Rough or Smooth

[lady-hunter07 15]

just curious to see who would rather have or find it better to work with rough or smooth dogs?

[lamper12 30]

my current dogs smooth,but when i get another il get a rough'un for sure....

[lady-hunter07 15]

my current dogs smooth,but when i get another il get a rough'un for sure....

 

 

whats the smooth one?And when you decide to get the rough one what breeding you going to go for?

[lady-hunter07 15]

iv both rough and smooth and they both work well so i dont mind which i use once they work well fo me

 

whats best breeding in both you'v had?

[lady-hunter07 15]

iv a colliexhound ,top allrounder and as game as they come he has taken all quarry iv ask of him.Iv a wheatenxhound great racey dog but the colliex gets my prefrence

 

 

i also perfer collie x

[lady-hunter07 15]

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both nice looking dogs there bud.

[poacher2225 2]

i like my rough ive got two rough bitch's ther deerhound collie grayhound's one's just over 2 year old and the other one is 8 year old and still do's her job and ive got a pure sulkie he's smooth and about 16 month old and ive just got him runing rabbit so he's ready for next year hear's a pic of them

[lady-hunter07 15]

http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg76/sc...nt=DSCF0097.jpg

http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg76/sc...nt=DSCF0042.jpg

 

 

both nice looking dogs there bud.

cheers what brees is celt,the pup in your picture

 

 

he is greyhound/bull

[lady-hunter07 15]

i like my rough ive got two rough bitch's ther deerhound collie grayhound's one's just over 2 year old and the other one is 8 year old and still do's her job and ive got a pure sulkie he's smooth and about 16 month old and ive just got him runing rabbit so he's ready for next year hear's a pic of them

 

 

there smashing looking dogs.

[T78 4]

i prefer,have and have always had smooth coated dogs but thats just preference,i dont think they're better workers because of it!

[Neal 1,853]

I had a rough coated lurcher once who's coat was so thick I remember him getting snagged on a loose bit of barbed wire, he just pulled himself free leaving behind a tuft of hair on the wire with no damage to his skin. However, when he got wet he stank for days. I prefer a good tight, thick, smooth coat over decent skin.

[Tiny 7 1,694]

i have no preference. but i do like the look of the rough coats though. but i find there coats tend to hide small surface wounds and you lend up finding scabs everwhere.

[gaz 284]

You will prob find a coat type is usually dictated by a persons preference of a certain type or cross of lurcher...for example the guy who likes his bull types will have smooth coated dogs and the guy who likes his deerhound will have.............you get the picture,obviously some folk dont have a preference of type and some go for lurcher x lurcher bred dogs so they get what they get,but now something to think on...........if you have a cracking all rounder which has a heavy rough coat and you decide to give it a wee haircut with the clippers,suprisingly you will find it will still kill the same amount of game

[jolong 1]

prefer the rough

 

jo

[Guest dotty]

i have both. the rough coated one has paper thin skin and the coat is ok and the smooth one has a very good skin and a very good thick coat, but yet still a smooth coat. when it comes to barbed wire the smooth coated one would be better off.