All rounder lurcher

[chartpolski 25,731]

  On 02/02/2024 at 18:31, Black neck said:

No one really knows lol,meks me smile when they have a class titled working lurcher wtf that about ,then usually a dog that's done note but sniff it's owners grippers wins it ffs

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I’ve judged a lot of shows and yes, the “working lurcher” class is a strange one.

I once asked a woman what work her dog had done and she said “ it chases squirrels in the park” !

Cheers.

[eastcoast 4,301]

  On 02/02/2024 at 16:29, Chaff said:

What does a judge look for in a lurcher exactly I have never understood really.  I have been to these shows and won on the racing but even in the working show class got nowt lol

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That's always puzzled me. There is nothing wrong with the physical conformation of whippets and greyhounds, they have been developed to run fast, the things that they may be lacking which is gained from introducing other types of dog into the mix cannot be judged or confirmed from physical appearance, apart from a better coat. Is the perfect show lurcher a greyhound or whippet with rough coat? It's all just a bit of fun though. 

[chartpolski 25,731]

  On 02/02/2024 at 19:47, eastcoast said:

That's always puzzled me. There is nothing wrong with the physical conformation of whippets and greyhounds, they have been developed to run fast, the things that they may be lacking which is gained from introducing other types of dog into the mix cannot be judged or confirmed from physical appearance, apart from a better coat. Is the perfect show lurcher a greyhound or whippet with rough coat? It's all just a bit of fun though. 

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That’s why I liked judging whippets; they have a breed standard to compare each dog against.

With lurchers you can only look at conformation and condition.

Some look like they are workers, for obvious reasons, others look like they’ve never been off the lead. 
Don’t take it too seriously, take it as a day out , meeting old pals, making new ones and seeing dogs of all shapes and sizes !

Cheers.

[eastcoast 4,301]

  On 02/02/2024 at 20:01, chartpolski said:

That’s why I liked judging whippets; they have a breed standard to compare each dog against.

With lurchers you can only look at conformation and condition.

Some look like they are workers, for obvious reasons, others look like they’ve never been off the lead. 
Don’t take it too seriously, take it as a day out , meeting old pals, making new ones and seeing dogs of all shapes and sizes !

Cheers.

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And the elusive thing, presence? Some have it, some don't.

[jackthelad 1,943]

The entered terrier classes at some shows are worse than the working lurcher class imo veteran terriers with a full mouth of teeth a not a mark on em….. ten Bob rosettes attract some mad folk 

[eastcoast 4,301]

  On 02/02/2024 at 20:32, jackthelad said:

The entered terrier classes at some shows are worse than the working lurcher class imo veteran terriers with a full mouth of teeth a not a mark on em….. ten Bob rosettes attract some mad folk 

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Thank God for that. 

[Black neck 16,509]

  On 02/02/2024 at 19:02, chartpolski said:

I’ve judged a lot of shows and yes, the “working lurcher” class is a strange one.

I once asked a woman what work her dog had done and she said “ it chases squirrels in the park” !

Cheers.

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Some also have a separate bull lurcher class complete with a separate judge usually of the tattooed feck wit variety  

[chartpolski 25,731]

  On 02/02/2024 at 20:51, Black neck said:

Some also have a separate bull lurcher class complete with a separate judge usually of the tattooed feck wit variety  

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I mention on another thread about a man who was judging a “bull cross” class and he said he would never put up a marked up or brindle bull cross !

Yep, that would be a hell of a working bull cross that didn’t have a mark on it !

Cheers.

[Black neck 16,509]

  On 02/02/2024 at 21:05, chartpolski said:

I mention on another thread about a man who was judging a “bull cross” class and he said he would never put up a marked up or brindle bull cross !

Yep, that would be a hell of a working bull cross that didn’t have a mark on it !

Cheers.

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As u know any working lurcher rabbiter or otherwise will have the odd bang and scrape on it ,last show I went years ago the was a couple there had a dog for every class just kep on fetching um out this van strecting um out pulling the heads up not one of the dogs looked like it ever seen a field let alone quarry wild as feck the won everything 

[Chaff 3,636]

  On 02/02/2024 at 21:10, Black neck said:

As u know any working lurcher rabbiter or otherwise will have the odd bang and scrape on it ,last show I went years ago the was a couple there had a dog for every class just kep on fetching um out this van strecting um out pulling the heads up not one of the dogs looked like it ever seen a field let alone quarry wild as feck the won everything 

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I've seen the same carry on lol 

People like to win stuff, but some seem to be obsessed by it lol

 

[OldPhil 5,897]

"There's no business like show business"

 

 

Edited February 15, 2024 by OldPhil

[leegreen 2,222]

  On 03/02/2024 at 00:21, OldPhil said:

"There's no business like show business"

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                              "Don't give that Bull x a rosette, the geezer is a proper plank" 

[tatsblisters 10,698]

My take on lurcher shows is I witnessed some folk taking it really seriously even as far back as the early 80s in defence of those that I have met they all have been pretty decent types of folk and their dogs well kept and looked after. I always think you pay your money and you take your chance as most serious working lurcher folk take a lurcher pup on knowing the working history of its sire and dam. I remember breeding a litter out of my two dogs in my profile picture in the 80s that were good decent hardy working lurchers but a few lads at the time decided to take a chance on a pup out of a greyhound and a collie from the well known breeder purely for money at the time I found baffling tbh.

[forest of dean redneck 11,845]

There’s a fb group working dogs of the works ? Something like that and there is a woman with a real nice lurcher pup with lab blood in it that she’s starting to work alongside ferrets and picking up on a shoot .That’s to me is a all rounder fur n feather taken multiple ways .

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  On 02/02/2024 at 21:10, Black neck said:

As u know any working lurcher rabbiter or otherwise will have the odd bang and scrape on it ,last show I went years ago the was a couple there had a dog for every class just kep on fetching um out this van strecting um out pulling the heads up not one of the dogs looked like it ever seen a field let alone quarry wild as feck the won everything 

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True masters of there trade