She's quite quick, but not got the sharp turn of my other whippet lurcher. She covers more ground hunting than my other dogs and prefers to wait for the bolt just like a lurcher. I just mooch with her, fun little dog. She also stalks and try's to round up my other lurcher.
Quite a flattering photo....given what she looks like in some of the others.
Tops at around 21 to the shoulder, bit of an odd shape... I'll get a pic up
Got shape to her, but not as racier as your average lurcher,,,less than 50% sighthound.
Used to bush with a border collie bitch.....she'd work all cover, just not the really tight stuff my little jack fits under.
Got a springer x lurcher,,,,,not really a bushing dog by any standards but a good mooching dog.
Don't shake her by the scruff of her neck....bad advice.
You want a dog to be happy when they come back to you. I know it can push most people to boiling point when a dog continually ignores you....., but you have hide your frustration from the dog. The dog won't relate the shaking to not coming back to you, in fact quite the opposite.....and it has another reason not to come back to you.
Take it away from rabbits and work on recall and praise....don't over do it....make it a game... I'm sure there's plenty on the Internet...YouTube etc about recall training. Forget hunting for the ti
Don't think you'll go far wrong. Check the dam n sire out though because there's a lot of people will tell you what you want to hear just to sell a pup. The amount of lies I was told when looking for my last two pups was staggering.
I've seen a couple of nice whippet x border collies on here, both were racier than I expected........but personally I'd want at least a bit of greyhound in the mix. Other than your usual Internet sites selling dogs and countrymans weekly there's always david hancock for greyhound x collies.
I rescued this bitch, had her first litter at 10 months of age. I got her when she was about 18 months. She was a natural hunting bitch from the first day I took her out with my other dogs. She had a particular style when she hunted. If there was a bush in between two fields she would try to push the rabbit out in the direction she wanted....sounds daft, but I'm sure that's what she was trying to do.sort of flushing it for herself to chase. Not all collies seem to have the same hunting drive from my limited experience though.
She would work any cover.
First thing I do is get the foundations in place.....for me that's recall and lead work and walking to heel.......bonding with the dog etc.
The bushing bit is the easy bit.....just make sure you've got the obedience level you require first.
It's why I wanted one. I really needed a dog that wants to hunt...given there's not much around where I work. When I phoned regarding my bitch I was told it was gamekeeper bred working springer x greyhound........, but when I dug a little deeper it transpired it was actually the keepers springer bitch that his very old greyhound looking lurcher had managed to get his leg over with........accidental mating........but he was a keeper and he owned both dogs......so I took my chance.........
I'm also impressed with her temperament....a joy to own. Like you I can't understand why there not more c
Bloody hell they're like twins.
Looks like yours might be more racey, it's got the same long neck though.
Where did you get it from? There where some saluki/greyhound x sprocker pups near me a while ago which I thought might be quite handy.
Just a preference thing really,,,but I do favour small jrt...it's plain sailing for them......The ideal size dog for bushing tight brambles by a mile, but a long leg one will also get the job done no bother.......my concern would be more with the dams sire abilities......sort of avoiding hardcore digging dogs, but there are always exceptions to the norm.