How Much Collie Is To Much

[socks 32,253]

Don't be silly you don't think otherwise you wouldn't own an beddy cross lol ............

[nothernlite 18,088]

Lol had a we collie was great we ferreting dog no bad at the lamping apart from stalking if it was stalking a rabbit then it ran it would come back to me lol.great we marker then it turnedb6 years old would false Mark wouldn't take its eyes of you ended up scatty shame

[TOMO 26,185]

a bit of collie is enough,,,with bits of other stuff,,,,in other words a LURCHER,,,

 

i do like the line bred collie typs..but again some of them have bits added,,like whipp or deer.....

 

and as karchum said them coursing dog crosses are handy

[springfield 20]

I've a whippet grey bitch im looking to breed in a couple of seasons. I want to add some substance this generation and probably go down the collie route. Know of a few genuine working collies near but also of a half bred hancock. My bitch is only 22" unsure if that size can take to the collie frame aswell as a greyhound does

[mackem 26,527]

The best dog I ever saw in 35 years was a border beardie cross grey. I have spoken about that dog before on here and of all the dogs I have seen it was the one I would dearly have loved to own.

Best I have seen was a border/beardie from hancock,his owner used to be on here,saw the dog take around 100 fox in a winter,decent on rabbits,loved fallow deer,he was a machine.

[Chid 6,537]

Can never have to much collie IMO

[poxon 5,741]

1/4 collie or less does me nicely for what I need I need them racey as second chances are not give on the land I run over

[billhardy 2,342]

 

The best dog I ever saw in 35 years was a border beardie cross grey. I have spoken about that dog before on here and of all the dogs I have seen it was the one I would dearly have loved to own.

 

Best I have seen was a border/beardie from hancock,his owner used to be on here,saw the dog take around 100 fox in a winter,decent on rabbits,loved fallow deer,he was a machine.

what sort height was he then .atb bunnys.

[mackem 26,527]

 

 

The best dog I ever saw in 35 years was a border beardie cross grey. I have spoken about that dog before on here and of all the dogs I have seen it was the one I would dearly have loved to own.

Best I have seen was a border/beardie from hancock,his owner used to be on here,saw the dog take around 100 fox in a winter,decent on rabbits,loved fallow deer,he was a machine.

what sort height was he then .atb bunnys.

 

He was 25 or 26 inch mate,if the owner is still on here under another name he might chime in,this was around 25 years back,the dog was frequently worked across Essex and Hertfordshire back then,the owner was from the north-east but used to travel down weekly.

[colliejohn 840]

It,s eäch to their own, personaly i prefer more collie in my dogs than greyhound blood where i work my dogs a greyhound type wouldn't live two minutes, also ī,m not a huge fan of 3/4 type dogs, I breed my own and my dogs are off genuine working lines, and genuine working collies. Regards Collie John.

[forest of dean redneck 11,607]

 

 

 

The best dog I ever saw in 35 years was a border beardie cross grey. I have spoken about that dog before on here and of all the dogs I have seen it was the one I would dearly have loved to own.

 

Best I have seen was a border/beardie from hancock,his owner used to be on here,saw the dog take around 100 fox in a winter,decent on rabbits,loved fallow deer,he was a machine.

what sort height was he then .atb bunnys.

He was 25 or 26 inch mate,if the owner is still on here under another name he might chime in,this was around 25 years back,the dog was frequently worked across Essex and Hertfordshire back then,the owner was from the north-east but used to travel down weekly.

I think back then the dogs from there were not to bad I had a small bearded border bitch for a bit ,nowadays I'm wondering about the bearded collie blood.As finding working type bearded collies must be getting harder.

Though I like the look of the offspring from the mr Jones stud dog .but it's whether I round stump up the £350-400 for a Pup kept in a pen ,also the pups look ribby.

[forest of dean redneck 11,607]

It,s eäch to their own, personaly i prefer more collie in my dogs than greyhound blood where i work my dogs a greyhound type wouldn't live two minutes, also ī,m not a huge fan of 3/4 type dogs, I breed my own and my dogs are off genuine working lines, and genuine working collies. Regards Collie John.

Do you ever work a reverse cross 3/4 collie 1/4 running dog?

[Neal 1,869]

I agree with all the above who have said it depends on the ground you're working your dog on, though I'd add that your own temperament and how it gels with collies (or not as the case may be) is as important.

 

When I bought my first lurcher it was a half bred and I was living in Coniston. When I moved back to Hampshire I continued with the half crosses for a few years until I bought a pure herding dog and now find that because of where I work them (very small fields with dense hedgerows and woodland with a lot of undergrowth) I catch more with them than I did with the half crosses. The flip side is that whenever they see any in the open they haven't got a hope of catching up to it, let alone turning it.

[colliejohn 840]

I used to work a reverse threequarter, Kim was a cracking bitch and she never let me down. Regards Collie John.

[LamperJohn 12]

Top class Kim was John put a lot of gear to bed she did atb pal