trenchfoot
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I agree that a good bond is vital, especially for a mooching dog. However, the quicker the owner understands the way the dog is "wired" and works to the dogs instincts/capabilities the better the working partnership will be. Too many dogs get ruined or passed on because the owner will not or cannot understand the strengths/mentality of the dog
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As a kid I remember my grandad having a GSD x in the 70's and I remember the shock of what was hung in the coal shed of a morning. My uncle ran it in later years and it fed many households through the miners strike. I have only come across one since and it was handy around nets and capable on the lamp on small and large. A proper grafting dog. Good luck to the lads that still keep them
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I know that it's an old saying created by lab owners. I've trained enough gun dogs for myself and others to know that. I have also seen plenty of spaniels which have been given the sort of free rein that I would expect a mooching lurcher to be given and the majority of those have been a headache for the owner. just to make it clear, I am not knocking the cross, it's just a niggling itch that makes ME think twice about it and I am very happy to be proved wrong. I am a collie x man, just. As Wuyang is, but I am not kennel/breed blind Good luck to the pup and it's owner, I have no doubt he wi
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The fact that they soak up water that hangs around the cuffs and hem is a MAJOR issue. Drying out takes ages. they don't leak but you have to shake excess off them all the time to try and reduce it. They are very tough and will stand up to hard work but they are not what they were made out to be in the press. Graft hard in them in anything other than cold temps and you will sweat like a paedo on a school bus If waterproof, dry 90% of the time garments are what you are after, then look elsewhere. JMO
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How sure are you that it's three years old? And if you are running it any time soon, better get PLENTY of road work in
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It's a cross that in theory makes some sense. But the saying "spaniels die half trained!" always sits at the back of my mind. If trained as a rough shooting dog there should be little reason why it shouldn't work out. And I sincerely hope it does. Good luck with the pup, and keep us updated
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Good idea, put in it's own sub section with lamping deer and badger digging Bear baiting, cock fighting and sheep shagging..... Sheep shagging is illegal,? better delete some of them pics off my phone!!
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Good idea, put in it's own sub section with lamping deer and badger digging
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The delivery service at heinne is first rate. I've orderd loads and never had a problem and neither has anyone I know
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maybe, but for me the major benefit is that it minimizes the chance of the nervy, sensitive collie traits developing. I'm not saying that all collie x's are nervy/sensitive, but a outcross to the bullx just seems throw more mentally level offspring.
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I agree. Though with age some of the collie traits and brain are now starting to shine through. Either way, I enjoy watching him at work.
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Bit of bull in the mix too.....job done.... They do turn out well, but then is a colliex or just a lurcher? Sire 1st x collie grey, Dam1stx bull/grey x slauki grey
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put a false floor in, high enough to slide stuff out of sight, or to stop dogs eating stuff. I put mine high enough to slide plastic trays underneath it. Also handy for stashing rods and guns
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I agree, but I still think once he is clear of her majesty's pleasure, someone should put him under the NHS's displeasure
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If your caught the wrong side of the fence, smile nicely. Keep your head and back away. Have some respect for your quarry and those who's land it is. Once you start giving it the big I am , burn your barn down and all that sh@t, things will only go one way. I don't blame anyone who's land is plagued by lurcher men, acting like tw@ts shooting every hare they can. The only upside is that there is permission to be gained for working hare within the law on the back of the actions of those divvies amongst us
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If your on their property, without permission, what more do you expect. If someone came on your yard and let their dog chase your fowl around, I think you would react the same way. As for those lads running leverets, round here they hares bred very late and most leverets are little bigger than pint pots at the moment. even my collie catches 'em whilst looking for lost sheep. So anyone boasting of pups catching them "just to bring 'em on", should have a good hard look at themselves, or offer my collie a match!
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I have a collie here that hunts with the lurchers and alone. used him once at stud and to be honest the pups turned out well physically, mentally they were to sensitive for most folk and would do your head in. I got sick of being pestered to use him again, so had his nuts off. there is enough dogs homes fillers out there as it is he doesnt mind getting stuck in
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I'd be interested to here about this type of breeding. On paper it makes a fair bit of sense for the mythical all rounder. I think if selling pups is your business, then those minute fractions matter. If your breeding good dog to good bitch, for yourself and mates, it's counts for two thirds of feck all, but it's all grist to the mill
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I dress like a tramp most of the time, so a chance to tidy myself up and show some respect is more than welcome. And if your after hare on permission, why make yourself look like you have something to hide
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A good choice, but for me, you would get to many collie variables in the litter. Which is fine if you have a long list a possible new owners for the pups, but these days finding enough collie x enthusiasts to take them all is hard work even with a straight half x let alone some of the racy "one man and his dog" look a likes that would/could occur. I personally like that type, but they don't suit the majority. Even if they could do most of the jobs that the majority would ask of them The problem is though that folk equate raciness as the only asset needed to do the job...and raciness is oft
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A good choice, but for me, you would get to many collie variables in the litter. Which is fine if you have a long list a possible new owners for the pups, but these days finding enough collie x enthusiasts to take them all is hard work even with a straight half x let alone some of the racy "one man and his dog" look a likes that would/could occur. I personally like that type, but they don't suit the majority. Even if they could do most of the jobs that the majority would ask of them
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Whilst the extra pace of the 3/4 bred dog is handy at times, the amount of knocks they take in the role of a knock about lurcher swings things in favour of the half cross for me. To be honest I would put a straight grey over a collie either, but prefer a racy lurcher to lurcher bred sprint machine with no collie in it. A dash of beddie does seem to make a difference in minimising some of the irritating collie traits than can and do crop up in the straight collie grey
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She looks to be doing grand, A nice robust critter. If you ever tire of her, send this side of the hill!
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at least if you know whats in it (on paper at least!) you have an excuse to blame any faults on one part of its known breeding! I've known a few have it done and seen some very curious breeds thrown up. A Brittany whippet that had saluki (quite probably), GSP ( possibly from an out cross to the brittany somewhere down the line) and SHITZU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That link is interesting, but does anyone have anymore up to date on the evolution/breeding programme of this "type" of Alaunt?
