Lurcher Question

[kyboy44 11]

OK I was reading a book on running dogs in the u.s the man that write it was talking about a greyhound stockdog x and talked about how it would be a good catch dog in the East so in the eastern parts of America you are talking about heaver cover more hills I was wondering if anyone knows of any reason a lurcher would do better in land like this

[dazbrowne 13 333]

Doesn't it tell you in the book

[kyboy44 11]

Nop just that it was not a common dog here but that it would be a good one for a lot of the work over here

[low plains drifter 9,467]

OK I was reading a book on running dogs in the u.s the man that write it was talking about a greyhound stockdog x and talked about how it would be a good catch dog in the East so in the eastern parts of America you are talking about heaver cover more hills I was wondering if anyone knows of any reason a lurcher would do better in land like this

Smaller, heavier set type compared to the sighthound based coyote/jack rabbit dogs you have over there, just like over here collie crosses are used to work with ferrets on hill farms, pasture land etc, and sighthound based dogs are more commonly worked on the big arable land

[kyboy44 11]

OK would you think a greyhound collie x could have the speed to get to a fox across a open field say 50-100 yards

[Chaff 3,414]

OK would you think a greyhound collie x could have the speed to get to a fox across a open field say 50-100 yards

Yep:)

[kyboy44 11]

Cool I have always thought it would be cool to hunt with lurchers but most of the open country around here is Land that has been cleared for mining or paster land so 50-100 yards and anmals can be under cover would be interested what kind of x you all would recommend for fox if you did not have the ban to deal with

[low plains drifter 9,467]

Cool I have always thought it would be cool to hunt with lurchers but most of the open country around here is Land that has been cleared for mining or paster land so 50-100 yards and anmals can be under cover would be interested what kind of x you all would recommend for fox if you did not have the ban to deal with

Remember seeing some photos of pit x greys being worked to coyote, looked lighter, and more athletic than the bull crosses I've seen over here, one of them worked with a bushing dog might be worth a look

[bird 9,594]

 

Cool I have always thought it would be cool to hunt with lurchers but most of the open country around here is Land that has been cleared for mining or paster land so 50-100 yards and anmals can be under cover would be interested what kind of x you all would recommend for fox if you did not have the ban to deal with

Remember seeing some photos of pit x greys being worked to coyote, looked lighter, and more athletic than the bull crosses I've seen over here, one of them worked with a bushing dog might be worth a look

 

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[straight2hand 303]

Cool I have always thought it would be cool to hunt with lurchers but most of the open country around here is Land that has been cleared for mining or paster land so 50-100 yards and anmals can be under cover would be interested what kind of x you all would recommend for fox if you did not have the ban to deal with

Most people would agree that the bull type lurcher has all the attributes for foxes and were used preban to take them regularly but there are plenty of crosses that have done the job from collies to deerhounds, bull type dogs have that bit of aggression and didn't need to entered as carefully as other types, I don't really think that makes them superior but gives you more of a guarantee they will do the job.

[kyboy44 11]

Well I have heard of a bull x and a few guys out in the more open parts of the West use them as a kill dog but the book I was reading called for a collie x since a lot of you guys have experience with them if you did not have the ban to deal with what kind would you go for that had the speed to catch fox in a short run because most of the time over here it would be let them loss on fox and maybe coyote that was called into the open or bring in over bait

[General lee 979]

If your only running foxes I'd have the bullcross infant I'd have the bullcross anyway

[kyboy44 11]

OK would you go with a frist or secant x

[General lee 979]

It all depends first thing I would do is look at what you want the dog to do and the sort of land it will be running if a bullcross would suit then I would find some dogs that are doing the job and get a puppie from the same breeding

[green dragon 694]

3/4 grey 1/4 bull or a collie bull grey? Just a thort