Opinions and experiences of running a pure Greyhound...

[jigsaw 11,899]

5 hours ago, TOMO said:

get a good whippet over her....

i was talking to my son the last few days and spoke on what would be good on her even though were not breeding her ,as we cant get out to work the ones i have ,never mind another...but i do have a mate with the maddest gamest little 19 inch pure whippet ever,hes good on the lamp,has tackled and taken stick from foxes,and carried a few yards across a field hanging off a sika ,(im not sure that the sika even knew it was being assaulted by it)...but its a do or die little fecker

[jigsaw 11,899]

3 hours ago, mC HULL said:

Blows my mind why anyone would use one as a hunter main thing you want with hunting dog is robustness hard enough dealing with little niggles during season pure grey be a nightmare lol 

plus they have zero brain and once the wet comes and there up past ankles in slop what you think will happen lol 

If you want a runner to go out with 4 times a year and be laid quiet the rest of the time I couldn’t think of out better  lol  

yes Mc Hull these pures are certainly not for you...lol

[jigsaw 11,899]

58 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Glad you kept hold of her, let her son cover her

Better of putting the whippet over his half cross bitch out the greyhound

jesus Katch,thats incest ffs.......is that the norm in your hood lol

them two i have arent seeing any sex action till they do some damage ...ive had 3 days ferreting this season and a bit of pricking about ,but this lockdown was not beneficial to any of us ver here if your living in a city...

[Busher100 748]

12 hours ago, Kingofthelamp said:

I’ve had lurchers all my life with just about every breed being in the kennels but never ran a purebred greyhound I’ve had track bitches before and tried them was a super nights lamping but I have now got a new dog pup 5 months old at 23 1/2 TTS already. What’s your thought and past or present dogs you lot have had any stories...

King,atb

Have 3 myself 2 coursing bred 1 race bred only one that doesn’t work is the big ginger bitch I have as she’s retired due to injury the other 2 are lamping at least twice a week good at their job not shy of getting hold of much not upto much on rabbits tho definitely not saluki x or bull x standard but for a couple of fox a week and abit of excitement on a hare they do grand 

[jigsaw 11,899]

5 minutes ago, Busher100 said:

Have 3 myself 2 coursing bred 1 race bred only one that doesn’t work is the big ginger bitch I have as she’s retired due to injury the other 2 are lamping at least twice a week good at their job not shy of getting hold of much not upto much on rabbits tho definitely not saluki x or bull x standard but for a couple of fox a week and abit of excitement on a hare they do grand 

mighty stuff......thers hope after all lol

[poxon 5,773]

1 hour ago, W. Katchum said:

Glad you kept hold of her, let her son cover her

Better of putting the whippet over his half cross bitch out the greyhound

If the son was/is a good dog that would be the perfect x back to mother keeping the line tight of impunity

[Busher100 748]

3 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

mighty stuff......thers hope after all lol

Surprised most lurcher lads ain’t got 1 they have a go at most things and easy to have about the place not like this cunty bull x

[dogmandont 9,966]

6 hours ago, mC HULL said:

Blows my mind why anyone would use one as a hunter main thing you want with hunting dog is robustness hard enough dealing with little niggles during season pure grey be a nightmare lol 

plus they have zero brain and once the wet comes and there up past ankles in slop what you think will happen lol 

If you want a runner to go out with 4 times a year and be laid quiet the rest of the time I couldn’t think of out better  lol  

Maybe your minds just very easily blown. Lol. 

[mC HULL 13,852]

9 minutes ago, dogmandont said:

Maybe your minds just very easily blown. Lol. 

Maybe mate lol but I think it be the greyhound blown to bits before my mind lol

[poxon 5,773]

Tbh I think you’d have to be a brave man to want to try working a greyhound to any degree to me you sacrifice everything a working lurcher is meant to be for a dog that’s only bred for out an out speed with nothing else to offer 

[Black neck 16,251]

13 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

Maybe mate lol but I think it be the greyhound blown to bits before my mind lol

Have u ever ran a pure grey mc

[mC HULL 13,852]

No mate I’ve been out with a good few though like been said on here by lads they great for point and slip on the lamp for a few seen them kill big dog fox hitting them that hard nasty killers

good day time for a few bends always exciting with a oohs and ahhhs

I had a good lamper daytime dog bred from a grey to heavy Sal dog great pot filler but barmy lol  

You have to remember greyhound was always doubled up really even coursing back in day or bet on dog with most bends etc it was never about killing but chasing speed  

[Busher100 748]

10 minutes ago, poxon said:

Tbh I think you’d have to be a brave man to want to try working a greyhound to any degree to me you sacrifice everything a working lurcher is meant to be for a dog that’s only bred for out an out speed with nothing else to offer 

I’m a coward and I do plenty with mine a working lurcher is meant to catch things a greyhound will usually do just that they are not bull xs but to say they don’t offer nothing you’ve not seen any work I assume 

[dogmandont 9,966]

10 minutes ago, Busher100 said:

I’m a coward and I do plenty with mine a working lurcher is meant to catch things a greyhound will usually do just that they are not bull xs but to say they don’t offer nothing you’ve not seen any work I assume 

A friend has just put a belgian shepard over a bitch he has, the bitch jumps 5 bar gates, clears double sheep fencing that's 5 foot apart with 2 strands of barbed wire on top, recall is perfect and she ain't shy at getting stuck into stuff. 

[Busher100 748]

Just now, dogmandont said:

A friend has just put a belgian shepard over a bitch he has, the bitch jumps 5 bar gates, clears double sheep fencing that's 5 foot apart with 2 strands of barbed wire on top, recall is perfect and she ain't shy at getting stuck into stuff. 

Yeah they’re handy enough I’d say mate mine come back to me that’s as far as it goes none mine Jump they do retrieve the very rare rabbits n hares they get tho not something I’ve trained at all just whistle em and they come back with it proud as punch