Deerhounds

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I've read about deerhounds as game as any bullx with as much stamina as any saluki and with better feet do they exist did they ever exist?

[ftm 3,357]

i owned one many years ago and it wasnt that good - non aggressive but can hold there own if pushed - used on hares a few times but ended up using him as stud to a lad breeding greyhound /deerhound and they turned out ok but much more dog aggressive for some reason -they done teeth easily though

 

[midnighthunter 78]

it wasn't that good but put it to stud lol

[DogFox123 1,379]

I've read about deerhounds as game as any bullx with as much stamina as any saluki and with better feet do they exist did they ever exist?

No Deerhound will be as game as a decent Bull x and that is a fact.

[Saluki246 1,053]

with better feet

 

No offence, but you wont get much better then pure saluki feet...

Edited December 22, 2014 by Saluki246

[ftm 3,357]

yeh i put it to stud AND the pups turned out canny dogs i didnt say it was crap! f**k me some people must sit on here just waiting to pounce on anything they can find something negative about so bloody glad i got out of the lurcher game when i did! there was non of this "bitching ! in our circle of friends

[DeerhoundLurcherMan 997]

Doubt the bit about as much stamina and better feet than a saluki...

[DogFox123 1,379]

Doubt the bit about as much stamina and better feet than a saluki...

But you can believe they'd be as game as a good Bull x?

[DeerhoundLurcherMan 997]

 

Doubt the bit about as much stamina and better feet than a saluki...

But you can believe they'd be as game as a good Bull x?

Can't comment on that part as I've not witnessd any bull lurcher work..

 

I have a saluki lurcher and a deerhound lurcher. Both got great feet but I think the saluki lurcher has slightly stronger tighter feet. But the stamina is worlds apart...

 

My ol deerhound lurcher has some bedlington blood in him so is game enough to get me in trouble! Lol

[jossa 966]

I have a deerhound greyhound and 2 bull x's. The deerhound x is just as game as any bull, its only his biting power that seperates them.

[DogFox123 1,379]

I have a deerhound greyhound and 2 bull x's. The deerhound x is just as game as any bull, its only his biting power that seperates them.

Obviously you can't have good Bull X's no disrespect.

[jossa 966]

Both single handed. I said "he's just as GAME" He gets the job done just not as fast as the bull x. What do you think was used before bull x came on the seen. Mainly deerhound x etc

[the big chief 3,099]

a bull x is no mythical creature its just a dog many x's was used as fox dogs. in the 80's it was dhx's now its bull x gh the fad with those are going out and the latest is bull x sal its all a fad and whatever people choose as there chosen lurcher if it gets the job done who gives a f**k whats in its makeup people on hear talk utter bollox just get out and do it in stead of my dogs better than yours shite i have dhx's they do the job i have bullxgh that does the job i had a beddy whippet gh what did the job so whats better none they got the job done

[DogFox123 1,379]

a bull x is no mythical creature its just a dog many x's was used as fox dogs. in the 80's it was dhx's now its bull x gh the fad with those are going out and the latest is bull x sal its all a fad and whatever people choose as there chosen lurcher if it gets the job done who gives a f**k whats in its makeup people on hear talk utter bollox just get out and do it in stead of my dogs better than yours shite i have dhx's they do the job i have bullxgh that does the job i had a beddy whippet gh what did the job so whats better none they got the job done

Bull X's have been used for over 20 years which hardly make them a "fad." How are they a mythical creature? A good one will be a hell of a lot gamer than any Deerhound, that does matter when the going gets tough.

[northwestmitch 9]

when you talk about game and stamina, good feet... Where Deerhounds not originally bred to course deer from start to finish, either kill or bring it to bay until the hunters arrived, running ruff terrain up and down glens in adverse weather conditions north of the border ? Not talking about todays over sized show stock but when the breed standard was first drawn up, dogs 28-30 inch bitches 26 inch at the shoulder, On their own turf, taking into consideration terrain conditions ect would the Deerhound come out on top? against the more popular breeds being run today.