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[Neal 1,873]

Apologies for resurrecting a slightly old thread but I've not been on the forum for about a week so this is the first time I've seen this thread.

 

I once had a collie x whippet whose breeder used one of her racing whippets to help round up the sheep. It was a long time ago so I may be a tad wrong about the breeding but I believe the dog was about 3/4 whippet and 1/4 greyhound but there was also a collie x greyhound several generations back in its breeding. I think it worked out at about 1/32 or 1/64 collie.

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

Apologies for resurrecting a slightly old thread but I've not been on the forum for about a week so this is the first time I've seen this thread.

 

I once had a collie x whippet whose breeder used one of her racing whippets to help round up the sheep. It was a long time ago so I may be a tad wrong about the breeding but I believe the dog was about 3/4 whippet and 1/4 greyhound but there was also a collie x greyhound several generations back in its breeding. I think it worked out at about 1/32 or 1/64 collie.

 

Cool, Thanks Neal.

[heart of wales 19]

This the classic horses for courses

We have 2500 sheep and 180 cattle and we use Beardie Collies and border collies border collies tend to have a lot of trial blood in them and they are exellent for trial type work i.e parting out fiffty from a flock our quickly fetching sheep in .The Beardie is a different kettle of fish Fearless tremendous hunting ability lot more bouncy than a border our will catch and hold lambs without marking them.

We have had several that will hunt as good as a lurcher but it is a pain in the ass if you are rushing to get sheep in and your dog shoots of after a hare or rabbit.

The only problem I can see about using a lurcher for sheep work is his hunting instinct you want him to get your sheep in as you have a gang of shearers waiting to shear them and you get him out in the field and up pos a hare the dog returns half hour later

I will put up a photo of a Beardie collie that would make an exellent Lurcher stud dog when I get my PC fixed

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

This the classic horses for courses

We have 2500 sheep and 180 cattle and we use Beardie Collies and border collies border collies tend to have a lot of trial blood in them and they are exellent for trial type work i.e parting out fiffty from a flock our quickly fetching sheep in .The Beardie is a different kettle of fish Fearless tremendous hunting ability lot more bouncy than a border our will catch and hold lambs without marking them.

We have had several that will hunt as good as a lurcher but it is a pain in the ass if you are rushing to get sheep in and your dog shoots of after a hare or rabbit.

The only problem I can see about using a lurcher for sheep work is his hunting instinct you want him to get your sheep in as you have a gang of shearers waiting to shear them and you get him out in the field and up pos a hare the dog returns half hour later

I will put up a photo of a Beardie collie that would make an exellent Lurcher stud dog when I get my PC fixed

 

Please do, thanks!

[DiStuRBeD 0]

hmm working dog by day, pot filler by night

 

interesting, and no doubt a credit to the blokes skills with dogs

[whin 463]

my old luke herded sheep and faced cattle up and would have done it when trained or if trained he came from collie lurchers to collie lurcher twice i lost him and he had them bunched once he had one singled i gave him a row there were no game about but ive lamped him through sheep was not intrested then when we ferreted he would face cattle up with young he was a [bANNED TEXT] fecher of a dog feared nothing and treid like hell on anything pups were the same good but you had to tell them who was boss cheers saw him see cattle away when ferreting as he gaurded to lanas the same a strange dog goes near the holes she hits them hard then back to her job it could have been easly tuned in to herding but fech that , saw enough sheep in my time ;iving on farms etc