Whippets certainly not natural born retrievers!!!

[bigbailey 90]

Any other folk experience this with there whippet. Unless its moving they are not really interested, So once the chase is over they are unwilling to retrieve. Unlike my lab who it came obviously natural to as its its in his breed. Anyone else got any ideas to get mine to improve on the retrieve. They are more like terriers in nature they just want to kill. Anyone else had problems??? Oh and my dogs are trained separately and work alone!!!!

[alcamy22 7]

My whippet retrieved from the off as a pup I trained him with tennis ball or dummy and he smashes squatters just as well as moving prey some folk think it depends how you entered them if his first dozen or so were on the run as soon as lamp was on he mite only associate moving prey as a target but remember a whippet is just a small running dog and so would have very different natural behaviour patterns to a lab my whippet wouldn't show much interest in prey that is already dead though and would only carry dead animals at a push if my hands were full unlike a lab or other gun dog that will do it naturally

 

[birddog 1,354]

My whippet retrieved from the off as a pup I trained him with tennis ball or dummy and he smashes squatters just as well as moving prey some folk think it depends how you entered them if his first dozen or so were on the run as soon as lamp was on he mite only associate moving prey as a target but remember a whippet is just a small running dog and so would have very different natural behaviour patterns to a lab my whippet wouldn't show much interest in prey that is already dead though and would only carry dead animals at a push if my hands were full unlike a lab or other gun dog that will do it naturally

not all labs retrieve either

[plant 25]

never had a problem with my whippet bitch but i did spend alot of time in her training ,retrieves with no recall, my friend has a whippet dog that also retrieves,sometimes my other lurchers that do retrieve when out lamping stop retrieving when theres other dogs present.........

[stoaty 171]

My old dog was a natural retriever even to the extent of trying to retrieve foxes etc and ermm a live rat once when he was a young un lol

Stoaty

[plant 25]

My old dog was a natural retriever even to the extent of trying to retrieve foxes etc and ermm a live rat once when he was a young un lol

Stoaty

my whippet bitch could never kill her foxes just not srong enough but she would get stuck in . did your dog do may single handed....

[stoaty 171]

Mine had to much fire would go Jaw to jaw with a fox but he wasn't bred as a fox dog I always had a dog with bull blood running with him but imo they don't have a reverse gear .Saw a 9 month old bitch pulling down and holding a roe (preban) this was my dogs mother so I had to get a pup out of her lol.Looking how puppyish most lurchers are at 9 months I was totally stunned .

Stoaty

[stoaty 171]

my dogs sister on the other hand was a stunning bitch would catch hare regular among other things but she wouldn't tackle a fox head on no matter what.But she was a dog for the pot not a foxer and were never bred with the intentions of fox

[plant 25]

my dogs sister on the other hand was a stunning bitch would catch hare regular among other things but she wouldn't tackle a fox head on no matter what.But she was a dog for the pot not a foxer and were never bred with the intentions of fox

mine would catch hares on the lamp but not many in the daytime ,mated her to my beddy x whippet , kept two pups going to run them on charlie with my bullx , should be ok there keen enough....

[bird 10,013]

My whippet retrieved from the off as a pup I trained him with tennis ball or dummy and he smashes squatters just as well as moving prey some folk think it depends how you entered them if his first dozen or so were on the run as soon as lamp was on he mite only associate moving prey as a target but remember a whippet is just a small running dog and so would have very different natural behaviour patterns to a lab my whippet wouldn't show much interest in prey that is already dead though and would only carry dead animals at a push if my hands were full unlike a lab or other gun dog that will do it naturally

not all labs retrieve either

true that , all my dogs will bring back no prob , Bryn will give you his catch, but feckin Tod it like getting it from a crocodile, clamps down like a vice good job its for there dinner lol

[wharrier 39]

My old whip would retrieve balls n dummys as good as any lab bit slower at fetching a rab back but would bring it back was as good as a gundog on pigeons n other shot birds

[bryson 562]

mine is just over 10 months he will bring balls and dummys back but im having bother getting him to bring the rabbits back he always has to do his lap of honour and then i still struggle

[jarv5116 57]

mine 17 weeks and retrieves ball and toys no problem but iv spent bit time on it.

but it just natrualy picked items up which makes it easy.