3/4 bred collie cross

[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

1 hour ago, JAE B said:

Be to sluggish a reckon

Plenty of pure collies can ferret ,lamp bush, rat etc 
Abroad they been used on squirrel ,coon and feral pig bit  of extra speed would just be a bonus .

 

[TOMO 24,876]

no point what so ever in a reverse cross.....i cant see a task one would perform better than a half cross.....and i wouldnt want one of them either....lol

 

[JAE B 513]

21 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Plenty of pure collies can ferret ,lamp bush, rat etc 
Abroad they been used on squirrel ,coon and feral pig bit  of extra speed would just be a bonus .

 

Am not saying they can’t just wouldn’t be quick enough for what a need

[Black neck 15,162]

28 minutes ago, JAE B said:

Am not saying they can’t just wouldn’t be quick enough for what a need

Sheep work like

[SheepChaser 8,082]

3 hours ago, C.green said:

Curs ?

Yer collie curs are a little bit cooler than collie xs. Just a bit more rugged and genuine. 

[C.green 3,203]

2 hours ago, Wideboy said:

Why do people refer to collies as curs? This word is from hunt kennels and hunting with hounds. Any dog breed that was not a hound breed was known as a cur. This is what I’ve been told since I’ve been a nipper from good hunting men and spending an awful lot of time around hunt kennels. I think the word is misunderstood. 

Aye dead on dont see how a collie can be a cur but there ya go

[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

Chid was referring to the collie lurcher which is a mongrel technically which people called curs years ago I know what he means

[C.green 3,203]

12 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

Yer collie curs are a little bit cooler than collie xs. Just a bit more rugged and genuine. 

Makes sense now. Can you bring a collie next time we go bushing just so i can get that authentic “cur dog” feeling ?

[SheepChaser 8,082]

1 minute ago, C.green said:

Makes sense now. Can you bring a collie next time we go bushing just so i can get that authentic “cur dog” feeling ?

Ready to rock and roll 

[Black neck 15,162]

16 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

Ready to rock and roll 

Not a proper cur iny got 1 freaky eye

[Neal 1,786]

Curs were pastoral types. Cur is simply an abbreviation of curtailed i.e. tail was shortened so that (in the opinion of the gentry) they could herd livestock but not catch anything which "belonged" to the aforementioned gentry. It was a type of dog described as a cur which was taken to Australia and mated to dingoes to produce the original Hall's heelers and Timmins Biters: NOT collies as is usually stated. That's why the original dogs could be either full or short tailed. The reason people think Australian cattle dogs all have tails is because the bloke who wrote the first breed description didn't include the stumpies in his description.

Ooh, I do love a good bit of philology.

[Black neck 15,162]

3 minutes ago, Neal said:

Curs were pastoral types. Cur is simply an abbreviation of curtailed i.e. tail was shortened so that (in the opinion of the gentry) they could herd livestock but not catch anything which "belonged" to the aforementioned gentry. It was a type of dog described as a cur which was taken to Australia and mated to dingoes to produce the original Hall's heelers and Timmins Biters: NOT collies as is usually stated. That's why the original dogs could be either full or short tailed. The reason people think Australian cattle dogs all have tails is because the bloke who wrote the first breed description didn't include the stumpies in his description.

Ooh, I do love a good bit of philology.

Sounds a bit far fetched that does

[pengelli 365]

9 hours ago, nothernlite said:

Well there's no point talking to someone that does f..k all lives in the past like his pal whin   theres a  good fb page thees a few lads on there with good working reverse bred type be better joining that thete a cracking litter of pups bred that way

how do you know what he does and doesnt do

[nothernlite 18,026]

1 hour ago, pengelli said:

how do you know what he does and doesnt do

I know 

[Loton Moocher 1,252]

A half cross would be far better but replace the collie half with bedlington instead