pure greyhound as a steady worker??

[mC HULL 10,432]

On 28/03/2020 at 22:04, Busher100 said:

Just a thought what is it that makes some greyhound bitches not come on heat as regular as other breeds? Heard quite a few times lads got ex track bitches and waited years and fuckers never came on

Steroids  

[Busher100 703]

21 hours ago, stonewall said:

would have lamped and hunted a fare few down the yrs for trainers and owners,ones that were just not following it properly at the time.And  also explained the pitfalls of hunting at night,on two occasions hounds never made it home due to collisions such is the honesty or stupidity what ever way you look at it.only time will tell with my hound beauty. 

That’s ashame mate plenty lurchers have met the same fate running into things just bad luck most time , I’ve 3 pure greyhounds 1 don’t work snapped ankle bad a right off for any type running the other 2 do a good enough job for me 2 are Irish coursing bred payed good money for the best tho is a little ugly looking black race bred bitch shit racer a6 I payed 50 quid for best 50 I’ve ever and will ever spend, is it fox work you mainly do with them mate that’s what Ive found they’re best off at 

[Busher100 703]

20 hours ago, mC HULL said:

Steroids  

Id say so mate since they been with me they all had heats not regular like most dogs tho 

[stonewall 1,913]

On 26/04/2021 at 19:04, stonewall said:

bitch never held this yr was ment to pup next wk,coursing bred won a few stakes in her time given to me by my uncle,she will get a fare few days and nights out this coming season. 

bitch going through a full phantom pregnancy at the moment.swollen glands producing milk nesting the lot.

[Aussie Whip 3,824]

We found a greyhound bitch years ago on the side of a highway in the middle of the bush and pulled over. Pretty thin, was covered in scars otherwise in good health and just walked up to us. We ended up finding the owner who said it was a decent track dog and had been missing for months. Judging by the scars it looked to have survived catching roos. I was surprised a dog like that had survived that long in the wild.

[TOMO 24,855]

26 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

We found a greyhound bitch years ago on the side of a highway in the middle of the bush and pulled over. Pretty thin, was covered in scars otherwise in good health and just walked up to us. We ended up finding the owner who said it was a decent track dog and had been missing for months. Judging by the scars it looked to have survived catching roos. I was surprised a dog like that had survived that long in the wild.

do you not think it would have more of a chance than a pet dog though....at least a greyhound could catch some prey....

would water be an issue out in the bush....or are there enough sheep and catle troughs 

[Aussie Whip 3,824]

6 minutes ago, TOMO said:

do you not think it would have more of a chance than a pet dog though....at least a greyhound could catch some prey....

would water be an issue out in the bush....or are there enough sheep and catle troughs 

I think because it was a big fast dog it had a better chance of catching roos, I've seen two German shepherds out bush on different occasions and they were dying of starvation. What surprised me was I thought greys needed a fair bit of care. The grey was in heavily timbered bushland with no farms for miles but probably creeks around. There was a Jack Russell that lived in a state forest here, everyone used to see him and he lived for years, feral as. Being small he probably lived on rodents and lizards.

[TOMO 24,855]

yeh i suppose the russell needed far less to live on ...

i bet it would have made an interesting bit of film if someone had made a documentry about it...

[sandymere 8,260]

I imagine the greyhound wouldn't have had to run to often as it was taking larger quarry so each kill would last a few days plus scavenging, especially if there were any odd sheep about. if its running once a week, that's only 52 a year which can be one nights lamping.

[jeemes 3,517]

Whatever you do mate, make sure that puppy gets plenty of free exercise from 12 weeks old to at least 9months so it learns to use itself, otherwise you will never catch that up.

[low plains drifter 9,460]

There was a three legged whippet that used to knock about George Square in the 80's, bit of a biter, think it used to go to Gregg's for a pasty