Whippet

[aussiewhippet 0]

i've got a couple of whips. Great fun breed.

 

I have no doubt that they'd work as much as you'd outlined.

 

The issue that you face with whippets is that they has soft skin and if were working them that much you'd need a lot of thread for your stitching. Of the three i have/had, i'd say that they get injured 1 in 10 hunts over a couple of hours.

 

All this bollocks about thin skin really makes me laugh, I have whippets because they suite the ground i hunt on and the quarry i persue. Yes you notice cuts more on a whippet because of there short coat. I was recently down at Banbury at a mates for the weekend i took Vixen my fawn whippet, she hunted the storm bushes for at least 2 hours (something we don't get where i live) and there wasn't a scratch on her although there were plenty of thorns. It wasn't as if she wasn't working either she caught a few. We went lamping too with barbed wire etc and she never got a scratch. Probably just me being lucky but she's never had a stitch or staple in in her life. My labrador on the other hand has always got staple in some where during the shooting season.

 

If you doubt how much work my whippet does come over and see. you'll be eating your words i guarantee that.

 

My whippet bitch at a local show in condition, there's not many that are in this condition during the summer or winter for that matter. You only get out of a dog what you put in....

 

 

Looks in top condition alright mate, bit to go before i get mine even close, but very glad to see replys on here of peoples whippet's and what can be achieved with them, it has put my mind at rest, for i would hate to only get half hour or an hours lamp and having to stop because of stamina,cheers.

 

I run my dogs on rabbits and hares, slowing heading towards foxes as they start to mature. I've had all sorts of injuries to them, cuts, bruises, split feet, torn stoppers, ripped dew claws, muscle tares and unfortunately one death. I can't get enough of these dogs, love em. I am saying compared to the dogs I run my dogs with, they are more likely to get injured.

 

You've got a nice dog btw mally.

[toshaugh 2]

How yea doing Aussiewhippet,

Injuries sound nasty, what sort of ground you running, mountains? Small grass fields where i am, alot of twisting and turning, but no real rough ground for pad injuries and that, just wondering.

[luke 2]

plenty of stamina in whippets and there the most exciting to watch

love whippets there all heart

[aussiewhippet 0]

mate, i run my dogs in fairly open country. I will also run them in the bush.

 

The day the last one passed, i was in an open paddock that just happened to have a stick in the wrong spot. (RIP Franko)

[mighty celt 996]

Hey, i'm looking for some info on Whippet stamina, i done a search on here and got 28 pages of mostly whippet x's. This is my whippet below 19mths old and about to kick in to her 1st serious season, last season was mostly based on training and her best tally was 11 rabbits all retrieved live to hand, i'm excepting a big improvment this year. My question is this, will she have the drive to go 3/4 nights a week and pull in 20 plus rabbits on a good night, i lamp alone, so this is plenty for me to be lugging about. So, have whippet's got stamina, any info from whippet worker's on here.

i have a 17month old whippet who i keep realy fit with 2 good walks a day and some mooching dog is in great condition towards the end of last season he had 23 rabbits and would have kept going only for lamp went dead on me ud rearly see d dog pant.whippets have a great drive for work when fit and there game as hell mine wil hit cover after a rabbit like a bull.wll get pics of him and d rest of my dogs during d week.

[toshaugh 2]

mate, i run my dogs in fairly open country. I will also run them in the bush.

 

The day the last one passed, i was in an open paddock that just happened to have a stick in the wrong spot. (RIP Franko)

 

Sorry about your dog mate.

[toshaugh 2]

Hey, i'm looking for some info on Whippet stamina, i done a search on here and got 28 pages of mostly whippet x's. This is my whippet below 19mths old and about to kick in to her 1st serious season, last season was mostly based on training and her best tally was 11 rabbits all retrieved live to hand, i'm excepting a big improvment this year. My question is this, will she have the drive to go 3/4 nights a week and pull in 20 plus rabbits on a good night, i lamp alone, so this is plenty for me to be lugging about. So, have whippet's got stamina, any info from whippet worker's on here.

i have a 17month old whippet who i keep realy fit with 2 good walks a day and some mooching dog is in great condition towards the end of last season he had 23 rabbits and would have kept going only for lamp went dead on me ud rearly see d dog pant.whippets have a great drive for work when fit and there game as hell mine wil hit cover after a rabbit like a bull.wll get pics of him and d rest of my dogs during d week.

 

17mth's and 23 rabbits is fair going, not just for a whippet either i reckon, look forward to nseeing pic of him.

[bedo 59]

i have two whippets older one who 8 now had bags of stamina he has taken fox in morning done few hours ratting and still had energy to have a couple of good courses all though he is a mass of scars . the younger one i got of mike brown crashes through hedges at full making me wince every time but hasnt had a scratch so far

[Guest hunterside]

hi all , i have a whippet bitch wich is out of work/race lines she is 19'' tts as some have you said whippets are tuffer than they look but does this applie to all whippets or just the working stuff and how would a whippet out racing lines fair in the feild ?

[Guest Countryboyo]

i have two whippets older one who 8 now had bags of stamina he has taken fox in morning done few hours ratting and still had energy to have a couple of good courses all though he is a mass of scars . the younger one i got of mike brown crashes through hedges at full making me wince every time but hasnt had a scratch so far

 

Was he doubled up for fox?

[bedo 59]

i have two whippets older one who 8 now had bags of stamina he has taken fox in morning done few hours ratting and still had energy to have a couple of good courses all though he is a mass of scars . the younger one i got of mike brown crashes through hedges at full making me wince every time but hasnt had a scratch so far

 

Was he doubled up for fox?

single handed struggles more when doubled up cant shake them if another dog has hold as well

[bill88 6]

i have two whippets older one who 8 now had bags of stamina he has taken fox in morning done few hours ratting and still had energy to have a couple of good courses all though he is a mass of scars . the younger one i got of mike brown crashes through hedges at full making me wince every time but hasnt had a scratch so far

 

Glad to hear the new dog is doing ok mate.I heard the older whippet has sired some good pups.

[victor 10]

if it's anything liek my whippet X grey, you can take it out every night, with one days rest or a day between at first, ive ran cooper ( my dog) for 2 weeks straight on foxes in the sumer time, with outher dogs, but he never lay there and sleeped

[bedo 59]

i have two whippets older one who 8 now had bags of stamina he has taken fox in morning done few hours ratting and still had energy to have a couple of good courses all though he is a mass of scars . the younger one i got of mike brown crashes through hedges at full making me wince every time but hasnt had a scratch so far

 

Glad to hear the new dog is doing ok mate.I heard the older whippet has sired some good pups.

alright mate he"s just sired a good litter gra 32 of here has kept one looks like turning into a nice dog how you doing with your beddie x

[bill88 6]

i have two whippets older one who 8 now had bags of stamina he has taken fox in morning done few hours ratting and still had energy to have a couple of good courses all though he is a mass of scars . the younger one i got of mike brown crashes through hedges at full making me wince every time but hasnt had a scratch so far

 

Glad to hear the new dog is doing ok mate.I heard the older whippet has sired some good pups.

alright mate he"s just sired a good litter gra 32 of here has kept one looks like turning into a nice dog how you doing with your beddie x

 

She's enjoying the summer mate,she's about 27-28lb at the mo,she'll be nearer 25-26 by October.I didn't do very much with her last winter in all honesty,but i'm sure she'll be ok once she's fit again.She has her faults,but more than earns her keep,i wouldn't be parted from her now.All the best mate,Bill