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Jess is 6 years old now, have had her since a puppy.  She is greyhound/beardie cross.  Highly intelligent, can be a bit defiant sometimes.  Training and recall good "mostly".  On recall, she can sometimes look as if to say "in a minute" but mostly returns straight away. 

Unless I am at the local disused airfield or as nicknamed by myself "Harefield".  I went there on SUnday.  5mins drive from my house and I was in a hurry to give her a good walk.  It was about 6.00 p.m.  We walked all round the route that I normally take.  She was running around, in and out of the bushes and frequently checking that I was there.  I got within yards of the car.  She was right behind me sniffing around at the edge of the cropfield.  (Should have recognised the signs).  Turned round to call her to me to put lead on.  Nothing.  She had vanished into thin air.  I couldnt believe she could disappear in such a short time, and you can see for miles.  She was gone for 1/2 hr.  I timed her, plus a man walking a retriever turned up and finished his walk and she still wasnt back.  I had thin teeshirt and thin trousers on.  I was freezing, frustrated and worried.  Sun was going down

Then a dot appeared over the horizon.  I went from wanting to hang her from the nearest tree to being so relieved that I just put her lead on and walked back to the car.  Moral of story is,  these running dogs/long dogs/sight hounds or whatever you want to class them as, can clear a county in less minutes than it takes to boil an egg once they get that irresistable smell.  I can call Jess off rabbits, but hares, muntjacks and pheasants.  Be warned.  On a lighter note, she is brilliant in car and camping.

Quote: Originally posted by elainesu on 09/9/2015

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Jess is 6 years old now, have had her since a puppy.  She is greyhound/beardie cross.  Highly intelligent, can be a bit defiant sometimes.  Training and recall good "mostly".  On recall, she can sometimes look as if to say "in a minute" but mostly returns straight away. 

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