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[TheCunnyFunt]

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Greyhounds (Grunds)
Whippets (Whippys)
Lurchers
Italian Greyhounds (Iggys)
Salukis
Afghans
And any others I have forgotten. If you are a new pointy hound owner, an old and experienced owner or looking into getting one of these fabulous creatures, come and have a seat (that's not taken up with a hound :o).

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Come The Day
Come the day I take that final bend,
Can I count on you to be my friend?
To see I?m treated just and fair,
It means so much to know you care.

For, what the future holds in store,
Now that I can race no more,
Should be addressed for every hound,
Who parts the punter from his pound.

Tell them I don?t ask for much,
A kindly word, a gentle touch,
Somewhere warm to lay my head,
A meal each day to keep me fed,
Not just life- but quality,
This is how it ought to be.

Do not see me swept away,
I long to live another day,
With peace of mind, tranquillity,
And those who care surrounding me,
So tell them all- you have that choice,
I beg of you to be my voice.

By Denise Dubarbier.

Think I've found one already :o

Oo, now that's nice Cunny.

Ok, without giving too much away, I'm looking for a house collar for a scruffy lurcher pup. I've looked at hundreds, if not thousands, but am so stumped on what colour to pick. He is reddish tan and white (white bib, blaze and paws). He's had a very rough start and is a little survivor, so I think he deserves something super special. So far I have just taken the dcs to Pets at Home and they've chosen a cheap generic nylon one in rainbow colours, which I'm not at all keen on. It will do for now, but I want him to have something gorgeous once he's past the scratchy, chewy phase. Any ideas/suggestions?

We're going to visit him this weekend!

We have crate, bed, puppy pads, simple solution, bowl, collar, kong, lead, various things to chew, squeak and rag. I have saved cardboard inner tubes and have a variety of cardboard boxes, as well as some old sports socks to knot up. I have quotes for insurance and will be getting a nametag engraved next week.

What have I forgotten?

(I bought Lurcherboy a new bed and some more tennis balls as well, as I don't want him to feel left out. He is now happily reclined on his new mattress, while dd is curled up in the puppy bed!)

Moose do you have FB? You could try Dog O Nine Tails FB store, I find it much better than the website. You could try asking Lisa, who runs it. She's very helpful!

Unfortunately not Cunny. Dh has, but he hates me using it and keeps telling me to get my own fb account.

Have looked at Silver Peacock, Funky Mutts, Slouching Hound and a few others, but can't decide on the best colour combination to go with tan/reddish fur.

Moose, Mistlehound is tan / reddish and scruffy.

The collars that I have tried on her that work well are here - Golden Peacock, Morocco, Valencia. In reality the colour of the stitching is slightly more golden and the black with that looks ideal against her fur - but they're not too girly. I had thought that red keys would suit her - but it doesn't. I think if I found the right olive that would also suit her - but I haven't done yet. And its more difficult getting a scruffy a collar too - as the ones that look good on the sleek hounds sometimes seem to compete with the texture on the scruffies....

Thanks Mistle. I was thinking the same about a nice olive colour. Also wondered about a nice turquoise, but just can't decide. Have been very attracted to black and silver celtic type designs as well, but wasn't sure if that was just me being a magpie. Read somewhere to stay away from brocade type collars while they're very young anyway, as they tend to rag and scratch their collars quite a bit and pull all the metallic threads.

I tend to like things like red and white polka-dots for a very young pup, but I'm pretty sure red isn't going to look right.

He's not that scruffy - yet. More broken coated than Lurcherboy was at this age though. Lurcherboy looked like he was going to be smoothcoated for months, then suddenly sprouted a beard and fluffy bits! Whereas this boy is already pretty tufty.

mistlehound has pulled the threads on her collars. But we think that she finds them more comfortable than leather collars which is why we have them at the moment...

Hello! Soooo, I'm currently very broody for a puppy. We have a six year old, and a two year old - they are humans, mostly. And two cats. Dh is yet to be convinced of puppy, but in all honesty thats irrelevant He'll come round.

Anyhoo, I was considering something small and fluffy. Cavapoo kind of thing, but have always had a soft spot for lurchers. I'm a VN so have met a fair few in my time, but obviously never lived with one. Are they good companions for small children do you think? Local rescue has some ADORABLE lurcher pups, and I'll probably accidentally leave the browser open on the pictures tonight ready for my subtle work on DH.

And cats? I was leaning towards a pup more because of intergrating them really.

I would appreciate your pointy houndness experience if anyone has time.

Thankyou!

It's lovely TheCunnyFunt!

How exciting moosemama! I like the geometric one on the page mistlethrush suggested.

Hi sebastianthesingingaubergine I'm probably the least experienced on the thread and I've never had a puppy! I had a greyhound for 8 1/2 years who was never interested in my cats. I then had another who was obsessed with them but e didn't work out and we now have another who is terrified of the cats! He never raced whereas my girl had but still wasn't interested. My greyhounds have been very good with my children who are now 6 and 2 too :). My dh wouldn't go for a lurcher because he's allergic to dogs and doesn't want one that's too hairy!

Yes, how is ShyDog today?

mistlehound is very good with my DS. In fact, one of the reasons that I chose a lurcher was because of the hopeful interaction between dog and child (he's 8).

There are lots of examples of lurchers living very happily with families on the lurcher forum I regularly look in on.

Our tiger stripe girl (who's sort of blonde/red) looks good with dark emerald green, black and silver collars. She'd probably look good with a sapphire blue colour too, but she gets mistaken for a boy often enough, so she's not having blue. It makes sense I guess, as I'm similar colouring and these are the colours that look best on me too.

Reds/pinks/oranges just don't work for her (nor me really).

Lurcherboy came to us at 16 weeks old, when I had an 18 month old and a just-under-4 year-old. He never nipped, chased or jumped up at them and was gentle and sweet with them both from the off. He is now 24 inches to the shoulders, but to date has never knocked any of my dcs over.

We now have ds1, who is 11 and has ASD, ds2 who is 9 and dd who's 4 and he is extremely gentle and patient with all three of them.

That said, all of my children have been raised in a household full of dogs and are calm, respectful, gentle and sensible around them, so I guess it cuts both ways.

I do think it can be influenced by the mix to some extent though, eg whippet, terrier lurchers will be higher energy and from what I've heard, have more of a tendency to be a bit naughty and mischievous as pups, but that isn't to say they wouldn't make just as lovely pets as other mixes, just that the puppy/teenage period might be a bit more er ... exciting.

We have just applied to adopt another lurcher pup, having lost our border collie x belgian shepherd to cancer at the end of April. I did consider other breeds, but kept coming back to lurchers again and again. I think they become a bit of an obsession a habit, as once you have one, you really appreciate what special dogs they are.

Thanks Magrat - and everyone else. I think greens and black and silver definitely seem the way to go then or possibly a brightish blue, if it's the right shade.

I have plenty of time to search for the perfect one, as dh has told me in no uncertain terms that he has to get our money's worth out of the very basic, boring one we bought from PAH today.

Moose... you have to remember that narrow collars are no good for long lurcher necks - particularly when they're learning to walk on a lead

We've got a lovely tiger stripe brindle greyhound, and she has a v nice collar from Meggie Moo. It's a black background with a stunning floral print of blacks, oranges and reds, all outlined with gold. Really works well. I could see it looking gorgeous on a red fawn pup. link

Thanks people.

Moose, good point re the cross. The kids are used to dogs in that both sets of grandparents have one, but both are 14 so hardly energetic! Dd in particular will need some training when it comes to being around a dog. She was scratched only yesterday by the big cat for giving an over-enthusiastic hug!

Very good point Mistle.

Ooo Scuttle, now that is nice. What do people think about florals on a boy though? He has got a very pretty face, so already quite feminine looking, I think.

sebastion, I think 14 year olds should be fine. It's really the squealy, flappy, small people that tend to wind puppies up - although it's not unheard of for teenagers to do it too - albeit deliberately.

Scuttle, just remembered why I came on. Doh! Can you pm me a link to your shop please. Obviously new pup will need to be kitted out with all the necessary accessories. (Although it may have to wait a couple of paypackets, as dh is turning a bit of a strange green colour at expenditure so far! )

I've had a look at that site and the only one on there that I think might suit mistlehound would be this one. The colour of her is difficult - and on top of that, the roughness of the coat means that I don't think some of the designs are going to look right - she needs something that's an overall pattern rather than one that's stunning in its own right... Oh for a shiny black dog on whom to show collars off!!!

I like that one too, but think 50mm would be too wide for a pup and they don't do it in smaller sizes.

I have been keeping an eye on ebay as well, as there's a shop on there that sells some collars as charity listings for Scruples Whippet Rescue.

Sorry Moose, I meant the DOGS were 14! Mine are 2 and 6, and quite often squealy and flappy

Moose there's a link to Scuttles shop, Milgi Coats, in the OP, along with a few other shopping links

Ooh I have a 2yo too Sebastian (I love Mr Bloom btw Don't forget the onions, potatoes and peas....), she's great with dogs most of the time but sometimes she forgets and gets flappy and screechy :o

We're going to a show this afternoon and I'm entering Sprocket and DD in the child handler class, that should be fun :o I'm going to attach two leads to Sprocket though and hold one myself, he's very strong and I hate to think what would happen if he charged off with DD clinging on to him!

sorry sebastian - totally misunderstood you there, entirely my fault for trying to MN and do the holiday packing all at the same time.

My dd is 4 and can also be squealy, but has learned not to do it around dogs (99.9 % of the time) - so it is possible and to be honest, in my experience, the lurchers I've known have been less fussed by squealing and flapping than many other breeds.

Cunny, thank you - the thread is so long, I never look at the op anymore.

Good luck this afternoon.

I have an excuse to be on the laptop now, as am downloading audio books onto the boys' mp3 players to keep them quiet on the journey.

i'm not going to be able to get to the show this afternoon (starts in a minute) as DH has decided that MiL shouldn't be left alone that long. He's spent probably 1.5hrs in the loo since he got back from karate with DS. I suppose he's still 'in' the house though - not that she would be able to get his attention let alone him hear her if there was a problem.