fred90 3,385 Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 27 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: I was happy with the one's I owned over the years for knock about pot filling lurchers and hardy rarely picking up injuries despite being run and lamped regular. A pic of sire and one of his offspring after a mooch around the doors in the 80s about the end of October both working together on smallish wooded land. ffs mate don't let mchull see that 1 Quote Link to post
shaaark 11,510 Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 33 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: I was happy with the one's I owned over the years for knock about pot filling lurchers and hardy rarely picking up injuries despite being run and lamped regular. A pic of sire and one of his offspring after a mooch around the doors in the 80s about the end of October both working together on smallish wooded land. That dog with the white feet looks familiar, tats. Did you have pics of him in the shooting news? Quote Link to post
tatsblisters 11,025 Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 6 minutes ago, fred90 said: ffs mate don't let mchull see that I did eventually outcross the type to a saluki greyhound. I sometimes wonder what the offspring might have made put to a pure saluki. I reckon that's how the merlin eve types came about by lads crossing good hardy knockabout lurchers to the ultimate running dog the saluki for single handed hare catching. 1 Quote Link to post
fred90 3,385 Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago (edited) 7 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: I did eventually outcross the type to a saluki greyhound. I sometimes wonder what the offspring might have made put to a pure saluki. I reckon that's how the merlin eve types came about by lads crossing good hardy knockabout lurchers to the ultimate running dog the saluki for single handed hare catching. remember those days well I only had rabbit dog's, but a few local lads had the merlin type dogs. Edited 11 hours ago by fred90 Quote Link to post
tatsblisters 11,025 Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 20 minutes ago, shaaark said: That dog with the white feet looks familiar, tats. Did you have pics of him in the shooting news? I ended up letting a mate have her and he used to go round the shows in the summer and I remember seeing a picture of her with my mate on the NLRC stand at one show so could have ended up in the shooting news mate. 1 Quote Link to post
Black neck 17,518 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 5 hours ago, fred90 said: ffs mate don't let mchull see that You'll not tell our Joanne will yer Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,281 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 6 hours ago, tatsblisters said: I did eventually outcross the type to a saluki greyhound. I sometimes wonder what the offspring might have made put to a pure saluki. I reckon that's how the merlin eve types came about by lads crossing good hardy knockabout lurchers to the ultimate running dog the saluki for single handed hare catching. makes sense,that's how the wooly types came about. Quote Link to post
fred90 3,385 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, Black neck said: You'll not tell our Joanne will yer that's it, I. am telling everyone in mallard tonight Quote Link to post
Moocher71 4,281 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 7 hours ago, shaaark said: That dog with the white feet looks familiar, tats. Did you have pics of him in the shooting news? Shooting news,my brother used to buy it "fcuk knows why because he couldn't even read back then 2 Quote Link to post
Black neck 17,518 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 hours ago, fred90 said: that's it, I. am telling everyone in mallard tonight Ffs Quote Link to post
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