Ridgebacks ?

[bird 9,858]

Yes I know this type post done few times, and Dave our mod, on knows the breed inside out, and I've Dave ridgeback  bitch before cracking  animal.  The reason put this post on I seen a cracking male ridgeback  Friday in Hereford  when I was going to black hoss bank. This dog brill  about 27 in, good 95lb, looked lot big bigger than my old dog Buck , he 28in   but camped him when younger and fit about  87lb. My mate in brum  did have a lurcher with ridgeback  in it only about 1/4  in it, butvthatcwas good dog, do fox no prob. It deff give good wind ,good feet, power,  OK bidable.  Don't get wrong  having had 3 pit x greys in the past, when we'll bred  you got very good lurcher ,  a line bred 2nd gen 1x  pit x grey  are spot on for most things. But just thought that them ridgeback  looked good animals, and there hound as well, and deff good guard for your  property.

[big feet 324]

3 minutes ago, bird said:

Yes I know this type post done few times, and Dave our mod, on knows the breed inside out, and I've Dave ridgeback  bitch before cracking  animal.  The reason put this post on I seen a cracking male ridgeback  Friday in Hereford  when I was going to black hoss bank. This dog brill  about 27 in, good 95lb, looked lot big bigger than my old dog Buck , he 28in   but camped him when younger and fit about  87lb. My mate in brum  did have a lurcher with ridgeback  in it only about 1/4  in it, butvthatcwas good dog, do fox no prob. It deff give good wind ,good feet, power,  OK bidable.  Don't get wrong  having had 3 pit x greys in the past, when we'll bred  you got very good lurcher ,  a line bred 2nd gen 1x  pit x grey  are spot on for most things. But just thought that them ridgeback  looked good animals, and there hound as well, and deff good guard for your  property.

Some are nice looking dogs but I don't understand why anyone would want to cross one with a greyhound mate when there's much better options out there?

[bird 9,858]

2 minutes ago, big feet said:

Some are nice looking dogs but I don't understand why anyone would want to cross one with a greyhound mate when there's much better options out there?

True mate, there  are if rabbits etc, loads  to choose from, if  you wanted to step it up bit more  with other stuff, as said  plenty of good pit x greys from good stuff doing the job no.prob, I just thought   they nice powerful  hound  might help a bit in the greyhound  job. Deff give better  stamina/ feet

[forest of dean redneck 11,524]

2 hours ago, big feet said:

Some are nice looking dogs but I don't understand why anyone would want to cross one with a greyhound mate when there's much better options out there?

I bet there’s lot of huntsmen said same about foxhound lurchers and shoot men about the gun dog lurchers . Sometimes it produces a decent animal sometimes it doesn’t .but until it’s tried we don’t know. 

[Daniel cain 44,956]

Used to be a few Ridgeback x bull greys around the South Wales valleys...I believe Wales1234 off here had a bitch probably 10 yrs or more ago now....was a big reddish dog called Havoc that belonged to some lads that did the terriers for a pack of hounds...only ever saw it around a hole, can't comment on iff, it could run or not...ones I've seen was strong looking sorts like half x bullgreys

[Daniel cain 44,956]

2 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I bet there’s lot of huntsmen said same about foxhound lurchers and shoot men about the gun dog lurchers . Sometimes it produces a decent animal sometimes it doesn’t .but until it’s tried we don’t know. 

Theres foxhound blood gone in a few lines of lurcher...gsd in the coursing lines...

[big feet 324]

10 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I bet there’s lot of huntsmen said same about foxhound lurchers and shoot men about the gun dog lurchers . Sometimes it produces a decent animal sometimes it doesn’t .but until it’s tried we don’t know. 

The difference is foxhounds are working machines? Of course, if you put many dogs over a greyhound you may get some surprising results in a good way.

[forest of dean redneck 11,524]

2 minutes ago, big feet said:

The difference is foxhounds are working machines? Of course, if you put many dogs over a greyhound you may get some surprising results in a good way.

I suppose it depended on what they wanted feet, nose , toughness ,bit of brain , most people were trying different breeds to come up with the next wonder cross some didn’t want to use a collie or a bedlington etc 

[Borr 5,733]

I fancied one at one point but the few I've met are aloof and seem less connected that other breeds , but some examples like Dave's most recent bitch certainly have an appealing stamp good feet and strong , but in a lurcher I'd go for proven bull x .

[mC HULL 12,118]

14 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Theres foxhound blood gone in a few lines of lurcher...gsd in the coursing lines...

gsd in coursing lines ?

[mC HULL 12,118]

2 minutes ago, Borr said:

I fancied one at one point but the few I've met are aloof and seem less connected that other breeds , but some examples like Dave's most recent bitch certainly have an appealing stamp good feet and strong , but in a lurcher I'd go for proven bull x .

been around a few ridgebacks the fella had them trained they did everything he said 

 

lol some posts like this reminds me of a bit i seen on plummer trying to turn his german shepherds  into sleigh dogs while his mate had the real thing there he could of got lol

[big feet 324]

31 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I suppose it depended on what they wanted feet, nose , toughness ,bit of brain , most people were trying different breeds to come up with the next wonder cross some didn’t want to use a collie or a bedlington etc 

I could see working foxhound being a great addition to a lurcher, providing one of the traits it brings doesn't include opening up. Lol

[bird 9,858]

36 minutes ago, big feet said:

The difference is foxhounds are working machines? Of course, if you put many dogs over a greyhound you may get some surprising results in a good way.

Now there bloke on here I know. And few moochers with.he had foxhound x grey not quite how much foxhound was in it, but from what he  fair bit in it.had head on it as big as bucket   big strong thing it was big boned , loved the fox job, and was quite lamping .think it got bit sharp  with other dogs.was good round holes pull anything  out. But as been said plenty of other lurchers , some lads  I the black country w-ton used breed pit x grey x deerhound x greys  now there type did real well lamping. They took most stuff it  they were slipped on.big dogs but balanced  OK, the bulldog drop bit size down as well.nice steady dogs to be around a x I like, pity not more about  to choose from.

[Bakerboy 4,563]

1 hour ago, Daniel cain said:

Theres foxhound blood gone in a few lines of lurcher...gsd in the coursing lines...

I used to run hound collie greyhound mixes

[Daniel cain 44,956]

Hound x  coll/bull/grey... Sent up to a gentleman from Cumbria that bred fellhound x greys...pictures of them on here somewhere