MagyarAgar

anything specific?

It seems to be geared mainly to flyball, but I think this group caters to a wider audience. There are also people with Mali crosses who do IGP, Mali x APBT crosses. Mali/Collie X Whippet crosses. Some of them also want a dog that excels at a couple of different sports. I was totally oblivious to this group and that there are "other" people besides the sleddog and lurcher community were cross breeding for a "sport", be it field or otherwise is a thing.

Germany

Nope

I stumbled upon this Facebook group. They breed dogs for agility, flyball obediance and whatever. Most of the dogs are Collie x Whippet, but there are also quite some Malinois crosses around. here is the link: Log into Facebook WWW.(!64.56:886 Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. Thought this might be interesting for some of you.

Did it work out for you?

I need a bit of brains and bidability.

Do you know of anyone planning to breed something like that? I would really fancy a collie/kelpie x greyhound or whippet back to a coursing bred for the start of my own Bikejöring line.

GWPs also come in lighter and heavier set lines, and a decent one will catch and dispatch fox quite efficiently. Maybe the GWPs in the UK are different than the ones here in Germany. GWPs on average are said to be hardier and sharper.

GSP/Greyhound crosses are quite popular in the sprint and dryland disciplines of sleddog racing, and I would not be aware of massive heart problems with these dogs/crosses and they would definitely crop up there.

Goat milk definitely contains lactose. Maybe you can buy lactose free goat milk. Hard to make cheese without some kind of sugar…

Linebreeding, Inbreeding are techniques for the amateurs, that were state-of-the-art in the early 1900s. The real pros use genetic selection breeding programmes, less guesswork, better results.

Thanks a lot, @sandymere! That’s the stuff I am looking for. If you have more keep em coming.

Just a quick question mainly for @sandymere (couldn’t reach you via PM) Do you know some good resources regarding the history and working/hunting use of Galgos? Books, magazine articles, videos. Anything would be fine. Thanks in advance!

Keep us posted! Will be interesting to see which direction you choose to go.