kelpie greyhound

[harddigging 42]

i am getting a new lurcher since mine have been stolen (start from fresh im afraid) and im thinking about a kelpie cross proberly a 3/4 greyhound but ive not had any to do with this type of cross and are struggling to find any infomation is there any body out there who has experienced this cross willing to share some noledge and mabey pics it will be absorbed and appreciated

[Simoman 110]

Get Purdeys progress and lurcher fieldcraft by Dave Sleight, shows his kelpie lurcher.

[harddigging 42]

Get Purdeys progress and lurcher fieldcraft by Dave Sleight, shows his kelpie lurcher.

 

was dave sleights purdy not a collie/kelpie greyhound

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

buy a collie cross 3/4 bred, i bet im not the only one to say this

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

Harddigging,..There are VERY few genuine Kelpie x Greyhounds available ....

Lurchers with a dash of Kelpie blood are far easier to come by,..

Edited August 2, 2007 by CHALKWARREN

[Guest SJM]

was dave sleights purdy not a collie/kelpie greyhound

 

Dave told me she was out of a collie/kelpie bitch to a whippet/greyhound dog

[Neal 1,916]

I own two pure kelpies but I wouldn't necessarily say that they are better than collies. I hasten to add at this point that I'm not trying to use reverse psychology here. The problem lies in the fact that many mistakenly believe that a kelpie is simply a prick-eared smooth-coated collie which is possibly a bit tougher due to added dingo blood. They are a different breed which work differently to border collies. The only reason I work kelpies as opposed to collies is because I personally gel better with them. Both mine have particular faults but I get on so well with them that FOR ME the benefits outweigh the negatives.

[Guest SJM]

I would agree with that Neal, the shepherd who has my border collie bitch Ruby also has a young kelpie and he says they are a totally different kettle of fish, with a different working style to border collies. One thing he did say is that their stamina is something else, which could be a good reason for using them as a lurcher cross

[Neal 1,916]

I've never owned a pure collie so couldn't comment on the difference in stamina but would agree that kelpies certainly have plenty. The tricky thing would be getting the right kind of kelpie. Don't want to blow my own trumpet ;honest; but I've been told by several other people I've met who know of others with kelpies who were surprised at how calm and relaxed mine are. I was surprised at this as I'd been lead to believe that this ability to switch off when not working was one of the beneficial traits of kelpies. I presume it's possibly either that the lines concerned were more hyper or maybe that the kelpies being referred to weren't in a working home. Mine don't round up sheep but they do certainly enjoy the work that they do.