What would you prefer?

[Pig boy 29]

Alright guys,

me and my mate were discussing what would be a better cross, a whippets cross collie first cross or a whippet greyhound x collie? What do you think?

[Ideation 8,216]

'Better' ?

 

It might not be a stupid question, but it sure looks like one.

 

But i'd probably say that in theory a collie/whippet/grey would be more versatile.

[nothernlite 18,089]

whippet greyhound collie we bit bigger

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

Collie/whippet/grey for me as well

[Pig boy 29]

Ideation, now looking over it it does look like one, what i mean is more versatile like you said and also best suited to a more hard working envioronment where determination is required. Not slating the first cross in any way though

[Ideation 8,216]

I wasn't meaning to be a knob matey, it's just 'better' is a funny word, better at what? in what sense? and on what land etc? lso it's a lot down to the dog, the breeding and the owner.

 

In theory i would guess that a decent collie/whip/grey would be more versatile than a straight collie / whip, as it would stand a bit taller, and have that bit more running dog (and it being grey) in it to give it more pace, especially top end.

 

If i was looking for a lamp dog i'd def pick the collie/whip/grey if bred right, and probably for day work as well, although i do think for the kind of ferreting i do, a small, nippy, collie/whip might be spot on.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

I have always found the genuine'first cross' ,..twixt a whippet,. and a Collie, to be a difficult hybrid to get , 'just right'....

[Chid 6,583]

Surely how it bred will also matter are you on about 1/2 collie x whippet/grey or collie/whippet x 1/2 grey? It might make a big difference on size

[Dan McDonough 560]

In which order would you breed them. I'm just guessing but I would think you could get different outcomes depending on the order. If it was Grey x Collie X Whippet, I would guess it to be smaller than a Whippet x Collie X Grey. Some one with experience in both directions would be really helpfull right now.

[Pig boy 29]

No worries mate Well basicly for a bit of lamping, ferreting and daytime mooching. On different terrain, maybe a stubble field one day and then a grassy field the next, also woodland where smell is really needed

[Pig boy 29]

Sorry i didn'e explain that well, what i meant was a 1st cross whippet grey put over a full collie? What do you think this would turn out like?

[Ideation 8,216]

It's all theory mate, with genetics and breeding, but like i said, i'd probably go for the whippet/grey x collie.