[which deerhound lurcher ?]

after a long time out of the game and a long search to find a dh cross with a known background and no bull, i finally got pup reserved from a litter due on a couple of weeks. dh/gh/bed/wh

[Hancock Dog Pictures]

The only down side to Hancocks is its his business and he hasn't the time to sit and socialise all the pups, so I wouldn't take on an older pup that he often gets stuck with.

yeah i'd agree with that . bet some of them 16 week old ones are a right pain in the a*se

[Hancock Dog Pictures]

nice to see some good said about hancock bred dogs. best dog i've ever seen was bred by him and owned by a mate of mine in the 90's. heart of a lion and never jacked at anything 3/4 gh / collie and clever as you like. the lad had her as a pup and put masses of time into her. dont think hancock's doing anything different now to what he did then but preferences in general now seem to be for bull x's . shame.

[Pup Won't Retrieve]

this is a really good thread

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/82457-begginer-lurcher-training/

[New Pup Good Or Bad]

should be a good mix

[Antis]

 

 

what? did he get bummed!

personal note to myself i must call foxes more often

 

There has to be a pun somewhere for dogging and squeaking foxes, but I can't for the life of me think of one!..

 

just made me think. about 25 years ago when we were goin lamping we used to say we were off dogging. fancy saying that to the wife now eh ??

[Genetics Or Trainning ?]

this is gonna open a right can o worms. i've been working lurchers for about 30 years. go to plenty of shows but never shown a dog yet. most of the best lurchers i've seen, and that only most, have come from good working parents. .

but all of the best lurchers i've seen have been owned by lads who put a lot of time into their dogs.

given time an training all lurchers will fill the pot but some better than others. seen too many lads enter dogs and bin them after 1 night cos the dog aint producing.

the three best dogs i've ever seen work ( one i ended up with at 4yrs due to a mate falling on hard times) were all bred differently

best was a black 1/2 cross hancock dog. took everything and in spades , 2nd was a 28" dh/gh that i ended up with 3rd was a crap looking brindle dog i would never give house room ( this one spent more time in the boozer with its owner than anywhere else as he liked a jar or 20) but took rhf for a pastime

only one of the 3 above was from good breeding , 1 was commercially bred by hancock and the other was an accidental mating.

all 3 had had masses of time put into em by their first and in 2 of their cases their only owners.

so i'd go training all the way .

lurchers aint terriers. and you're asking much more things from them. more you put into em the more they give back