Speed or skill?

[J Darcy 5,871]

Those two essential ingredients are not mutually exclusive......

[mick01 36]

as you say mate, some people like speed, some skill.. those who are lucky have both! i dont have the knowlege you lot have, but surely its horses for courses, or dogs for quarry/situation, depends on what you need from your dog.. atb mick

[fatdog 9]

speed for me

[Penda 3,341]

as you say mate, some people like speed, some skill.. those who are lucky have both! i dont have the knowlege you lot have, but surely its horses for courses, or dogs for quarry/situation, depends on what you need from your dog.. atb mick

That is true mate horses for courses every dog works different and i have never came across 2 dogs that work the same

[MR POACH 2]

for the sort of lurcher work i do, [ woodland areas,daytime ] i think that " AGILITY and PREYDRIVE" are more important , In a wood a dog doesnt get chance to ever reach full SPEED, twisting , turning and jumping, whilst chasing its chosen quarry, AGILITY will get a dog up closer to what your running and high prey drive will overcome obsticles, send a dog crashing through bushes without hesitating to more often than not secure a firm hold, ive seen fast dogs that are good at coursing but seem slightly out of their depth in a wood ,and dont seem to produce know where near as good as they do out in the open, [HORSES FOR COURSES ] i say , happy hunting , MR POACH .

[inan 841]

I have worked and owned a few different breeds of lurcher through the years, some have been real speed machines but some of these speed machines do unfortunatley get injured and banged up because of the drive in them i have also owned and worked lurchers that arent what you would call a fast dog but what they may lack in speed they make up in there skills i.e learning what move there quarries gona make before it makes it,trotting down the beam to there quarry and using there stealth to ways to help them catch there quarry, just wandering what people like to favour

I settle for a dog with either

[Penda 3,341]

Some mixed views on here good to here what different lads favour more and where they work there dogs and what they look for in there dogs working wise

[Guest jt750]

try doing a poll next time then you'll know more :wacko:

[doris 6]

I have worked and owned a few different breeds of lurcher through the years, some have been real speed machines but some of these speed machines do unfortunatley get injured and banged up because of the drive in them i have also owned and worked lurchers that arent what you would call a fast dog but what they may lack in speed they make up in there skills i.e learning what move there quarries gona make before it makes it,trotting down the beam to there quarry and using there stealth to ways to help them catch there quarry, just wandering what people like to favour

bit of both . . . .

 

[Guest fence_hopper]

what a sh*t toppic why bother replying to a load of bollocks

[Penda 3,341]

what a sh*t toppic why bother replying to a load of bollocks

I think youll find this is a forum fence flopper and i just like to see what lads favour in there dogs if you thinks its a shit topic then thats your opinion il have to remember that when i see what bollocks you put up on here mate :wankerzo4:

[victor 10]

bit of both, like my dog is stupid as fook but if i see it he usualy does and say something out smarted him and he dont see it if i chase it he'll see it and catch up fast just my opinon

[victor 10]

I have worked and owned a few different breeds of lurcher through the years, some have been real speed machines but some of these speed machines do unfortunatley get injured and banged up because of the drive in them i have also owned and worked lurchers that arent what you would call a fast dog but what they may lack in speed they make up in there skills i.e learning what move there quarries gona make before it makes it,trotting down the beam to there quarry and using there stealth to ways to help them catch there quarry, just wandering what people like to favour

bit of both . . . .

 

 

 

i LOVE that photo, i like seeing them liek i always do but never think of using a camera ill try to takeone when coursing on fridaynight

[Brigzy 1,298]

I would say it depends on what ya quarry is we are all into different things like.

[aaron01 737]

horses for courses but its hard to beat a dog that is able to go up a gear when it needs to