Enough of these coursing dogs

[welshphil 219]

On 21/06/2025 at 19:26, Bosun11 said:

It's a great, versatile cross, can't recall seeing a bad one Phil.

Seen some absolute killing machines bred this way.

I love my beddy crosses as well so in an ideal world i'll be looking for a deerhound/greyhound/beddy hybrid although a bit of whippet in the mix wouldn't go amiss either. 

[welshphil 219]

23 hours ago, Bosun11 said:

Couple more of Mack...

 

Machine! 

[Daniel cain 47,892]

On 22/06/2025 at 11:11, dodger said:

They sound like good dogs I remember reading about lurchers with abit of hound in the old shooting news but not much since..

There's was a chap on here years ago,that bred fellhound x greyhounds from Cumbria way...his nephew came to mine and had a young  foxhound x Wheaton bull grey from me ...dog wouldn't cast out far enough daytime for me,so they had him for lamping...was a unit of a dog TBF

Big Thomas...

[chartpolski 26,864]

1 hour ago, Daniel cain said:

There's was a chap on here years ago,that bred fellhound x greyhounds from Cumbria way...his nephew came to mine and had a young  foxhound x Wheaton bull grey from me ...dog wouldn't cast out far enough daytime for me,so they had him for lamping...was a unit of a dog TBF

Big Thomas...

I’ll be at the Haydon Hunt Show at Steelrigg a week on Sunday, they have Fell hound racing, I’ll try and get some photos. 

Cheers.

[shaaark 11,182]

1 hour ago, chartpolski said:

I’ll be at the Haydon Hunt Show at Steelrigg a week on Sunday, they have Fell hound racing, I’ll try and get some photos. 

Cheers.

Do you know if it's true, charts, that some saluki and greyhound blood was put into some of these fell hounds, quite a few years ago?

Just something I read a few years back.

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1 hour ago, shaaark said:

Do you know if it's true, charts, that some saluki and greyhound blood was put into some of these fell hounds, quite a few years ago?

Just something I read a few years back.

100% there’s greyhound blood in them. I talked to some of the old timers from Cumbria years ago, no saluki though.

We mustn’t confuse Fell Hounds with Fell Packs of fox hounds .

Fell hounds are lighter boned and racier, and are used for racing; a scent trail is laid in a big circle across the fells and the hounds follow the scent until they see or hear their masters and then race in at full speed.

Fell packs are foxhounds that work the Cumbrian fells and hills.

Both types will be at the show; I’ll try to get photos of both to show the difference.

Another interesting thing they told me was they would bring their fell and Lakey terriers over to the north east to add a bit of our Bedlington blood to add a bit of fire ! I always thought it was the other way round!

Cheers.

 

[shaaark 11,182]

3 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

100% there’s greyhound blood in them. I talked to some of the old timers from Cumbria years ago, no saluki though.

 

Suppose it makes sense, wouldn't want saluki blood slowing em down.

[Franks dad 1,636]

1 hour ago, shaaark said:

Suppose it makes sense, wouldn't want saluki blood slowing em down.

Take 20 out come back with 3 … 

[dodger 3,526]

7 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

There's was a chap on here years ago,that bred fellhound x greyhounds from Cumbria way...his nephew came to mine and had a young  foxhound x Wheaton bull grey from me ...dog wouldn't cast out far enough daytime for me,so they had him for lamping...was a unit of a dog TBF

Big Thomas...

Very nice strong dog dc shame he didnt find n take a line

[Wales1234 5,645]

8 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

There's was a chap on here years ago,that bred fellhound x greyhounds from Cumbria way...his nephew came to mine and had a young  foxhound x Wheaton bull grey from me ...dog wouldn't cast out far enough daytime for me,so they had him for lamping...was a unit of a dog TBF

Big Thomas...

I remeber him ! Came to you abit older didn’t he these hill dogs need alot of time and experienced dogs around them 

[shaaark 11,182]

1 hour ago, Franks dad said:

Take 20 out come back with 3 … 

Lol, to quote @low plains drifter

'You know the dance'

[WataWalloper 2,894]

Them trail hounds are some serious animals 

[gunter 1,377]

7 hours ago, chartpolski said:

100% there’s greyhound blood in them. I talked to some of the old timers from Cumbria years ago, no saluki though.

We mustn’t confuse Fell Hounds with Fell Packs of fox hounds .

Fell hounds are lighter boned and racier, and are used for racing; a scent trail is laid in a big circle across the fells and the hounds follow the scent until they see or hear their masters and then race in at full speed.

Fell packs are foxhounds that work the Cumbrian fells and hills.

Both types will be at the show; I’ll try to get photos of both to show the difference.

Another interesting thing they told me was they would bring their fell and Lakey terriers over to the north east to add a bit of our Bedlington blood to add a bit of fire ! I always thought it was the other way round!

Cheers.

 

Confuse Fell hounds with fell packs charts I know boys would spin hares with what we'd call a fell hound and there's drag hounds for the drag racing  from what I gathered they made a fell hound to cover ground on open hill at speed and be nimble to get across the rocks I was talking to fella who reckons smooth pointer blood was added to them 

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12 minutes ago, gunter said:

Confuse Fell hounds with fell packs charts I know boys would spin hares with what we'd call a fell hound and there's drag hounds for the drag racing  from what I gathered they made a fell hound to cover ground on open hill at speed and be nimble to get across the rocks I was talking to fella who reckons smooth pointer blood was added to them 

I was hunting in Australia with the Barwon Hunt and they use a mixed pack of what they call English Foxhounds and Irish Beagles;

The Black and Tan ones are the Irish  beagles, nothing  like what we call beagles.

I know in Cumbrian the Fell hound is used for racing and looks much racier than a foxhound, as I said , I’ll try and get some pictures.

Cheers.

 

[Gilbey 1,490]

To me Fell hounds are used in fell packs to hunt.

And "Trailhounds" are used in "hound trailing"