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two crows

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  1. I don't think a fox would take much catching up to, by any sort of lurcher unless the dog not trying, after that different thing, not my bag though tbh, I have a 243 for them, that don't jack.
  2. saluki coats vary a lot from different countries and regions within those countries, I bred some crosses with nothing but saluki and greyhound in and some of the feathered ones were almost wooly, back in the seventys I bred some smaller ones by using whippet for the smaller fields and barbed wire where I lived they were spot on. the pic I put up shows one 22/23 looks just like a modern one.
  3. yes it def comes from way back, and we keep breeding it in, most of the early saluki bred dogs were of lurchers not greyhounds so could be any thing in their makeup.
  4. your correct, with these dogs today the peds are written down, and percentage wise there nearly pure saluki but very different , our version if you like, and nothing else needs to be added, they are complete and need keeping so.
  5. yes to both it is diluted, but it made the early dogs what they were and that makes the present dogs what they are, coursing bred bitch with bedy blood 40 odd years ago and present day line bred bitch.
  6. so the father to the pups is from jake and queeney is that correct some very good breeding these pups should be very handy, I once bred some off a sal lurcher to a whippet dog they were awesome, good luck.
  7. starting off with something and trying to change it into something that already exists is pointless, what phil said about purpose bred dogs is spot on, if hares are your thing you know what to get, same for fox or deer, there are hundreds of great rabbiting lurchers out there, so why bother trying to go back in time, however if the dear hound cross lights your fire go for it and be happy, as I have got older I don't take my self ore my dogs to seriously and my enjoyment has gone up as a result.
  8. in the seventy's I saw quite a few f1 and three quarters run and if ime honest and I usualy am they were very average and that's being kind, in the early 2000s lads we ran with started on about these again one got a d/h lurcher was no good, another lad got a f1 now this one was very capable at running hares, easy fast enough tight runner, and cought the od un, but jacked on 9 out 10, heart of a mouse, there are better out there for every thing, but old gyp belonged to a good mate of mine he was generation d/h lurcher and a great lamper, I liked old gyp proper dog, but the day he ran a hare in
  9. this bitch took all quarry day and night single handed of course, quarter grey tree quarter lion.
  10. saw this old hancock add for Alsatian greys while sorting old mags to sell
  11. never know mate, but owner is a farmer so by nature a greedy bugger, so if there is a few bob in it.
  12. look nice pal, always amazes me how dogs take to any one never judge.
  13. was working at a farm today blacky and saw this matched pair obviously seen some action,
  14. I went down this road once with saluki greyhounds, but unless you cross two dogs of the same percentage together each generation is going to be different from the last. you realy cant beat line breading like x like for both ability and appearance .
  15. mother is just a good honest stableyard type but father is the roadsweeper top single handed brush realy fast hard type.
  16. could not resist, as I said know nothing about em but my one for next season looks promising, ok might be a bit young but took to it like a duck to water, I will put her away now while September.
  17. must say blacky I feel a long way out my comfort zone here as I know nothing about brushes and even less about sweeping, but that new un looks spot on to my untrained eye.
  18. most animal populations will self regulate and food is key, if there are to many rabbits they starve ore mixi strikes, far more humane to keep them under control, same with all animals rely , even people.
  19. just past this year on her second attempt (failed the theory) examiner said it was the saluki in it .
  20. black neck its not raining here now but I'm not going back, your right by the way.
  21. spend the summer in the beer tents write it all down instant best seller and a great summer cant fault it.
  22. back when I started a long long time ago ,saluki was introduced direct to peoples existing lurchers to improve coursing ability, but little did they know just how important these crosses would become in the creation of what we take for granted, todays coursing dogs have had generations of men breading best to best to achieve this, these dogs have such a deapth of breading behind them its unreel, here is an old pic from the early days the bigger bitch is fly beddlington lurcher cross saluki, this bitch was an awesome hare killer and a decent knock about dog the smaller bitch is off her to a n
  23. breading the ideal lurcher is a tricky one to say the least, some want this some want that etc etc,, not to big not to small, with coursing dogs it was slightly easier because its more of a specialist type, with most folk wanting the same thing, and by crossing best to best, here we are with a dog almost pure in its breading, and with a couple of coat variations throes very nearly true to type, making the fi redundant. both greyhounds and grews can be to bullish, and headstrong that's why I believe by adding saluki by using a coursing type you will get a much steadier animal with a coursing
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