looking for a whippet

[patterdaleboy 32]

looking for a whippet for my sister to go ferreting with am in wales.

if any one on era nows of out would be mutch abliged.

any pics wouldbe apriceated.

dosent need to be pedegree just a whippet.

[whin 463]

dont waste your money get a good strong colllie gre or saluk grew mate last you for years

[kirk224 10]

mate if you want a whippet you get one they are great for rabbits and yes but you will get peeps that dont like them

[fresh earth 47]

Always had whippets and there more than able rabbiting companions . Check your local papers etc free ads or epupz plenty decent litters around research a bit on pedigree's and chose a line that suits you.

[wuyang 513]

Have you tried the working whippet forum....theres always somebody on there having another litter... you'll be bombarded with personal messages, plus none of there whippets shiver....

[fresh earth 47]

Iv said it before and ill say it again no whippet regardles of its breeding shivers if they are kenneled from pups and out every day in the weather. Kennel kept dogs naturaly grow a thicker coat in the winter than a house kept.

[fordie 8]

Why run Whippets down they are good rabbit dogs in that case why breed Whippet x

 

THANKS FORDIE

[tubba 38]

Whippets are great ferreting and rabbiting dogs you get one mate if thats what you want. Atb Tub

[Blue one 89]

As your in Wales, this man below, has good working whippets..

 

http://www.mikeswhippets.com/

[fresh earth 47]

People are all hung up on this whippets are soft dogs that hate the cold and injure easily , Iv had 10 or more from various lines all worked rain hail or shine day and nite kenneled happily without heating all year round. It infact baffle's me what people think the small lurchers have that a whippet doesnt a whippet is smart , fast , agile and bidable with plenty fire in there belly iv worked and owned various whippet based lurchers under 21" and in my eye's none of the x's were any better than a good whippet as rabbiting dogs.

[vanquo 2]

I'm running a whippet these days, last dog was a saluki/whippet/grey.

 

The pure whippet is a great little rabbiting dog but mine injures and tears easily compared to the hardblood x saluki. Over the last few months he's knocked up toes several times, cut himself on most hedges and done a hock without me noticing him take a bad knock in the field whereas I never had any probs with the last one.

 

Not knocking whippets at all as apart from his injuries mine's been a good hound. He's like the proverbial off a shovel when you slip him, never shivers or yips and will tackle anything he's pointed at.

Edited February 11, 2011 by vanquo

[wuyang 513]

Whippets are great little dogs mine was brill and hard as nails, but they just don't handle standing in cold weather as well as the lurchers ive owned. That said it never once stopped mine doing its job, but they are much more susceptible to the cold wet weather ...and why wouldn't they be with such thin skin and coat.

[hargreavesheber 93]

I've got a whippet x beddy/grey collie, she's 7months, 18 and half inch and showing a keen interest, thrown more to the whippet, fine coat etc but she's not too bothered by cold or rain.

[fresh earth 47]

I agree 100% about standing about wet but tbh i never expect mine to be stood aroung wet i always dry them down i wouldnt like to be drenched and standing about myself that would be the only time i have a bit thought in the back of my head that ill get them dry as soons im back at the car mainly to prevent them picking up a chill and getting any sort of problems and time of due to it. So for working in the rain regularly and not from a vehacle id have a small halfx collie or beddy . It does baffle me though what point anyone see's in a smooth coated 3/4 or 5/8 beddy whipp or collie whip cause most are virtualy identicle to a whippet with no extra benifit maybe just less speed than the pure whippet thats where i see little point in breeding the x breed. I do like a broken coat dog mind but its not realy needed where and how i work mine.

[sky2011 0]

this is my 17" tts 9 month old bitch