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  2. Poodle Cross Lurcher

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    Any body on here ever seen a poodle cross lurcher?

    Years ago I used to have one. Dam was 15/16ths greyhound, 1/16th collie, sire was standard poodle. Unfortunately he got killed on the road in pursuit of bambi age 21 months, so never reached his full potential, but was shaping up to be all that I could have wanted. Good ferreting dog, sensible around the nets, had taken daytime hares, had a couple of daytime roe under his belt, and had retrieved his first goose from the water (I used to take him wildfowling, though lurcher work was the number one priority). He had a good nose, good feet and coat. Very biddable and great temperament - soft as shite with the kids. One thing I really liked about him was that he didn't look very lurcher-like as his coat hid his body shape; he just looked like a scruffy Heinz 57. So it meant if you just happened to be poking around somewhere you weren't supposed to be you just looked like some numpty dog walker who'd got lost. He didn't draw attention to himself the way a lot of 'classy' lurchers do.

     

    The vast majority of working dog folk scoff at the very mention of the word poodle. The Crufts image springs to mind with the stupid haircut and bows and ribbons everywhere. And the current craze for crossing every sort of mutt imagineable with a poodle and charging £800 for the pups only adds to the perception of them being ridiculous. But underneath the coat they're racy and athletic. They're a highly intelligent gundog and I think it's a crying shame more people don't work them. There's a few kennels in America that do. Anybody interested should take a look at http://www.redhuntingpoodles.com/

     

    I'm sure there'll be plenty of people in this thread lining up to make derogatory remarks about them, but from my own perspective I can't rate the cross highly enough. (Though to be fair, I've never seen any other examples of this cross, so am basing my comments on one individual animal that may or may not have been representative of the cross in general.)

    was he off typpe ratcher ? I have one the same cross, he's a big b*****d, measures 29" tts. Fantastic nose, trust his marks 100%. He pick up a sent and quarters a field like a good un until he puts up whatevers there. He may not be a superstar and is little to big for rabbit, but he's a good reliable dog that's great with the kids and other dogs, loves water and just generally a decent loyal dog

  8. Castrated Dogs?

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    I've got a beddy x he's a little b###### with my spaniel if he's not trying to shag him he's ragging him around with his ears and can be a bit funny with strange dogs, but the worst thing is he keeps sneaking into the kids room and pissing when he's alone with the wife and when she tries to chastise him for it he growls at her. We got him at nine month old and I think he was a bit of a mixed up kid when we got him. It causing no end of trouble with her indoors and was hoping it might help sort his dominance problems and maybe his pissing too

  12. Led Lamps

    in Hunting Equipment

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    Thinking of getting a buffalo river rechargeable, I've read the good reports, but what type of lamping are you using them for, I'm wanting one for lamping with the dog which I think needs a more powerful lamp than with a gun. Anybody use one with the dogs?

  24. SGC put in today!!

    in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns

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    Wish it took derbyshire police 6 weeks, sent mine the begining of january. Rang them the other day just to enquire that they'd recieved it ok, obviously i appolagised for disturbing them and said i realised they were very busy. Apparently there just doing january's applications now and i can excpect a call from my fao in the next fortnight to arrange a visiting time. So by my calculations i can hope for my licence in probably a month :huh:

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