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4 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

Stuck in the memory that it was an unusual cross. Foxhound not EBT, my mistake. Nice looking thing though.

It was mate though in all honesty I don't think it was a first x probably a lurcher to lurcher bred dog as we're most lurchers of that era. 

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I've always thought that Tidline books provided a great service to us common hunting lads. Reprinting some books that at one time would only be available to those who could afford a 1st edition, even

I remember reading it vaguely in the late 70s when it first came out and I thought it read she had foxhound in her and if memory serves me right the owner was around racing horse stables on the south

I borrowed Rebecca from the library many years ago but do not own it. The fact that I do not own the book would suggest that none of the lads from my estate stole it from the library. I believe t

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23 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

It was mate though in all honesty I don't think it was a first x probably a lurcher to lurcher bred dog as we're most lurchers of that era. 

Before the books came out and people started to believe what they read , became amateur geneticists and started to try and re-invent the wheel. Not knocking the modern dogs, but the lurcher x lurcher type did/does catch stuff even if being of pedigree unknown. Not a lurcher man though so just my relatively uneducated opinion. 

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1 hour ago, Bosun11 said:

Yep, that's the photo from the book, and for me, possibly the best lurcher photo of all time...

Belter first time I seen pic now I know we're fensarwfar got the idea his pic with his bitch get it uo.ryan

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31 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

Before the books came out and people started to believe what they read , became amateur geneticists and started to try and re-invent the wheel. Not knocking the modern dogs, but the lurcher x lurcher type did/does catch stuff even if being of pedigree unknown. Not a lurcher man though so just my relatively uneducated opinion. 

I put this up before but still meks me cringe ,when I was a kid I'd read into plummer books and he said that only half cross collies and 34 crosses were any good lol ,I went 2 a show and some older lads had some proper handy looking dogs ,I asked how they were bred just lurcher lurcher they said  well they must be shite I thought ffs 🤣🤣

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9 minutes ago, Black neck said:

I put this up before but still meks me cringe ,when I was a kid I'd read into plummer books and he said that only half cross collies and 34 crosses were any good lol ,I went 2 a show and some older lads had some proper handy looking dogs ,I asked how they were bred just lurcher lurcher they said  well they must be shite I thought ffs 🤣🤣

After reading up on the heroics of Merle, no other cross will do.

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f***ing Italian greyhound puppy. Then In adds description. It's a collie bull grey whippet , terrapin, platypus, duck doo. Lol. The fella must have been fresh when he wrote that. How the f**k can you go from an Italian grey to a Heinz 57. 😂 

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34 minutes ago, Bangersanmash said:

f***ing Italian greyhound puppy. Then In adds description. It's a collie bull grey whippet , terrapin, platypus, duck doo. Lol. The fella must have been fresh when he wrote that. How the f**k can you go from an Italian grey to a Heinz 57. 😂 

Nice coursing bred pups ready for you pal on FB.

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