I never suggested you ditch your lurchers - but i started a thread on here entitled something like 'Hardcore whippets' after your last anti-whippet moan. It had pics of whippets taking fox, deer, wallabies, hare and rabbit, and i noticed you never once commented, but here is a guy whos asking about them and BANG - your all over them, slagging them off. They are maybe not the best at certain jobs but they can do them perfectly well and will stand hard nights in the driving icy rain and as much game as you can throw at them, it all depends on the strain. Maybe the people you know just owned sh*