Collie lurchers for sale on t'internet

[Neal 1,926]

I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm sure I saw a thread on here earlier this year about somebody wanting a collie greyhound pup.

While browsing for something completely different, I've found two dog pups that might interest some. The dam is a collie/greyhound (I think she's line bred with lines going back to the 80s so not a half bred). The sire is a working beardie. 

As I said, not everyone's cup of tea but they piqued my interest. The advert is on both Pets4Homes and Gundogs Direct. I think they're in Andover.

[Bosun11 537]

1 hour ago, Neal said:

I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm sure I saw a thread on here earlier this year about somebody wanting a collie greyhound pup.

While browsing for something completely different, I've found two dog pups that might interest some. The dam is a collie/greyhound (I think she's line bred with lines going back to the 80s so not a half bred). The sire is a working beardie. 

As I said, not everyone's cup of tea but they piqued my interest. The advert is on both Pets4Homes and Gundogs Direct. I think they're in Andover.

Bloody hell Neil, don't excuse the collie lurcher. They've been the mainstay of lurchers in the field for hundreds of years, and although they are almost 'bullied' off the posts on this forum, they are still the number one choice of those that can 'put more and get more' from a working lurcher

[neil b 2,448]

1 hour ago, Neal said:

I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm sure I saw a thread on here earlier this year about somebody wanting a collie greyhound pup.

While browsing for something completely different, I've found two dog pups that might interest some. The dam is a collie/greyhound (I think she's line bred with lines going back to the 80s so not a half bred). The sire is a working beardie. 

As I said, not everyone's cup of tea but they piqued my interest. The advert is on both Pets4Homes and Gundogs Direct. I think they're in Andover.

There not those of Ed cooks are they by any chance 

[chartpolski 27,352]

If I’m reading this right; these are 3/4 collie, 1/4 greyhound, or there about ?

The type that Collie John who used to be on here breeds ?

Cheers.

[nothernlite 18,247]

1 hour ago, neil b said:

There not those of Ed cooks are they by any chance 

The ones he's calling detection dogs 

[comanche 3,259]

11 hours ago, neil b said:

There not those of Ed cooks are they by any chance 

I found  the advert. That's  the name to contact .

Cute looking things and a very "positively" worded advert .

But I'm seriously more and more tempted to liaise my Welsh sheepdog bitch with something like  a big whippet ,pretty sure the cross would be less of an unknown quantity. 

Edited Monday at 06:42 by comanche

[Neal 1,926]

13 hours ago, neil b said:

There not those of Ed cooks are they by any chance 

I think so. Is the bitch related to yours by any chance? When I saw the dam in the photos she looked familiar and then I realised I was thinking of your red and tan.

I was a tad tempted but I've got my name on a waiting list for a litter later this year.

[Neal 1,926]

11 hours ago, nothernlite said:

The ones he's calling detection dogs 

Do you mean in the same sense that in New Zealand they call them "big game indicating dogs"?

[FKtheBan 25]

too much collie for my liking but best off luck

[neil b 2,448]

1 hour ago, Neal said:

I think so. Is the bitch related to yours by any chance? When I saw the dam in the photos she looked familiar and then I realised I was thinking of your red and tan.

I was a tad tempted but I've got my name on a waiting list for a litter later this year.

No relation, to mine, what you got your name on a litter off ed? Later in the year or a different litter 

[Neal 1,926]

24 minutes ago, neil b said:

No relation, to mine, what you got your name on a litter off ed? Later in the year or a different litter 

Must just be a coincidence because of the colouring and build.

No, not a pup from Ed; I'd never even heard of him until you mentioned him.

 

[gnipper 6,753]

Neal have you seen a book called The dogs that made Australia by Guy Hull? I listened to the audio book recently and it was pretty interesting. 

[Neal 1,926]

Yeah, my wife bought me a copy a few years ago. It's a good book but I don't completely agree with his kelpie/German shepherd connection theory. In my opinion, a better book for kelpie origins and history is "Origins Of The Australian Kelpie" by Bill Robertson. Very well thought out book with a lot of miles put in to conduct his research.

On a slightly related subject: my current two kelpies will be my last. When I got my first everybody said I was mad and kelpies are such hard work but I kept saying all the naysayers were wrong as mine was a piece of cake. Then I got three more (the last of which was my current eldest Noggin who's so easy going and laid back that his nickname is Bob Marley) and I was still saying they were great.

Then I got Ned. I thought 'Oh, all those people who've slagged kelpies off have met one like him': on the go all the time.

Then I got Maud. Oh, another one! From speaking to more and more people I've realised that I was really lucky to get four calm ones in a row and that they were the exception. 

I still think they're great dogs but no longer for me. I could be lucky and get another one like Rusty or Noggin but I can't risk another one like Maud. Don't get me wrong; she does exactly what you'd expect one to do but she needs a job almost all the time. My others were working dogs which were also pets whereas Maud is a working dog: full stop. On the way to 'work' she'll herd cars instead. If you move from the sofa she thinks she's going out: even if she's just come in. She's chosen to be an outside dog so that she can get some sleep as she can't settle inside, just in case she misses out on some action. She went missing one day last summer and I found her asleep in the old disused run at the bottom of the garden and she's slept out there ever since. 

We all love her to bits but she's very high maintenance. Nothing like Noggin. She's like a field trail bred spaniel on acid whereas he was born as a middle aged retriever in the body of a kelpie. He's my best mate: she's my nemesis.

[TonyT 1,659]

On 20/07/2025 at 20:17, Bosun11 said:

Bloody hell Neil, don't excuse the collie lurcher. They've been the mainstay of lurchers in the field for hundreds of years, and although they are almost 'bullied' off the posts on this forum, they are still the number one choice of those that can 'put more and get more' from a working lurcher

100%

[gnipper 6,753]

33 minutes ago, Neal said:

Yeah, my wife bought me a copy a few years ago. It's a good book but I don't completely agree with his kelpie/German shepherd connection theory. In my opinion, a better book for kelpie origins and history is "Origins Of The Australian Kelpie" by Bill Robertson. Very well thought out book with a lot of miles put in to conduct his research.

On a slightly related subject: my current two kelpies will be my last. When I got my first everybody said I was mad and kelpies are such hard work but I kept saying all the naysayers were wrong as mine was a piece of cake. Then I got three more (the last of which was my current eldest Noggin who's so easy going and laid back that his nickname is Bob Marley) and I was still saying they were great.

Then I got Ned. I thought 'Oh, all those people who've slagged kelpies off have met one like him': on the go all the time.

Then I got Maud. Oh, another one! From speaking to more and more people I've realised that I was really lucky to get four calm ones in a row and that they were the exception. 

I still think they're great dogs but no longer for me. I could be lucky and get another one like Rusty or Noggin but I can't risk another one like Maud. Don't get me wrong; she does exactly what you'd expect one to do but she needs a job almost all the time. My others were working dogs which were also pets whereas Maud is a working dog: full stop. On the way to 'work' she'll herd cars instead. If you move from the sofa she thinks she's going out: even if she's just come in. She's chosen to be an outside dog so that she can get some sleep as she can't settle inside, just in case she misses out on some action. She went missing one day last summer and I found her asleep in the old disused run at the bottom of the garden and she's slept out there ever since. 

We all love her to bits but she's very high maintenance. Nothing like Noggin. She's like a field trail bred spaniel on acid whereas he was born as a middle aged retriever in the body of a kelpie. He's my best mate: she's my nemesis.

The sections on the kangaroo dogs and dingoes caught my attention more than the kelpie tbh mate but overall I thought it was decent. 

 As for the nightmare dogs I've got a spaniel like that, the little shit