New to whippets

[Wayne_Meikle 2]

Hi there.ive been ferreting for nearly 20 years,but I have never used a dog.i have recently bought my own house and I am really interested in getting a whippet to work with the ferrets.i am very much a novice with dogs so was wondering if there was any good books on training the whippet to work with the ferrets and with the lamp.i am really keen so any advice would be much appreciated.cheers

[Wales1234 5,562]

On amazon theres a working whippet book very good read !!

[Wayne_Meikle 2]

I'll check that out mate

[Guest Rickie]

Find someone you can go out with. Also loads of cheap books on Amazon about working whippets and whippets in general, plus there are some great books about understanding dogs minds. It helps to know what they are thinking sometimes.

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

Maybe stick a post up asking if you can tag along with some one in your area as well

[bryanm45 787]

There's also a working whippet forum and Facebook page you can ask advice on there, I have a small whip bitch for ferreting, she also lure courses and races, fantastic little dogs mate, just be carefull when buying have a look at parents, workers, ect ect.

Hope to see you posting soon. ATB.

Bryan

[albert64 1,882]

first thing mate is make him your mate and teach him his manners

a ferreting dog has to behave round a set

the rest should come naturally

[Wayne_Meikle 2]

Cheers troops