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If you don,t want too be a dangerous sod and fire at roosting pigeon lamp em so they fly into the wind then gradually bring em down in the beam till they land on the ground.I used to do a lot of it but used a dog not a gun.

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Have any of you lurcher lads ever had an accidental mating where the pups turned out to be good in the field.A good few years ago one of my spaniels was covered by my greyhound.(young kids and dogs in season u know wot i,m saying).Anyway resulting splurcher pups were a strange old mix.I kept one back for myself it turned out a usefull dog.Very good rabbiter but missed the odd one here and there cos it tripped over its ears.Jokes aside wot is the weirdest cross you,ve had.avvit.

I run a bearded colliex greyhound.I,ts a first cross out of a working collie dog to a greyhound bitch(trackbred).The greyhound i own,the collie is a mates.The greyhound is a usefull dog on her own i lamp foxes with her regular.This is just the cross i am working at this time.I have no real preference so long as they can do the job.This is the second lurcher i have used that was bred this way.The first was an amazing dog who had to be seen to be believed.Everything came back to hand alive(except rats)she hated them.Locally the whole litter has proved itself and i have not missed a night through lameness yet.Train your dog to suit your requirements ,there is no perfect cross you just need the right dog a bit of luck and plenty of work.Getting back too handsome barrys comments a dog of good confirmation can always out do a poorly bred dog,and too pick a dog by its colour is foolhardy.It really annoys me when people mention colour NO GOOD DOG IS THE WRONG COLOUR.If a youngster goes to pick a dog age is no excuse for ignorance,he or she should still look for quality and be able to recognise faults.Don,t be afraid of walking away from a litter cos there is a lot of poorly bred rubbish out there.OH and by the way rubbish comes in all colours aswell.avvit.

why does he not go to ground?Has he been prematurely entered,or is it his size.Long legs dont stop a dog going to ground they tuck em up and crawl in on their belly.Get the dog that suits you , if you need a dog to work foxes get a terrier .If you want to hunt game on top get a lurcher.Avvit.

dog training is a piece of cake,think of your dog as being a two year old kid ,and train accordingly.Put yourself in a position where your training can,t go wrong,train by trickery .Remember you are far more intelligent than your dog.Would you really give a two year old kid a good hiding for not understanding a lesson,i think not.Remember nothing succeeds like success.Put thought into your training and you,ll find yourself in a win win situation every time.Avvit.

Lurchers ? What makes a goodun,what cross shall i use?Its a big question with no right or wrong answers.But when it comes to getting across them fields remember you want a land rover not a ferrari.I,ve used many crosses over the years and my main problem in the early years was to breed a dog with good feet that could do a lot of work and stay sound.there is nothing worse than a perfect lamping night and a lame dog in the kennel.Good strong pups that are well reared is important.see if you can see the sire work.And check the bithes feet to see how smashed up she is.Also pups that look like a perfect greyhound in miniture tend to grow up to be too fine,no bone or substance.Better to go for the chunky housebrick type pup,but look for a good length of back,strong neck,nice angulation in the back legs,strong front legs that don,t toe in or out and a deep chest with a bit of width between the front legs .Then train it ,then work it ,work it work it..PS.I can help with advice on training and entering a pup so feel free to ask.Avvit.

ive had lurchers and even used them proffessionally to earn me a living back in the eighties.A dog can work rabbits live back to hand and take foxes and deer they dont have to kill the quarry you can do that and far more humanely.A good dog should have heart and spirit if you have to put bull blood into a cross it means your stock is not right in the first place.Courage is not a quality you should have to put into a dog via bull blood.Lets face it a good greyhound on its own will take all quarry 70lb of dog 15lb of fox no contest.Good sense,good feet,stamina,and a big heart is what you need.A clever dog with these qualities does not need one ounce of bull blood in it.The various breeds i,ve used over the years have done me proud bit make no mistake i will not make do with average .The more work with a dog you do the more you come to rely on it being sound and ready to go 7 x week if necessary.Be carefull with wat u buy and remember no one gets rid of a good dog .And if they do they certainly wouldn,t have to advertise(i mean adult dogs not pups).Bull blood in your dog is like crackink wallnuts with a sledge hammer there is far better crosses out there.An average working hill collie runs 100 miles a day , gets up after sleeping outside and does it all again day in day out.A good collie will take a fox on the lamp and lamp rabbits with no other blood in it .So come on find the right stock in the first place and you will not need to falsely inject courage into your lurchers.