Lamping with Greys

[hubbs 178]

Hi guys just wondering if anyone out there runs full greyhounds on the lamp for rabbits ect...? A mate who i run my lurcher with has just housed an ex racing greyhound only 18 months didnt cut it on the track i am led to believe. He has yet to get it out and begin its training but it looks a great looking dog standin 27in.

 

any tips advice or storys of your own greyhounds would be great

 

cheers

 

Ive looked high and low for an ex racer and even got intouch with charities and they where not keen on me haveing one for my use . All i was after was one that didnt make the grade . There must be lads about but where..

 

 

 

Greyhounds are available by the bucket full in my county, and are advertised every night in our local rag, free to a good home have you a track nearby???????

 

Its just closed down id love one it just seems to be hard round here to get one..

[whin 463]

im heading to suffolk over christmas i live 1 mile from a coursing and racing greyhound trust they get some handy greyhounds through them they are backed by william hill if you want one il ask but if youe a time wasting twat forget it , im freindlty withe the people and maybe get you one ill find out for you

[Graham Nicholson 0]

http://greyhoundaction.org.uk/facts.html

[whin 463]

read your thing graham about greyhounds i beleive if a dog doesnt perform as a working animal and has been giving the chance putting down humanley is the best way forward ,if i breed a dog and it was useless at its giving trade i would put him down humanly if there wasnt a good home for him ,when i do a contract i dont get paid if im no good or if i am lokig after a contract i wouldnt get paid for being useless , not into cruelty as hanging a dog but , believe the big hole in the feild and put humanly, away is best not into pillar to post thing with dogs , vets or humanly put away or real vetted genuine homes only way , look whats happend to our country with being to soft on people and the eu laws

[Graham Nicholson 0]

read your thing graham about greyhounds i beleive if a dog doesnt perform as a working animal and has been giving the chance putting down humanley is the best way forward ,if i breed a dog and it was useless at its giving trade i would put him down humanly if there wasnt a good home for him ,when i do a contract i dont get paid if im no good or if i am lokig after a contract i wouldnt get paid for being useless , not into cruelty as hanging a dog but , believe the big hole in the feild and put humanly, away is best not into pillar to post thing with dogs , vets or humanly put away or real vetted genuine homes only way , look whats happend to our country with being to soft on people and the eu laws

 

 

agreed

[samba 534]

a greyhound brought up from young can be quite handy once used to gates fences

and other things

not saying a ex racer wont be no good cause some are ok

but most are hard work around these objects with not being around them

just kenneled and took to the track

lots of them are put to sleep as cannot be rehomed

was at a friends kennels friday to help pts 6 greyhound being waiting for homes 6/12mths

the rehoming kennels were full

[Graham Nicholson 0]

Agreed some Greyhound can make excellent/ or at least useful dogs, however the bulk or Marjory which have failed on the track likewise fail in the field, over the years I have owned my fair share of these graceful sight hounds, and are very lucky to know a great many trainers, I visit a grading track quite regularly, to monitor my own bitch from time to time, and out of the enjoyment of watching these athletes of the dog world, it is fair/or accurate to say that on the canine ladder of intelligence they are not exactly the brightest of mammalian.

 

However, just now and again one such specimen shows it to be more suitable in the field than on the track, and I own such a bitch at present. I have never bred a litter of Greyhounds, and have often fancied, taking a young whelp and socializing it in the way you would any other dog, to see what one could achieve with it, few greyhound are socialized, properly, there must be someone on this site that has produce such a litter, and would be interesting to glean ones achievement.

 

My own bitch is just under 3 yrs and was taken into the house, by her trainer/owner due to illness at a young age, after which she showed little or no real interest in the clock work hare, however knocked over the real McCoy.

[Guest night time my time]

mines always up fora bit Graham 28/9 ins irish dog,live hand retrives not know the meaning of the word fear,his raceing owner paid 5grand for him,i got him a lot cheper i must add he is a lot heavyer now, that was when we 1st got him

 

Edited December 15, 2008 by night time my time

[Graham Nicholson 0]

mines always up fora bit Graham 28/9 ins irish dog,live hand retrives not know the meaning of the word fear,his raceing owner paid 5grand for him,i got him a lot cheper i must add he is a lot heavyer now, that was when we 1st got him

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice to, has he ever covered a bitch???????????

[Guest night time my time]

his not proven yet, by me that is,the trainer said his covered a few,certainly trys his luck as much as poss and knows which end is which,il be trying him in spring,iknow what messers greys can be,

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[Graham Nicholson 0]

his not proven yet, by me that is,the trainer said his covered a few,certainly trys his luck as much as poss and knows which end is which,il be trying him in spring,iknow what messers greys can be,

 

 

 

Your Dog Nick have you ever run him round the track?

Edited December 15, 2008 by Graham Nicholson

[Guest night time my time]

i didnt mean he messers like that

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[Tiff 36]

this bitch on the left has done everything, raised as a lurcher though not as a track dog. I don't think any animal group is worst for stock worrying than an ex track dog

 

 

ps not our dog, the other 2 are

Edited December 15, 2008 by His Wife

[Bosun11 537]

From my past experince, out the 6 greyhounds i have had, only 1 was any good at lamping ect and she eventually got killed, breaking her neck, going down for the strike and tumbling..

A freind i knew back in the early 90's, had a very good one for the lamp, good strike ect.

Most turn bad on the turn, too fast for their own good ..

 

Frank.

 

Would have to agree Frank, we used plenty of ex track dogs when we were kids (dead cheap or givaways).

Looking back, I wouldn't know (and didn't care) what prior running these dogs did but most never made it and a fair few died trying, seen some horrific deaths, as you said, far to fast, for their limited minds.

Though, it has to be said I did see one or two good 'un's. Dogs that either worked out what open counrtyside was, pretty fast, or had the luck with their first few runs and settled in but even these were pretty broke with a season or two behind 'em.

 

I'm sure with correct and careful entering a better ratio should make useful animals, with regretful hind-sight ours were never given that break.

Bring the right one up from a pup and thats a whole different ball game!

[Back Stabbath 1]

A friend of my neighbours runs a full blue greyhound, I think he's an ex-track dog, quite small. As far as I know he's a good dog. Don't know much about him to be honest.

 

I am considering giving an ex-track dog a home as a worker when I get the garden and kennel sorted. I don't plan on taking huge amounts, just a rabbit or 2 now and again, once a week maybe.

Its that or buy a lurcher, if I can get one for a good price.

 

Anyone know where I could get one? In Ireland - south east, or would travel to Dublin.

 

Also any pointers for choosing a greyhound for working?

Edited December 15, 2008 by Back Stabbath