ACD x greyhound

[breeze 1,308]

16 hours ago, Bosun11 said:

I've still got a couple

And me....  

[Neal 1,873]

On 05/02/2022 at 18:01, 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

Apologies for taking so long to reply but I've had a busy weekend so I've only just seen your question. I have a feeling I did ask Jigsaw about the sire at the time but can't remember now. If Jigsaw can remind me of the sire's name I'll see what I can find out. 

P.S. I'm not in the least offended...I'm proud to be a boffin/nerd/geek.

[jigsaw 11,866]

1 hour ago, Neal said:

Apologies for taking so long to reply but I've had a busy weekend so I've only just seen your question. I have a feeling I did ask Jigsaw about the sire at the time but can't remember now. If Jigsaw can remind me of the sire's name I'll see what I can find out. 

P.S. I'm not in the least offended...I'm proud to be a boffin/nerd/geek.

I can't remember,but the grandsire I think he said was imported from somewhere,....I'll see if I can find his number,he's a hill farmer and just a tad strange ,devoid of all social skills I reckon lol

[Neal 1,873]

4 hours ago, jigsaw said:

I can't remember,but the grandsire I think he said was imported from somewhere,....I'll see if I can find his number,he's a hill farmer and just a tad strange ,devoid of all social skills I reckon lol

Sounds like me!

Was the grandsire Karana Krypto? He was imported to the UK from Australia and used at stud a lot. I'm fairly certain he was the sire of Dave Coopers male. He was then bought by someone in Ireland. He was the grandsire of my third kelpie Scout. The Karana bloodlines are very worky (from my limited experience). 

[jigsaw 11,866]

Yes I THINK he mentioned him,it's been 2 years,and between time and the accent of the Kelpie owner ,it's a bit of a battle to keep up...I will see if I can find any chat I had with him,I know where he lives but no idea of his name,he's 2 hrs from me ,travel

[Neal 1,873]

Krypto sired at least two litters at Dingle kelpie stud. One in 2007 out of a bitch called Ziggy (who was the sister of my first kelpie bitch's sire) and one in 2008 out of Patsy (full sister of Amber). It's a small world.

[Neal 1,873]

Anyway...as much as I love waffling on about kelpies...let's get back to the heelers which were the original theme of this thread.

[OldPhil 5,801]

Yeah, do try to keep on track Neal

 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by OldPhil

[SheepChaser 8,089]

A heeler x whippet or grey would be interesting ......

[OldPhil 5,801]

21 hours ago, SheepChaser said:

A heeler x whippet or grey would be interesting ......

Aye,.. mine were kinda rapid

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by OldPhil

[mush 204]

Lot of them seem to look to heavy , and thats to a greyhound never mined a whippet.

[Black neck 16,018]

15 minutes ago, mush said:

Lot of them seem to look to heavy , and thats to a greyhound never mined a whippet.

Looks can be deceivinggggg

[scutty96 314]

A man I follow on Instagram in Australia crosses stumpy tail cattle dogs with whippets for finding and baying boars, has a small pack of them

[Aussie Whip 4,112]

I think the cattle/grey is a better cross than cattle/whippet for rabbits. The latter is just a skinny ACD, not enough leg. Saying that a lot use the whip/cattles for rabbits in the pine forests here but I like faster types. As scutty says they do make good pig bailers.

[Neal 1,873]

29 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

I think the cattle/grey is a better cross than cattle/whippet for rabbits. The latter is just a skinny ACD, not enough leg. Saying that a lot use the whip/cattles for rabbits in the pine forests here but I like faster types. As scutty says they do make good pig bailers.

This is a genuine question as I have no experience of breeding whatsoever. I've always wondered why it is that people say that a whippet won't take the extra weight of a first cross which is one reason for favouring greyhound blood instead.

My "rational" brain says that surely a half whippet half base blood is taking the weight of a dog which is half whippet half base blood rather than a whippet taking the weight of a dog which is all base blood. Does that make sense?

As I said, genuine question.