ACD x greyhound

[jigsaw 11,875]

Just now, MagyarAgar said:

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.

This dog I had trained to the gun,no bother,pheasants retrieved in fine style,I was with the land owner one day and we were chatting so long I ignored the dog,when I looked for him he was fast asleep in with a load of week old lambs and ewes,all cuddled up together,the time my 1 st child was 3 years old,he growled at him one day, and he was out the back for good,never left in again....that was the only time he let himself down,he ran in to a scratching stone while lamping afterwards and didn't last long after,before I had to put him down,but he was a well mannered dog up to that growling incident

[mackem 26,982]

4 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 

Fathom as in Plummers Fathom? 

[Black neck 16,049]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

Fathom as in Plummers Fathom? 

The bantam stealer

[jigsaw 11,875]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

Fathom as in Plummers Fathom? 

Yeah,that's what he said I think back then

[C.green 3,231]

I used to own a very handy brindle dog that was coursing dog x collie lurcher but heavier on the coursing side. Dog was like a human i wouldnt slip on some of the places i ran that dog regular now. Sort of dog just tag along doing anything

[jackthelad 1,895]

3 hours ago, mackem said:

Fathom as in Plummers Fathom? 

I saw dogs down from that fathom run up on the islands on rabbits they where something else crackin feet great coats Plummer might been full a shite but these collie bred lurchers on rabbit well they were sublime an that’s from someone don’t like a collie bred lurcher 

[mackem 26,982]

Just now, jackthelad said:

I saw dogs down from that fathom run up on the islands on rabbits they where something else crackin feet great coats Plummer might been full a shite but these collie bred lurchers on rabbit well they were sublime an that’s from someone don’t like a collie bred lurcher 

Yup, I used to look at my dog, then read of his wonder dogs and feel a bit deflated as a kid

[jackthelad 1,895]

14 minutes ago, mackem said:

Yup, I used to look at my dog, then read of his wonder dogs and feel a bit deflated as a kid

We all grow up from em day stealing his books out the library eh

[mackem 26,982]

3 minutes ago, jackthelad said:

We all grow up from em day stealing his books out the library eh

I purloined the lot, I was a kid, I didn't have the cash for those books, into me haversack they went anyway Trevor Mcdonald the newsreader used to nick books as a child (probably not plummer books though) so all's good in the hood

[Bosun11 537]

12 minutes ago, jackthelad said:

We all grow up from em day stealing his books out the library eh

I've still got a couple

[jackthelad 1,895]

Just now, Bosun11 said:

I've still got a couple

Same mate still flick through that Nathan now and again them books and the early shooting times with the likes of dairgi an aul Phil on here kept me out of school and Mack a think aul trev was a bit more well off than me an you aul chap .... no offence 

[mackem 26,982]

1 minute ago, jackthelad said:

 Mack a think aul trev was a bit more well off than me an you aul chap .

That f***ing thieving cnut he set me on the road to ruin

[dytkos 17,813]

55 minutes ago, Bosun11 said:

I've still got a couple

And me

Cheers, D.

[jigsaw 11,875]

3 hours ago, jackthelad said:

I saw dogs down from that fathom run up on the islands on rabbits they where something else crackin feet great coats Plummer might been full a shite but these collie bred lurchers on rabbit well they were sublime an that’s from someone don’t like a collie bred lurcher 

I'm not joking but I was mental keen on the lamping and ferreting at the time,I saw the moon dissapear,I was out for as much as I could ,night after night,30/40 plus rabbits each night,and that's cause I got beat before the dog,and back up for work the next day.....he was a stamina packed animal,the one night I remembered most was 42 rabbits a hare and a fox,the pride I had for this dog was huge....then he growled at my kid and it all went south lol

[scutty96 314]

On 04/02/2022 at 18:40, W. Katchum said:

She looking well mate, what’s she like. Mine is as keen as fcuk, clever as f**k, likes to do stuff her own way sometimes but still gets it’s done, easy to live with an a doddle to have out an about, perfect with kids an folk, but hyper with strange dogs for a minute or 2 until she settles, an same on lamp, she needs a run or 2 to settle down and get into her stride but once she does she like clock work an can go as long as I can, an ferreting is where she comes into her own, het nose is spot on an her focus an patience is getting better with every warren, I’d have another if they all like this

Sounds similar to mine, although I’ve not done as much with her as I’d hoped, had her out with some podenco packs and she is nervy at first but is ok once there’s a bit of action she starts to relax, she’s been reared on a remote farm and with Covid regulations out here as well, as a pup she didn’t get to see many other dogs so more down to that I think. Great nose marked warrens from the first time she went ferreting, and is always flat out finding and flushing partridge, great for the type of ground here, it’s rough and she’s never had a single problem with her feet