Hancock bred dogs

[WataWalloper 5,206]

1 hour ago, omegathelast said:

Some of the 3/4 crosses are absolute missiles. Almost too fast and powerful for regular work. 

One I had was exactly as you described mate exactly 

 

[Penda 3,432]

Ibknow a few lads who worked at his farm and had dogs from him i had a decent bitch bred down from a big merle dog my mate had called moon big rough dog his dad was beardie grey put to a laguna whippet good foxing dogs another lad I know had a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie dog big dog brindle had floppy ears was a slow starter but meant to of been a decent dog on the deer in the end 

[Black neck 18,317]

12 hours ago, Penda said:

Ibknow a few lads who worked at his farm and had dogs from him i had a decent bitch bred down from a big merle dog my mate had called moon big rough dog his dad was beardie grey put to a laguna whippet good foxing dogs another lad I know had a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie dog big dog brindle had floppy ears was a slow starter but meant to of been a decent dog on the deer in the end 

Some animal u reckon

[low plains drifter 11,701]

13 hours ago, Penda said:

Ibknow a few lads who worked at his farm and had dogs from him i had a decent bitch bred down from a big merle dog my mate had called moon big rough dog his dad was beardie grey put to a laguna whippet good foxing dogs another lad I know had a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie dog big dog brindle had floppy ears was a slow starter but meant to of been a decent dog on the deer in the end 

 

[lurchers 3,032]

On 06/03/2026 at 10:08, omegathelast said:

Some of the 3/4 crosses are absolute missiles. Almost too fast and powerful for regular work. 

My mate has had 2 over the years and says the exact same thing

[omegathelast 183]

I thought about getting one of the half crosses at one stage as a general ferreting and all-round dog. Unlike a lot of people I quite liked the look of the collie coloured or black ones. 

[mC HULL 18,319]

21 hours ago, lurchers said:

My mate has had 2 over the years and says the exact same thing

You need to.work it hard enough that it slows itself up but alot a heavy greys are that daft they aint the brain to work it out bit a collie they normally will and once a fast ones running slow using its head and speed your laughing 

[Chevy Chase 243]

2 hours ago, omegathelast said:

I thought about getting one of the half crosses at one stage as a general ferreting and all-round dog. Unlike a lot of people I quite liked the look of the collie coloured or black ones. 

They were often cheaper on his website than merles obviously not as popular. I’m sure I read or heard somewhere at one stage he was avoiding black greyhounds 

[mackem 31,719]

6 minutes ago, Chevy Chase said:

They were often cheaper on his website than merles obviously not as popular. I’m sure I read or heard somewhere at one stage he was avoiding black greyhounds 

The merles sold quicker often pre-booked,thanks to the well known marketing/advertising regime.

[Black neck 18,317]

7 hours ago, mC HULL said:

You need to.work it hard enough that it slows itself up but alot a heavy greys are that daft they aint the brain to work it out bit a collie they normally will and once a fast ones running slow using its head and speed your laughing 

Gordon bennett

[lurchers 3,032]

9 hours ago, mC HULL said:

You need to.work it hard enough that it slows itself up but alot a heavy greys are that daft they aint the brain to work it out bit a collie they normally will and once a fast ones running slow using its head and speed your laughing 

These did get worked hard mate but everything was always 100mile an hour.His 1st 1 ended up snapping it leg.

[Black neck 18,317]

24 minutes ago, lurchers said:

These did get worked hard mate but everything was always 100mile an hour.His 1st 1 ended up snapping it leg.

Thats the trouble wi um 

[jukel123 10,362]

One of the reasons lurchers are used instead of straight greyhounds is to slow them down! 

Some of the 3/4 bred dogs can almost match greyhounds when they are timed at a greyhound track. The same is true of the straight deer/ grey according to Doherty's book.

I had a 3/4, not from Hancock, but it wasn't an all or nothing type bitch. It's temperament was quite cautious. 

We all say we had a great dog in the past . Well this  3/4 I had wasn't great but a definite good un. Cracking  worker and brilliant, sensible pet.

She was good in moonlight as well as the lamp and great at leaping at feathered quarry: pheasants, pigeons and once a grouse. On daylight hares she was generally favourite in the small fields I ran her in. She literally caught hundreds as I lived near a sporting estate where hares were numerous. I didnt bother with 'fair law' at that time, so many were hunted up and killed immediately.  But they were  all eaten or traded.

I've just remembered,for she ate the grouse before I could get it from her, so I shouldn't really count that one.

No world beater, but a good un for sure and loads of stamina. 

She didn't like other dogs and didn't like people either ( dogs take after their owners lol). One night I knocked the vet up to stitch her.

She snapped at him on the treatment table and he cuffed her in return , which cured her attitude immediately.

He was a member of the Coursing Club and I remember him describing her injury as " an honour gained in the field".

Changed days or what?

Edited Tuesday at 22:49 by jukel123