4001alex 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi, I often hear of Collie blooded lurchers being of a sensitive disposition, what do people mean by this and how does it affect the training of them? I am also interested to hear about peoples experiance of training these type of lurchers, ie; sucsefull methods and problems encountered and ways to over come them. Thanks for your help Alex Quote Link to post
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi, I often hear of Collie blooded lurchers being of a sensitive disposition, what do people mean by this and how does it affect the training of them? I am also interested to hear about peoples experiance of training these type of lurchers, ie; sucsefull methods and problems encountered and ways to over come them. Thanks for your help Alex means you cant shout at them or knock them around as they sulk afterwards. Quote Link to post
4001alex 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 How do you disiplin them then? I have trained spaniels, pointers and lurchers before and at some point i have had to scruff/bollock them, just wandered what people do with really sensitive types? Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) I have one here 1/2 collie, she,s not nervous like some types can be but she tends to stalk far too much for my liking, much prefer 1/4 collie Edited June 19, 2011 by KittleRox Quote Link to post
fcuktheban 140 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 My mate has one and it's not as touchy as mine is. Never have to get after my dog she just gets a harsh word and she gets the point. Don't really see any good coming out of giving the dog a smack, just makes it not want to be around you. Quote Link to post
bird 9,586 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 How do you disiplin them then? I have trained spaniels, pointers and lurchers before and at some point i have had to scruff/bollock them, just wandered what people do with really sensitive types? well mate, most lurchers are of a sensitive nature even bullxgreys, as most running dogs (greyhounds,whippets ...........) is the base line and they to are to begin with. Border collies , are sensitive+robtic nature, so put the 2 together = 1 highly sensitive dog.Ive had 3 straight colliexgreys, and they were really all the (very) sensitive temps. If i had another colliex again, this time it would only be a 1/4 at most, or go lurcher to lurcher with just a bit of collie in the mix. Any lurcher can be hard to train if (over)sensitive, but why make it harder on your self to begin with, and pick a x thats got if bad to begin with Quote Link to post
lowry 48 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi, I often hear of Collie blooded lurchers being of a sensitive disposition, what do people mean by this and how does it affect the training of them? I am also interested to hear about peoples experiance of training these type of lurchers, ie; sucsefull methods and problems encountered and ways to over come them. Thanks for your help Alex the only lurcher is a collie greyhound.. all the rest are longdogs... brains of the working collie and speed of the coursing greyhound... 1 Quote Link to post
sighthound123 31 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 It's not just collie greys my saluki grey whippet is the same really. I just need to raise my voice and it's enough for the lurcher to know it's done or is doing wrong. However even if the dog is of sensitive nature in some circumstances a grab hold of the scruff and a clip round the ear must be done i.e. Livestock, dog aggression and so on because these bad traits need to be curbed straight away and a dog shouldn't need told twice regarding this. Well that's just my opinion of the matter. Quote Link to post
4001alex 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 There must be some people out there who experienced difficulties and overcame them, or even people who have some interesting storys about the training of this canine super mind. I am also perticularly interested in around the house, things like tempement with children, herding instincs and over possesive behavour that you so often hear about with pure collies? Also the entering to quarry, would i be right in saying the more collie in the mix the harder this can be? Thanks to all the people who have already replied Alex Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) Hi, I often hear of Collie blooded lurchers being of a sensitive disposition, what do people mean by this and how does it affect the training of them? I am also interested to hear about peoples experiance of training these type of lurchers, ie; sucsefull methods and problems encountered and ways to over come them. Thanks for your help Alex the only lurcher is a collie greyhound.. all the rest are longdogs... brains of the working collie and speed of the coursing greyhound... So beddy/greys, beddy/whips, deerhound/greys, bull/greys, etc etc are longdogs infact I don,t know why I am replying to that stupid fookin comment Edited June 19, 2011 by KittleRox Quote Link to post
4001alex 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi, I often hear of Collie blooded lurchers being of a sensitive disposition, what do people mean by this and how does it affect the training of them? I am also interested to hear about peoples experiance of training these type of lurchers, ie; sucsefull methods and problems encountered and ways to over come them. Thanks for your help Alex the only lurcher is a collie greyhound.. all the rest are longdogs... brains of the working collie and speed of the coursing greyhound... So beddy/greys, beddy/whips, deerhound/greys, bull/greys, etc etc are longdogs infact I don,t know why I am replying to that stupid fookin comment couldnt agree more Quote Link to post
sighthound123 31 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 deer/greys and saluki/greys are kittlerox but your right in saying that beddy greys/whips are also lurchers. Two sight hounds put together are make a longdog. Any other breed put over a sighthound makes a lurcher doesn't just have to be collie! Quote Link to post
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 A deerhound/greyhound would be a long dog wouldn't it? Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 There must be some people out there who experienced difficulties and overcame them, or even people who have some interesting storys about the training of this canine super mind. I am also perticularly interested in around the house, things like tempement with children, herding instincs and over possesive behavour that you so often hear about with pure collies? Also the entering to quarry, would i be right in saying the more collie in the mix the harder this can be? Thanks to all the people who have already replied Alex I take it by your questions you are intending to get a collie bred lurcher ? How much collie do you intend to have in the mix ? Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 A deerhound/greyhound would be a long dog wouldn't it? I stand corrected but it was still a stupid comment Quote Link to post
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