Richard Morgan
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all pups do this me cockers just as bad as the pup even a dog especially a pup like to enjoy themselves sometimes.ive never seen my cocker open up on a rabbit and ive seen him on a few the reason i got my pup in the first place.
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he looks keen as mustard
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best of luck with pup smart as a carrot
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its a cruel world and a true dogman i was told years ago has to sometimes be the same a lurcher for me as a working dog is exactly that a tool with which to perform a job so i surpose the man is providing a valuable service in a misshapen sort of way.
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some people live for their dogs and some live off them.
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working a dog is out every weekend at least ,thats what i saw growing up not once every six month to get a dog to be classed as a "worker" it actually has to be seeing quarry and taking regularly over years (practice makes perfect)
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enjoyed atb
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With tales of 11 month old dogs being bred from , I think it's entirely possible the current popularity of the former rag dog, ie the whippet croos,, will ultimately be to the detriment of the Whippet if anything. surely such idiots breed from all dogs from across all breeds not just the whippet your statement basically says that by the whippet becoming so popular in lurcher lines it will damage the overall respect the whippet has already i dont see it that way their will always be bad pennies breeding dogs but why should one spoil it for the rest who respect their dogs. -
our youngans got a lovely bitch first collie/grey 6 mths 21 inches out of a farm working collie and an ex track greyhound his bitch has took more after the greyhound side very racey thier out their if your willing to look.
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fine looking dog hancock or not
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its the job u want the dog to work on has to dictate your breed choice each to their own but if a pure breed whippet was the best allround rabbiter everyone would use them or at least more than do i know of one lad round here a smashing dog but not without its faults when he gets his next dog in 5 years hes having a well breed lurcher.-(poxon)
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ifirstly i agree that the whippet has made a massive comeback. and not before time. however not as a pure or hybred. imo the whippet is being used to bring down the size of the lurcher and to tidy up some of the more bulky types. whippets and the whippet crosses have a passionate following. despite being frail. shivery accident prone little things. the thing with lurchers is everytime someone crosses two breeds they tend to break all the rules. and the offspring get different qualities that dont exist in the parents. the above lurcher is half bred whippet turns like a b
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nice big head if hed been 3/4 whippet 1/4 wheaton would have been a bit racier but like you say you lose the bulk but i think a whippet cross for me anyway is strictly a quick dash dog 100-200 yards tops for anything else i would have chosen another breed depends what u want the dog to do.
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brilliant
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ifirstly i agree that the whippet has made a massive comeback. and not before time. however not as a pure or hybred. imo the whippet is being used to bring down the size of the lurcher and to tidy up some of the more bulky types. whippets and the whippet crosses have a passionate following. despite being frail. shivery accident prone little things. the thing with lurchers is everytime someone crosses two breeds they tend to break all the rules. and the offspring get different qualities that dont exist in the parents. the above lurcher is half bred whippet turns like a b
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takes a real man to cry mate
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18/22 inches is fine for a rabbiting dog round the doors for me only when u start to go further afield and start getting 20-30 good runs regularly would size really become a concern for me then the smaller stride and effort the dog was having to excerpt would have to be factored in.
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nice ive got beddy/whippet (sooty sam)ie laguna was a tosser between wheaton/beddy based lurher
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what is his breeding
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its a learning season for my new addition but looks like a few weeks for the harvest.
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i take mine up the local resiviour from a young age different methods once the dog understands hes their for a job and not the sheep it becomes second nature mine dont look at stock my 5mth beddy is still learning to leave the big white clouds alone.
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observations over the years,i thought with few exceptions it some'd the breeds up surerly a large breed running against a smaller breed has obvious advantages/disadvantages i was just trying to rekindle the topic as in my opinion the whippet cross is taking the field as the out and out lurcher ie with the accepted quarry being only rabbits on a course anyway. A whippet may have it's quarry under pressure from the off, but not necessarily a cross, crossing can dilute the speed. And greys usually have a good initial acceleration. Other than that i read the rest of your post wrong .....
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different subject but id be to biased to comment having seen one on cut its leg off on a sheep trough and many more hap hazard ones my mates use to make me cringe every time it was slipped but each to their own cant deny their drive
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observations over the years,i thought with few exceptions it some'd the breeds up surerly a large breed running against a smaller breed has obvious advantages/disadvantages i was just trying to rekindle the topic as in my opinion the whippet cross is taking the field as the out and out lurcher ie with the accepted quarry being only rabbits on a course anyway.
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pros of the whippet cross-has the quarry under pressure straight away,usually good turners,cons- weather conditions,not as powerful as other breeds,after that initial burst will it still be their,half the stride of some of the other breeds.stamina?,pros of greyhound cross- usually quiet powerful,fast at top end,can have good stamina,not afraid to take a knock,cons-acceleration can take a while to get their,turning will lose a stride sometimes two on smaller breed.
