lifelong cumbrian 1,829 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 My bitch is beddy sire, x 3/4 whipp 1/4 grey 23". Made a decent ferreting dog, although turned out a bit to small at 18 1/2", i like a dog around 22-23" best so if i ever got another first cross i would only go for the beddy x grey, I was looking for 1 before i got my bitch and i could not find one anywhere. I was hopeing my bitch would have made about 21". I would never swap my little bitch though and my next ferreting dog will probably be bred from her and either a working whippet or a whippet/greyhound. Beddy cross might not be everyones kind of dog, they can be a little headstrong, but any i have seen have been keen as hell, that is what i like about them. Just my personal opinion but i dont class my bitch as a lurcher, i would call it a ratching dog. And i look forward to training the 3/4 bred one day for ferreting, i think it would retain the prey drive and nose, should be faster and be more easily handled. Had a beddy/grey x whippet/grey years ago and was a nice dog and a better size at 23". 1 Quote Link to post
troter58 1,711 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 3/4 whippet beddy lurcher 22 inch does what it should with the way it is with the ban this is the cross for rabbits atb 2 Quote Link to post
patterdalejoel 669 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 my 13 month old half cross bitch. like lifelong cumbrian, i would get a beddy grey if i ever got a cross like this again, as it would level out at big whippet size with the beddy attributes. she is a great ferreting dog i think, she is still young though so on the first warrens she is a bit excitable but soon settles down. she gets reasonable bags on the land above just bolted to her, no nets, and some of them are quite long chases, and she is only about beddy size but built like a pure whippet underneath that coat. she runs over some shitty ground and rocks i have been told would of injured other dogs, but as she is so small she just flies over it. she could do with being bigger to retrieve the big rabbits, almost as big as her 1 Quote Link to post
kps1979 1,308 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 not strictly a beddy whippet, but she has a 1/4 beddy whippet in her! 1 Quote Link to post
shamus 36 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 i've got a 3 year old 3/4 whippet- 1/4 beddy that i got from kennel maid on here,think that was the name anyway. he is a funny little dog and i took a long time to warm to him, after i went out with bigears and saw his beddy dog working i realisedthat most ofhis funny ways came from the terrier. He is terrifically keen, a little too much maybe and he has had some terrible injuries, he looks a bit like frankensteins dog with all his scars. Quote Link to post
trigger2 3,170 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 ive seen and worked a couple of first cross beddy whippets and they were good workers both day and night. Quote Link to post
Country Joe 1,411 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 So have I. 1 Quote Link to post
Country Joe 1,411 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 1 Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Sounds good - what sort of size would that level out at - i like a dog about 21-23" and quite lightly built? i have 2 beddy whipp greys and ther 21tts and my we beddy whippet is 19 tts my beddy/whippet is 22tts but I bet your beddy/whippet/greys will have a longer back.. Quote Link to post
tiger82 43 Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Some great dogs there lads, my next dog will be a bedlington whippet if I can find a pup. Atb with them. Quote Link to post
BS40liam 203 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have a 10 month old 1st x beddi/whip 18.5 tts great nose on her, she uses it a bit more that I'd like lol but never mind been taking her out watching on the lamp recently so hoping she will come good Quote Link to post
littlefish 588 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 What sort of size would beddy x greys make? Quote Link to post
nothernlite 18,090 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 had one at 21tts my mate had one 26tts they vary in size Quote Link to post
troter58 1,711 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 yes they do come in different sizes first cross greyhound x beddy out of a litter smallest was 21 biggest was 27 all did there jobs its pot luck. atb Quote Link to post
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