CallumDonohoe 65 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 not many people working greys then maybe thats why not many people have seen good ones? Quote Link to post
Guest born to run1083 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 not many people working greys then maybe thats why not many people have seen good ones? Biggest problem with greyhounds is people expect a dog schooled and raced how many times to go in a field and have field craft and not get hurt when they been trained to run flat out generally in a straight line with no obstacles common sense should tell you it's a recipe for disaster. My dad got his before it was schooled or raced, payed a couple of grand for it. So could school it for the field. these are the Greys IMO should be the base of Lurcher lines tested to the work we use them for 4 Quote Link to post
stewie 3,387 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 not many people working greys then maybe thats why not many people have seen good ones? Biggest problem with greyhounds is people expect a dog schooled and raced how many times to go in a field and have field craft and not get hurt when they been trained to run flat out generally in a straight line with no obstacles common sense should tell you it's a recipe for disaster. My dad got his before it was schooled or raced, payed a couple of grand for it. So could school it for the field. these are the Greys IMO should be the base of Lurcher lines tested to the work we use them for spot on!!!... id never use a dog thats not tested in the field....lot more to them than passing speed on IMHO....... Quote Link to post
sounder 9 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 i had a 3/4 bitch out of a full greyhound afew years back that was up in derry was ment to be a great bitch for a fox killed alot of foxes and bred some great stuff sounder Quote Link to post
stewie 3,387 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 i had a 3/4 bitch out of a full greyhound afew years back that was up in derry was ment to be a great bitch for a fox killed alot of foxes and bred some great stuff sounder so not a working greyhound then...... Quote Link to post
tote 857 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 not many people working greys then maybe thats why not many people have seen good ones? And the reason there's not many people working greys is there's better options out there. If you are serious about getting a pure greyhound and working it in the field forget about taking short cuts and getting an ex racer, get one as a pup and bring it on as you would a lurcher. 1 Quote Link to post
matt1979 766 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 My Dad and Grandad have both, rightly or wrongly worked their racing greyhounds some of which were grade one track dogs. The last bitch was to my knowledge (i was pretty young) very good in the field and never had any particularly injuries of note and raced until 6 and working well beyoond this. The previous dog was again good in the field and was studded out to produce some very good lurcher, but did lose a few toes in the process, didnt really slow him down mind you. All that said, i think they would both admit a lurcher (they prefer the greyhound deerhound types) is a more sensible option for working. Could never fault the temperament of the greyhounds we had, very laid back and pretty obidient, i could happily walk them ot and about as an young lad, unless a local car popped out and then all hell broke loose. Quote Link to post
sounder 9 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 i had a 3/4 bitch out of a full greyhound afew years back that was up in derry was ment to be a great bitch for a fox killed alot of foxes and bred some great stuff sounder so not a working greyhound then...... read it again fool i said she was ment to be a great bitch on a fox killed aolt of foxes it was the greyhound i was on about my bitch was out of her and yes the greyhound was a working bitch sounder Quote Link to post
stewie 3,387 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 i had a 3/4 bitch out of a full greyhound afew years back that was up in derry was ment to be a great bitch for a fox killed alot of foxes and bred some great stuff sounder so not a working greyhound then...... read it again fool i said she was ment to be a great bitch on a fox killed aolt of foxes it was the greyhound i was on about my bitch was out of her and yes the greyhound was a working bitchsounder yep can see that now,,,,,, 1 Quote Link to post
NATACC 18 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 have one now not ferret broke but is mental when it see anything looking forward to the season proper it has had a rabbit from a field i have never caught in and it jumps for fun fences barbed wire gates ditches Quote Link to post
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