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    Id say % of lurchers are lurcher to lurcher bred,the grew influence is often useful,yet well diluted in the best of lurchers.Collie,Saluki,Deerhound,Whippet,Bull have more honest influence on lurcher production than any Grey ever did.Who breeds a litter of lurchers for what a Grey offers as a worker?. Greyhounds and whippets, the two most slated dogs on this site. Collie, bull and saluki more honest influence, really? Honesty in a dog to me, is trying it's utmost when in pursuit, and you don't get any more driven than whippets or greyhounds when in pursuit of quarry. You normally write a
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    Nl is that a throwback to the 'mixed' veg breeding?
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    I mentioned this exact cross a couple of years ago, and got shot down in flames as a dreamer etc, by hot meat and a few others on here. Ah well lol
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    Best posts I've read on here for quite a while . Though I have to disagree in your first post with 'prior to salukis hare coursing was just that, running after hares'. Seen plenty of greyhounds and whippet/greyhounds catching hares very regularly, and pretty damned quickly too, even with 'law' before they were slipped. Not talking about the 200 yard slips which I've heard quoted many times in clips, but never actually seen, but probably the same as most coursing bred dogs actually get slipped at. And anyway, you've likened salukis to lurchers, so fair law coursing isn't really in the equat
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    Sharp bitch that mate, how's she bred, much saluki?
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    You any clearer as to deciding what type to use at stud to her fella?
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    Id not breed from a Greyhound bitch to produce honest lurchers,false economy.Its better to breed from a lurcher and save all the wastage,fact. Greyhound is nearly 90% wastage and the most useful lurchers are best 25% Grew. You're confusing me here morton, and the issue. So if jase's bitch has done 3 seasons of decent work/lamping, seemingly with little in the way of many problems/injuries, that he's happy enough with to consider breeding a litter from, is she still 90% crap, or one of the remaining 10% of greyhounds or greyhound bred lurchers left that are any good? @ bigja
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    Eh?!
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    Yep, that's a valid point, different charecteristics of each breed/type. Personally, and I know there are others that will obviously disagree, but I personally couldn't hack bedlington x lurchers. Every one I've seen have been far too headstrong and have too much nose to be really good lamp dogs, the ones I've seen. Deerhound x lurchers, while still having a fair nose, seem alot less headwork and a bit more biddable, and have been far better and more versatile lamp dogs
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    You aint totally wrong mate lol. For me, the right lamping conditions don't have to be perfect, but using a bit of common sense and a bit of weather knowledge goes a long way to improving the amount you see, and the amount you'll catch. Going out when there's still a fair amount of moon either waxing or waning and not too much in the way of wind, is mostly a futile waste of time and effort, and as dodger and a couple of others have said, you'll just be wising stuff up, pretty smartish, therefore making em all the harder to catch. Wait a few nights til the weather is more favourable, doesn't h
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    If you buy in a 1st x, and he turns out a decent worker with the qualities you want to add to your bitch, you won't then have the problems, headaches, and have to listen to the absolute BULLSHIT that owners of potential studs for your bitch WILL come out with and try to convince you of!
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    Same as every f****r on here that can't wait for proper lamping conditions lol. It's all just a competition now, everyone got to start their dogs earlier than everyone else. catch more, go out more often etc etc. No wonder some people don 't see as much as they used to when they do go out, like you say, everyfucker else has wised them up lol
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    Put a 1st x border collie/whippet to her, If you're that set about having a litter from her. She's already 25" tts so adding anything with more greyhound in will, in theory, possibly give you taller dogs than what you want.
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    Well if you want to keep height and staying power, plus better coat, I'd go for a good deer/grey
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    many of us had deer/grey cross collie/grey in the 80s, almost the standard lurcher of its time, and most made reasonable all rounders. not sure how many were genuine, as there would have needed to be a hell of a lot of coursing deerhounds at stud lol. google sorisdale deerhounds, now i know it is difficult to judge conformation from photos, but some of those dogs look more like camels or donkeys than deerhounds, and certainly none have what we would look for in a working hound. seem to be big heavy cloddy things too, and excessive weight added to poor feet would certainly explain why the c
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    If it aint doing teeth by the time it's 11-12 months old, sell the c**t, you've obviously bought a crock of shite from a line of jackers lol
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    Was definitely colder for longer back then than what it is now. January 1978 and 1980, epecially 78, were good, or bad. depending on your viewpoint lol, years for snow. 1978 we had 3-4 foot of snow right along our streets, and 6-7 foot drifts all over the place. Many parts of south wales came to a standstill. Main roads were cut off, travel of any sort was really disrupted. Seasons were very much still seasons then. They're all over the place now, warm and wet for much of the year now, mad
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    whats that mean jimmy??? it may be a bit steep for what it is but i think for what i do it'd be pretty handy and fit inside me coat i could also take it to the gay bar too!! lol atb si ps... where is everyone! They stampeding to their nearest gay bar, to be the first to greet you with your new weapon si lol
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    I know, was just making a point in general really. After morton's negative post . I think the pair of those pups have probably turned out pretty decent, especially the bitch, but I will agree with morton about her left hind foot, it did look a bit flat lol, might've been just the way she was stood though. Pics are not the best resource of checking something out properly lol would be nice to hear how they came on now and how they look,as young dogs never do a cross any credit I know, was just making a point in general really. After morton's negative post . I think the pair of t
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    I know, was just making a point in general really. After morton's negative post . I think the pair of those pups have probably turned out pretty decent, especially the bitch, but I will agree with morton about her left hind foot, it did look a bit flat lol, might've been just the way she was stood though. Pics are not the best resource of checking something out properly lol
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    Same around many areas down where we are . Think it's probably the same in most areas around the country really db, apart from maybe further north, northern parts of scotland etc?
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    Thats a poor looking Deerhoundy bitch,short coupled,short necked,narrow fronted and weak skulled,the dog looks a tad wider between the ears but is slender jawed and as weak looking as the bitch.A very poor representation of a Deerhoundy.haha,bit harsh morton.short coupled and short neck could be solved by showing it something and they'll stand better.other crtisism's can see your point.look at the back foot on the bitch.Deerhoundys where noted for their strength,long back,long powerfull neck and a jaw suited to their frame,wide and powerful stance and an invincible aura,i didn,t get any of tha
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    Eh?!
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    Good point there. How many dogs/pups, of whatever breeding, have little or no hunting/prey drive? Practically none. When I was growing up, loads of lads my age, or a bit older, had mongrels/pets that u couldn't stop hunting if you tried! And that would be dogs/pets with very little sighthound, if any, in them. Plain facts are, most dogs, of whatever type/breed, will want to work A Ford KA will get you from A to B but you wouldnt put it in formula 1 would you same with dogs Using dogs and cars as an analogy, is a bit like trying to make sense of 'whin's' posts. And most people don't
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    That's another way of looking at it I suppose lolNB hope my comment didn't come across as a criticism of yours re general dogs/ drive stuff. Was purely meant as a reflection on people who breed (and, indeed, buy) unnecessarily while there are dogs galore in rescues that will fit most dedicated responsible homes. No offence taken . I just find it hard to believe that anyone, including the people that put that ad up, don't realise that almost any dog of any breeding will want to hunt, particularly with hound, spaniel, terrier or sighthound blood in them. And that list will more than likely b
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