coyote 0 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 here as promised is a pic of dad. Link to post Share on other sites
coyote 0 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 and another. Link to post Share on other sites
snoopdog 1,255 Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 IAM WARMING MORE AND MORE TO THIS SORT OF BREEDING I THINK IF YOU PICKED A PUP THAT WAS LONG IN THE BACK AND THE MORE RACER PUP THEY WOULD MAKE A VERY COMPTENT ALL ROUNDER ...GOOD LUCK MATE ... Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,870 Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 It will be interesting to see if the offspring are uniform or throw different shapes. I bet a racey one would be a good catch dog.... Good Luck. JD Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ROOSTER Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) THINK a lad called steve barton did this and second crosses some years ago he said they were very good, i wonder why they're not more of them if theyre so good. Edited July 22, 2007 by ROOSTER Link to post Share on other sites
jacob 28 Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 THINK a lad called steve barton did this and second crosses some years ago he said they were very good, i wonder why they're not more of them if theyre so good. its probably down to finding a decent shephard Link to post Share on other sites
mackay 3,044 Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 I suppose everyone hopes to breed that elusive dog the perfect lurcher, I don't see what this cross could provide more than say a collie/grey other than more litter wastage. Someone asked why they're not more common,I think the answers obvious. Years ago I saw one at the final of the lurcher obedience trials at Blairgowrie/Blairatholl not sure which, to be fair it was the best hunter of the day from three dogs each from Scotland,England and Wales but it was way too heavy couldn't get close to a running rabbit. Link to post Share on other sites
coyote 0 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) i take it you dont wish to buy one.! Edited July 23, 2007 by coyote Link to post Share on other sites
coyote 0 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) more pics of a couple of the pups,they are 2 days old now. Edited July 23, 2007 by coyote Link to post Share on other sites
Kye 77 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Man, if i was back home, i would snap one of these up...they sound smashing. I would like to keep hearing from anyone who gets one of these, with some updates and pics on how they do...if you can get a racy one, im sure it would be a handy type.. Kye,.. Link to post Share on other sites
coyote 0 Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 cheers mate. Link to post Share on other sites
Kane 2 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I cant see why there would be to much litter wastage shepherds arent exactly the slowest or clumsiest of dogs and Ive seen one used as a draw dog.I would be more intrested to know what the prey drive was like in the shepherd.There were reports of a lot of roe being found dead in the local area every one blamed poachers as usual but it turned out to be a pair of stray shepherds. Link to post Share on other sites
Paul in North Lincs 15 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I used to have one.....................its ears looked feckin ridiculous good luck with the sale Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,172 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Well I'm finding that my pup 1st cross GSD Grey has a seriously high prey drive. I'd say that these dogs need a lot of sensible training to make good lurchers: not for the wannabees who think they'll look cool with a big prick eared dog on the end of a lead. Don't get me wrong, but although Shepherds are relatively easy to train, they do need an owner that is prepared to put in the time on the training, and they're not the sort of dogs to just lie around until you want to take them out: they need serious quality time and lots of it from their owners. Like all guarding herding breeds they need properly breaking to livestock as well: with the sort of power they have they can do a lot of damage in the wrong place at the wrong time unless they're under control. I reckon they'll be fantastic dogs for the serious owner who knows what they're doing, and is prepared to put in the hard work: or I can see a lot of these lurchers ending up for sale at around 1 year old when they've got the better of their owners. Link to post Share on other sites
coyote 0 Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 (edited) cheers mate. Edited July 25, 2007 by coyote Link to post Share on other sites
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