Track dog blood

[baldockbanks courser 598]

all these real deal dogs you speak of most have racing blood, you never seen an ex track grey working you'd know why if you did.

Do not try and insult my intelligence and say that ex track greyhounds make decent workers they will not have the wind that an average lurcher would have ...Ive seen fit greyhound saturated lurchers have nothing left to the point of dropping and imo they had done very little compared to the lurchers that were still fresh and had plenty left in the tank

you sound very narrow minded

dont bother asking a question if you dont want or dont like the answer.

 

1. worker to worker? that is a greyhounds work running round a track, if you didnt notice theres no coursing for greyhounds now and even when there was the best dogs at the waterloo cup were breed to turn hare not kill them.

 

2. ballarigan bob was a track dog( and as your very intelligent youll know not a decent worker then ) and a lot of todays coursing lurchers go back to him.

 

3. the average track dog is very game and will smash deer and draw as good if not better than many lurcher given the chance.

 

In my oppinion by injecting speed the track dogs done its part its the base blood that gives you what ever else you need.

Edited March 19, 2011 by baldockbanks courser

[SPOTTY BACKED BIG RACK 90]

 

In my oppinion by injecting speed the track dogs done its part its the base blood that gives you what ever else you need.

 

I disagree with that mate, all of the dogs Ive had to cull over recent years have been out of track greyhound bitchs. Any old greyhound will not do IMO.

[bradaz2009 9]

well what was the sire

[SPOTTY BACKED BIG RACK 90]

well what was the sire

 

A dog that had previously produced.

[baw 4,360]

well what was the sire

 

A dog that had previously produced.

 

If only it was that easy.............

[SPOTTY BACKED BIG RACK 90]

Baw, Iam not saying it is that easy, just that its a risk Iam no longer prepared to take

[baw 4,360]

Baw, Iam not saying it is that easy, just that its a risk Iam no longer prepared to take

 

I agree with you, working stock all the way. No guarantees there either though but its the best you can do. Unproven is just that, unproven but what I mean was, just cos a dog has a good pup once, doesn't mean it will produce another so I wouldn't blame the breeding. It's a complicated business and why folk pay top dollars for a pup even from a name is beyond me.

[MOO 730]

3. the average track dog is very game and will smash deer and draw as good if not better than many lurcher given the chance.

 

Now that is one of the funniest things I have ever read on here

[birddog 1,354]

3. the average track dog is very game and will smash deer and draw as good if not better than many lurcher given the chance.

 

Now that is one of the funniest things I have ever read on here

 

 

if the truth be known with their lack of socialisation, hunting instinct and physical strength many track greyhounds will run and kill anything in front of them cat,fox, deer, sheep, other dogs anything. and we still haven't found out how much greyhound is in your dog

[SPOTTY BACKED BIG RACK 90]

 

 

if the truth be known with their lack of socialisation, hunting instinct and physical strength many track greyhounds will run and kill anything in front of them cat,fox, deer, sheep, other dogs anything. and we still haven't found out how much greyhound is in your dog

 

I agree many greyhounds will do as you say. The problem is many also wont

[Guest storm70]

Well lads Ive had had some pups up from top names from laddie the accident to captian sponner spindles tor a tartmoor sam the man it docent mean because you have worker to worker that dogs will produce I find after 4 or 5 generations the line sometimes delutes itself I've seen some real good animals out of worker to racer if more speed is required especially at the end off the season when all dogs need more gears I don't like a slow dog at the back end and sometimes speed is a must especially were I go no need a few types for I've alote a ground I could run a few dogs in 1 day whith permission atb boys it's a open book

[baldockbanks courser 598]

3. the average track dog is very game and will smash deer and draw as good if not better than many lurcher given the chance.

 

Now that is one of the funniest things I have ever read on here

where do you think you can find this mythical working greyhound ?

so as a pup a man goes and gives good money for a well breed super fast greyhound pup. Then when its twelve months run it at hares ( youd get laugthed of the feild when it burns out ) rabbits ( it struggles to stay in the same feild when it turns ) and fox, deer and whatever else ( a purpose breed lurcher would be a far better investment for this ). no one would bother. the only ones about are failed or slow track dogs that someone re trained and uses which is good in itself but then there not the best greyhounds.

 

STOP BELEIVING COURSING GREYHOUNDS WERE WORKERS in the sense a lurcher is. single handed lurcher coursing is when a dog kills its hare on its own what ever way is required to get the job done. as a kill is the sole aim.

 

greyhound coursing is two dogs running against each other scoring points to turn a hare till they puff out.

A dog that has a good killing mouth is useless to the greyhound courser and will not be used for breeding or coursing hence its genes not passed on and when you think this has been the way for thousands of years the A COURSING DOG then apart from perhaps better feet brings nothing to the table, and in all honesty is most liklie not as fast as a track dog is.

 

sorry mate I missed the names of these legends youv breed over the years from your legenderie working greyhounds ?

unless that is you dont even breed first cross lurchers ? and your talking about bitzers if so why are you talking about greyhounds in the first place?

[toby1066 413]

greyhound coursing is two dogs running against each other scoring points to turn a hare till they puff out.

A dog that has a good killing mouth is useless to the greyhound courser and will not be used for breeding or coursing hence its genes not passed on and when you think this has been the way for thousands of years

 

good point mate greyhounds are not bred for mouth on the coursing field and its not something that ever gets tested on the track either

[harddigging 42]

after all said an done were far along now in the lurchers to never need to add greyhound blood again full stop.

in my eyes i know otheres will disagree but they greyhound can give nothing positive to a lurcher now, some say speed but why not use a generation courseing dog they have much more to offer, the greyhound is the weak link

[Catcher 1 639]

MOO You never have ran or bred track greyhounds.But there you go shouting that big gob again.Then wounder why poeple wont answers your questions.There just maybe someone out there who knows more than you.(Think you do).