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So if these dogs are easily accessable to buy(which it seems they are look at the adverts everywhere and constant letters in publications of late) WHY out of several hundred members on here and other sites, which is a fairly good spectrum of working dog folk has no one got one.......mmmmm

 

Or is it they are too busy skinning off the huge volumes of game they are catching, to do anything else........

[J Darcy 5,871]

hey mr darcy were you aware prior to starting this thread that you came in for some mild critcism on the web site for which a link is provided above.

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water off a ducks back mate....

[socks 32,253]

Why anyone would want to intentionally introduce husky into a lurcher line is beyond me.  Unless the dog will catch rabbit, hare, deer and fox and then tow the lot home in a sled :11:

 

i would have thought that it would be to breed stamina and sound feet into the equation ........

[Guest HAWKEYE]

BUT WHY MATE ONE INTO THE LINE ON THE PREMISE OF IT BEING A GOODWORKER AS OPPOSED TO WITNESSING IT???

SMACKS VERY MUCH OF A GOBSHITE..ALSO WHERE ARE THE ACTUAL QUARRY PICS???

HIS REASONING OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LURCHER AND A TUMBLER IS LAUGHABLE...

[socks 32,253]

Dear Sir,

 

I often browse the magazines in my newsagents and upon noticing Jackie Drakeford's article about Lurchers promptly bought The Shooting Times. I was not disappointed.

 

Jackie has described, the working and companion qualities inherent in the genuine old-fashioned bloodlines as selected for poaching over the centuries, excellently. It is as important to be able to control the fierce hunting instinct, as it is to possess it. Many of these dogs made the ultimate sacrifice during two World Wars in the role of messenger carriers, chosen for the task on account of their loyalty and ability to find those they trusted and evade strangers be they Germans or Gamekeepers. Col. Richardson's book on War Dogs mentions this.

 

However, I should like to warn your readers not to expect the same qualities from everything that skulks under the misnomer of Lurcher today. The current fashion for crossing Pit Bulls, Salukies and Greyhounds often disguised under a Deerhound's or Bedlington's coats to make them more saleable are definitely not of the same controllable nature ……………

 

Woe betides anyone foolish enough to release one of those beasts into a rearing pen of pheasants. Sure it will kill the fox , but only after doing the fox's job for him first. Basically you have, the aggression of the Bull combined with the indifference to training of the Salukie added to the light-trigger of the Greyhound, with nothing but broken glass between the ears to control any of it. Personally I would rather stand in the rearing pen grasping a grenade with the pin removed.

 

So, the word Lurcher today covers a multitude of sins and it is buyer beware if you require the old-fashioned controllable nature of the original poaching dog that Jackie so aptly describes rather than a dog with the lights on upstairs but nobody at home. I eagerly await further articles on my pet topic.

 

Yours in sport Jeff

 

( The Lurcher & Tumbler Welfare & Breed Club).

 

 

:11: :11: :11: i f*****g new you bull cross boys were dangerouse :11: :11: :11:

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click on any pic and you will see the words LINAGE BEING UPDATED :11: :11: :11:

[Guest knocavoeboy]

I don’t think this website is a good advocate for this type. I think there is such a type as a Norfolk. I'd say the pedigree varies greatly. The lurcher my mate owns is supposed to be this type. Unlike some lurcher men myself and my wee band of hunting friends are neither impressed nor interested in big name or big money or snobby behaviour. The simple fact is this. My mate has had a number of good dogs from this line it is in existence and it is turning out workers. There is variation between the offspring but all are worthy of feeding. These pups aren’t t big money. The first of this line I saw work took all quarry he was shown, he was capable of most disciplines of hunting. His two pups I seen work most recently both gave good accounts they really only have a quarter Norfolk blood. They took fox single handed and done it well. One of the previous litters also another dog pup was excellent he unfortunately was killed in a road accident. Now this site and all the talk about being a different type and efforts to preserve it I think is a load of shit. The husky bit really throws me. But these dogs I have hunted are supposed to be Norfolk I have seen them do the business and they make good lurcher worth keeping for sure. I will post more pics as I get them. I'd say there would be few over Christmas.

[Guest knocavoeboy]

jake the second named after his da. 3/4 grey 1/4 norfolk.

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more of jake

[Guest knocavoeboy]

 

JAKE SEEN HERE WITH HIS HALF SISTER. SAME FATHER DIFFERENT BITCH. THE BITCHES WERE MATED JUST BEFORE THE SIRE OLD JAKE WAS POISONED BY NEIGHBOUR. HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THESE TWO.

[J Darcy 5,871]

click on any pic and you will see the words LINAGE BEING UPDATED  :11:  :11:  :11:

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lol..does updated mean: give me time to make a good tale up!!!!

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

Beat me to it,J.D

[J Darcy 5,871]

lol....

[Guest knocavoeboy]

had to actually say the norfolk featured is actually closer to 7/8 greyhound. his father was more like 3/4 and his grand sire had agood drop. i have also fouind out the grand sire was bought at a gamefair in scotland. i reckon it would have been at least ten years ago maybe more.