Occasional worker

[rob190364 2,594]

Yeah I know its only 1 dog, but its better than the usual whippet posts where they get slated by people who have never even owned one whippet!

[ruby jet 184]

haveing had alot to do with whippets in my life (my dads had them for 30 odd years) i can honestly say that theres nothing more suited to family life and the other half loves them the only benifit i have seen with a beddy x whippet is the coat gives a little more protection from the rough and tumble of working life and i have a beddy whippet my self shes a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddy hope this has bee of some help atb ruby jet

just out of interest, as a 3/4 whippet owner with a lot of experience of whippets, how does the 3/4 compare to the whippets in terms of pace/turning/strike etc. Are they no where near as good or do they get pretty close? Would you get another one after yours passes away or will you go back to whippets? just thinking you might be a good person to give a true opinion on how good the cross is compared to the pure whippet.

id have another one i a heart beat mate if i could find a good beddy to use i think u lose abit of pace from the beddy but thats more than made up by the extra bit of fire in there belly i think that its fair to say that the strike and turning isent realy affected with a 3/4 cross and theres enough wind there to sustaine a farly long corse but if u put them preban onto a fox i know which one id put money on the bitch i own is now 10 years old but she had her fair share of slips before the ban and did not diserpoint

[ruby jet 184]

haveing had alot to do with whippets in my life (my dads had them for 30 odd years) i can honestly say that theres nothing more suited to family life and the other half loves them the only benifit i have seen with a beddy x whippet is the coat gives a little more protection from the rough and tumble of working life and i have a beddy whippet my self shes a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddy hope this has bee of some help atb ruby jet

just out of interest, as a 3/4 whippet owner with a lot of experience of whippets, how does the 3/4 compare to the whippets in terms of pace/turning/strike etc. Are they no where near as good or do they get pretty close? Would you get another one after yours passes away or will you go back to whippets? just thinking you might be a good person to give a true opinion on how good the cross is compared to the pure whippet.

 

Well. . . . that one dog

 

She does look a wee cracker rubj - what tts is she? Looks fairly leggy.

shes 21 tts mate

[Ideation 8,216]

Yeah I know its only 1 dog, but its better than the usual whippet posts where they get slated by people who have never even owned one whippet!

 

 

They are massivly underrated mate!I wouldn't be without mine, he's a nose like a blood hound, and balls the size of house bricks

[Guest chook]

On the cuddly side beddy/whippets are great, mine will give hugs and cuddle up to

you most of the day/night,

on the other side, they can be crazy,snappy and little s**ts, head strong when they want to be

you can not make them do anything they don't want to, there a dog that you have to work along side of

training can be easy, until they decide there not doing that anymore, they will

take anything on and will give its all,

for going in to cover then they will do that all day, they can be bold little dogs

exercise i can not tire mine out

after a 2 1/2 hour walk yesterday most of it charging round with the other dogs

she was still raring to go and would have carried on, actually i couldn't get her in the car to go home.

[Ideation 8,216]

haveing had alot to do with whippets in my life (my dads had them for 30 odd years) i can honestly say that theres nothing more suited to family life and the other half loves them the only benifit i have seen with a beddy x whippet is the coat gives a little more protection from the rough and tumble of working life and i have a beddy whippet my self shes a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddy hope this has bee of some help atb ruby jet

just out of interest, as a 3/4 whippet owner with a lot of experience of whippets, how does the 3/4 compare to the whippets in terms of pace/turning/strike etc. Are they no where near as good or do they get pretty close? Would you get another one after yours passes away or will you go back to whippets? just thinking you might be a good person to give a true opinion on how good the cross is compared to the pure whippet.

id have another one i a heart beat mate if i could find a good beddy to use i think u lose abit of pace from the beddy but thats more than made up by the extra bit of fire in there belly i think that its fair to say that the strike and turning isent realy affected with a 3/4 cross and theres enough wind there to sustaine a farly long corse but if u put them preban onto a fox i know which one id put money on the bitch i own is now 10 years old but she had her fair share of slips before the ban and did not diserpoint

 

She looks bigger than that mate, nice and racy If i was going to go for a beddy x i would go for either a 3/4 as you dont lose the speed etc, and if i was going to go for a half x i would go for two first x's bred together - as finding a two working beddy/whips will be easier than finding a litter of genuine first x with an actual decent beddy used.

 

As for fire etc etc, i think a lot of it is down to the whippet as much as the terrier. Pure sight hounds seem to have an unatural hatred for foxes etc and the prey drive in them is unreal. I think the only natural advantage the beddy would add to a foxing dog would be a tougher jacket for the bites. I'm mainly saying this as few first x beddy/whips are bred out of genuine working beddys that work fox.

 

I'd also go for the 3/4 rather than half cos then less is going to get away. Foxes aint slow.

 

Just my thoughts.

[shaaark 10,996]

Yeah I know its only 1 dog, but its better than the usual whippet posts where they get slated by people who have never even owned one whippet!

 

 

They are massivly underrated mate!I wouldn't be without mine, he's a nose like a blood hound, and balls the size of house bricks

. Seen many at work over the years that most people would be over the moon to own, if they were prepared to drop their egos!

[ruby jet 184]

haveing had alot to do with whippets in my life (my dads had them for 30 odd years) i can honestly say that theres nothing more suited to family life and the other half loves them the only benifit i have seen with a beddy x whippet is the coat gives a little more protection from the rough and tumble of working life and i have a beddy whippet my self shes a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddy hope this has bee of some help atb ruby jet

just out of interest, as a 3/4 whippet owner with a lot of experience of whippets, how does the 3/4 compare to the whippets in terms of pace/turning/strike etc. Are they no where near as good or do they get pretty close? Would you get another one after yours passes away or will you go back to whippets? just thinking you might be a good person to give a true opinion on how good the cross is compared to the pure whippet.

id have another one i a heart beat mate if i could find a good beddy to use i think u lose abit of pace from the beddy but thats more than made up by the extra bit of fire in there belly i think that its fair to say that the strike and turning isent realy affected with a 3/4 cross and theres enough wind there to sustaine a farly long corse but if u put them preban onto a fox i know which one id put money on the bitch i own is now 10 years old but she had her fair share of slips before the ban and did not diserpoint

 

She looks bigger than that mate, nice and racy If i was going to go for a beddy x i would go for either a 3/4 as you dont lose the speed etc, and if i was going to go for a half x i would go for two first x's bred together - as finding a two working beddy/whips will be easier than finding a litter of genuine first x with an actual decent beddy used.

 

As for fire etc etc, i think a lot of it is down to the whippet as much as the terrier. Pure sight hounds seem to have an unatural hatred for foxes etc and the prey drive in them is unreal. I think the only natural advantage the beddy would add to a foxing dog would be a tougher jacket for the bites. I'm mainly saying this as few first x beddy/whips are bred out of genuine working beddys that work fox.

 

I'd also go for the 3/4 rather than half cos then less is going to get away. Foxes aint slow.

 

Just my thoughts.

she did have one litter of pups 3 1/2 years ago to a blue whippet from lynperry the pups from that were real crackers my brother has one now and my dad has one theres only 1/8 in them and somr of the best beddy whippets ive seen

[Country Joe 1,411]

I worked Whippet X Beddy, and Beddy X Greyhound good Dogs but my Whippet X Beddy was the best dog I have ever owned, she would take fur and feather run her nearly ever day on my local shooting estate with a large population of rabbits, she would work any cover, 100percent marker when out with the ferrets and would Lamp, she also did Pheasant beating along side the Labs and Spaniels, she was kept mostly in the house but often in the kennel, she was never hyper in the house, and was dead easy to house train, a very clever little worker,

On saying that, I do like a change and im now having a well bred Working whippet pup.

I only took one Litter of my Whippet X Beddy sire was a Whippet,owners were well pleased with this cross.

[Ideation 8,216]

haveing had alot to do with whippets in my life (my dads had them for 30 odd years) i can honestly say that theres nothing more suited to family life and the other half loves them the only benifit i have seen with a beddy x whippet is the coat gives a little more protection from the rough and tumble of working life and i have a beddy whippet my self shes a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddy hope this has bee of some help atb ruby jet

just out of interest, as a 3/4 whippet owner with a lot of experience of whippets, how does the 3/4 compare to the whippets in terms of pace/turning/strike etc. Are they no where near as good or do they get pretty close? Would you get another one after yours passes away or will you go back to whippets? just thinking you might be a good person to give a true opinion on how good the cross is compared to the pure whippet.

id have another one i a heart beat mate if i could find a good beddy to use i think u lose abit of pace from the beddy but thats more than made up by the extra bit of fire in there belly i think that its fair to say that the strike and turning isent realy affected with a 3/4 cross and theres enough wind there to sustaine a farly long corse but if u put them preban onto a fox i know which one id put money on the bitch i own is now 10 years old but she had her fair share of slips before the ban and did not diserpoint

 

She looks bigger than that mate, nice and racy If i was going to go for a beddy x i would go for either a 3/4 as you dont lose the speed etc, and if i was going to go for a half x i would go for two first x's bred together - as finding a two working beddy/whips will be easier than finding a litter of genuine first x with an actual decent beddy used.

 

As for fire etc etc, i think a lot of it is down to the whippet as much as the terrier. Pure sight hounds seem to have an unatural hatred for foxes etc and the prey drive in them is unreal. I think the only natural advantage the beddy would add to a foxing dog would be a tougher jacket for the bites. I'm mainly saying this as few first x beddy/whips are bred out of genuine working beddys that work fox.

 

I'd also go for the 3/4 rather than half cos then less is going to get away. Foxes aint slow.

 

Just my thoughts.

she did have one litter of pups 3 1/2 years ago to a blue whippet from lynperry the pups from that were real crackers my brother has one now and my dad has one theres only 1/8 in them and somr of the best beddy whippets ive seen

 

[scruff 1]

Might be a daft question on here but what is a 1st cross??

 

I get your point BOLIO1 but im trying to meet her indoors half way.

 

I've got dogs penned up that she has no say in and because I'm out most nights, either working or lamping, it really does need to be a little cuddly.

 

hows it goin scruff, what do ya lamp if ya dont mind me asking, i presume its shooting as ya looking for a lamping dog??

 

Hello mate. I personally lamp fox's with the rifle on a number of farms and the local estate. I also get the odd call from folk with small holdings and allotments etc.

 

My lamping buddy has two Hancock collie greyhounds I think, and he gets first dibs on owt week see, I take what won't come basically.

 

I'm after a dog a lot smaller than the two my mate has. I spend a lot of time walking round the farms I have, and with me taking all the fox's, I need to stay on top of the rabbits.

 

The Rimfire is deadly with ricochets and i prefer not to use it so a nice little dog would be great. Also theres nights when I fancy a walk alone and I'm sure I'd be able to bag a brace or two.

[jambay5 191]

any running dog will curl up on the sofa with your lass, my 2 do! me and the kids sit on the floor!!!

[scruff 1]

 

 

haveing had alot to do with whippets in my life (my dads had them for 30 odd years) i can honestly say that theres nothing more suited to family life and the other half loves them the only benifit i have seen with a beddy x whippet is the coat gives a little more protection from the rough and tumble of working life and i have a beddy whippet my self shes a 3/4 whippet 1/4 beddy hope this has bee of some help atb ruby jet

just out of interest, as a 3/4 whippet owner with a lot of experience of whippets, how does the 3/4 compare to the whippets in terms of pace/turning/strike etc. Are they no where near as good or do they get pretty close? Would you get another one after yours passes away or will you go back to whippets? just thinking you might be a good person to give a true opinion on how good the cross is compared to the pure whippet.

id have another one i a heart beat mate if i could find a good beddy to use i think u lose abit of pace from the beddy but thats more than made up by the extra bit of fire in there belly i think that its fair to say that the strike and turning isent realy affected with a 3/4 cross and theres enough wind there to sustaine a farly long corse but if u put them preban onto a fox i know which one id put money on the bitch i own is now 10 years old but she had her fair share of slips before the ban and did not diserpoint

 

She looks bigger than that mate, nice and racy If i was going to go for a beddy x i would go for either a 3/4 as you dont lose the speed etc, and if i was going to go for a half x i would go for two first x's bred together - as finding a two working beddy/whips will be easier than finding a litter of genuine first x with an actual decent beddy used.

 

As for fire etc etc, i think a lot of it is down to the whippet as much as the terrier. Pure sight hounds seem to have an unatural hatred for foxes etc and the prey drive in them is unreal. I think the only natural advantage the beddy would add to a foxing dog would be a tougher jacket for the bites. I'm mainly saying this as few first x beddy/whips are bred out of genuine working beddys that work fox.

 

I'd also go for the 3/4 rather than half cos then less is going to get away. Foxes aint slow.

 

Just my thoughts.

 

This is where I come undone. I don't understand the breeding and wouldn't know where to start when looking for a pup.

 

Training a dog wouldn't be no problem. I have two spaniels, cocker and springer, and both are well above avarage. I didn't need to worry about there breeding bacuse both were off a friend who I trust.

[wuyang 513]

Scruff, you will get plenty of advice on the working bedlington forum ..... http://www.workingbedlington.co.uk/index.php (covers lurchers)

or

 

The working whippet forum........ http://blackwhippet.ERFujikolp;'/index.cgi?

 

If your wanting something to work thick cover as well as catch on the run you may be better off with the bedlington/whippet at the sacrifice of some speed. If its going to also be a house dog have you considered that you may be better with a short coat (not dragging as much mud about) if thats the case then a whippet or 3/4 whippet 1/4 bedlington.

Edited March 14, 2011 by wuyang

[scruff 1]

Scruff, you will get plenty of advice on the working bedlington forum ..... http://www.workingbedlington.co.uk/index.php (covers lurchers)

or

 

The working whippet forum........ http://blackwhippet.ERFujikolp;'/index.cgi?

 

If your wanting something to work thick cover as well as catch on the run you may be better off with the bedlington/whippet at the sacrifice of some speed. If its going to also be a house dog have you considered that you may be better with a short coat (not dragging as much mud about) if thats the case then a whippet or 3/4 whippet 1/4 bedlington.

 

Thanks for the advice and links, very helpful.