Ancient Hunting Dogs

[Tyla 3,179]

Does anyone know much about them? It fascinates me that, since man domesticated dogs, there must have been so many truly tried and tested hunting dogs. Literally from the dawn of time until the modern world interfered. It's a subject I'm really interested in but know very little about.

 

Can anyone enlighten me?

[forest of dean redneck 11,622]

No ,we see artwork of Egyptians with sight hound types and tapestries with thickset hounds on deer and boar.

A lot of the spitz breeds are old breeds as well.

[straight2hand 303]

Well the sighthounds have been around a long time, the oldest are the salukis but the greyhound type and perhaps the deerhound has been around for thousands of years too. I would imagine that peasantry would of kept lurcher types around as certainly in medieval times peasants were banned from keeping greyhound types - so perhaps they kept smaller collie x dogs to evade authorities?????. Read up on Plummers lurchers and sighthounds book there are loads of references in there.

[darbo 4,776]

A topic i find intresting many different types from different countries. I read a intresting article in edrd years ago about ferreting in malta which i enjoyed.

 

[marshman 7,757]

Romans coursing mosaic ... Our breeds are ancient

[forest of dean redneck 11,622]

Romans coursing mosaic ... Our breeds are ancient

The Romans were supposed to brought a lot over with them, I'm sure I read somewhere that the dogs native people had here where either large mastiff type war dogs that impressed the Romans or small type dogs they reckoned where pets that were sacrificed and then buried alongside the person.??

[TOMO 26,248]

I think the dogs we have in this country,,in there present form,,,are some of the newest types,,,there ancestry might be old,,,but there along way from what they were....

 

Looking for old types,,you have to look abroad and to the Middle East ,,,Salukis ,,Pharos,, ibizans,,podenco ,,Afghan and all the variations,,,,

 

Or of course just get in touch with Geoff Burrell ,,,lol

[TOMO 26,248]

A topic i find intresting many different types from different countries. I read a intresting article in edrd years ago about ferreting in malta which i enjoyed.

 

Don't know if you have already seen darbo,,,but there's loads of ferreting with dogs,,in Spain ,,,Majorca ,,Canary Islands ect on you tube

[darbo 4,776]

 

A topic i find intresting many different types from different countries. I read a intresting article in edrd years ago about ferreting in malta which i enjoyed.

 

Don't know if you have already seen darbo,,,but there's loads of ferreting with dogs,,in Spain ,,,Majorca ,,Canary Islands ect on you tube

 

ive never looked tomo but i will now many thanks.

[bird 9,932]

 

Romans coursing mosaic ... Our breeds are ancient

The Romans were supposed to brought a lot over with them, I'm sure I read somewhere that the dogs native people had here where either large mastiff type war dogs that impressed the Romans or small type dogs they reckoned where pets that were sacrificed and then buried alongside the person.??

 

they were Alunts, big type running mastiffs , what they( tried) to recreate today.!!

[TOMO 26,248]

 

 

A topic i find intresting many different types from different countries. I read a intresting article in edrd years ago about ferreting in malta which i enjoyed.

 

Don't know if you have already seen darbo,,,but there's loads of ferreting with dogs,,in Spain ,,,Majorca ,,Canary Islands ect on you tube

ive never looked tomo but i will now many thanks.

If you can be arsed to trawl through,,,there was some good ones filmed on lanzerote I think it was ,,,the ferrets are muzzled ,,,and they hunt on the volcano slopes,,,the rabbits live in cracks in the hardened larva,,,not only are the dogs running on rock,,,but the ferrets really were althletic,,jumping up and down levels,,,

 

Interesting how the Spanish leg there rabbits,,they don't do it like us,,,through the hock,,wich as you know dries the bit of meat,,,,they do it with the toe nails,,,wich look to go between the slightly webbed bit on the foot,,,

[darbo 4,776]

 

 

 

A topic i find intresting many different types from different countries. I read a intresting article in edrd years ago about ferreting in malta which i enjoyed.

Don't know if you have already seen darbo,,,but there's loads of ferreting with dogs,,in Spain ,,,Majorca ,,Canary Islands ect on you tube

ive never looked tomo but i will now many thanks.

If you can be arsed to trawl through,,,there was some good ones filmed on lanzerote I think it was ,,,the ferrets are muzzled ,,,and they hunt on the volcano slopes,,,the rabbits live in cracks in the hardened larva,,,not only are the dogs running on rock,,,but the ferrets really were althletic,,jumping up and down levels,,,

 

Interesting how the Spanish leg there rabbits,,they don't do it like us,,,through the hock,,wich as you know dries the bit of meat,,,,they do it with the toe nails,,,wich look to go between the slightly webbed bit on the foot,,,

 

[TOMO 26,248]

You have to type in ,,,,podenco hunting rabbits,,or just podenco ,,,,if you type in ferreting there's not as many

[TOMO 26,248]

Hers one I just found if it loads,,,just look at them terrain,,

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vyYHlKhizu8

[MickyB 327]

 

 

 

Romans coursing mosaic ... Our breeds are ancient

The Romans were supposed to brought a lot over with them, I'm sure I read somewhere that the dogs native people had here where either large mastiff type war dogs that impressed the Romans or small type dogs they reckoned where pets that were sacrificed and then buried alongside the person.??

they were Alunts, big type running mastiffs , what they( tried) to recreate today.!!

I think the Pugance britannae was the British war/hunting molossar type that the romans liked when they invaded cant remember where I read it though,good thread mate.

Atb Mick