Best Test Of A Lurcher

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

We all require different dogs, for different tasks,....an obvious statement (and possibly not the answer the original poster was after),.but is,..in my mind,...a truism....

Personaly,...I only need a dog to seek, find (and hopefully connect) with a nuicence pest,..;ie,..the rabbit..

Anything else would be a criminal waste of dog flesh....I hunt mostly for the coin,...I enjoy the craic and love to go on a jolly,.but mostly, it is for wages...so,..it pays to keep the right tool for the job....

 

As for a test...well, every day is a test,...every job is another one,.. done and dusted

Edited February 29, 2016 by Phil Lloyd

[morton 5,368]

I owned a lurcher for lurcherwork and a terrier for terrierwork,at times i only had 1 of each and they got more than 1,2,3 or 4 jobs done,i can understand a specialist dog bred for a specific purpose,yet many a mutt was bred with versatility in mind and they had to master all aspects of that versatility and master them well."different dogs for different tasks" is a truism that ive little in common with,maybe perhaps because i never needed an income from the mutts Phil.

[leethedog 3,071]

Mostly done rabbits with lurchers but have taken the odd hare and deer and fox but a dog that can take 50+ rabbits alone on a cold wet and windy night is good enough for any man

[morton 5,368]

Mostly done rabbits with lurchers but have taken the odd hare and deer and fox but a dog that can take 50+ rabbits alone on a cold wet and windy night is good enough for any man

I believe you mean for any man that wants 50 rabbits a night,or a season,it would not suit me,or others perhaps.Again thats why i love the versatility of the lurcher and respect the hunters versatile hunting lifestyle.

[boyo 1,398]

Superb pic Mr Lloyd ?

[jcm 2,327]

The biggest test for a lurcher is to keep its owner happy and give a 100% every time out, prove it is worth feeding

[Guest Navek]

Red stag with beddy whippet

[Wales1234 5,490]

I speak to lad from all over the country that hunt different things and one thing I noticed is most think their way of doing things in the only way and if your dog can't do that its shit! Me and mutts travel a lot and I never expect them to be better than the dogs who live in that area doing what they do because I woundnt expect some from the other side the country to come and hunt these hills like mine do ! Biggest test for a lurcher pleasing the f****r holding the lead that's all really matters and it's took a shit season and a few deaths for me to start realising if your not smiling whiling hunting and you put all the pressure on you and the dogs to be the best your doing it wrong ! We do it because we love and so do the dogs no one really cares who got the best dogs !