Game Salukis

[Black neck 15,929]

2 hours ago, sandymere said:

Aren't they? And more coming.?

Looks lovely that does as me old whippet racing mate used to say if look the part they usually are

[Black neck 15,929]

Without offending anyone its back legs are skinny compared to a grey just an observation 

[mushroom 12,918]

4 hours ago, sandymere said:

How many are really doing that these days? And how many are bred on a ancestral name rather than their own achievement? Those that have been there and done that are superb but?

As to what could bring something to the table? These will bring speed endurance, robustness and heat resistance and only the best proven dogs get to breed.

 

That's a well known dog and has done very well. Produced some good blood. Yet still, the amount of waste in the galgo population is incredible. More bad than good from what I have seen and been told, however..... a good galgo is a force to reckon with ? still snipey nosed, whining cnuts though ??

[Busher100 739]

Dogs bred to run long distances like the galgo and saluki seem to not have bulging muscles like sprinting dogs e.g. greyhound or whippets but more of a long leaner muscle like a marothon runner vs a sprinter

[mushroom 12,918]

28 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Without offending anyone its back legs are skinny compared to a grey just an observation 

They're built different mate. No doubting their power and speed but they ain't greyhounds as we know them. Some of the larger specimens are a beauty to behold

Edited March 10, 2018 by mushroom

[Dinosaurs 2,044]

Seem to have bloody good feet some of that ground looked harsh. Atb

[ginger beard 4,652]

Like a saluki.not alot of difference except maybe the deep chest in looks.

[low plains drifter 10,474]

4 hours ago, Busher100 said:

Dogs bred to run long distances like the galgo and saluki seem to not have bulging muscles like sprinting dogs e.g. greyhound or whippets but more of a long leaner muscle like a marothon runner vs a sprinter

Some of the saluki lurchers have got back legs like tops of beef and can run til the cows come home and then some  

[Gilbey 1,434]

4 hours ago, ginger beard said:

Like a saluki.not alot of difference except maybe the deep chest in looks.

just a saluki type x grey, Sandymere says their between the two temp wise

[trenchfoot 4,243]

Adding saluki into a lurcher for running hare is no more cheating than adding bull for running foxes.

[fireman 10,886]

1 hour ago, trenchfoot said:

Adding saluki into a lurcher for running hare is no more cheating than adding bull for running foxes.

I was saying it's just what i think,if i was a pure chaser of the hare i'd have a native bred dog for doing so with,not knocking those that do with what ever dog they want to it just ain't for me....

Just to add for my own lurcher has saluki,bull and belgium mally blood in her so it isn't i have issues with foreign blooded dogs,i'd just use a native bred dog if i was a coursing man...

[two crows 3,342]

29 minutes ago, fireman said:

I was saying it's just what i think,if i was a pure chaser of the hare i'd have a native bred dog for doing so with,not knocking those that do with what ever dog they want to it just ain't for me....

Just to add for my own lurcher has saluki,bull and belgium mally blood in her so it isn't i have issues with foreign blooded dogs,i'd just use a native bred dog if i was a coursing man...

I appreciate what your saying mate and  variety is the spice of the lurcher world , during the 90's when coursing clubs were common there was still lads running collie crosses, greyhounds allsorts of things, but but by the end they all saw the light, you need to have some chance of success to enjoy any sport, and not all saluki lurchers are champions, far from it and brown hares don't role over easy.  with regard to galgos what is there ancestry, and is the Spanish hare same as ours.

[sandymere 8,263]

8 hours ago, mushroom said:

That's a well known dog and has done very well. Produced some good blood. Yet still, the amount of waste in the galgo population is incredible. More bad than good from what I have seen and been told, however..... a good galgo is a force to reckon with ? still snipey nosed, whining cnuts though ??

High wastage with high standards and a bit of British blood should take the whine out

[sandymere 8,263]

22 minutes ago, two crows said:

I appreciate what your saying mate and  variety is the spice of the lurcher world , during the 90's when coursing clubs were common there was still lads running collie crosses, greyhounds allsorts of things, but but by the end they all saw the light, you need to have some chance of success to enjoy any sport, and not all saluki lurchers are champions, far from it and brown hares don't role over easy.  with regard to galgos what is there ancestry, and is the Spanish hare same as ours.

Yes it's the same hare and their ancestry is chasing hares since pre biblical times. ?

[Guest edrd]

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Edited March 15, 2018 by edrd