pups a week old

[Guest whitser]

heres my pups a week old. they're staring to look like little hounds. i was worried that they could be a russell cross but i can only see hound in them. she had ten but onlt six survived.

[martin 332]

Hope this isn't a stupid question.....but,what sort of hounds?

[snoopdog 1,256]

Hope this isn't a stupid question.....but,what sort of hounds?

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[lonedigga 23]

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Edited June 3, 2008 by lonedigga

[Guest whitser]

not a drop of sheepdog,thank god. they are a harrier/beagle cross.

[macker 5]

you have done a great job

in great condition

[pointer28 1]

Looking great Whitser!!

 

We have had quite a few harrier x beagles over the years. The extra bit of size comes in quite useful, especially in the country we hunt as there is an awful lot of tight sheep wire and some of the smaller beagles have trouble getting over it.

 

Unfortunately, as we're now a registered pack, we have to breed to a stud book standard and hounds above a certain height aren't allowed in, regardless of breeding or parentage. So, we now tend to breed to the maximum height that we can because it suits us.

 

I know a lot of packs that hunt very small, fine, light boned beagles, which is fine if you're hunting open grassland, but we've had a few and they have been a disaster with us.

[Guest whitser]

they are sturdy and fat macker. wormed and frontlined. shitzu is going to keep one back for the newly formed roundtower hunt. we'll be supplying renard for the FTP.

[lonedigga 23]

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Edited June 3, 2008 by lonedigga