Bull Or Wheaten.

[Allan P 1,150]

Apart from their coats, do lurchers bred with bull or wheaten differ much. Both Bull and Wheaten seem to be similar types of dog. Or do they bring totally different attributes to a lurcher.

[roybo 2,873]

Be interesting to hear from someone who has Had both .only having had bull crosses I can't comment on Wheaton crosses,although I hear they can be a bit of a handfull in their pure form

[bird 9,982]

lucky from off here used to work both xs , and liked the wheaten xs, but I think he prefer bullx of the 2 , if he had choose would be bullx 1st .

[2504 92]

Is lucky a bradford lad? I had both xs and I think you get a better all round worker in the bull xs the wheatons can be very strange in temperament and will sicken before a well bred bull will, this is only my opinion,

[TROY_BOY 62]

my mate got bull/grey x bull/grey x wheaton/grey very game on all quarry and fast enough

[j1985 1,984]

Would surely depend on the caliber of the dogs behind the breeding not necessarily the breeds themselves!!!

[Allan P 1,150]

I understand that j1985 but what I'm getting at is do they work the same way do they have the same characteristics or are they totally different like a collie based lurcher is to a saluki based one.

[neil cooney 10,416]

Would surely depend on the caliber of the dogs behind the breeding not necessarily the breeds themselves!!!

I agree.

There's a lot of lads in Ireland prefare the wheaten over the bull and I wouldn't be surprised if the bull cross was more popular in Britain because of the amount of badly bred wheatens that were sent over there.

Whereas the brits have always known what a good bull terrier is.

[brenner 773]

Never owned a wheaten lurcher but ive heard it said by more than one wheaten x owner/ breeder that sometimes they need a little more time to mature before they see hard graft than the bull x

[spindolero 1,111]

As said before, the calibre of the dogs and the breeding will be the biggest factor.

 

That said, my feeling is that the very best bull x lines will have the ability to perform better in terms of getting numbers with regularity.

 

Go back to the root stock, the bull has been tested and bred selectively for decades in the most testing of situations.

 

Not knocking the wheatonx, I keep them myself. And a great wheaton X would be more than enough dog for 99% of lurcher owners. (My average wheaton x is more than enough for me )

[sawyer 94]

Nice pup that AT, what else is in it?

[sawyer 94]

Really nice that mate ive always fancied trying a Wheaton greyhound

[spindolero 1,111]

image.jpg I've just got a wheaten x,it'll be the first one I've had,I had a couple of bullx before so I'll see how this goes atb AT

 

Nice, first X mate?

[spanielsandhawks 466]

There is a big difference in the two as to working ability, but I would go against most on their views of the wheatenx on here. ATB.

[spindolero 1,111]

As said before, the calibre of the dogs and the breeding will be the biggest factor.

 

That said, my feeling is that the very best bull x lines will have the ability to perform better in terms of getting numbers with regularity.

 

Go back to the root stock, the bull has been tested and bred selectively for decades in the most testing of situations.

 

Not knocking the wheatonx, I keep them myself. And a great wheaton X would be more than enough dog for 99% of lurcher owners. (My average wheaton x is more than enough for me )

 

I should maybe qualify that statement a bit more. They would be enough for 99% of people doing pest control.

Appreciate even a great wheaton X isn't dog of choice for people running edible game on big land.