grompz56

You got excellent bloodlines there mate,definetly with the doxhope blood,she should make a good all rounder,really sad day when bill doherty ceased the doxhope line that him and his father worked so hard at for years, dont think bill comes on this site these days, think he is more into his photography now, dont think he keeps running dogs now, another end of an era.

very nice specimen, are many of the irish boys breeding them at the minute,how popular are they never seen one work , but heard good reports about them. atb

What age is your deerhound bitch, if she got any coursing blood in her pedigree it will certainly help and she will work well for you, all the xs you mention about breeding her sound right to me, just my preference but i would stick to deerxgrey first cross. Just remember mate dont try and start her too young as deerhound and deerhound hybrids take a while to fully mature usually about 18 months before i used to give them a bit of proper work , but thats up to the individual that owns them, but saying that atb with her, what pedigree is in her breeding.

yeah i know mac lol,worked and lived amongst for years ,north and south men,worked on the roads with them,worked hard played hard, but would give you their last, if you were really stuck, speak of people as i find them.

Its getting harder to find good deerhound blood with proper working stock in it these days, almost non existent just like good working bedlington blood as rare as hens teeth, i always loved and kept deerhoundx greys, from the1970s, the ones that i would go for now and would give a try to would be the type that charts is keeping now like me the man well knows what to expect and the capabilities of the deerhound x.i would still be in the market if the right stuff came along, i believe some of the irish boys are still breeding them at at realistic prices instead of telephone numbers, good luck i

beautiful strong litter of pups absolute stunners, areal credit to you mate, just wish id been a bit closer wouldnt have hesitated in having one,just lost my lurcher due to a seizure only a young dog, to say im gutted would be an understatement. atb with the pup you kept back a belter.

They certainly look it mate,sounds too me like you got a good combination there, if i was a bit younger lol, theywould definetly be in my kennels and worked like they were bred for.

The knowledge and dedication of phil and lurchers can never be replaced, he was old school moocher and learnt his trade the proper way out on the land, never met the man, butfelt as i knew him by his books and his very early days writing his weekly column lloyd on lurchers, in the old shooting news. sadly the likes of phil will neverbe seen again, the lurcher world is a much sadder place without him. hunt on with the jukels in the next world. rip phil,deepest condolences to his wife and family.

superb specimens,absolute credit to you,hope they do all you want and more mate.

you never heard of jason powells stud dog arthur, maybe your too young to remember when jason had him at stud and worked him threw some good stuff, like the look of him drover.

looking well for her age, a credit to you mate, hope she does you well when you start working her properly.

im not saying there isnt decent deerhounds lurchers out there, but it was a sad day when bill doherty packed up the dox hope kennels, didnt trevor cookland take them on , havent heard anything of him for a few years now,another bloke whose packed up now was andy barron from gisburn, believe he produced some reasonable stock.still got only one about me out of dave platts stuff does all i need these days.

lets not forget anastasia noble,ardkinglass deerhounds, alan wilkinson who used to field some excellent deerhounds and deerhound xs, and john nuttal from holmes chapel,whou used to have an ad regular in old exchange and mart used to breed fom the enterkine strain of deerhounds, had a couple of him years ago price 15 pounds in late 70s.proper coursing strains of deerhound, sadly becoming a thing of the past,but i still rate them for what they are.

Dhoona meaning black maiden, in gaelic lanuage,nice strong pup, atb.

Me too , still got one about me now, only 3 yrs old, dont do so much these days but keeps me going now im retired