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I've got one: Border dam, Whippet sire. He is tiny: 17", not that fast but one of the best ferreting and cover dogs I've ever had. Brilliant nose, faces any cover: how he hasn't blinded himself I'll never know: although he's not yet 3 years old he has flushed most things, but it's ferreting where he impresses most. Consistent and accurate mark, catches bolters before they've gone a yard, retrieves to hand: I could go on LOL His only fault, if you could call it that, is that he isn't fast enough to catch running rabbits on top: different to some bolters which aren't as fast as one heading for home: depending on the land of course.

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I've got one: Border dam, Whippet sire. He is tiny: 17", not that fast but one of the best ferreting and cover dogs I've ever had. Brilliant nose, faces any cover: how he hasn't blinded himself I'll never know: although he's not yet 3 years old he has flushed most things, but it's ferreting where he impresses most. Consistent and accurate mark, catches bolters before they've gone a yard, retrieves to hand: I could go on LOL His only fault, if you could call it that, is that he isn't fast enough to catch running rabbits on top: different to some bolters which aren't as fast as one heading for home: depending on the land of course.

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nice little dog i want one or jrt whippet and does he only take rabbits?

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I've got one: Border dam, Whippet sire. He is tiny: 17", not that fast but one of the best ferreting and cover dogs I've ever had. Brilliant nose, faces any cover: how he hasn't blinded himself I'll never know: although he's not yet 3 years old he has flushed most things, but it's ferreting where he impresses most. Consistent and accurate mark, catches bolters before they've gone a yard, retrieves to hand: I could go on LOL His only fault, if you could call it that, is that he isn't fast enough to catch running rabbits on top: different to some bolters which aren't as fast as one heading for home: depending on the land of course.

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Looks a cracking little ferreting dog wouldnt mind one of them myself for ferreting :thumbs:

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I've got one: Border dam, Whippet sire. He is tiny: 17", not that fast but one of the best ferreting and cover dogs I've ever had. Brilliant nose, faces any cover: how he hasn't blinded himself I'll never know: although he's not yet 3 years old he has flushed most things, but it's ferreting where he impresses most. Consistent and accurate mark, catches bolters before they've gone a yard, retrieves to hand: I could go on LOL His only fault, if you could call it that, is that he isn't fast enough to catch running rabbits on top: different to some bolters which aren't as fast as one heading for home: depending on the land of course.

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nice little dog i want one or jrt whippet and does he only take rabbits?

 

He flushes anything with a pulse: loves wooden tops and charlie, though I'd never deliberately set out to do anything so illegal! He's far too small to tackle anything big on his own, but he's perfect for flushing stuff from cover in places where I dare not let the terriers loose for fear they'll go to ground in bad places. So far he's shown no desire to go to ground at all: long may it last as his nose is great: means I can go places and flush stuff without worrying about losing a terrier to ground.

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