Pet Collie Leading The Way

[MoChara 1,600]

 

 

 

 

my old mans pet collie showing my pack how its done

 

collies are brill rabbiting dogs, got great nose on them, Bryn my 1x collie x grey great at mooching finding stuff and so is my 1x gsd x grey, the herding types deff have natural ability

quick question. Nosey lol

 

What age is Bryn now bird?

[wuyang 513]

Pure hunting breeds put most lurchers to shame when it comes to finding game.

Edited March 14, 2015 by wuyang

[KittleRox 2,147]

Pure hunting breeds put most lurchers to shame when it comes to finding game.

What Breeds ???

[nothernlite 18,027]

The breeds that lurchers are made of lol how we doing kittle?

[KittleRox 2,147]

The breeds that lurchers are made of lol how we doing kittle?

No bad mate, hows you ?

still a bit confused what pure hunting breeds out do lurchers though

[nothernlite 18,027]

Slot of piss mate take a good one to bet my we beddy x no seen one yet collies fecking tyre biters that's all they are lol

[KittleRox 2,147]

Slot of piss mate take a good one to bet my we beddy x no seen one yet collies fecking tyre biters that's all they are lol

lol my whippet ( collie x lol ) would take some beating, much better than that collie cur of mines

[bird 9,594]

 

 

 

 

 

my old mans pet collie showing my pack how its done

collies are brill rabbiting dogs, got great nose on them, Bryn my 1x collie x grey great at mooching finding stuff and so is my 1x gsd x grey, the herding types deff have natural ability

quick question. Nosey lol

 

What age is Bryn now bird?

 

he is 8 this sep, Buck 3 in august , he not old but obviously I will take Buck out and work him , more than Bryn, as you take out the best dog out. ive had some good days+nights with bryn worked him quite hard for 6 1/2 years ,I give him the odd night, but Buck my main dog now .

[MoChara 1,600]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my old mans pet collie showing my pack how its done

collies are brill rabbiting dogs, got great nose on them, Bryn my 1x collie x grey great at mooching finding stuff and so is my 1x gsd x grey, the herding types deff have natural ability

quick question. Nosey lol

 

What age is Bryn now bird?

he is 8 this sep, Buck 3 in august , he not old but obviously I will take Buck out and work him , more than Bryn, as you take out the best dog out. ive had some good days+nights with bryn worked him quite hard for 6 1/2 years ,I give him the odd night, but Buck my main dog now .

thanks bird was wondering his age now lol always liked the look of Bryn

[keepitcovert 842]

Collies xs the original lurcher, often said a one man dog for a one dog man, either love them or hate them, but for me collie blooded lurchers take some beating, prime example last week we were bolting to ferrets young lad brought his 2yr old lurcher with us. my mates old collie grey was standing backstump to a 50 yd length of briars my collie grey beddy grey covered the end 40 yds from the ferrets, young kids dog darting around like a headless chicken, had 4 bolted lost 1 and beddy collie cross accounted for 3. End of the day young lad said to me that dog of yours is a lucky sod just happended to be in the right place? Theres no point trying to educate pork is there. YIS KIC

[nothernlite 18,027]

Think that would be the beddy in your dog mate lol

[Neal 1,787]

 

I've enjoyed my bushing/mooching/ferreting a lot more since I increased the percentage of pastoral blood in my dogs to 100!

 

I know they're not as fast but they often have the knack of being in the right spot at the right time and I personally find working with them a lot more fun.

 

do you find them more obedient than other types youve had?

 

ive had and been out with a few highly driven dogs and theyre a pain in the arse a lot of the time,i enjoy going out with my curret slow,stupid busher more tha any of them because she does exactly as shes told no matter what,never argues over a catch or huts too far etc

 

It's difficult to say as the lurchers I worked previously were all beardie, border or kelpie blooded too so they've all been obedient...I used to get parents coming up and asking if I could train their kids...but they've all been different. I had a collie x whippet called Skye who was unbelievably obedient (I once worked out that she "understood" over sixty individual words, phrases or gestures). However, although she always did exactly what she was told she only did what she was told and had virtually no initiative. Comparatively, the kelpies are clever enough to know when to do as their told and when they can get away with pushing the boundaries. Or, to put it another way: Skye did everything first time whereas they do it "within the allotted time."

[trenchfoot 4,243]

I've enjoyed my bushing/mooching/ferreting a lot more since I increased the percentage of pastoral blood in my dogs to 100!

 

I know they're not as fast but they often have the knack of being in the right spot at the right time and I personally find working with them a lot more fun.

out of interest, how far from 100% did you go before you went to the dark side?

[Neal 1,787]

 

I've enjoyed my bushing/mooching/ferreting a lot more since I increased the percentage of pastoral blood in my dogs to 100!

 

I know they're not as fast but they often have the knack of being in the right spot at the right time and I personally find working with them a lot more fun.

out of interest, how far from 100% did you go before you went to the dark side?

 

"The dark Side"? ...I had a first cross beardie x greyhound, a 3/4 beardie/border 1/4 greyhound, a collie x whippet (sire was 3/4 border 1/4 beardie and dam was 3/4 whippet 1/4 greyhound but with an added collie x greyhound a few generations back on the whippet side) and a kelpie/collie x greyhound.

 

It would be difficult to rate them in order as I freely admit to getting on much better with dogs than bitches so, in general, my males have always been my favourites. The only exception is my wee Scout...I don't like her as much as Rusty and Noggin but she's the best bitch I've ever had.

 

Edited to add: when I started out with lurchers over twenty years ago I found myself preferring the base blood individuals I met and I only really got lurchers because I thought you had to...sounds stupid doesn't it! It was only when I bought Rusty, initially as a means to breed a replacement lurcher, that it finally clicked that I didn't have to have sighthound in my dogs to enjoy my time with them. We don't catch anywhere near as much as most second rate lurchers but I definitely prefer life now.

Edited March 15, 2015 by Neal

[beast 1,884]

i have line bred collie/grey types nowadays, but have had all sorts of collie based dogs over the years (as well as some with no collie at all) and i still maintain that a decent bitza lurcher crossed to a pure collie takes some beating a s a knockabout jack of all trades, try-anything hunting dog. usually a bit slow to be the dreamt-of all rounder, but hell you can ask them to do anything and they will die trying, almost indectructible, great nose and feet and run all day as well as most of the nfollowing night!

 

just ask fuji!!