Wheaton crosses

[Simoman 110]

Are there many people out there keeping and working Wheaton lurchers? What are the differences in abilty and temperament compared to the bull cross? Do they mature quicker, faster first cross, smaller/bigger etc. Look forward to the replies

[staffy-1 0]

my friends three dogs are 13 month old now, THe bitch he kept back is 23 inch and the two dogs are 25.....For a first cross they ar light dogs with bags of stamina. Theyve took plenty of rabbits so far and one of the dogs took a dog fox single handed when the fox got up when he was running a rabbit.

staffy-1

[Guest Frank]

Their is ment to be good weaton crosses over here and iv seen a few in the past, all 100% fox dogs.

Macker on here i would think, would know a good bit about them, nice bloke.

 

Frank.

[Guest JDF]

i had one from a line started by a friend from a wheaten dog he had.advantages over the bull x are a better coat other than that theres not much in it imo.

my own was well behaved and easily trained though some do have a tendency to be slightly mental

 

sire and dam of my dog

sire is the smooth 1/2 x 1/2,the bitch is3/4 x 1/2

 

 

[Guest grubygrafter]

good allrounders i. m. o.

 

[Guest whitser]

they're popular over here alright. a lad i hnut with bought one a few weeks back. says he's very happy with him. i've heard that they can be dodgy with other dogs and are best kennelled alone. with wheaton in them they wont hold back. smash foxes if the breeding is right.

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Your right whitser they are popular over here, I have only seen a few run but they were all single handed on fox

[lampinglurcher 36]

anyone in the uk run them?

[mattyg 1,862]

well the the sire to murphy is a straight 1/2cross and the dam is whipp/grey

 

 

he just over 12months old and making a cracking start!

[Guest grubygrafter]

anyone in the uk run them?

 

i'm in scotland

 

matty your lurcher has turned out well

[macker 5]

have seen some very good ones and some bad ones the same with any breed.

a bit of bull and even some saluki can work wonders too.

my friends have a fair few of them.

some fairly good ones too.

the thing i like about them their nose and lunacy.

just you have to be firm with them when stock breaking some times.

and as with all the other crosses better to do it when young.

all the best

macker

[cymruguy69 5]

I'm very intrested in this cross and would love to get one once my pup has had her 1st season.

 

Heared all good things about these dogs!!

[mattyg 1,862]

i would recomend this cross to any one mate. as i think grubygrafter would aswell. as long as the wheaten is from the right stuff!

[Bosun11 537]

As with most crosses i've seen good an bad, got to be from the right stuff. One thing does make me wonder though.... even from good lines the size an structure of this cross seems to vary quite a bit? some first crosses I've have seen leveled off at around 22" light boned too, yet others have come in at 27" an very strong, does anyone know if different working Wheaton lines have a great deal of size diffrerence??

[weekye 0]

my bitch lady 5 year old, endless prey drive & stamina just a little nutty with it,

certainly not for the faint hearted, :thumbs-up:

 

can't get photo's to upload will resize them

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Edited June 18, 2007 by weekye