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On 18/05/2023 at 17:20, sandymere said:

That's a great bitch  called Africa, in the national this year. Shows u can't judge a dog on one run. Her problem was she is too good at killing  hares. In Spain a course under a minute doesn't count and  she kept killing in under  a minute  so had to keep  running  hares through each round until  she'd taken  the edge off and then she still beat all comers, towards the end of the comp she'd run twice as long as the other and gotten broken  ribs from a collision and pretty  much wrecked her feet. I wouldn't have run a dog in that condition  but they hoped with the edge off she'd get through to the final. Alas it wasn't to be.

I thought that dog looked good, but thats the trouble nowadays, we all think we can know and judge everthing from youtube clips. Thanks for explaining it.

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On 18/05/2023 at 13:11, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:

Some dogs just don’t have the stamina no matter how fit they are, genetics

Thats very true, you see it boxing all the time.

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17 hours ago, dodger said:

3/4 saluki 1/4 greyhounds were really popular in the 80s n 90s round Rochdale heywood etc n some were brilliant dogs that was hammerd I remember you saying in a post run em all night on the lamp n them course once light n these really was apart from kippers he always went in the day.

I was a kid when kippers cruiser n pip was about but those dogs really did go to the moon n back n slipped on dots..

I remember going out with Fred preston n seeing his pure she was a very quick bitch from what I remember n strong to..

I saw a few dogs off deakon that was good bags of wind and durability I actually think pip was something to do with deakin come to think about but can't just remember I was young..

I ran a saluki saturated dog in the  80s, good chaser, coud certainly stay but not great at connecting,  bit frustrating at times. Unlikely but it sometimes seemed he was a bit more interested in the run rather than the catch. The flint on the south downs dropped a few toes over a couple of seasons,  sold him to a bloke from Bedfordshire in the end.

Edited May 20, 2023 by sandymere

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Pads like tyres and well boned joints come as standard with the Galgos.

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3 hours ago, jeemes said:

I thought that dog looked good, but thats the trouble nowadays, we all think we can know and judge everthing from youtube clips. Thanks for explaining it.

Yes your right you need to see a dog over a season really to make your mind up I think

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13 minutes ago, sandymere said:

Pads like tyres and well boned joints come as standard with the Galgos.

Crackin pup sandy was he OK after the travel from spain

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4 hours ago, dodger said:

Crackin pup sandy was he OK after the travel from spain

Lost a little  weight  but bouncing now, little  fecker

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16 hours ago, sandymere said:

Pads like tyres and well boned joints come as standard with the Galgos.

Everything starts from the ground. They are industrial feet

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1 hour ago, jeemes said:

Everything starts from the ground. They are industrial feet

Indeed they do they like there built for work those feet 

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On 20/05/2023 at 08:52, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:

Did Adrian breed them ones 

Have you seen them run

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9 hours ago, dodger said:

Indeed they do they like there built for work those feet 

to be honest i don’t even bother looking at a pup or dogs feet lol 

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5 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

to be honest i don’t even bother looking at a pup or dogs feet lol 

If I had choice of 2 pups n both looked the same but one had flat feet n the other tight n thick I'd pick the latter but iv had a dog with flat feet before n no matter what you did or how much road work they never changed but never had any foot or toe problems so you could be right mac

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2 minutes ago, dodger said:

If I had choice of 2 pups n both looked the same but one had flat feet n the other tight n thick I'd pick the latter but iv had a dog with flat feet before n no matter what you did or how much road work they never changed but never had any foot or toe problems so you could be right mac

i’m the opposite mate cat foot or hare foot id go hare foot everytime 

but still have and have had cat footed dogs id say they injure more have more problems with the nail beds 

but most coursing breds i’ve had been pretty solid feet wise fingers crossed lol

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9 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

i’m the opposite mate cat foot or hare foot id go hare foot everytime 

but still have and have had cat footed dogs id say they injure more have more problems with the nail beds 

but most coursing breds i’ve had been pretty solid feet wise fingers crossed lol

I have found myself having to see to there nailbeds more these days so maybe your onti something 

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1 minute ago, dodger said:

I have found myself having to see to there nailbeds more these days so maybe your onti something 

me bitch from the pure has a cat foot but has feathering never any bother with nail beds on any with feathered feet they can run out and be sound