Guest greengrass123 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) Plenty of stuff wrote on here about about good and bad dogs. But what in your mind are the qualities that make or break a dog. Mine are .1 a good owner or trainer. 2 brains . 3spirit determination. 4 speed . Your views please. Edited April 25, 2008 by greengrass123 Quote Link to post
comanche 3,295 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) Getting a dog of the cross or type that you really fancy owning helps.I don't mean anything silly like buying a sausage-dog because you love the way they look and than being upset when it fails to perform well at the high jump. Imagine you have an albeit unexplainable urge for , say, a Bengal tiger-hamster cross but the bloke down the road says its a rubbish cross but his wife has a litter of aardvark-gerbils for sale and he persuades you to buy one. Anyway the Bengal tiger-hamster crosses arn'nt ready for another month.Soon as the aardvark/gerbil shows a problem with work or training you might get resentfull ,blame the dog ,blame your mate and blame yourself for making the wrong choice. If however you hung on for the Bengal/hamster cross you are more likely to work through problems in a good frame of mind when things ,as they always do in dog training ,become a bit sticky. Having got all self opiniated I have to admit that my youngest dog was'nt really what I was looking for but I would've had problems with conscience If I had'nt taken her home. My choice though and I'll stand by her ,work through problems and make her in my eyes at least "a good dog". Edited April 25, 2008 by comanche Quote Link to post
Guest greengrass123 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Horses for courses mate. Ive seen a lot of pottentially good dogs ruined by bad owners. Quote Link to post
Guest markbrick1 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 A GOOD OWNER Quote Link to post
poacher2225 2 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 a good owner what work's them and not some one who go's out one or two time's a year and no's it all Quote Link to post
Guest dog on Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 a good owner what work's them and not some one who go's out one or two time's a year and no's it allthe best answer to all the questions iv ever seen on this site Quote Link to post
hang & bang 114 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 a good experienced owner who puts his dogs welfare first,brains ,speed, gameness and determenation and a good close bond between lurcher and owner even better answer a bond inportent as the dog excells in trying to please u Quote Link to post
T78 4 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 a dog thats obedient,knows its game and be keen to do it. every lurcher needs those 3 things.other needs are individual to what work the dog does. Quote Link to post
beddiwhuppet 10 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Plenty of stuff wrote on here about about good and bad dogs. But what in your mind are the qualities that make or break a dog. Mine are .1 a good owner or trainer. 2 brains . 3spirit determination. 4 speed . Your views please. the owner,plenty of patience and lots of time spent with the individual young dog,thats what makes a good lurcher Quote Link to post
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