Kerny92 1,246 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Just now, stumfelter said: This is what happens when you let mother nature decide the evolution of the dog. Would any man made dog survive in their environment? Feral dogs manage it so quite easily yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumfelter 3,032 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, Kerny92 said: Feral dogs manage it so quite easily yes. Feral dogs live on what they can scavenge so hardly in the same league. Without man's influence ferals wouldn't survive.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,322 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, stumfelter said: This is what happens when you let mother nature decide the evolution of the dog. Would any man made dog survive in their environment? But they look shite 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerny92 1,246 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 15 minutes ago, stumfelter said: Feral dogs live on what they can scavenge so hardly in the same league. Without man's influence ferals wouldn't survive.... They are doing it now without man, the same as in Australia and places all over the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,587 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Utter nonsense get an apbt up the highlands when the snows in and see how tough it is compared to those rescue collies? or into a freezing solway Firth after a goose when the tide is pulling it out to Ireland like a magnet behave yourself real dog the post about best looking breed , not the most functional dog , in my eyes the apbt fit the bill , a game bred dog at pit weight hell of a animal to look at. But you are right regards farm collies , or working bred labs , that will work all day in any weather snow, rain, damp , heat . To me , i think the collie, and the greyhound , are most healthiest dogs out there , suppose thats why the lurcher was created out of them 1st years ago to make functional hunting dog , i not keen on collie temp, but that just me, but there no doubting them as brilliant working animal , same as the greyhound . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerny92 1,246 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 The APBT is one of the most versatile breeds in the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, Kerny92 said: The APBT is one of the most versatile breeds in the world. Nobody is doubting that but to say that all other breeds arent or are inferred as useless Like was posted is ludicrous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,662 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Kerny92 said: They are doing it now without man, the same as in Australia and places all over the world. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,814 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, mackem said: I'm sure wild dogs are different to ferals though mackem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,111 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Kerny92 said: They are doing it now without man, the same as in Australia and places all over the world. I sat and watched a feral dog recently, I was on the top of a hill glassing the wood line below me with the wind on my face when I caught some movement in the tree,s I thought deer at first but kept watching as it made its way through the woods acting more like a fox than a deer, eventually a sandy brown bull X mongrel with a black saddle came out and continued checking every bush and piece of cover as it worked the field edge, I was quite impressed with how efficient it was working every bit of cover as it went ,I,ve also heard of a group of farmers in north wales that thought they had a cat taking sheep so sat out all night and shot two mastiff type dogs that were working together taking and eating sheep, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 What were you glassing for out of interest ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.green 3,203 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 32 minutes ago, Greyman said: I sat and watched a feral dog recently, I was on the top of a hill glassing the wood line below me with the wind on my face when I caught some movement in the tree,s I thought deer at first but kept watching as it made its way through the woods acting more like a fox than a deer, eventually a sandy brown bull X mongrel with a black saddle came out and continued checking every bush and piece of cover as it worked the field edge, I was quite impressed with how efficient it was working every bit of cover as it went ,I,ve also heard of a group of farmers in north wales that thought they had a cat taking sheep so sat out all night and shot two mastiff type dogs that were working together taking and eating sheep, Not maybe someone sending there lurcher to work cover n find itself a run lol ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 My choices are a real game bred bull dog. Then theres half bred bull greyhounds and finally the Catahoulla Lepard Dog, which i've never seen in the flesh but i'm hoping to real soon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerny92 1,246 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 50 minutes ago, Greyman said: I sat and watched a feral dog recently, I was on the top of a hill glassing the wood line below me with the wind on my face when I caught some movement in the tree,s I thought deer at first but kept watching as it made its way through the woods acting more like a fox than a deer, eventually a sandy brown bull X mongrel with a black saddle came out and continued checking every bush and piece of cover as it worked the field edge, I was quite impressed with how efficient it was working every bit of cover as it went ,I,ve also heard of a group of farmers in north wales that thought they had a cat taking sheep so sat out all night and shot two mastiff type dogs that were working together taking and eating sheep, 50 minutes ago, Greyman said: I sat and watched a feral dog recently, I was on the top of a hill glassing the wood line below me with the wind on my face when I caught some movement in the tree,s I thought deer at first but kept watching as it made its way through the woods acting more like a fox than a deer, eventually a sandy brown bull X mongrel with a black saddle came out and continued checking every bush and piece of cover as it worked the field edge, I was quite impressed with how efficient it was working every bit of cover as it went ,I,ve also heard of a group of farmers in north wales that thought they had a cat taking sheep so sat out all night and shot two mastiff type dogs that were working together taking and eating sheep, More plausible than a Big Cat story...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,662 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, South hams hunter said: I'm sure wild dogs are different to ferals though mackem Most of those feral dogs though seem to revert back to dingo types,sandy coloured things,if they are breeding wild in the scrub far from man for generations as they do in Australia are they ferals or are they wild?Defenition of feral is something that's living wild after escaping domesticity,generations down the line I would think they are truly wild having never known captivity? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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