fraggle 4 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 You may have or may not have seen, i will be soon looking for a whippet to come ferreting with me. i keep swaying towards the whippet x bedy due to height i would like one around the 21 tts or less. I know these questions have been asked many a time but would like some more info please. Bascialy do you have a pure whippet or a whippet x, what height dose it stand at and how did you get on with the training etc etc. How dose it perform when out ferreting or even lamping. Just to say i wont be looking for a bull x just not my thing sorry. Thanks all, ATB Fraggle Quote Link to post
delboy p 183 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 You may have or may not have seen, i will be soon looking for a whippet to come ferreting with me. i keep swaying towards the whippet x bedy due to height i would like one around the 21 tts or less. I know these questions have been asked many a time but would like some more info please. Bascialy do you have a pure whippet or a whippet x, what height dose it stand at and how did you get on with the training etc etc. How dose it perform when out ferreting or even lamping. Just to say i wont be looking for a bull x just not my thing sorry. Thanks all, ATB Fraggle wye not a whippet x grey mate Quote Link to post
fraggle 4 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 could be depends on the height they would make, also would like a rough coated dog, as i said my eyes are open to all possibilities. Quote Link to post
delboy p 183 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 could be depends on the height they would make, also would like a rough coated dog, as i said my eyes are open to all possibilities. they go from 19 to 25tts but if you went for 3/4whip 1/4 grey you will get the 19 to22tts Quote Link to post
ginger 0 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 You may have or may not have seen, i will be soon looking for a whippet to come ferreting with me. i keep swaying towards the whippet x bedy due to height i would like one around the 21 tts or less. I know these questions have been asked many a time but would like some more info please. Bascialy do you have a pure whippet or a whippet x, what height dose it stand at and how did you get on with the training etc etc. How dose it perform when out ferreting or even lamping. Just to say i wont be looking for a bull x just not my thing sorry. Thanks all, ATB Fraggle hi mate you cant go wrong with a first cross whippet beddy sounds like the dog you are looking for, i have one he is 15 months old now and 18tts. he is very quick and can turn on a sixpence and retrieves bunnies on the lamp. also great around the house lovely tempriment. Quote Link to post
slip 1 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 i have whippet x very clever and game she stands at 23 inch to the shoulder good lamper great vision down side is the whippet or whippet x gets bored very fast an can get a bit yappy and excited but apart from that they are great little dogs with big hearts heres an old pic of my bitch at just over a year old Quote Link to post
stroller 341 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 i have a little whippet/grey x collie/kelpie, six month old standing about 21" i thought she was going to be heavy but she has a nice shape now and looks like she may make 23". not rough coated but a good thick smooth coat. i wanted brains from a dog and train a bility and she is certainly smart.she has good feet as well which is important for me. Whippets a really game little dogs but tend to get torn cos they hit cover at 30mph. i have seen some really tough little whippets taking rat faster than terriers and i watched one draw a fox many years ago.go for a working strain. im not sure what bedlington terriers give to a cross as there arent any real workers left but there re some good bed x lurchers out there. i spent a day with a lad out ferreting and his worked that hard it was dragging its feet by the time we finished. Sometimes i dont think the cross is all that important. what makes a good dog is the time feeding it walking it and training it. you need to have a good relationship with a ferreting dog, it isnt a "tool box dog" like so many lurchers are. a good dog that can mark a set and work out where it needs to stand to catch a fast bolt is worth is weight in gold to me. Quote Link to post
slip 1 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 i have a little whippet/grey x collie/kelpie, six month old standing about 21" i thought she was going to be heavy but she has a nice shape now and looks like she may make 23". not rough coated but a good thick smooth coat. i wanted brains from a dog and train a bility and she is certainly smart.she has good feet as well which is important for me. Whippets a really game little dogs but tend to get torn cos they hit cover at 30mph. i have seen some really tough little whippets taking rat faster than terriers and i watched one draw a fox many years ago.go for a working strain. im not sure what bedlington terriers give to a cross as there arent any real workers left but there re some good bed x lurchers out there. i spent a day with a lad out ferreting and his worked that hard it was dragging its feet by the time we finished. Sometimes i dont think the cross is all that important. what makes a good dog is the time feeding it walking it and training it. you need to have a good relationship with a ferreting dog, it isnt a "tool box dog" like so many lurchers are. a good dog that can mark a set and work out where it needs to stand to catch a fast bolt is worth is weight in gold to me. i second that day time dogs a very thin on the ground these days hard to get a good one Quote Link to post
fraggle 4 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 thanks for the info everyone, brains are a defo lol, keep it coming. Was thinking rough coat to help with the tendancy to hurt there skin. Quote Link to post
old real tree 92 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 i got a pure whippet (sooty sam lines). she marks, chases and catches bolted rabbits..... she does everything i want from her..... Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 my whippet dog crashes through cover like a terrier and is doing well on the lamp. sits, stays and basics are as good as any lurcher. Quote Link to post
fraggle 4 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 my whippet dog crashes through cover like a terrier and is doing well on the lamp. sits, stays and basics are as good as any lurcher. Nice mate, what is in her breeding. Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Sire is supablue(sadly died last wk), he was a son of sooty sam. I know of a dog pup for sale simalar blood lines Quote Link to post
fraggle 4 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 how much and location mate. Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Sorry.... just seen were your from the pups in middlesbrough Quote Link to post
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