pure greyhunds

[Guest TERRIERCENTRAL]

hello everyone just wondering if anyone is working pure greyhounds because havent seen many working if you working a greyhound could you put up pics please and tell me what they are like to work because it dont seem many people working them also was thinking about giveing one a home as there being so many needing homes thats if i could make a decent worker out of one thanks look forward to hearing your replys thanks jak

[riohog 5,939]

i dont work them myself ..but a friend has one ,, does the job very well ..but they do suffer with knocked up toes !! not the best of feet . depends i suppose how much you work them and where

[Blue one 89]

They are very injury prone, thousands are lost every year, due to racing greyhounds getting injured on the track!

I had one a long time ago, a ex track bitch, small, she was ok, got a few hares, but took a while to get fit.

She had a bad hunting accident, coursing a hare, when she went down for the strike, she tumbled and broke her neck, killing her instantly!

[hullhunter 219]

hasent fence_hopper got a good bitch?

if he is on im sure he will fill you in on them.

[lurchermania 25]

hood mate seen nowt better on hares.... ( thats what they bread for) you will see big vetbills tho my bitch is in my avetar good dogs mate..... dave slight( purdys progress ) has 2 greys he should be putting to work this season and i dont think he would have a bad word to say about them......

[Guest TERRIERCENTRAL]

would you recomend getting a pup rather than a ex track dog do you think by getting a pup and bring it on on the land you will be running on it will turn out a bit more hardy feet wise ??

[riohog 5,939]

would you recomend getting a pup rather than a ex track dog do you think by getting a pup and bring it on on the land you will be running on it will turn out a bit more hardy feet wise ??

its in the breeding pal ,, some are better feet than others

 

there all bloody accident prone though !!

[deerhound-greyhound 6]

a guy i know who lives just down the road from me had a pure greyhound dog ex racing dog,

it was a great worker day and night,

[Guest TERRIERCENTRAL]

keep the info comeing lads good to hear all your comments and thorts

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

I personally wouldn't recommend a greyhound as a hunting dog to anyone. Every chase could be their last.

Edited October 2, 2010 by cúagusgiorraí

[Blue one 89]

I have a small track bitch here. I have hunted with her for over a year now. She is very good but I have to be very careful where I let her hunt. She has proved herself enough to me now, so I will no longer hunt her, instead she will be a pet, mooching dog, and a lurcher dam. I cannot risk her hunting anymore, she is too valuable to me now. As regards hunting qualities, she is fast, plenty of stamina, intelligent, keen, good concentration, excellent nose, loads of prey drive, game. I cant fault her really, except she has thin skin. I personally wouldn't recommend a greyhound as a hunting dog to anyone. Every chase could be their last.

 

 

 

Fine hound that and well spoken.

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

Fine hound that and well spoken.

thanks

 

They are very injury prone, thousands are lost every year, due to racing greyhounds getting injured on the track!

 

exactly!

[Guest TERRIERCENTRAL]

you say u wudnt recomend one as a hunting dog well surely a lot of people must have worked greyhound because in most lurchers greyhound is the main thing used so oviously they must be getting worked to be bred to or am i rong ??

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

Unfortunately some lurchers are bred from untested track bitches, bred from and discarded.

 

Here is a good video as demonstration, I know its park coursing, but it shows you how greyhounds run. Poor greyhound fecks up his leg at 1:27

 

Edited October 2, 2010 by cúagusgiorraí

[matmorgan 49]

Unfortunately some lurchers are bred from untested track bitches, bred from and discarded.

 

Honestly people can do whatever they want, but in my opinion greyhounds are speed freaks with extreme prey-drive, nothing will hold them back and that is their downfall, they are just too intense in their pursuit and their delicate bodies (bred for speed only, not sturdiness) cannot hold up in the field for very long. Whippets are the same, the only difference is their size and they can sort of bounce of things, they dont carry the same mass and momentum as a greyhound. If you want a greyhound type as a hunter, a whippet or whippetgrey will do a very good job. Small greyhound bitches are good hunters, perhaps stronger and sturdier than a whippetgrey, but then again carry more mass and feel the collisions and impact more, therefore worse injuries. The terrain you hunt on dictates whether a grey is suitable as well. If you live in a place like Hungary or Russia with nice open green flat fields, its not so bad, compared to a place like where I live which is riddled with lethal obstacles and hazards. My hound bitch has done a decent job at hunting, proved herself well enough to me. She has everything I would want in a lurcher except her thin skin and recklessness. So in order to improve the line, I will breed her to a racey Irish collie (which has been bred to run this land), hopefully adding the intelligence, controllability, thick skin and self preservation which I prefer and I believe is required in a lurcher to hunt the land around here.

 

Here is a good video as demonstration, I know its park coursing, but it shows you how greyhounds run. Poor greyhound fecks up his leg at 1:27

 

they can certainly shift.