Maximus Ferret
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Here's mine. Hope this uploads.
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aup all...well what it is my 16month pup wont retrieve rabbits to my hand when there is othere dogs about but she will if she is on her own and now and agen when out lamping with my mate and his dogs she will bring them back so far but some time she just leaves them on the ground when i call her still half alive. so cuppel of times the rabbits have got back up agen and ran so she had to catch them agen ive done all the dummie retrieving she dose that find strate back to hand when other dogs are there just wont if the rabbit is alive.. can anyone help me or give me some advice on any think els icould try? atb
All I would suggest is standing away from your mate and his dog while your bitch retrieves her rabbit. This is something that happens particularly with collie bred lurchers. I guess it's one of their potential faults.
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I say collie x and the deerhound x and a bedlington x for me
What Fordie said + wheaten. Also the various mixtures of them.(Bitzas).
It depends what you want to hunt with them and what suits your own temperament really but those breeds mixed with greyhound and whippet make versatile dogs. My own favourite is collie and greyhound but many would disagree with me.
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i don't understand the quarter bull...
winter daytime hares test any good dog, personally i can't believe anyone serious about preban daytime hares would touch a dog with any bull in, its doesn't mean a bull cross couldn't but not anything like a coursing type
but thats my opinion, each to their own,,
Master Mcgrath!!!!
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[they aint got the breath to blow out a candle TRUTH
The lads not looking for an out and out coursing dog or I'd have advised him to go for a saluki cross, preferably line bred from successful coursing lines.
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chears lads, i will be of to look at both crosses, they wont be just for long ears just if 1 poped up would like to no it stands a chance that all.
atb andy.
Either of those crosses will catch hares. I'd go for the beardy cross too.
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they aint the best but they do the job , personally id look on ebay for a mark1 box and collar
Hi chid21, I've used a mark1 box and collars with my ferrets for years. I was thinking of replacing it with a mark2 as I thought it might be a bit more waterproof. Why do you think the mark1's better? Whats wrong with the mark2?
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There is no way in hell you are askin too much. You are just wantin a dog to fool around with. That's not even close to askin too much.
The lad himself is not asking too much by wanting a decent dog but... I think he is asking too much of one dog to be any good at three very different disciplines.
Sure you can get good lamping and ferreting dogs and good lamping and daytime dogs but a good lamping, ferreting and daytime dog??? one step too far old bean.
Im sure they exist but i think what you'll end up with is either
a dog that ferrets well but gets laughed at by hares or a dog that bowls them over but gets bored and wonders off when its supposed to be watching nets.
Its just my opinion
What you can have is a dog that ferrets well, lamps well, and occasionally bowls over a longears if allowed to hunt and run them from a "kickup". The dog you've already mentioned ( quarter beardie threequarter greyhound) will do all this if entered properly. It won't be a top coursing dog and may sometimes be made to look daft by a hare but it'll catch some too. Before moving to Ireland I lived in Lincolnshire and ran a half cross border greyhound which sometimes caught hares, even on the fens. He'd have looked stupid running against proper coursing dogs with a proper long slip but he was great fun to own and kept the pot filled. Good luck with whatever you choose.
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Now that is interesting. I've owned and run mainly collie greyhound crosses for the last thirty six years but I was thinking they were unpopular at the moment. There certainly don't seem to be many first cross litters for sale these days.
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morn lads,,i no this might be a stupid question so dont all jump on me
but say i wont to buy a pup...or older lurcher,,,can you get a courier to pick it up like i do racing pigeons,,,if its far to travel...thanks lads....not stupid at all mate .. if you search it on here there is a bloke that does it .. unsure of his name but im sure someone will be able to tell you more
atb
His thread is a sticky at the top of the livestock "for sale" section.
hunting woodland
in Lurchers & Running Dogs
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How does it get experience of woodland without going in it? If it grows up tearing round open fields it won't have a clue about woodland.