Planned litters?

[northern lad 2,292]

Bit of a long shot I know,but is anybody planning on breeding a litter of lab/grey or pointer/grey pups in the near future?I'm asking for a friend of mine who lost his old bitch earlier this week.Hes a good lad,goes about his business quietly and looks after his dogs very well.Any info appreciated.Cheers Dave

[Councilestatekid 1,962]

I've a nice lab if someone has a grey bitch

Edited August 31, 2018 by Councilestatekid

[Mr Wilkes 3,059]

9 hours ago, northern lad said:

Bit of a long shot I know,but is anybody planning on breeding a litter of lab/grey or pointer/grey pups in the near future?I'm asking for a friend of mine who lost his old bitch earlier this week.Hes a good lad,goes about his business quietly and looks after his dogs very well.Any info appreciated.Cheers Dave

I think with a cross of this sort he would be better breeding his own. ( if he has the space) they would make excellent hunting mooching dogs but they would only be wanted by a select few, keep us up to date with any info

[Councilestatekid 1,962]

Yes it wouldn't be my kind of cross to be honest as I don't know the benifit of the cross if any but be intrested to see what the main use was for a lab grey cross would be 

[blackmaggie 3,377]

There was one Liverpool way a very good fox dog by all accounts bosun  /at/ mud could tell you more and the one I went out quite a bit no good on teeth but a very good dog on  all edible it was a hardy sort could  run clever and take a good knock good feet and coat 

[Mr Wilkes 3,059]

17 hours ago, Councilestatekid said:

I've a nice lab if someone has a grey bitch

What’s his breeding ? Do you have any pics of him you could put up ?.

[Councilestatekid 1,962]

44 minutes ago, Mr Wilkes said:

What’s his breeding ? Do you have any pics of him you could put up ?.

[Councilestatekid 1,962]

Sire was a big red gamekeeper bred dog mother was a gUn dog aswel have names on his ped but not sure off top of my head pal he's my 1st lab always been a lurcher and terrier lad 

[Councilestatekid 1,962]

I don't think there's any up near you I'm not to far from catterick like prob a hourish drive but it's not me walking the course even though I do loose a few quid up there now and again

[Councilestatekid 1,962]

I went for the fox red has they tend to be from more working stock but now I tend to see a lot about think there in fashion at the minute but not a fan of the narrow heads on a lot of them.he's been good so far.

[blackmaggie 3,377]

You might be thinking of shoot lodge Ketchum he's up your way and a. Decent red lab could be him 

[Str 793]

20 hours ago, Councilestatekid said:

He’s a nice type but I would look for a Drakeshead bred dog as they are more athletic,I had one out of Sam of Drakeshead who was very fast, the dog in the pic looks to have a big head shortish legs this is not a criticism of the dog but there are much better labs for crossing with a greyhound,around 15-20 years ago me and a friend tried to breed this cross but his greyhound never came properly in to season it was a real shame as my lab would have thrown some great first crosses.

[Mr Wilkes 3,059]

Do you have a pic of him ?.

[Str 793]

6 minutes ago, Mr Wilkes said:

Do you have a pic of him ?.

I have but can’t put up till tomorrow, if you google Drakeshead.com that’s John halsteads website you can have a look at his labs.

[Allan P 1,150]

I've always liked the idea of lab based lurcher, good nose, easy going temp ,drive and good retrieving instinct also fairly tough feet. A good rough shooting type lab to a grew would be my preferred choice. On paper the ideal rabbiting  lurcher IMO.