Hairy Pair

[chartpolski 22,758]

16 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

charts with a bit a stubble and a hairy un

There's a slight resemblance;

Cheers.

[mC HULL 11,907]

38 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

There's a slight resemblance;

Cheers.

corker mate

[chartpolski 22,758]

What do you think of these little hairy dogs, mC ?

Cheers.

[chartpolski 22,758]

5 minutes ago, Tick Tock said:

Have they got desert dawg in em Greengrass?

No, they are an AKC breed called "silken Windhounds", basically, (dare I say it ?), line bred whippet x borzoi.

Bonny looking things, if you like hairy dogs, but I've never heard of them doing much more than showing and lure coursing.

Cheers.

[Neal 1,853]

Here's my old one. If I say so myself...probably the ugliest lurcher ever bred.

[Neal 1,853]

But he did look a bit better before a hair cut...

[mC HULL 11,907]

On 10/06/2022 at 09:44, chartpolski said:

What do you think of these little hairy dogs, mC ?

Cheers.

take some brushing i recon borzoi?

[mC HULL 11,907]

On 10/06/2022 at 10:18, chartpolski said:

No, they are an AKC breed called "silken Windhounds", basically, (dare I say it ?), line bred whippet x borzoi.

Bonny looking things, if you like hairy dogs, but I've never heard of them doing much more than showing and lure coursing.

Cheers.

silken windhounds

showing Nd lure coursing took after the whippet

[Aussie Whip 4,062]

20 hours ago, Neal said:

I reckon he's a nice animal Neal 

[Neal 1,853]

39 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

I reckon he's a nice animal Neal 

I can't remember who wrote that song, "if you can't be with the one you love then love the one you're with," but I think it's like that sometimes with dogs. I've had a few which I thought were plug ugly but, because I liked their character, I ended up thinking they looked great. Whenever I imagine Jem I always think of him as looking better than he was. Every time I find that photo album I think 'Jeez he's uglier than I remember.'

[Aussie Whip 4,062]

40 minutes ago, Neal said:

I can't remember who wrote that song, "if you can't be with the one you love then love the one you're with," but I think it's like that sometimes with dogs. I've had a few which I thought were plug ugly but, because I liked their character, I ended up thinking they looked great. Whenever I imagine Jem I always think of him as looking better than he was. Every time I find that photo album I think 'Jeez he's uglier than I remember.'

Good looks can turn into ugliness very quickly if their temperament is bad, same with women, lol.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,455]

On 08/06/2022 at 16:47, Neal said:

My first two lurchers were heavily coated beardy crosses. However, that was in Coniston and when I returned to Hampshire I moved to smooth coats.

I must admit that I do really miss the beardy character...but not the smell of damp beardy.

My main reason though was because I assumed they'd be too hot 'daan saaf' with all that coat but the chap who used to write in EDRD used his first cross in Australia with no problems.

I had a beer with stabsy the day he moved in Maidstone , strangley enough I’m probably the closest I’ve been there’s since at this exact moment . 

Your post there just made me smile at that thought 

[Moocher71 4,049]

On 10/06/2022 at 16:07, Neal said:

Here's my old one. If I say so myself...probably the ugliest lurcher ever bred.

He looks a cracker to me 

[Moocher71 4,049]

[Neal 1,853]

11 hours ago, Moocher71 said:

He looks a cracker to me 

Thanks.

I must admit, after my recent kelpie/beardy thread, I found another old notebook from when I had Jem (the 3/4 collie) and my current line of thinking would be to get another 3/4 collie when my eldest kelpie dies. My reasoning is that I've had kelpies for over twenty years and know them really well but I don't want to reach a stage where I look back and regret not trying another hairy beast. Then I'd have one of each and can judge better what to use after that...as my retirement dogs.