Late Maturity

[springfield 20]

Has anyone had a lurcher not mature until gone 2 years old got a bitch here age 17 months not came in season yet and very very puppyish

[doglad1 32]

Most deerhound/ deerhound crosses are 2/3 year old before maturing

[jiggy 3,209]

I have a dog 14 months that still squats when pissing he hasn't started cocking his leg yet, they are slower to mature than terriers. Why would you want the bitch in season yet? she's too young/inexperienced to breed so it's just an unwanted nuisance at an important stage of her training/career in mid season.

[Sirblessed 2,511]

All my old big hounds were slow to mature compared to the smaller x's

[springfield 20]

Jiggy I've no intention of breeding just reckon it may mature her abit.

[Trev70 5,185]

Got a hancock bitch here, she was 2 in September and still puppyish, got told years ago that hancocks are slow to mature which seem right in her case.

[ginger beard 4,652]

Most deerhound/ deerhound crosses are 2/3 year old before maturing

2-3 to come into season maybe which i always thought was a good thing but not to settle down into work.

[bob84 189]

I have a bitch here coming up to 5 I was told to pts at 15mths as she had no interest in doing anything but I kept going with her the penny finally dropped and off we went now she's no world beater but she'll lamp and ferret run and catch a Fox but won't finish it I can live with that waiting a little longer won't do any harm but rushing her could .

[jiggy 3,209]

Jiggy I've no intention of breeding just reckon it may mature her abit.

i doubt a heat cycle would make much difference they could have 2 or 3 cycles and still be immature take when you were physically able to have sex for example how many years after that would you say it took before you were a responsible adult lol.

[Joshua Wheeler 60]

My dog whippet 2. Just starting to settle down.makes it worth while when it starts to come together.some are just natruals and others you got too put in the hard work.researched this before and rember folk saying some of there best dogs were the slowest starter.and some of the old coarsing greats were passed around until tje right trainer got there hands on them

[grompz 703]

hows it bred,lot of the larger bred lurchers like the deerhoundxs,are slow to mature and come out of puppy hood,dont write it off just yet, perserve and in 6mths you could well have ahandy working dog seen it happen before.

[C.green 3,229]

Got a dog here has killed a lot for its age but I still don't think I seen the best of it yet still very puppyish around other dogs. It's not something that is worry about though if there catching just hang in there and don't give them too much too soon ??

[Leggy65 36]

Got a bitch I bred, she coming 19 months and still puppyish, every dog is different! Does my nut in some days when the older bitch is hunting or trying to hunt the pup running a long side wanting to play! Until yesterday evening when they put a fox up and hunted it in to forestry patch. When they eventually lost it and came back the pup seamed different and all fired up, hopefully she,s turned a corner!

[jiggy 3,209]

I'm 36 and try shag every bird I meet and beat every equal type male. I don't cock my leg but I'm far from mature.lol

[springfield 20]

Cheers for replies all. She's 1/2 whippet,3/8 Greyhound,1/8 saluki