whippets

[tomas 9]

Iv just been reading cmw and the article on whippets and wanted your veiws. are they really that acident prone and are laied up that much. i am just asking as i have a whippet pup i am going to be using for ferreting and i am now worried about how much time hes actually going to be spending on the field and how much layed up injured. ta tom

[KittleRox 2,147]

don,t believe everything you read bud, there are some types which may be a bit accident prone but thats not the case overall

 

did you get yours from working stock and were the parents accident prone ?

[paddybarr 77]

Iv just been reading cmw and the article on whippets and wanted your veiws. are they really that acident prone and are laied up that much. i am just asking as i have a whippet pup i am going to be using for ferreting and i am now worried about how much time hes actually going to be spending on the field and how much layed up injured. ta tom

 

what do you expect of your dog when ferreting???

[tomas 9]

The bitch was a ferreting dog and not accident prone and the dog was a racing whippet ehich was work ocasionaly

[tomas 9]

I expect them to mark and catch the runners this will be my first running dog iv kept bull breeds before. i was planning on leaving one hole unnetted and what ever comes running out the dog to give chase

[KittleRox 2,147]

I wouldn,t worry too much bud, as long as you enter the dog properly it should be fine, it may need the odd trip to the vets but what running dog doesn,t at some point in its career,atb

[tomas 9]

Ta bud. how would you sugest bringing on a dog i take him out once a week for a walk round warrens leting him sniff them hes been out once with my mates dog. he is broke to ferrets and retrieves the rabbit dummy 8 out of 10 times. one thing i have noticed when hes chasing my other dog about he seems to yap. how can i get him out of this? hes roughly 22 weeks old

[KittleRox 2,147]

Ta bud. how would you sugest bringing on a dog i take him out once a week for a walk round warrens leting him sniff them hes been out once with my mates dog. he is broke to ferrets and retrieves the rabbit dummy 8 out of 10 times. one thing i have noticed when hes chasing my other dog about he seems to yap. how can i get him out of this? hes roughly 22 weeks old

is the pup running behind your older dog yelping or is it carrying on toy fighting growling etc ?

 

my whippet cur basicly terrorises my collie cur when they,re having a carry on, its all part of the pup growing up, its learning to run and strike etc but it thinks its play which is perfectly normal

 

The age your pup is at the moment I would wait until September and then start to take the pup ferreting, net all the holes if you can and let the pup grab the bunnys in the nets, this way the pup thinks he is catching the bunnies, builds confidence no end, confidence is what the pup needs at this stage, its when you start running the dog on difficult bunnies that the dog can start to become frustrated which can lead to problems like yapping, gently gently catch the bunny

[tomas 9]

Its both as my staff is athletic so can run quickly iv only taken the pup out to watch other dogs do the job and for to get used to other lurchers. im also trying to build his confidence as when out on his own he tends to not stray far. im still working on his retrieve as its not 100% at the min