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[whin 463]

whats the father and mother gin , what size and what are they bred of ,

[Gin 503]

dont no any genuine lurcher owners hunters who breed lots , lucky if i have alitter every 2 to three years, its the pet industry thtas feched lurchers big stile ,i have guys asking about pups i says when im rady to breed not when you want apup, not into breding like hanckcok takes 2 to 3 hard seasons to test adog unles hees arite stamp they can be seen in there first season , but most take three years to matuite and see what they have in there tank ,i would say shite finds its own level hence fifty quid , if you breed good to good you dont have the same problems selling exsses pups if yo bred sell at adecnt price then i cant see a problem

LDR's dog Bruce was a rescue dog from shelter,- some shite Whin.

[Gin 503]

My reply to this thread was to lodgesmith and i have been intouch with him re-the pups.

I know the owner and he works his dogs well.

Its the price your argument is about.

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Edited December 18, 2011 by Gin

[whin 463]

i saw bruce work ,gin you dont have to convince me he worked along side on e of my colie lurchers bolting rabbits on the farm i stay , so i do no what bruce is long before the daft comps , i had a7 year old bitch there with pins in her leg ,she could catch arabbit for fun any were nettles brambles the lot ,, and produced dogs of the same stamp ,, gin whats the breeding in them so people no what they are , i no fifty is not much but its handy if you have half a clue

[riohog 5,907]

Riohog, you have just contradicted everything.

Yes your right its homework,- finding out about the dogs breeding, seeing parents, knowing the owner and what work the parents have done. Condition of the pups etc. So money is a lottery,- what you pay for the well bred pup. This bloke is not after a lot of money. Great pups but as you say you don't have to buy them.

not sure about the contradiction thing ,,,, just statieng a fact ,lottery , dont think so ,you pay what its worth to you , and if its only 50 quid well you either got fkn lucky /or that was all it was worth to you .. now 50 quid is a couple of bags of dog food maybe thats all a dog is worth to some .. there we go we all different

[Gin 503]

You can give him £400 quid if you want, you still get the same pup.

[Acuspell 329]

I have to agree that letting pups go cheaply tends to leave them open to being handed round.

I don't breed pups to make money. I have a litter that we have been planning for 2 years, to get a replacement for our little lurcher. She has been with us from 6 weeks and will remain with us until the day she dies, even when she can no longer work and is "a burden". This is th eonly litter we shall have until our replacement is herself getting on. She might see me out. I wouldmn't let any of the pups go for less than £250, not to make money, but so as to help ensure they only go to homes that will value them. Four of the litter went to homes that waited those 2 years for the litter to be born. It took me that long to find the right sire. Those people wanting a pup from Fly, knowing her, were willing to wait for the litter and more than willing to pay for them. Two owners said they were still too cheap.

Breeding a litter of puppies is a responsibility. You, as the breeder, have a responsibility to ensure those youngsters go to caring homes and not just let go anywhere. We have turned away over half a dozen prospective owners, simply because I wasn't quite sure they were going to provide the sort of hioe I would wish for them. I want to remain in contact with their new owners and get updates of their progress and see some pictures as they go through their lives. Putting the price up is one way to put off the "hard" dog men who don't have the caring attitude that I would look for in a prospective owner. You all know what I mean by "Hard" dog men - th eones who work their dogs until their feet bleed, and over work them too young and then out them at 4 or 5 years old because they have slowed too much. I would be heartbroken if any our of our pups ended up in hands like that.

 

Here she is after an easy afternoon in the woods. Woodcock season is nearly here, she'll be working the cover for me in search of them after New Year, and she loves it as much as rabbiting and stalking on both the open hill and in the woods.

 

 

 

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i got a litter of pups ready 25 jan bud

 

what's the cross mate

lurcher to lurcher basicly mate,dam is bull whip grey x saluki grey and the sire is beddy whip deer grey x beddy whip collie grey the damthe sire

how tall are the parents & do they both work day & night ???

[bendrover 556]

breeding for own use is the only way and sell the rest to vetted homes , i find dougal you give them away cheaply they get teated cheaply at times , all the best

i think you have a point whin

[whin 463]

bendrover saw to many so called freinds get pups and pass them on for more money , in a years time , no good mate ,thats not what im into dogs for ,all the best

[Gin 503]

Paying a lot of money never guarantees a good home. He will do his best to find out as much as possible about the homes they go to, but you can tell a lot just by speaking to the people after the pup and keeping intouch with the new owners till you know everything is ok. Thats what we do with anything we are asked to rehome.

[trigger2 3,287]

mate ive always found out ones giving cheaply or free are always easier for some to pass on the same ,were if you save your money get whats on the tin then you will look after it ,alot more dougal, to me alurcher is worth a site more than 50 quid , i rate agood working lurcher as good as any spaneil lab ,so there you go ,nothing wrong with selling cheap but if you go to work you dont want to work for nothing same when i go fishing in the sea you sell your lobsters at the best price not the lowest mate , maybe im wrong

how can you compare selling lobsters to buying pups whin. selling lobsters is part of your living so obviously you want the best prices. imo if you pay £500 for a pup it dont guaranty its going to be any better than one for £50.

[bendrover 556]

bendrover saw to many so called freinds get pups and pass them on for more money , in a years time , no good mate ,thats not what im into dogs for ,all the best

i know what your saying

[whin 463]

trigger i put alot of time into the dogs , breeding working them and only breeding if there worthy of breeding from ,so when you have pups you sell them for a decent price as then the ones who realy want them by them and it sorts the wheat from the chaff at times , mate ,

[whin 463]

jog on triggs ,i no what you are saying but in life , most things that do whats on the tin cost money , at times , hence the malemute guys went to d slieght then to buddie mate cmon old boy think