for a well bred greyhound http://www.greyhound-data.com/litter.htm?land=uk when a lurcher pup might cost a tenth of that ,but cost a lot less at the vets.

but as I said good luck to anyone who has the belief and spare cash to try it

I don't disagree with you. They will never rival a good lurcher for durability. And when I get one I won't be expecting a world beater. But I've always fancied one and certainly believe that they could be good fun and put a few bits away.

[Minkenry 1,044]

I know next to nothing about it, but I read this a while back and thought it was quite interesting:

 

http://www.high-lonesomehounds.com/Catch%20a%20Jackrabbit.htm

 

I was doing a lot of research, the more I read about hunting (and fishing) in NZ, America, Canade and Australia the more I am inclined to emigrate!

 

Thank you very much! That was an EXTREMELY helpful and educational link!!!

[Accip74 7,112]

Always fancied bringing on a greyhound pup as a lurcher myself,Doubt there as stupid as you think if they've had the chance from a pup.

There again i aint done it yet so...

I had a track greyhound years ago I used to lamp, Cotton Girl, she was the best natural retriever I ever had & only ever killed the first rabbit she caught......after that, all brought back alive.......trouble was, she would gallop back & just dump them at your feet.....often having to re-catch what she'd caught........I thought she was great! :-) Edited October 23, 2014 by Accip74