paddy555
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no way could I cope with a Mallinois but I did like this clip. I wonder, however, how he trained the dog to perform this particular trick? 
Voices of reason needed, I'm having a mad 5 minutes
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paddy555
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skinnydipper
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You nailed it, Lev.
1. Nobody in their right minds would deliberately cross those breeds.
2. To chase and kill deer, which incidentally is why they breed the bull lurcher, for its tenacity and the ability to bring down large prey. I think it is a "special" kind of person who would take any pleasure from that.
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I totally agree SD - I can't understand bull lurchers either, definitely not my thing. I would offer one a home as a rescue dog, but I don't think there is any justification in the world for breeding them 
PapaverFollis
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If I was a starving peasant who had to poach game from the big estate to survive I'd quite like a bull lurcher.... some people just haven't really moved on... .... lad.
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I have my bobbery pack to help me with self sufficiency...... (except for my poor Amy who is no longer with us)
planete
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Well-bred saluki or greyhound crosses used to do the job just as well before bull crosses became the fashion. Bull lurchers do not' jack' when tackling 'teeth' and will keep tearing into their quarry even while they are being mauled. Hence their popularity with some people. One of my foster dogs was a bull cross, lovely at home but the only hound type I could not cope with on a long line, he would have put me in hospital thanks to his sheer strength and determination.
Moobli
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Bull lurchers used to be popular with keepers for foxing, not sure if it is still the case or not.
And to the original idea of having a saluki x malinois
A chainsaw in a fur coat that's as fast as the wind and looking for prey to hunt and bite? No thank you 
I'm glad you have seen sense OP.
And to the original idea of having a saluki x malinois
A chainsaw in a fur coat that's as fast as the wind and looking for prey to hunt and bite? No thank you I'm glad you have seen sense OP.
CorvusCorax
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You found it as well then.
And whilst I acknowledge that all pups are cute...sorry...the adults are pretty fugly **runs and hides**
Blanche
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no way could I cope with a Mallinois but I did like this clip. I wonder, however, how he trained the dog to perform this particular trick?
I have a cat who pees in the loo, won't flush though!
Clodagh
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In my thankfully limited experience bull lurchers are used for lamping badgers. If you want a dog to work well on badgers you need one that doesn’t mind being bitten.
Years ago, for the same reason, the MFHA advised against using Patterdales as hunt terriers as they will engage a badger underground. Most jrts have enough self preservation to back out.
Years ago, for the same reason, the MFHA advised against using Patterdales as hunt terriers as they will engage a badger underground. Most jrts have enough self preservation to back out.
PapaverFollis
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? I want a patterdale x mali x saluki x collie. It would be like the apocalypse on a string.
Clodagh
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DressageCob
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I agree. They look perpetually stuck in the ugly yearling stage
palo1
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So that could be a mix with very high prey drive, clever and with hound like cunning and zero recall as well as large and aggressive !!! And people tell me I was mad to get a terrier...
