Feet.

[leegreen 2,247]

Desertbred that wasn't aimed at you, it was just general

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

If you think your dogs feet are indestructible, lend it to me for a fortnight and I'll see

Why would you want to go out with the aim of ruining a dogs feet?

 

A bit of common sense goes a long way.

[lurcherman 887 13,433]

 

If you think your dogs feet are indestructible, lend it to me for a fortnight and I'll see

Why would you want to go out with the aim of ruining a dogs feet?

 

A bit of common sense goes a long way.

Hes Probaly just joking ...

[leegreen 2,247]

I was getting at people thinking their dogs feet are indestructible and no dogs are. Like I said there's running your dog and running your dog.

Gaz stop getting hold of the wrong end of the stick, you might get poo on your fingers

 

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I was getting at people thinking their dogs feet are indestructible and no dogs are. Like I said there's running your dog and running your dog.

Gaz stop getting hold of the wrong end of the stick, you might get poo on your fingers

 

Lol. You've never seen a running dog

[socks 32,253]

I was getting at people thinking their dogs feet are indestructible and no dogs are. Like I said there's running your dog and running your dog.

Gaz stop getting hold of the wrong end of the stick, you might get poo on your fingers

 

I don't think anybody on here is claiming their dogs feet are indestructible more that some dogs HAVE TO run on some pretty shit ground for one reason or another and some dogs can take the punishment where some dogs fall to pieces ... I like to expose my dogs to as much ground variation as I can when they are pups to harden their feet ready for a hard life's work ........

[bobcullen79 1,495]

 

 

I run my dogs on all ground all year around ...,I would be skint if I didn't ......

But he does his own on the spot repair work also.. Poor old Tegan is held together with surgical cotton.

 

I've seen that dog catching bunnies at full pelt on a deralict building site...running across rubble,bits of wire cables and smashed up bricks.. came back half way through day smashed to fekk..he got the suture needle and thread out and repaired her with surgical presicion and skill...Dog was back on the job the very next day and did'nt miss a beat..

I have had to do the same with lads that have worked with me lol .......

 

I was just about to say that. Ive had two stiches sat on the back of his truck....

[Tiercel 6,986]

There is a hell of a difference between having to run your dog anywhere and choosing to run it anywhere.

 

When you have to run a dog no matter where, the decision is out of your hands, you may not like the ground but it's a risk you have to take.

 

However, if you choose to run your dog anywhere, then the decisions is yours and yours alone.

 

TC

Edited July 11, 2014 by tiercel

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

Choice is the optimum word

Edited July 11, 2014 by Phil Lloyd

[wirral countryman 2,110]

The weight and build of a lurcher also has a lot of bearing as to the amount of damage, take my last 2 lurchers, both light built and at best 40lb in weight, they seem to glide over most things and getting them out early on rough ground helps educate them, a heavy bull cross type that are extremely popular now would get smashed up as most only see the quarry and not the hazards, even whippets with their blind dash will get knocked up without a dash of brains from a herding or other type, good topic Brigzy, WM

[Astanley 11,634]

Its only my own humble opinion , but I don't think "good feet " has everything to do with the anatomy of the foot , I think running style / running action and the build of the dogs shoulders has more to do with wether a dog suffers injuries or not , alongside a bit of experience on different terrains , dogs with heavy shoulders seem to suffer more than most , the front foot is a pivot , a balancing aid and is not made to be slammed down on rough ground the way you see some bullx s do , all the power and thrust comes from the back , most dogs seem adapted to this , I think this is one of the reasons most injuries are on the front foot or ankle , Jmo

[Brigzy 1,298]

There are some interesting answers, but none deal with the original premises, would working dogs on "difficult" ground and breeding from the ones that could handle it, and breeding from the best of their progeny eventually lead to lurchers with better feet ? I think it would.

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

Some of us,.. have already taken that premise on board,...

Edited July 12, 2014 by Phil Lloyd

[Brigzy 1,298]

Some of us,.. have already taken that premise on board,...

I cannot talk for others, but,..I have always tried to breed dogs with better feet,..than the ones I bred before.... Unfortunately,...the most durable of feet, often belong to individuals that are not of the speediest and most physical of canine types...

 

If I were a younger man,...I might pursue the attribute to its final conclusion and utilize the information I have learned over a lifetime spent with running dogs,..sadly...time is no longer on my side, so now I'll maybe settle for my own prefered choice, whilst keeping my fingers (and everything else) firmly crossed..

Err, I think I agree with you, and being a man of "advanced age" I concur and wish I'd started down this path many moons ago, when we could still work dogs to their chosen quarry.

All the best, Phil..

 

[Brigzy 1,298]

My reply to Phill somehow got mixed up in his post ! I apologise and use my advanced age and technophobia as my excuse !! LOL