whippets for working?

[chartpolski 24,127]

No argument from me ! I think it's been a good discussion. As I said, I'm a big fan of Whippets and I've owned and worked them, but for the work I do with dogs, a Lurcher is a better option for me. A dog still has to be fed, excersied, trained and kenneled well, wether it's a Whippet or a Wolfhound.

 

Cheers.

 

PS, you'll notice the only pics I've put on this thread is me with Whippets, that's even me on Mallys post, with his Whippet ! LOL !

Edited June 9, 2012 by chartpolski

[mally 832]

 

 

PS, you'll notice the only pics I've put on this thread is me with Whippets, that's even me on Mallys post, with his Whippet ! LOL !

 

That was a good week wasn't it mate, think we ran more that week than most do in a month. Always welcome here mate you know that

[chartpolski 24,127]

PS, you'll notice the only pics I've put on this thread is me with Whippets, that's even me on Mallys post, with his Whippet ! LOL !

 

That was a good week wasn't it mate, think we ran more that week than most do in a month. Always welcome here mate you know that

 

Lamping untill 2 in the morning, then back out at 4.30 goose shooting !! I was running on adrenalin, (and vodka) !! LOL !!

 

Cheers.

[burnz1985 9]

i got a whippet, hes was my first running dog, works well in the day and on the lamp. hes got a quick recovery time between runs, will work all night. couldn't ask more from him hes 21.5 tts.

[tripletree 75]

Even for whippets to be compared with lurchers just shows what cracking little pure bred dog they are. A lurcher combines the best qualities of many breeds to produce the ultimate hunting dog the gene pool is potentially endless. Pedigree whippets are great little dogs' easy to keep and can be too brave for their own good they're not going to suit everyone but when mine have been out with lurchers daytime it's the whippets that have invariably caught they always hold their own and each to their own

[Wales1234 5,546]

I have a bull x an two whippet bu i have much more fun with my whippets they will hunt bush and catch them and there pace of the mark is unblievable they just love to catch rabbits can not ask any more

[forest of dean redneck 11,669]

Even for whippets to be compared with lurchers just shows what cracking little pure bred dog they are. A lurcher combines the best qualities of many breeds to produce the ultimate hunting dog the gene pool is potentially endless. Pedigree whippets are great little dogs' easy to keep and can be too brave for their own good they're not going to suit everyone but when mine have been out with lurchers daytime it's the whippets that have invariably caught they always hold their own and each to their own

 

thats the plan but sometimes you get the worst qualities instead

[birddog 1,354]

This one won any amount of races, killed pleanty hares, and took the odd roe. He was around 21" and 36lb....This was WAY before the ban was even thought of !! LOL !!

 

 

Cheers.

 

feck it ill throw some pics up to rich :thumbs:

 

crush,,,loves mole,ing it

 

 

crush and paddy,looking for worms

 

 

paddy looking for worms

 

 

zac ,,crushes sire,,,again looking for worm,s

 

 

 

crush,,,again,,,painting the town blood red lol

 

where were these pictures taken bob? youve really got to stop this poaching mate

[birddog 1,354]

Morton - i agree 100 % that it is all in the breeding. I just think sometimes folk assume that any and all lurchers will better a whippet, and that just isn't true.

 

Chart - I agree mate, although my whippet couldnt win a race to save his life

 

 

 

 

really nice, one of the smartest i've seen and in great nick but ideation.............don't your feet get wet hunting with them shoes

[Floyd17586 454]

Some nyc pics lads. Cracking dogs

[Moll. 1,770]

has a nose like a bloodhound,

 

Ive also noticed that about mine, will often find what the others have walked past

[Moll. 1,770]

I have a non ped whippet from sooty sam and laguna lines, iv had one full season with him and hes been great. Its great fun watching him work but due to thin, tight skin, hes had a couple of cuts which required treatment and time off which in turn, meant loosing about 6 weeks out of the season in total.

 

ATB

 

Sam

 

I have only ever commented on my whippet in the past, and always thought when people commented about the skin/coat on whippets it was just people wanting to dis the dogs. Have always found mine to be less likely to get injury and skin tears than any of my lurchers...... Untill i went to a show recently with a big turn out of whippets. I could not believe the variation in whippets, some of them their coats were so short and thin the colour pigment looked like it had been sprayed onto the skin, you could literally see every muscle and vein There seems to be almost as big a variation in whippets as there is in lurchers, something worth considering when getting another

[tripletree 75]

Even for whippets to be compared with lurchers just shows what cracking little pure bred dog they are. A lurcher combines the best qualities of many breeds to produce the ultimate hunting dog the gene pool is potentially endless. Pedigree whippets are great little dogs' easy to keep and can be too brave for their own good they're not going to suit everyone but when mine have been out with lurchers daytime it's the whippets that have invariably caught they always hold their own and each to their own

 

thats the plan but sometimes you get the worst qualities instead

Very true

[bryson 562]

personally i get a good buzz seeing my whip work like has been said there nose is second to none and when my dog starts zig zagging with his nose down i pretty much know for sure a chase is only seconds away the thing about whippets skin like moll says varies from one dog to another my dog went out a week past saturday tryed to jump a barbed wire fence and got caught leaving a 2 inch skin tear this had healed by thursday i took him out saturday past and again miss calculated his jump and got caught again ripping his old wound open again and giving himself a new 3 inch skin tear now personally i think this would of happened to a lurcher aswell but would the lurchers injurys be worse being a heavier animal ???? i will put some pics up of the dog and his wound soon

[Guest born to run1083]

I guess it's one of those things . . . . . they are always going to get compared to lurchers (naturally). And i would agree, when it comes to lamping, they are not going to beat a well bred, and handy lurcher, well, certain x's anyway. As i believe there are going to be some (many?) lurchers out there that can't last anymore than a decent whippet, or even last as long, there is a HUGE amount of shit bred in the lurcher world. But in general, if it was a quality whippet or a quality purpose bred lamp dog, then the whippet is going to fall behind. However, they are a lot of fun to watch, and like has been said, capable of 20's on the lamo, which for many is going to be plenty, with regard to avaliable quarry, and desire to catch high numbers.

 

However, when it comes to mooching and hunting up, i'm not so sure. I've not seen lots and lots of whippets, but i would put mine against any lurcher i've seen working daytime, and know that i certainly would not be embaressed. HE will find game that other miss, go that extra mile (often literally), has a nose like a bloodhound, and a real drive to find his quarry and push it out. Now obviously its mainly the humble bunny that is being hunted, but i really think that, at that game, it's a bloody good dog to have about, especially as part of a 'team'. Having said that, he will have a crack at anything that gets up, and has NEVER disappointed me, when it comes to his bottle or ability to finish the job.

Im in agreement with most of that,i like whippets,ive seen what good uns are capable of,yet,ive also seen what they lack.A good smaller type lurcher,to me,is a better option.

 

Fairplay matey, i'm not going to argue with that, but so far, i've yet to see a small lurcher better than my whip at hunting up daytime. Some of them couldnt find game in a telephone box.

I'm not taking anything away from Flinn he is bloody good at hunting up and when out he WIll work a whole mountain for ya and if there's even a trace of life there he will find it but my observation about one spectrum of Lurcher owner (lamper ) they don't allow there dogs to hunt up per say in day as it can course unnecessary problems at night. I've never really let missy do it as Im lamper through and through and I bet there's 100's out there like me. I wonder how good these Lurchers would be if there main thing was day work and not being constricted in how far they can go. I think there be alot more Lurchers out there like finn. Same as most whippets are brought by day folk so hence why you seen alot of good whippets in the day but switch that then there normally naff at night. yes you do get an alround type but I mean you normally really specialise in one type

Just my take