ACD x greyhound

[mush 204]

? Ask him

[OldPhil 5,801]

6 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

Don’t suppose you know how the one jigsaw used was bred? I know your a bit of a kelpie geek no offence, so thought you might know

I walked out with the Kelpie Dam of Jigsaw's original first cross,...I rated her and possibly should have taken her home with me. I liked her a lot and as stated, upon refection, I was silly not to take her .

Shortly afterwards, my pal swapped her for a Bull Cross .

The guy was a friend of my old pal Dave Cooper (the Kelpie Kid) and he pretty soon bred his own litter .

When this antipodean herder really gels with it's running dog counterpart, the resulting pups invariable make a great starting point to create, a future line of lurchers....

The quandary of where to go next, after that initial first hybridisation is where the real problem begins.

I must confess to trying, several options,...and it is only now that I have twigged onto my mistakes.

Sadly,...all a tad too late,.. to be of any real use... 

Keep at em' lads...

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by OldPhil

[saluki bouy 717]

1 hour ago, W. Katchum said:

just an after thought, you heard of, or even watched the new mini series called muster dogs yet? I been told it’s great to give it a watch but ain’t found anywhere yet, just a heads up in case you ain’t heard of it

Try 123 chill website best if you’ve an add blocker though 

[MagyarAgar 88]

Nice topic. I really fancy these aussy herding dog crosses.

Anyone ever heard or seen a sal/grey x kelpie? or even a sal x kelpie?
I recon they would be able to work day and night...

[SheepChaser 8,089]

2 minutes ago, MagyarAgar said:

Nice topic. I really fancy these aussy herding dog crosses.

Anyone ever heard or seen a sal/grey x kelpie? or even a sal x kelpie?
I recon they would be able to work day and night...

Good chance they’d be a total c*nt though  

[MagyarAgar 88]

2 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

Good chance they’d be a total c*nt though  

What do you mean by that? Genuine question.

Totally mental? Uncontrollable? Never had a any of the breeds...

[SheepChaser 8,089]

3 minutes ago, MagyarAgar said:

What do you mean by that? Genuine question.

Totally mental? Uncontrollable? Never had a any of the breeds...

It’s probably just me but I’ve found saluki + herder often = mental / weirdo 

[MagyarAgar 88]

4 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

It’s probably just me but I’ve found saluki + herder often = mental / weirdo 

I recon by that you do not mean the good kind of mental/weirdo

[nothernlite 18,089]

My wr acdxgrey x colliexgrey great we rabbit dog 19months old

[Aussie Whip 4,112]

On the kelpies I've seen top workers no bigger than my parson for in the yards to big rangy dogs almost German Shepherd size that worked Brahma cattle in the hills. You mostly see the standard size being worked over here though around the 18kg mark.

[jigsaw 11,866]

Here's a dog I bought in 1984,at a game fair in Notts,from a Paul Taylor, saluki/greyhound X Collie/greyhound...fathom being his grand dam....an amazing dog for me,lamped 4 or more nights on the trot when the moon was down,the Collie was the strongest trait in him with the saluki stamina,he took a lot of rabbits every night,couldn't tire him out 

[forest of dean redneck 11,631]

1 hour ago, Aussie Whip said:

On the kelpies I've seen top workers no bigger than my parson for in the yards to big rangy dogs almost German Shepherd size that worked Brahma cattle in the hills. You mostly see the standard size being worked over here though around the 18kg mark.

Must take a special kind of dog to work the brahmas? 

[Black neck 16,018]

2 hours ago, nothernlite said:

My wr acdxgrey x colliexgrey great we rabbit dog 19months old

Marking a big male haggis

[Aussie Whip 4,112]

7 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Must take a special kind of dog to work the brahmas? 

Yeah, I lived on a property up the coast and the old neighbor had a dozen or so of these big lanky kelpies he'd bred for 50 years. He owned a couple of thousand acres of rainforest mountains that the cattle roamed over. He used to take at least six when mustering. He was a nice bloke and I remember one dog was 19 years old and still did a bit. He was a bit soft hearted with his dogs but they were good workers for him and he treated  them like kings, a good dog man.

[MagyarAgar 88]

2 hours ago, jigsaw said:

Here's a dog I bought in 1984,at a game fair in Notts,from a Paul Taylor, saluki/greyhound X Collie/greyhound...fathom being his grand dam....an amazing dog for me,lamped 4 or more nights on the trot when the moon was down,the Collie was the strongest trait in him with the saluki stamina,he took a lot of rabbits every night,couldn't tire him out 

Looks like a fine dog!
I wonder why you do not see more sal/grey x collie/kelpie/acd crosses. Maybe @SheepChaser is on to something when he says they are mental.