Foxhounds Lurcher

[Lamper#2 17]

Got myself a new lurcher pup sire 1/4 bull 3/4 greyhound 28 inch. dam foxhound 25 inch racey looking both parents top grafters and have many years under there belts. Anyone had experience with them?? Not has a opinion on them you can keep them I don't care for them hunting/working dog knowledge isn't based by how many posts you've made on here, I mean HAD ACTUAL EXPERIENCE be it with your own dogs or a friends.

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

Been out with a few over the yrs, hunted up and killed foxes very well, too noisy for traditional lurcher work, 1s I seen anyway

[Lamper#2 17]

Noisy as in opening up do you mean??

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

Yes, but it suits the type of hunting the boys are doing with them

[Lamper#2 17]

It's big fields with small pockets of wood were I hunt so it will be fine either way, was wondering more about the pace of them?

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

They not as fast as whippet xs

[flynndog 543]

Obviously not going to be as quick as a whippet x it aint even half greyhound

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

bet its faster than a whippet x................. st bernard, mate my earlier post was tongue in cheek, any half cross foxhound/greyhound is gonna be faster than the foxhound and slowr than the greyhound by what degree is impossible to know

[spindolero 1,111]

the ones I'd heard of were used daytime on the hill

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

the ones I'd heard of were used daytime on the hill

 

Same 1s prob

[white van man 3,370]

Wouldn't say experience but I have seen one work a few times. Not sure of its complete make up but think along the lines of collie grey/foxhound grey but you could see the foxhound in her. The dog looked quite racey and woul say about 26". Seen it lamp a few times and it caught....if it didn't then it always would hunt up but that can be a fault in any dog. It was used mainly for daytime anyway pre ban and worked well with the terriers especially if something was flushed. How racey was the bull x used? as this could also add to it being a heavy dog?

Edited November 3, 2014 by white van man

[zigzag dan 784]

I had a 1/4 bull x 1/4 foxhound greyhound , 26 tts , coat like a wire brush , head like a bucket , immense jaw power , he never hunted up on lamp ., was hard as nails , if I could have one dog back it would be him , caught anything from rabbits to stags , never seen a dog with such little emotion , he would just shake it once , drop it and walk away !

[Lamper#2 17]

The dads pure power big head racey body, will be used on the lamp and day time mooching and through cover, I'll put a pic up of the sire and pup

Edited November 3, 2014 by Lamper#2

[Lamper#2 17]

Sire and pup

[fitchet 788]

Seen a pic of one on Paul dooleys website very racy for a first x looked similar to some of the coursing stuff about. Atb with the pup.