Opinions and experiences of running a pure Greyhound...

[mC HULL 10,411]

What sort a speed different things reach Aussiewhip  

[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

1 hour ago, chartpolski said:

My pals 'roo dog.

Sadly killed when he made the step up from fox to boar.

Cheers.

That’s the stamp of dog I was thinking about ,Shame that but better to go working than Living a life walking round on a lead

[dogmad riley 1,336]

21 hours ago, jigsaw said:

I saw a black dog hound ,that was used week in week out and he was taking and killing foxes with gusto for a few years ,i was offered him  at 5 years old but didnt have the kennel space,one morning he took a deer with another dog and after that there wasnt a sheep safe in the country with him...he would have made some stud for a lurcher cross,...i ended putting him to sleep for the owner ,twas a pity he didnt get a home ...theres a few handy ones about if you look hard for them

One of the best fox dogs i ever seen was a pure grey, ex track bitch. Took fox regular it loved them, was useless on deer but would catch rabbit and hare. 

Fox was her main quarry and she loved them, unfortunately she was stolen before a litter could be taken from her. 

She took some training to get her used to smaller dogs as she also seen them as fair game. 

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

3 hours ago, chartpolski said:

 

Sadly killed when he made the step up from fox to boar.

Cheers.

You can use running dogs on pigs and that's ok until they get smashed into a tree, chestplate or no. The smooth roo dogs I remember as a kid looked like huge, thick set greyhounds.

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

3 hours ago, mC HULL said:

What sort a speed different things reach Aussiewhip  

I doubt anything would be as fast as the hares I've seen here.

[sandymere 8,260]

32 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

I doubt anything would be as fast as the hares I've seen here.

Plus some have nine lives 

 

Just imagine the state of the feet if this were a young greyhound rather than a young Galgo.

 

 

Edited March 13, 2021 by sandymere

[mC HULL 10,411]

What the feet hold up like here Sandy arable and plough nail beds etc  

[dogmandont 9,317]

2 hours ago, dogmad riley said:

One of the best fox dogs i ever seen was a pure grey, ex track bitch. Took fox regular it loved them, was useless on deer but would catch rabbit and hare. 

Fox was her main quarry and she loved them, unfortunately she was stolen before a litter could be taken from her. 

She took some training to get her used to smaller dogs as she also seen them as fair game. 

Its the worst thing about ex track dogs, 99.9% have had absolutely no socialising, my mate rears his like lurchers they're out across the fields from a young age with his other dogs jumping ditches wire and everything else, it's a nice sight seeing a full greyhound thats calm in normal situations and not running round like a headless chicken, it's the ex track dogs where most lads get their opinions about them from. 

Edited March 13, 2021 by dogmandont

[sandymere 8,260]

17 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

What the feet hold up like here Sandy arable and plough nail beds etc  

No problems so far and its pretty boggy this way

[mC HULL 10,411]

Happy days that hard dry loose they run on is difficult struggle to get footing and can bash feet up the young dog ran well didn’t keep going real wide and ground was loose  

 I’d take one over a greyhound any day have to adapt for that land run it slow Cant be Tearing up the ground like a Subaru or be no tyre left lol

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

7 hours ago, sandymere said:

Just imagine the state of the feet if this were a young greyhound rather than a young Galgo

Be good if we could get Galgo's over here. That ground looked like the garden of Eden compared to western NSW last year,  lol.

[mC HULL 10,411]

1 minute ago, Aussie Whip said:

Be good if we could get Galgo's over here. That ground looked like the garden of Eden compared to western NSW last year,  lol.

I can imagine it’s dry but that sounds rough lol

 

 

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

58 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

I can imagine it’s dry but that sounds rough lol

 

 

Where I was it was really bad, even snakes and lizards were dying. The mrs was walking around the paddock with water to save the shingle back lizards. I went around with a shovel to save the snakes, lol.

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

Luckily we had a spring fed dam to pump into our luxurious pool, lol. We had to keep getting in and out all day to stop from dying of heat stroke.

[jigsaw 11,809]

1 hour ago, Aussie Whip said:

Luckily we had a spring fed dam to pump into our luxurious pool, lol. We had to keep getting in and out all day to stop from dying of heat stroke.

are your feet touching the bottom there AW? i expected you to be ...erm ....taller ...