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[farlap 19]

Nah flights arent that much mate, i have looked. I can get one from here 150... look about, all the best./

runforyourlife.....flights for humans might be cheap but not for animals!!! Only certain airlines and certain airports with licensed anilmal holding areas can fly pets. I have just flown a puppy to spain from UK (£600) and one to houston £950, and one to autralia £2000. You cant get budget airlines flight for livestock I am afraid. if you can get a lurcher puppy young, then there is a cheaper option that a lot of airlines try not to tell you about, and that is taking them in the cabin as hand luggage. i cant recall the weight criteria now but i think its 8KG, and not all airlines do it, but if you dig deep enough in their FAQ you will find several airlines do it.

[kriti 274]

Nah flights arent that much mate, i have looked. I can get one from here 150... look about, all the best./

Thats for you mate, for a pup, in a traveling crate, in the cargo hold, its £600plus. I know that sounds ridiculous, but, like I said, you hold the aces, you win the game, and they hold all the aces. atb mate

[kriti 274]

This might be a silly question but have you tried looking locally?

 

i have never been to crete but spent a long time in cyprus which, i believe, has a similar culture. There was no evidence of hunting but if you asked the right people there were hunting clubs. Once you get in with the local hunters you might find that they have a cretan lurcher equivilent that would suit the terrain and allow you to get started right away rather than wait for a breeding program to pay off?

 

Good luck and good hunting, let us know what happens

Hi Tyla, I know quite a few local hunters and none of them know anyone with lurchers. They gave me the idea of the Cretan Hound (Kritikos Ichnilatis). This dog is the oldest breed in Europe (4000years). They are quite scarce, mainly bred for show. Most of the hunters use the shoot and retrieve method but there is the odd one here and there who has the Cretan Hound. It's a bit Like the JRT situation, show strain and working strain. atb kriti

[kriti 274]

Nah flights arent that much mate, i have looked. I can get one from here 150... look about, all the best./

runforyourlife.....flights for humans might be cheap but not for animals!!! Only certain airlines and certain airports with licensed anilmal holding areas can fly pets. I have just flown a puppy to spain from UK (£600) and one to houston £950, and one to autralia £2000. You cant get budget airlines flight for livestock I am afraid. if you can get a lurcher puppy young, then there is a cheaper option that a lot of airlines try not to tell you about, and that is taking them in the cabin as hand luggage. i cant recall the weight criteria now but i think its 8KG, and not all airlines do it, but if you dig deep enough in their FAQ you will find several airlines do it.

Spot on farlap, and the only ones that fly animals to Crete wont take them as hand luggage. atb

[reddog70 236]

have you thought of voluntrering to walk the dogs at the rescue maybe take a few out for the day and see if any could be handy for your needs... breeding your own will cost you a lot more in time and money than paying the neutering fee at the centre and adding to the huge prob of unwanted dogs in crete.... all the best

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

This might be a silly question but have you tried looking locally?

 

i have never been to crete but spent a long time in cyprus which, i believe, has a similar culture. There was no evidence of hunting but if you asked the right people there were hunting clubs. Once you get in with the local hunters you might find that they have a cretan lurcher equivilent that would suit the terrain and allow you to get started right away rather than wait for a breeding program to pay off?

 

Good luck and good hunting, let us know what happens

 

I was in cyprus this year......and they'll shoot and eat anything!!!!!.....was talking to an ex pat working security ina n hotel that said the mountains were full of people juast walking about blasting about.....sounds a real safe place to be!!!!

[Tyla 3,179]

This might be a silly question but have you tried looking locally?

 

i have never been to crete but spent a long time in cyprus which, i believe, has a similar culture. There was no evidence of hunting but if you asked the right people there were hunting clubs. Once you get in with the local hunters you might find that they have a cretan lurcher equivilent that would suit the terrain and allow you to get started right away rather than wait for a breeding program to pay off?

 

Good luck and good hunting, let us know what happens

Hi Tyla, I know quite a few local hunters and none of them know anyone with lurchers. They gave me the idea of the Cretan Hound (Kritikos Ichnilatis). This dog is the oldest breed in Europe (4000years). They are quite scarce, mainly bred for show. Most of the hunters use the shoot and retrieve method but there is the odd one here and there who has the Cretan Hound. It's a bit Like the JRT situation, show strain and working strain. atb kriti

 

Sounds like an interesting dog, do you have any pics? i take it they are a sight hound type? Perhaps you could arrange a cross using one of them as a stud over the bitch of your choice?

 

i have always thought that the standard semi feral yellow dogs with a dash of greyhound would make a good dog. You find them all over the world, seems after a few generations they all revert back to yellow dingo types, and the ones i have seen are game, canny, agile things that seem to be able to survive on a diet of newspaper!

[kriti 274]

This might be a silly question but have you tried looking locally?

 

i have never been to crete but spent a long time in cyprus which, i believe, has a similar culture. There was no evidence of hunting but if you asked the right people there were hunting clubs. Once you get in with the local hunters you might find that they have a cretan lurcher equivilent that would suit the terrain and allow you to get started right away rather than wait for a breeding program to pay off?

 

Good luck and good hunting, let us know what happens

Hi Tyla, I know quite a few local hunters and none of them know anyone with lurchers. They gave me the idea of the Cretan Hound (Kritikos Ichnilatis). This dog is the oldest breed in Europe (4000years). They are quite scarce, mainly bred for show. Most of the hunters use the shoot and retrieve method but there is the odd one here and there who has the Cretan Hound. It's a bit Like the JRT situation, show strain and working strain. atb kriti

 

Sounds like an interesting dog, do you have any pics? i take it they are a sight hound type? Perhaps you could arrange a cross using one of them as a stud over the bitch of your choice?

 

i have always thought that the standard semi feral yellow dogs with a dash of greyhound would make a good dog. You find them all over the world, seems after a few generations they all revert back to yellow dingo types, and the ones i have seen are game, canny, agile things that seem to be able to survive on a diet of newspaper!

Don't know how to put pictures up, quite new to computers and to old to learn much but if you go on google or wikipedia you'll see them. they are a sight hound. my choice would be a Cretan Hound dam x greyhound or greyhound/collie. I hav'nt seen any semi feral yellow dogs here, but plenty of heinz fifty sevens. atb kriti.

[Tyla 3,179]

The small pic is the cretan hound for you

 

The others are dogs from tanzania, the shaggy one is a herd / guard dog named Simba belonging to our masaii, these are very game and very loyal - they have to be dealing with hyena etc. They are mainly guards as the masaii dont eat game but can be used for hunting.

 

The others are our yard dogs in zanzibar, they dont really have a job except guarding the house but the same kind of dogs from the village are used for hunting dik dik, which are very small antelope, and feral pigs.

Edited January 11, 2009 by Tyla

[kriti 274]

Thank you to all, and if, i work out my dream, I will post results with pics. atb to everyone, kriti

[bill88 6]

Hello mate or should i say Kali Spera.I spent some time in Crete in the mid 90's and did quite a bit of of hunting with a guy i did some work for.It was all shooting but he did use hounds for tracking bushing/flushing and retrieving.When i explained to him about lurchers he shrugged his shoulders and told me he'd hunted all his life (he was 59) and had never seen a running dog used.We hunted in the Koloukonas mountains near Bali,and also in the hills around Perama and to be honest the ground would be totally unsitable for working a running dog.I'll ask some people i know who are still living there and i'll ask a couple of Greek friends im still in touch with,but as i said they knew nothing of lurchers when i asked.Bill

[kriti 274]

Hello mate or should i say Kali Spera.I spent some time in Crete in the mid 90's and did quite a bit of of hunting with a guy i did some work for.It was all shooting but he did use hounds for tracking bushing/flushing and retrieving.When i explained to him about lurchers he shrugged his shoulders and told me he'd hunted all his life (he was 59) and had never seen a running dog used.We hunted in the Koloukonas mountains near Bali,and also in the hills around Perama and to be honest the ground would be totally unsitable for working a running dog.I'll ask some people i know who are still living there and i'll ask a couple of Greek friends im still in touch with,but as i said they knew nothing of lurchers when i asked.Bill

Hi mate, I live further east than Bali, near Malia. There is some flatter land round here, between the coast and the mountains. The Cretan Hound is a running dog but it's quite rare. There are some breeders who have started a breeding programme but it's mainly for the showring. You can find working strains among the hunting people and thats what i'm hoping to get. Thanks for your interest Bill, atb kriti.