lurcher

[shotgunny 39]

Hi guys i am new to lurchers and working dogs in general and i was wondering what sort of lurcher to to get.

I will be doing lamping with the dog and i was wondering can lurchers be trained to retrieve

fallen birds???

I am only learning about this sort off dog so any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks a million lads

[watchman 256]

asking people on here mate for wich lurcher to get is like asking them their favourite colour,generally speaking imo a collie/grey can be a good all round dog,easy to train,as with most dogs can be trained to retrieve feather,another thing to consider is the ground you have to lamp which can also determine the best type for your needs,ie size of the fields,type of terrain ect, hope this goes someway in your choice of dog atvb rob

Edited December 30, 2009 by watchman

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Hi guys i am new to lurchers and working dogs in general and i was wondering what sort of lurcher to to get.

I will be doing lamping with the dog and i was wondering can lurchers be trained to retrieve

fallen birds???

I am only learning about this sort off dog so any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks a million lads

 

 

Collie/hound/whip, and yes they can be trained to take fallen birds, I never trained my bitch to retrieve birds and she has done it a few times, so with plenty of time put into ur new dog I am sure you will be more than happy with its work.

 

All depends where you are based, and how old you are, I would arrange a session for you to see the different type of lurchers doing their work.

 

Hope this helps.

[kirk224 10]

deerhound x greyhound works for me

 

put other people might think diffrent

[don1 1]

i wouldnt touch a collie greyhound might be easy to train but you might as well get a pure collie got no bottle what so ever seen loads collie is good in small doses for brains like quater bedlington/whippet/collie/greyhound:)

[birddog 1,354]

wouldnt hesitate to recomend collie cross but they are a long term commitment my current collie cross's 1st 3 kills were birds shes a bit steadier to them now but hey ho a pheasant in the bag is fine for me didnt like her 1st pigeon though maybe all the feathers but shes better now other crosses in my opinion dont need as much work but collie x's do better if out often i'm lucky that mines is out daily hope this helps

[watchman 256]

i wouldnt touch a collie greyhound might be easy to train but you might as well get a pure collie got no bottle what so ever seen loads collie is good in small doses for brains like quater bedlington/whippet/collie/greyhound:)

its only my opinion mate,i think we all seen good and bad in most crosses,i personally would not touch anything with bedlington in,nearly all the ones i seen myself have been good for nothing and readily give tongue,but as we all know there are some out there that clearly do the job very well,as seen on this site we can only answer a post through personel experiance atvb rob

[Barks66 0]

Watchman: easy tiger!!! thats a very bold statement. Got 2 beddy xs and they are both game, just aquired beddy/whippet x collie grey so each to there own, but wouldn't knock any x they all got there place

Edited December 30, 2009 by Barks66

[border lad 1,047]

i wouldnt touch a collie greyhound might be easy to train but you might as well get a pure collie got no bottle what so ever seen loads collie is good in small doses for brains like quater bedlington/whippet/collie/greyhound:)

How long you have you been keeping lurchers????? sure if you breed of a pet collie type and reject greyhound, you may end up with some thing like what you are trying to describe, if the lad does his home work and searches the work place, there is a lot of very good collie xs out there, check around your local, area, find out from the lads who has dogs there, and they could put you into the breed for that area,

[theferreter 311]

a collie x grey for lamping rabbits and ferreting or a wheaten x for every thing

[Catcher 1 639]

i wouldnt touch a collie greyhound might be easy to train but you might as well get a pure collie got no bottle what so ever seen loads collie is good in small doses for brains like quater bedlington/whippet/collie/greyhound:)

 

i wouldnt touch a collie greyhound might be easy to train but you might as well get a pure collie got no bottle

 

What a foolish remark