“Exotic” Running Dogs.

[chartpolski 23,123]

Has anyone ever thought of trying one of the exotic running dog breeds ? You know; getting a pup from working lines and raising it as a lurcher ?

Something like a borzoi, azawhak, tazi, or even a chartpolski.

I often toyed with the idea but never got round to it. I know the cost of importing  would be prohibitive, and finding a real working line would be difficult, but I think it would have been fun trying it.

To late in life for me now, just wondering if anyone else had thought of it in their more contemplative moments.

Yes,I know purpose bred lurchers are better, so, mC, no need to remind me ! LOL !

Cheers.

[tatsblisters 9,430]

As a kid i always dreamed of owning a coonhound probably down to watching the yearling as a nipper and the scene were Gregory Peck is hunting the bear through the swamp.

[stevemac 433]

apart from you all being very set in your ways with Ibizan and pharoah would be very handy with all the rabbit hunting you all doing.

[Gilbey 1,430]

Just thought about it. As a kid I'd see sloughis and azawakhs in the saluki books/mags and they always got my attention, the same as smooth desert bred salukis. My mother is the same with pharaoh hounds..

Edited April 13, 2023 by Gilbey

[Aussie Whip 4,090]

One I was interested in when younger was a Tasy a Russian greyhound that I read about, they hunted hare, wildcat and wolf. Also Plott hounds interested me but there wouldn't be much game for them here in Oz. I enjoyed the vid Welsh red put up on here on bear hunting with them.

[TOMO 26,027]

Just the saluki for me...growing up I always fancied going to the middle East and living with bedouin...travelling round and hunting with them...

But I always fancied running a pure greyhound as well..not really exotic though

Them azwarki...and some of them other breeds are bloody ugly so could never own one

[chartpolski 23,123]

I was judging at the Yorkshire Game Fair and a woman had a small, well, small for a borzoi bitch, about 26”. It certainly looked like it could do a job, but who knows 
 

I remember a pair of Ibizan hounds having a run at my local whippet track, the most ungainly, slowest running type I’ve ever seen
 

One of the nicest looking lurchers I’ve ever seen was at Appleby Fair, a first cross Afghan hound/greyhound, but the owner said it had never ran anything, it was a pet.

It would have to be an import from working lines for me, the KC running types in the UK are too far removed from their working ancestors.

Cheers.

[Gilbey 1,430]

I watched the crufts hound group just gone, most of the runners were weird freaky things you wouldn't have given. Sure the two I've mentioned used to be more saluki like, maybe not 

The flyball dogs are better mind, lots of non ped whippet types

[Luckee legs 464]

5 hours ago, stevemac said:

apart from you all being very set in your ways with Ibizan and pharoah would be very handy with all the rabbit hunting you all doing.

A friend of my mum's in the late 1970s had a Ibizan, they lived on a smallholding and said it caught a lot of rabbits mouching on its own. Unfortunately it wasn't ferret wise so the one time we visited with my ferrets and terriers it was obvious he couldn't get involved so I didn't see it work. Nice looking dog though 

[Black neck 15,857]

Few had some good results wi the picardy xs 

Me duck

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

My introduction to running dogs was an ex track greyhound found jointly by me and my mate out with airguns .It was a power house of explosive speed and hunting ability that had lead dormant in the hands of track lads .

We never trained it ,never gave it a name but by feck it put some gear to bed .That grey covered a lurcher of breeding unknown and there it was .

[Black neck 15,857]

8 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

My introduction to running dogs was an ex track greyhound found jointly by me and my mate out with airguns .It was a power house of explosive speed and hunting ability that had lead dormant in the hands of track lads .

We never trained it ,never gave it a name but by feck it put some gear to bed .That grey covered a lurcher of breeding unknown and there it was .

Where was it

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Where was what 

[harryshounds 936]

Not exotic, put still probably hard to come by, I always fancied a pure working Deerhound.

[Black neck 15,857]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

Where was what 

It