3/4 grey 1/4 collie lacks wind

[low plains drifter 10,540]

2 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Blacky knows THINGS

He's got more shit than a farmers field

[Black neck 15,979]

2 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

He's got more shit than a farmers field

Slurry ill think ul find old chap 

[low plains drifter 10,540]

11 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Slurry ill think ul find old chap 

One step beyond

What madness eh !

[Black neck 15,979]

3 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

One step beyond

What madness eh !

Your the strangest guy I've ever heard ote on 

Fo real

[fred90 3,233]

15 hours ago, Trev70 said:

The last one I owned was a Hancock bitch the black and white rough Bitch on some of my vids , she was a nice bitch to own and was fast but only had half a days  work in her , she had no wind at all she had about ten rabbits in her on the lamp then she was done. She went for free to a lad that works her with nets and he says she’s the best ferreting dog he’s owned but not my kind of ferreting dog

what have the whippets been like trev? in general stamina wise? 

[Daniel cain 45,459]

16 hours ago, whitefeet4190 said:

Yer that's the other thing now u mention it, he is the only one of mine that double coated the rest are smooth so will get rid of the heat better 

My wheaton x has  struggled in the warm weather of late, I've dropped her weight that's helped a bit, I get out around 8:30 in the evenings when it's cooler, think we both prefer that tbh

[Trev70 5,185]

2 hours ago, fred90 said:

what have the whippets been like trev? in general stamina wise? 

From what I've owned and seen Fred most whippets will work all day and put in a good shift lamping rabbits mate.

[Luckee legs 471]

As some have already said, a running dog with a decent coat will struggle in warm weather. I have a Collie x who will ferret all day, runs canicross with me and needs walking 2 hours + in winter days but since April looks like he can barely handle an hour's walk at midday.

[two crows 3,342]

border collies can get a condition where they collapse after heavy work, and are prone to hyperventilation, don't know if either affect crosses.

[bird 9,916]

38 minutes ago, two crows said:

border collies can get a condition where they collapse after heavy work, and are prone to hyperventilation, don't know if either affect crosses.

Never knew that mate ?  old bryn my 1x collie x grey , could when he was younger put in 30 a night , few times a week , but thinking about it, he did need more rest between each run , where as Buck my 1x Alsatian x grey,  seemed to have better stamina  with his runs, maybe  a gsd  bit better stamina  than collie , and taking in the difference Buck lot bigger dog than old bryn,  3 in taller and 30lb heavier .?    But any 1/4 bred  x back to a greyhound  will loose that bit of stamina  deff, that where the old 1x gains , but might loose liitle bit of pace to 1/4 bred , but both my 1x  dogs   had plenty of pace in the lamp .

[bird 9,916]

4 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

The thing I found with the 3/4 Bred, an I only had 2 i me time so could be wrong, was they couldn’t take the work load, was fine day by day an night by night, but ask the dogs to do 3 nights in bounce or even just most nights a week an few mornings ferreting an they lost Condition, at time tho I did have Sal/grey x collie/grey aswell an that bitch could go all night every night, the 3/4 Breda I had tho were fast as fcuk an real nice mutts have about, I only rehomed one them as I was out most nights an the dog didn’t like being left in now an again but looked like a bag a bones if allowed to come with us all time

 thats it (sal grey x collie x grey ) that drop  sal   make a real differnce , a bloke i knew had big 28 in salx grey x collie x grey , big brindle dog look ed like a greyhound apart from it ears  lol, fast dog and run all night  3-4 times a week , he ran one night with a 1/4 bred collie x 3/4 grey another big dog , but sal x had deff better recovery  wind, so you right mate above

[sandymere 8,263]

Heat is the biggest problem, for well muscled dogs especially so, muscles create a lot of heat and it takes time to dissipate and heavily greyhound blooded dogs tend to have a high percentage of muscle mass compared to other dogs. Keep them fit and the weight down plus coats stripped then be aware of the dogs limits. 

[whitefeet4190 1,725]

Cheers sandymere that makes sense

[dodger 2,765]

Don't think iv ever seen a greyhound saturated dog that didn't lack wind?

[JAE B 550]

On 04/08/2020 at 20:40, whitefeet4190 said:

He's 14 months mate, the other dogs are in the same conditions, I don't know maybe I am just reading in to it too much

Ad say it’s more the heat