Suze 0 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 where I now live with one small hairy lurcher and 4 sloughis (+ 1 that I am looking after until he can travel to England under the pet passport arrangement). Unfortunately live coursing / hunting with any kind of sighthound is totally banned in France - and has been since about 1830 Before that, I was born in Stafford and my family then moved to Devon in the 1950s More recently (until November 2005) I lived in Devon for a few years up on the High Moor at Princetown Here are my sighthounds Lurcher - Breeze (now over 9 years old) - deerhound/greyhound x whippet/greyhound Sloughis - Uazzer (brindle dog), Samra (dark brindle bitch), Chaaba (pale brindle bitch), Djalal (one of the 2 sand-coloured dog puppies) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,511 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hello and welcome mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gooner 143 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Welcome and nice looking dogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Welcome aboard and your mutts are looking well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeakOil 352 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Bonjour :welcomeani: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Love the Sloughis: though I have heard from someone else who lives in the South of France that their dogs do get a fair bit of exercise on the long ears when they're just out for a walk LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scrutchy 5 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 welcome mate nice looking dogs to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suze 0 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Love the Sloughis: though I have heard from someone else who lives in the South of France that their dogs do get a fair bit of exercise on the long ears when they're just out for a walk LOL If your friends are Brits living in the South of France, you should warn them to be VERY careful when walking in a hunting area during the hunting season with sighthounds off-lead - a lot of French hunters with guns will shoot to kill a sighthound on the spot if they see them running free - they have even been known to shoot the odd human as well :hunter: The closest thing to hunting that mine get to do is lure-coursing and a bit of track-racing to keep them fast and fit. Although a couple of local Muscovy ducks (subsequently in the freezer) and one very narrowly escaped roe deer would certainly tell you different !! My male Sloughi is French show champion since 2006 and also working champion (lure-coursing) as of this summer 2008. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 welcome those are some lovley dogs you get there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davyt63 1,845 Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 hi and welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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