anyone ever had a dog with no stamina??

[scotty2306 37]

pics?

[sighthound1811 6]

pics?

i had a greyhound (my avatar pic) could take off like a rocket but tired very quickly after a good few runs...an as thick as two short planks as well lol...atb chris

[fresh earth 47]

Every greyhound differ's in brains and stamina had an open class sprinter we use to flapp he could give 12 yards to a monky in a 300yrd sprint and be 4 lengths clear coming of the bend but he was often caught by other high class dogs in the last 30 yards of a 360yrd i recon one slip on a rabbit he would be burnt out for the nite we also had an old black bitch was a monky compared to anything else in the kennel but over the 800yrds she would come from the back and pass high grade sprinters and almost every nite she run she'd do a victory lap when the lure stopped i recon shed av run like a lurcher all nite.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

racing breed whippet, very fast but utter shit, more brains in a baked bean.

6 runs and it was blowing out of its arse, looked the part for the first 6 but after that a waste.

ran to a standstill after one hare.

was from good racing lines, marillion, country music etc.

[wuyang 513]

My whippet could deal with a good nights lamping, but tired quickly when chasing a hare up hill.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

my kc bred whippet has twice as much stamina, so im sure it was in the breeding .

[Ryeuken 7]

once had a bull x which would run all nite 12 till 6 mate no messing i know how much you rate bull x lol

[runforyourlife 361]

Isnt it funny, anyone says anything wrong about a whippet, and they all jump into protect them...

 

 

Didnt see anyone jumping in to back the greyhound..

 

 

wheaton/bull x grey. the dog in question has very little stamina, and has to a big rest after every run..

[Guest fence_hopper]

seen a suluki x that was only good for a few runs.

[Ideation 8,216]

Isnt it funny, anyone says anything wrong about a whippet, and they all jump into protect them...

 

 

Didnt see anyone jumping in to back the greyhound..

 

 

wheaton/bull x grey. the dog in question has very little stamina, and has to a big rest after every run..

 

Confused? Where are all these folk jumping in to protect the whippets?

[fresh earth 47]

I backed the hound up as i said every pure hounds a different beast to the next i have seen hundreds as a parader and some could run 800yrd races twice a week even though no one obviously ever races a hound over 800yrds twice a week but some would have happily most lurchers are only running 100-200 max each slip with a break inbetween so a hound of that capability could do easy ten 100yrd slips getting its break inbetween.

 

As for the whippet coment i have owned them all my life and ill never have a kennel without a couple i can walk all day ferreting hills and they will still be happy to take the evening walk with my mothers pets well the ones who made retirement . i rate the whippet highly as a more than capable and versatile little dog with as much if not more in some case's capability than a lurcher of the same size i also think if there were as many pure bred hounds worked it would be inevetable some would be more capable than any lurcher although you could go through 20 and not have one worth talking about nowadays.

[undisputed 1,664]

I backed the hound up as i said every pure hounds a different beast to the next i have seen hundreds as a parader and some could run 800yrd races twice a week even though no one obviously ever races a hound over 800yrds twice a week but some would have happily most lurchers are only running 100-200 max each slip with a break inbetween so a hound of that capability could do easy ten 100yrd slips getting its break inbetween.

 

As for the whippet coment i have owned them all my life and ill never have a kennel without a couple i can walk all day ferreting hills and they will still be happy to take the evening walk with my mothers pets well the ones who made retirement . i rate the whippet highly as a more than capable and versatile little dog with as much if not more in some case's capability than a lurcher of the same size i also think if there were as many pure bred hounds worked it would be inevetable some would be more capable than any lurcher although you could go through 20 and not have one worth talking about nowadays.

 

I agree with you up to a point seen some really good whippet and Greys work well. But the the whole reason the lurcher evolved into these x's was largely due to the shortcomings of the aforementioned breeds ie stamina lack of coat etc.

[feed the bear 13]

seen a suluki x that was only good for a few runs.

 

Never believing that..... admit it, you made that up right???

[fresh earth 47]

I totaly agree but in all fairness the greyhound was used as any lurcher is today before the track days they are a diff type nowadays and i do agree thats why the introduction of other dogs and the lurcher was done but there would have been a time any greyhound could have caught a rabbit a hare and tackle a fox now and then with ease but them days are gone .

[hedz31 1,308]

I backed the hound up as i said every pure hounds a different beast to the next i have seen hundreds as a parader and some could run 800yrd races twice a week even though no one obviously ever races a hound over 800yrds twice a week but some would have happily most lurchers are only running 100-200 max each slip with a break inbetween so a hound of that capability could do easy ten 100yrd slips getting its break inbetween.

 

As for the whippet coment i have owned them all my life and ill never have a kennel without a couple i can walk all day ferreting hills and they will still be happy to take the evening walk with my mothers pets well the ones who made retirement . i rate the whippet highly as a more than capable and versatile little dog with as much if not more in some case's capability than a lurcher of the same size i also think if there were as many pure bred hounds worked it would be inevetable some would be more capable than any lurcher although you could go through 20 and not have one worth talking about nowadays.

 

I agree with you up to a point seen some really good whippet and Greys work well. But the the whole reason the lurcher evolved into these x's was largely due to the shortcomings of the aforementioned breeds ie stamina lack of coat etc.

good point fella