Gwp X Greyhounds

[pointer 543]

[pointer 543]

Out with the hawk

[pointer 543]

What way bred is the other?

If you mean the pointer looking one she's out of a Gwp bitch to Nuttalls Casper.

[pointer 543]

How did that litter turn out pointer? Id like something bred simial

Turned out well, I did a lot of rabbiting mostly daytime hunting up rabbits with them. They were owned by mates of mine.

[steg 609]

Pointer..just as a rough sort of gauge .. how hard mouthed have you found a bit of gwp makes a dog compared with other strains? i.e.. are they crunchers even on none toothy game /anything left for the table? (each dog to their own I know ) atb.

[devon flighter 421]

I did more ratting with her in the last few years, my pure Gwp dog loves his ratting

mines quite partial to rolland as well ! amongst other things hes a bit like a 5 st pat though when he starts "no reverse "

[pointer 543]

Pointer..just as a rough sort of gauge .. how hard mouthed have you found a bit of gwp makes a dog compared with other strains? i.e.. are they crunchers even on none toothy game /anything left for the table? (each dog to their own I know ) atb.

Mine was brought up with terriers and from a young age was grabbing hold of rabbits and rats they caught so was sometines a bit hard mouthed. Most rabbits were brought back alive and could have been eaten but when a bit tired she would start to kill them. Ive seen some pointer crosses that smashed rabbits up and others that were very soft mouthed just like I've seen with other types of lurcher.

[Mustelid 143]

 

Pointer..just as a rough sort of gauge .. how hard mouthed have you found a bit of gwp makes a dog compared with other strains? i.e.. are they crunchers even on none toothy game /anything left for the table? (each dog to their own I know ) atb.

Mine was brought up with terriers and from a young age was grabbing hold of rabbits and rats they caught so was sometines a bit hard mouthed. Most rabbits were brought back alive and could have been eaten but when a bit tired she would start to kill them. Ive seen some pointer crosses that smashed rabbits up and others that were very soft mouthed just like I've seen with other types of lurcher.

Was she a good retriever pointer?

[pointer 543]

 

I did more ratting with her in the last few years, my pure Gwp dog loves his ratting

 

mines quite partial to rolland as well ! amongst other things hes a bit like a 5 st pat though when he starts "no reverse "

The pointers are like JCBs when digging rats out lol.

My Gwp still amazes me at the angles he can catch a rat at, for such a big dog it's remarkable. I wish I'd filmed him out ratting more.

[pointer 543]

 

 

Pointer..just as a rough sort of gauge .. how hard mouthed have you found a bit of gwp makes a dog compared with other strains? i.e.. are they crunchers even on none toothy game /anything left for the table? (each dog to their own I know ) atb.

Mine was brought up with terriers and from a young age was grabbing hold of rabbits and rats they caught so was sometines a bit hard mouthed. Most rabbits were brought back alive and could have been eaten but when a bit tired she would start to kill them. Ive seen some pointer crosses that smashed rabbits up and others that were very soft mouthed just like I've seen with other types of lurcher.

Was she a good retriever pointer?

She wasn't field trial standard but brought them back to me pretty well. She would kill and leave a mixi rabbit but I've seen other dogs do that. I've got her on dvd out ferreting have you not seen it? I've got footage of Dougy somewhere.

[Mustelid 143]

 

 

 

Pointer..just as a rough sort of gauge .. how hard mouthed have you found a bit of gwp makes a dog compared with other strains? i.e.. are they crunchers even on none toothy game /anything left for the table? (each dog to their own I know ) atb.

Mine was brought up with terriers and from a young age was grabbing hold of rabbits and rats they caught so was sometines a bit hard mouthed. Most rabbits were brought back alive and could have been eaten but when a bit tired she would start to kill them. Ive seen some pointer crosses that smashed rabbits up and others that were very soft mouthed just like I've seen with other types of lurcher.

Was she a good retriever pointer?

She wasn't field trial standard but brought them back to me pretty well. She would kill and leave a mixi rabbit but I've seen other dogs do that. I've got her on dvd out ferreting have you not seen it? I've got footage of Dougy somewhere.

I haven't seen it but would love to.

[pointer 543]

I'm not sure if I still have the Dougy footage or even if he's on it much but I'll try and track it down. I have DVDs of my bitch ferreting if you want to see her, it doesn't show her at her best which was hunting up but marking and catching bolters when she was young.

[peterbirdman1 206]

Know what you mean about ratting mate. They will go through anything to get to them. As for digging like you said they are like jcb's. Both mine will also break through tree roots regardless of the thickness. Using their teeth

[pointer 543]

I had to keep an eye on my Gwp when ratting at night because the rats are always in the steam cleaners or tractor engines etc and he would try and dismantle anything to get to a rat. He will try and climb up bushes and trees to flush squirrels and will spend ages pushing and swimming through reeds to find moorhens. My type of dog.

[devon flighter 421]

thats what has impressed me most with the gwp "their prey drive" and the fact that they are 100% happy working any quarry , im not a running dog man by any means but i can see what they could bring to a cross as an all round dog