J Darcy 5,871 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Just as an aside..... i would seriously think about only getting the one pup on at a time. Tried 2 at once,and its a real swine.... just a a thought...good hunting Quote Link to post
john hubery 9 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 cheers J Darcy thats some thing I mist of me post, two pups at once is not a good ideatwo pups run together some times tend to bond with each other instead of you, also you tent to favour one pup over the other Quote Link to post
Stabs 3 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Ive got a thread up about this cross as well - Im thinking about trying it from a collie/greyhound bitch to a greyhound dog Got (very noisy) litter of those on at the moment Sarah Quote Link to post
juckler123 707 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Been round a lot of threequater breds and if its rabbits your after you will be better off with bitches they are more leaner built than the dogs and more even in size and build a lot of the threequater bred dogs are too heavy and large to be proficient rabbiters and its the bigger heavier specimins that suffer with limited wind seen it many times. Quote Link to post
Guest SJM Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 (edited) Bit far to travel for a pup Thanks anyway though and good luck with them Edited November 4, 2007 by SJM Quote Link to post
colliejohn 840 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 my own personal preference with collie crosses, sways towards a dog with plenty of collie blood in them especially if you do alot of rabbit work, i.e. ferreting daytime mooching or lamping, threequarter breds to me are to big, lack stamina, and aren,t as agile as say a reverse threequarter or a half cross, or a dog with a good percentage of collie blood in it, like SJM, states do your homework and go to someone who breeds off genuine working lines.regards collie john. Quote Link to post
sighthound1811 6 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Just as an aside..... i would seriously think about only getting the one pup on at a time. Tried 2 at once,and its a real swine.... just a a thought...good hunting cheers J Darcy thats some thing I mist of me post, two pups at once is not a good ideatwo pups run together some times tend to bond with each other instead of you, also you tent to favour one pup over the other cheers lads...thats a few good points to take on board.. Quote Link to post
minion 29 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Had a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie and she was a very good dog. Easy to train (alot easier than my current whippet ), good on rabbits, fast enough for hare and i would defenatly have another. Quote Link to post
Neal 1,930 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 (edited) I think that, to a certain extent, it's down to personal preference. I've known people who've moved from half crosses to three quarters, to get more speed, who've been disappointed because they've lost some of the collie attributes they liked in the half cross. Whereas others have done the opposite and were equally dissapointed at getting "too much collie." I suppose that's why the five eights/three eighths came about. Personally, I'd suggest meeting as many as possible of each type and see which one a) works the way you like and you gel with. And as somebody said above; think carefully about both the collie AND the greyhound lines being used. Edited November 5, 2007 by Neal Quote Link to post
Neal 1,930 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I have no idea why that smiley face is in my above post: it's supposed to be the letter b followed by a bracket but I've posted it and edited it but it won't go away! Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Been round a lot of threequater breds and if its rabbits your after you will be better off with bitches they are more leaner built than the dogs and more even in size and build a lot of the threequater bred dogs are too heavy and large to be proficient rabbiters and its the bigger heavier specimins that suffer with limited wind seen it many times. what a load of rubish ......... Quote Link to post
juckler123 707 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 So says the voice of experience some of the 3/4 bred dogs ive seen have been humongus no good at rabbits and no wind i think you will find hancock and plummer found this to be true also. Quote Link to post
Ray Mears 272 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 a mixture of a golf course,cemetary and very hilly open grassland bordered with dense patches of woodland...was thinking of the collie as it is easy to train as you said because where i'm moving house to is over run with deer where i'll be running the dogs an i'm not interested in deer..just rabbits Not sure I've read this right, are you saying your thinking of Collie crosses because A, your only interested in Rabbits? Which is fare enough. A good Collie cross will do you proud on the humble bunny and B because they won't have it in them to tackle Deer. I can assure that the do have the necessary minerals to take Deer as I'm sure many on this site will testify. If you don't mind me asking why are you not considering a 1/2 bred? 1/2 breds have plenty of pace to cope with rabbits, have more stamina than 3/4 breds and are generally much tougher physically. i know were you are comming from magpie but 1/2 breeds even the quickest of lurchers struggle on a good golf course rabbit. and as the chap says he is mostly going to be hunting on golf courses so maybe if he had a quicker dog something with a bit more pace he would be in with a better chance, i find that on golf courses a half bred collie cross just dosent have that last gear to get that extra few yards to pick up the rabbit i am in no way slateing collie crosses just i think thay lack that last gear well the ones i have seen run anyway all the best w.b Quote Link to post
breeze 1,382 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I'd have to agree with what Neal said re: people having 1/2 crosses and then going onto 3/4 bred's to get more pace, but in doing so losing to much of the collie attribute's that they liked in the 1/2 bred dog. Seen some "very" racey 3/4 bred's over the year's, even owned one myself many moon's ago that threw so racey I could of ran her at the local flapping track no problem. 9 out of 10 half bred dog's will have more than enough pace for rabbit's, daytime or lamped Quote Link to post
FERRETBOY 680 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 i would consider something with abit more acceleration ,maybe something with a little whippet in there.from my little experiance lamping golf courses i find the 3/4 bred still not quick enough and i wouldnt dares run any of my dogs in a grave yard but if you bring up a pup in a graveyard im sure it will learn how to run and hunt on this terrain .you are probabley right about the collie cross being easy to train but i havent really had a problem training my two which are nearly full grew with a little deerhound and collie in. good hunting rew Quote Link to post
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