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- Joerg Yoki
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Thanks for your informations.
I think a Deerhound has not great respect for the grey wolves or?
In the USA was formerly, some Deerhounds, as guard dog for the flocks in occupation and
defend the flocks for timber wolves.
I hope you can send more informations over Deerhound Doodle and the wolves of Mainstone in future.
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Joerg and Yoki

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Where did you read/hear that ? I never heard of deerhounds being used as flock guardians ; only , that they were brought here originally for hunting , esp. coyote .
Hello Verena,
Many thanks for your question.
Here one quote over hunting from wolves with Deerhounds in the USA.
Quote/link: www.deerhound.org/history.shtml
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" The hunting of antlered game with dogs is not permitted in the United States, but the Deerhound has been used very successfully on wolves , coyotes, and rabbits, and is keen to match his speed with anything that runs."
I have more read over this one another place, sorry I can not find this now.
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Joerg and Yoki
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Guard dogs do not hunt , they defend ; farmers use several ancient , beautiful breeds here to protect their flocks here - Akbash , Kangal and similar .
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There are not many breeds of dog fast enough and big enough for the job..

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I dont mean to be crabby but why shouldnt a D/H take a wolf..Wolfhounds did,and they are not much different..

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I once met a pack of 5 wolves , rather , saw them right in front of me from my car - I would not want my girls getting too close to them . What I read up on borzoi , wolf hunting was a nasty affair ( at least in Russia ) , not at all " fair " , more for the " entertainment " of the onlookers than a test of skill or anything similar . I have no clue , how wolfhunts in England/Scotland/Ireland went about ....
Also , they use Kangal in some African countries these days to keep their flocks save from cheetah - it is more bark and posture than actual aggression , let alone fight who would want their precious guardians injured anyways ? ) .
At the shelter we had a couple of Kangals in boarding last year , when all the people were evacuated because of bushfires ;what dogs ...!!! We also do get some Akbash in every so often and I knew a breeder of them , who also had big flocks of sheep for them to guard on huge areas of bush .
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Thanks for your interesting information over the flock guardians.
I´m a member in a German club for wolves protection.
We have in East-Saxony ca. 100 wolves in the wildness.
I have a information, that 5 wolf-packs have pupps this year- I´m very happy over this.
But we also help the farmers by livestock protection.
Here is a link to a site over livestock guardian dog(sorry in German, but with many pictures)
Link: www.gzsdw.de/files/HSHEndversionfertig.pdf
The most livestock guardian dog in Saxony is the Great Pyrenees.
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Joerg and Yoki

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Although saying that the Kangal looks as if it would have the front to face down a wolf...just not sure how it would cope with a hit and run raid...(thanks for the link Verena..beautiful dogs..you learn something new each day..thanks)
I dont mean to be crabby but why shouldnt a D/H take a wolf..Wolfhounds did,and they are not much different..
The Borzoi was bred to take down wolves by grabbing them by the necks - humans then killed them. I dont think that Deerhounds would have the strength but thats just my opinion
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I have heard of Deerhounds that used to take Foxes on a regular basis(pre-ban)
Yes me to pre-ban of course
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Deerhounds have been used on many game species such as Deer, Hare, Fox, Wolf, Gazelle, Antelope and Coyote. They are still used in some parts of Africa by farmers for hunting gazelle, antelope and jackal. They are used in Britain for Fox, Hare and Rabbit and some Deerhounds are used to hunt Coyote and Rabbits in Canada and America. In Australia they are mainly used for Fox, Hare, Rabbit, Pig and Dingo.
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Thanks for the link to this interesting site.
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Joerg and Yoki

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hairybeasty wrote:
I have heard of Deerhounds that used to take Foxes on a regular basis(pre-ban)
Yes me to pre-ban of course
When I lived at Stafford I knew of someone who used to use his Deerhound to hunt and kill foxes for local farmers. That was also before the ban.
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The Borzoi was bred to take down wolves by grabbing them by the necks - humans then killed them. I dont think that Deerhounds would have the strength but thats just my opinion[/quote]
I would have thought that the Deerhound would have similar if not more strength than a Borzoi. They are finer boned than a Deerhound

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I would have thought that the Deerhound would have similar if not more strength than a Borzoi. They are finer boned than a Deerhoundhoundy wrote:
The Borzoi was bred to take down wolves by grabbing them by the necks - humans then killed them. I dont think that Deerhounds would have the strength but thats just my opinion

As soon as I wrote that I thought the same thing

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the wolf down, then hold it untill the hunters came on horse back.
There is still a kind of sport go's on today - except pet wolves are used
and 3 borzois are slipped on to the wolf, there is no killing, its a bit
like us doing a lure, but they use another animal.
If i can ever get to the vids - will put them up.
Dont watch if you dont like this kind of sport, the wolf dosent get killed
but unfortunaly it is bated.
Jane
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