irish wolfhounds

[Ausnick 190]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

like what mate? it's different to hear of someone using collie or saluki in their dogs over here.

[gamerooster 1,179]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

like what mate? it's different to hear of someone using collie or saluki in their dogs over here.

 

wolfhounds, borzois and ridgebacks to name a few, fairly uncommon over here, I suppose its simply horses for courses

[Ausnick 190]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

like what mate? it's different to hear of someone using collie or saluki in their dogs over here.

 

wolfhounds, borzois and ridgebacks to name a few, fairly uncommon over here, I suppose its simply horses for courses

 

you're just naming what's in my dogs lol. I don't know anyone else that has running dogs with ridgeback in them and very few people have dogs with borzoi in them. Most popular breeds in running dogs over here are whippet, bull, deerhound, greyhound. So not really any different to over your way

[gamerooster 1,179]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

like what mate? it's different to hear of someone using collie or saluki in their dogs over here.

 

wolfhounds, borzois and ridgebacks to name a few, fairly uncommon over here, I suppose its simply horses for courses

 

you're just naming what's in my dogs lol. I don't know anyone else that has running dogs with ridgeback in them and very few people have dogs with borzoi in them. Most popular breeds in running dogs over here are whippet, bull, deerhound, greyhound. So not really any different to over your way

 

Sorry mate, I'm not dissing your dogs, not in any way.

 

And on a few pig sites I used to be on, a few lad's has these breed's of dog's in their lurcher's.

[old school 578]

That's not what they were bred to do when ye breed originated! Dog for a job and as a breed it doesn't have one anymore not over here anyway

I dont think theres hardly any original wolfhound blood in wolfhounds these days... I recollect reading an article by colonel david handcock that mentioned in passing that wolfhounds are a recreated breed using some deerhound and great dane blood

 

 

 

 

yup... i read that too!! i think there was more emphasis on the great dane by the show folk!!

 

edited to say>> i remember someone in armagh selling wolfhound x whippet/grey pups in the buy and sell paper.. a year later they started popping up in it again under the usual 12month old and 'unspoilt' shite ye usually read in there!

[Cleanspade 3,324]

i had a wolfhound it was a rescue dog and was slower than a month in the jail. turned like a boat and refused to jump even the smallest fences / streams. we had him out whilst exersizing a pack of russells and they shifted a cub from a bramble patch. big shamus jumped a fance and picked it up. then stood there and refused to jump back. very nice natured animal but i would think there is better out there for breeding lurchers. there is a pic on here of him with a russell somewhere.

[lietome 138]

Anyone use them on here?what are they like?any pics?'

 

You might as well ask what deerhounds are like. The reason being is becuase when the numbers where so few some years back they used deerhounds (alot of them) to stir the gene pool to stop inbreeding and the extinction of the breed. Due to this most of these so called irish wolf hounds have nothing close to irish wolf in them any more. Hope it helps

and a bit great dane

[chartpolski 27,765]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

Hmm ! Have you ever been down there and hunted with these lads and dogs ?? If you ever get the the chance, you may be pleasently supprised !!

 

Cheers.

[gamerooster 1,179]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

Hmm ! Have you ever been down there and hunted with these lads and dogs ?? If you ever get the the chance, you may be pleasently supprised !!

 

Cheers.

 

unfortunately no, but I would love to, from what i read from hunting reports, sounds like a smashing place to hunt, would love to hunt them sambar deer with dogs.

[chartpolski 27,765]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

Hmm ! Have you ever been down there and hunted with these lads and dogs ?? If you ever get the the chance, you may be pleasently supprised !!

 

Cheers.

 

unfortunately no, but I would love to, from what i read from hunting reports, sounds like a smashing place to hunt, would love to hunt them sambar deer with dogs.

 

Reading is nothing to actualy doing it ! Save up, buy a ticket, get in touch with the lads down there, ( they are the best and will gladly take a decent bloke out hunting), get down there and do it !! I GUARANTEE you will have the best time of your life, if you are seriously into hunting !!

 

Cheers.

[Ausnick 190]

they cross them over bullmastiff in aussie land to use on pigs, but bar that I have not heard of them being worked, no offence to you aussie lads, but some of the breeds I have seen in your lurchers, is lets say............different!!!

 

Hmm ! Have you ever been down there and hunted with these lads and dogs ?? If you ever get the the chance, you may be pleasently supprised !!

 

Cheers.

 

unfortunately no, but I would love to, from what i read from hunting reports, sounds like a smashing place to hunt, would love to hunt them sambar deer with dogs.

 

Reading is nothing to actualy doing it ! Save up, buy a ticket, get in touch with the lads down there, ( they are the best and will gladly take a decent bloke out hunting), get down there and do it !! I GUARANTEE you will have the best time of your life, if you are seriously into hunting !!

 

Cheers.

 

Haha that's what I was thinking, they dis us for the breeds we use but we have our reasons and not saying it on an open forum!

[stevemac 445]

We hunt rabbits hares foxes and feral pigs with the same dogs we blend the breeds to let us do that theres 4 in my yard that do the job. As was said different strokes for different folks.