Beddy/whippet 7 1/2 months

[cmccmc 24]

Little update on my lurcher pup Mouse. She's 3/4 whippet, 1/4 bedlington, bred in Durham, and she stands 20" tts currently, so she's going to be small. I've been around working beagles and terriers all my life, but this is the first time I've had a lurcher pup to train. I'm hoping she'll be useful on rabbit and rat in the future, but we have a bit of a way to go yet!

 

 

She's reliably retrieving fur covered dummies, which is great. She has near 100% delivery to hand indoors, but when we get out into the fields she sometimes gets impatient and spits the dummy/ball out before I can take it from her. I'll work on that in the next few months, but for now I'm just happy that she's enthusiastic about retrieving fur. I breed rabbits for meat, and I've tried her once or twice on a freshly dead rabbit - she's happy to retrieve those for me in the garden too. I've started working on blind retrieves (sending her out to find a dummy which she hasn't seen thrown) and she's excellent in the house and garden but not quite ready for longer distances in the fields.

 

 

Her basic obedience is good - she will heel on and off lead, has a solid 'leave it' and recall and a reasonable stay (still a bit iffy around distractions). She will drop to the whistle if she is next to me but we need to work on dropping at a distance. I'd like to teach her the basic gundog distance commands too (go back, left, right, hi-lost, look at me).

 

 

She is steady around chickens and we are working on sheep and cats. She has never tried to chase sheep but she has barked at them (in a frightened way) a couple of times. She's calmer now but will need more work before I'd consider her stockbroken.

 

 

She's good in the house, although she is a bit of a thief and you have to watch your back when you are preparing food around her! She has a very sweet temperament and responds well to positive training methods. She has two modes; peaceful

 

 

..... and silly

 

 

Obviously she's still young and still has to go through adolescence, but I'm pleased with her progress so far . Here are some pictures of her as a younger puppy;

 

 

8 weeks

 

 

 

11 weeks

 

 

13 weeks

 

 

 

Five months

 

[iworkwhippets 12,687]

Super little dog, pleased for you

[troter58 1,711]

great little dog mate got one my self 18 mths now good rabbit dog day /night atb with yours

[reddawn 2,173]

hope you an that wee dog have many happy day/nites in the field

[dymented 2,220]

tidy dog bud

[my hounds 312]

Well done so far and atb for the future.

[mattyg 1,862]

wouldnt wannna be a rabbit round your way way next season, looks a handy little dog....good luck!

matt

[nasher1 258]

Cracking little dog, you will be suprised what she will be capable of when she gets older I have a 14 month old first cross who has balls of steel atb nasher

[jam1 8]

Very nice well done!!

[southcott 9]

nice looking pup , i have a beddy / whippet / collie x whippet very tough game little dogs , i am sure you will have lots of fun with her .

[B.P.R 2,798]

Well done mate. I've got a whippet pup, 7months yesterday. Just getting over a bad leg injury (well 2!). Can't do much with her apart from short walks but been doing a little bit of retrieve with her. She's spot on with that. Think she learned from the lab. 100% retrieve back to hand. Recall is good aswell. Like I said, just got to work with the basics, I can't do

Much more for a while. Your pups looking good mate

[KittleRox 2,147]

sounds like you,re giving the dog a 110%, well done pal, atb

[Country Joe 1,411]

I once bred a litter of Whippet X Whippet X Bedlington, cracking Rabbiting dogs, and that Pup of yours looks like it will certainly do the business.

[markja 51]

excellent write up and pictures of a tidy lookin dog.atb with her.

[blackmaggie 3,376]

a good lookin pup you will have some fun with her atb with her for the future