firstrike 21 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I run kc whippets and have owned whippets and whippet lurchers for the last 30 yrs. The best small dog i seen was half cross whippet collie, bang on ferreter and lamper accounted for lots of rabbits over his life. Quote Link to post
Carlowhunter 27 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Hey Ferretman , I have a five month old pup that you can take away for nothing. The dam is a whippet and the sire is 1/8 bull 1/8 collie 3/4 hound .Both the parents are top class workers. I have five dogs in my yard and if I could only keep one it would have to be the whippet ! 1 Quote Link to post
trinder 127 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Collie whippet would be a good start mate i wouldnt go for a first x tho maybe a 3/4 whippet , its pot luck though as said and correct entering is key to sucsess Atb Trinder Quote Link to post
BEARINATOR 2,872 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey Ferretman , I have a five month old pup that you can take away for nothing. The dam is a whippet and the sire is 1/8 bull 1/8 collie 3/4 hound .Both the parents are top class workers. I have five dogs in my yard and if I could only keep one it would have to be the whippet ! Cracking offer that Quote Link to post
mackay 3,435 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 To be honest it's hard to beat a well bred, purpose bred lurcher for most hunting tasks. I think with whippets, you just either have a thing for them or you don't. I wouldnt swop mine for the world, but i would give him a thicker jacket if i could. He has higher prey drive than any dog i have met. I have a thing for them, and to be honest, if folks have never owned em, should think twice before posting negative comments, as i say ive run em for years, yes ive had some heart rending moments with em, but as i say, i can only speak for mine, they work their goolies off all weathers, ive had em wrapped around trees, barbed wire, the amount of injuries can be counted on one hand, all treated by myself, from the right stock, and in the right hands, cant fault em, and will tackle anything any lurcher would, what a shame cos of the ban , i cannot show you, just how my whippets work, do folks think for 1 minute, i would pussyfoot around with whimps ., ! 100 per cent to the bone working dog man here , i want rabbiting dogs, ive got em To be honest it's hard to beat a well bred, purpose bred lurcher for most hunting tasks. I think with whippets, you just either have a thing for them or you don't. I wouldnt swop mine for the world, but i would give him a thicker jacket if i could. He has higher prey drive than any dog i have met. I have a thing for them, and to be honest, if folks have never owned em, should think twice before posting negative comments, as i say ive run em for years, yes ive had some heart rending moments with em, but as i say, i can only speak for mine, they work their goolies off all weathers, ive had em wrapped around trees, barbed wire, the amount of injuries can be counted on one hand, all treated by myself, from the right stock, and in the right hands, cant fault em, and will tackle anything any lurcher would, what a shame cos of the ban , i cannot show you, just how my whippets work, do folks think for 1 minute, i would pussyfoot around with whimps ., ! 100 per cent to the bone working dog man here , i want rabbiting dogs, ive got em Mate, anyone with any hunting experience will realise that's crap, breed loyalty, commendable, breed blindness not so. To say a whippet will tackle anything a lurcher would, well lets be generous, they might tackle it (i've seen some hearty game whippets) but they won't cope with certain things like a purpose bred lurcher would. IE fox , deer, and hare. A shame because of the ban, seems to me more whippet owners are sticking their heads above the parapet now and making outlandish claims then using the ban as a get out clause. 2 Quote Link to post
Guest born to run1083 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Whippets are cracking dogsand are under rated but they do have a few more limitations then a purpose bred Lurcher. Jai is right tho there is such a variety of whippets out there and if that is your choice be sure to get the right one Quote Link to post
iworkwhippets 12,817 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) To be honest it's hard to beat a well bred, purpose bred lurcher for most hunting tasks. I think with whippets, you just either have a thing for them or you don't. I wouldnt swop mine for the world, but i would give him a thicker jacket if i could. He has higher prey drive than any dog i have met. I have a thing for them, and to be honest, if folks have never owned em, should think twice before posting negative comments, as i say ive run em for years, yes ive had some heart rending moments with em, but as i say, i can only speak for mine, they work their goolies off all weathers, ive had em wrapped around trees, barbed wire, the amount of injuries can be counted on one hand, all treated by myself, from the right stock, and in the right hands, cant fault em, and will tackle anything any lurcher would, what a shame cos of the ban , i cannot show you, just how my whippets work, do folks think for 1 minute, i would pussyfoot around with whimps ., ! 100 per cent to the bone working dog man here , i want rabbiting dogs, ive got em To be honest it's hard to beat a well bred, purpose bred lurcher for most hunting tasks. I think with whippets, you just either have a thing for them or you don't. I wouldnt swop mine for the world, but i would give him a thicker jacket if i could. He has higher prey drive than any dog i have met. I have a thing for them, and to be honest, if folks have never owned em, should think twice before posting negative comments, as i say ive run em for years, yes ive had some heart rending moments with em, but as i say, i can only speak for mine, they work their goolies off all weathers, ive had em wrapped around trees, barbed wire, the amount of injuries can be counted on one hand, all treated by myself, from the right stock, and in the right hands, cant fault em, and will tackle anything any lurcher would, what a shame cos of the ban , i cannot show you, just how my whippets work, do folks think for 1 minute, i would pussyfoot around with whimps ., ! 100 per cent to the bone working dog man here , i want rabbiting dogs, ive got em Mate, anyone with any hunting experience will realise that's crap, breed loyalty, commendable, breed blindness not so. To say a whippet will tackle anything a lurcher would, well lets be generous, they might tackle it (i've seen some hearty game whippets) but they won't cope with certain things like a purpose bred lurcher would. IE fox , deer, and hare. A shame because of the ban, seems to me more whippet owners are sticking their heads above the parapet now and making outlandish claims then using the ban as a get out clause. You need to read between the lines MATE. in my post, no they dont succeed in certain areas that a purpose bred lurcher would, but yes, they do cope, apart from deer, which i dont have in my area, as for whippet owners sticking there heads above the parapet, not this lad, i never put out up on here i cannot prove, dunno what kind of land or dogs you run, but here we encounter more than bunnies, and we cope very well, what im implying here is their gameness, their tenacity, not everyones cup of tea are whippets, but they are mine, and thoroughly enjoy watching them work, succeeding and coping, 2 very different things, whereas a purpose bred lurcher can handle the job singurlarly, im not ashamed to say, that any accidents encountered by my dogs, well i always run 2 of em, so job done Edited January 16, 2012 by iworkwhippets Quote Link to post
canaliculata 28 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Whippets are good rabbiting dogs, not too good for hanging around for long periods in cold damp windy conditions...ok if on the move in most weather though. One BIG thing that puts me off whippets is quite a few end up dead through running into walls or trees....and this still happens when there worked around them from a young age.....some people call it drive.. . Dont get me wrong i love whippets, but id sooner have a lurcher thats got a bit more up stairs and better skin. Quote Link to post
cannylad 20 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 If you want a rabbiting dog I reckon a whippet because I got a whippet and he is a good dog for rabbits and any small game Quote Link to post
mackay 3,435 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 To be honest it's hard to beat a well bred, purpose bred lurcher for most hunting tasks. I think with whippets, you just either have a thing for them or you don't. I wouldnt swop mine for the world, but i would give him a thicker jacket if i could. He has higher prey drive than any dog i have met. I have a thing for them, and to be honest, if folks have never owned em, should think twice before posting negative comments, as i say ive run em for years, yes ive had some heart rending moments with em, but as i say, i can only speak for mine, they work their goolies off all weathers, ive had em wrapped around trees, barbed wire, the amount of injuries can be counted on one hand, all treated by myself, from the right stock, and in the right hands, cant fault em, and will tackle anything any lurcher would, what a shame cos of the ban , i cannot show you, just how my whippets work, do folks think for 1 minute, i would pussyfoot around with whimps ., ! 100 per cent to the bone working dog man here , i want rabbiting dogs, ive got em To be honest it's hard to beat a well bred, purpose bred lurcher for most hunting tasks. I think with whippets, you just either have a thing for them or you don't. I wouldnt swop mine for the world, but i would give him a thicker jacket if i could. He has higher prey drive than any dog i have met. I have a thing for them, and to be honest, if folks have never owned em, should think twice before posting negative comments, as i say ive run em for years, yes ive had some heart rending moments with em, but as i say, i can only speak for mine, they work their goolies off all weathers, ive had em wrapped around trees, barbed wire, the amount of injuries can be counted on one hand, all treated by myself, from the right stock, and in the right hands, cant fault em, and will tackle anything any lurcher would, what a shame cos of the ban , i cannot show you, just how my whippets work, do folks think for 1 minute, i would pussyfoot around with whimps ., ! 100 per cent to the bone working dog man here , i want rabbiting dogs, ive got em Mate, anyone with any hunting experience will realise that's crap, breed loyalty, commendable, breed blindness not so. To say a whippet will tackle anything a lurcher would, well lets be generous, they might tackle it (i've seen some hearty game whippets) but they won't cope with certain things like a purpose bred lurcher would. IE fox , deer, and hare. A shame because of the ban, seems to me more whippet owners are sticking their heads above the parapet now and making outlandish claims then using the ban as a get out clause. You need to read between the lines MATE. in my post, no they dont succeed in certain areas that a purpose bred lurcher would, but yes, they do cope, apart from deer, which i dont have in my area, as for whippet owners sticking there heads above the parapet, not this lad, i never put out up on here i cannot prove, dunno what kind of land or dogs you run, but here we encounter more than bunnies, and we cope very well, what im implying here is their gameness, their tenacity, not everyones cup of tea are whippets, but they are mine, and thoroughly enjoy watching them work, succeeding and coping, 2 very different things, whereas a purpose bred lurcher can handle the job singurlarly, im not ashamed to say, that any accidents encountered by my dogs, well i always run 2 of em, so job done Need to read between the lines ?. How so?. You have just done a total turnaround, in your first post you quite clearly state a whippet will tackle anything a lurcher would and then go on to say they don't succeed in certain areas a lurcher would and then add not deer, then to finish you say a lurcher can do tasks singly whilst you run yours doubled up which implies they're not capable of doing it alone. Maybe I should read betwwen the lines, might be clearer. Quote Link to post
whin 463 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 way i look at it were were all the great whippets before the ban there all poping up now plus never saw any in the cold north at feild trails in feb heavy snow and three days of solid hunting , dogs hanging about inbetwen hunting on leash , wouldnt own one for free a pure whippet , had greyhound whippet but feet started to play up ,after three seasons coursing chaseing , good bitch but no tryes no running Quote Link to post
tank34 2,426 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 bedlindton whippet mate wont go wrong own one meself 20 an harf inch game as mate Quote Link to post
hedz31 1,308 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 If you want a rabbiting dog I reckon a whippet because I got a whippet and he is a good dog for rabbits and any small game :laugh: Quote Link to post
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