South African Hounds

[Brummy 9]

These pics were taken by my brother last month in South Africa on his girlfriend's families Farm (sheep and cattle over thousands of acres !). The hounds were bought over from England in the 1930's and line bred ever since. They are used to hunt Jackal and Lynx. The Kelpies are now widely preferred to collies out there and also hunt along side the hounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mad-mouse 11]

These pics were taken by my brother last month in South Africa on his girlfriend's families Farm (sheep and cattle over thousands of acres !). The hounds were bought over from England in the 1930's and line bred ever since. They are used to hunt Jackal and Lynx. The Kelpies are now widely preferred to collies out there and also hunt along side the hounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They would have to be tough dogs living out there, i read that alot of dogs are lost

to snake bites and some times to lions that hunt at night.

[mad al 146]

Fine looking pack . Kelpies are quite popular with the local sheep farmers here, but they're a bit too noisy for me

[Simoman 110]

When you planning a visit then Brummy? Do you mean Caracal rather than Lynx? Thousands of acrs eh? :tongue4:

[Neal 1,930]

A shepherd who lives a few miles from me uses kelpies and he says that one of the benefits of them over collies is that he can work them in blistering summer heat, when we get any, without any worries. In general they're not supposed to be too vocal and mine are so quiet that some of my neighbours took several months to discover I even had any dogs.

[Brummy 9]

Another plus with the Kelpie's is that they have a very strong guarding instinct so I'm told........

[Neal 1,930]

It depends on the individual. One of mine doesn't trust anybody, but is completely besotted by me, whereas the other adult is everybody's friend. Apparently ACDs are more likely to be "a bit iffy with strangers." Having said that, my friendly one did once put a burglar off entering my house.