Whippet As An All Rounder?

[rob284 1,682]

but definitely not an allrounder, far from. rabbits is as far as it goes, n the odd big one.

[Ideation 8,216]

I have a whippet. I love him . . . .well at times. And he has surprised me with what he can do, taking everything I have tried him at.

 

However, I got him as a ferreting and mooching companion, and for a small dog to have about the house.. . . . . if I wanted an all rounder. . . . . . . . i'd have got another dog

 

There is a difference between a dog that will have a crack at anything you let it. . . . . and may have the drive, balls and luck to pull it off sometimes. . .

 

 

. . . . and a dog you can say regularly takes all quarry.

 

If I let my lad try everything he wanted to tackle. . . . he would probably be dead by now. Wild boar and big fallow bucks. . . . could really ruin his day

[Wales1234 5,489]

Iv seen ideations dog work and a very good example of a whippet I really like the dog but hes right the dog would brake if you want a all rounder you need a lurcher no doubt about it

[Ideation 8,216]

Rabbits on easy going land, hares on small fields and foxes if your a Muppet.

 

The first bit is total crap, the second very true. . . . and the third a little offensive, but a fair enough point

 

Not sure i'd class this as easy. . . . . but maybe you would?

 

 

I think it's as much about how you bring them up, and what kind of whippet you have, they are all a bit different, I have hunted mine all over the place on some really bad land and he has always caught well enough. However. . . . I won't argue with the fact that if it does go wrong they really can fall apart

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Little qivering dogs with the hearts of lions

[yorkshire-kid 44]

Sorry to jump on this thread but its the only way I will get an answer. I'm looking for a whippet for my first runner any dos and donts? What to expect? Thanks for your time

[Wales1234 5,489]

Get one from good working stock would personally go to mike brown they are handy little rabbiting dogs get your recall nailed as a few I seen are good workers and get a good bond cause whippets can be timed and very jumpy

[yorkshire-kid 44]

Cheers Wales1234 I will be searching high and low in late July early August for my future pup

[birddog 1,354]

much as i like whippets and they do have their uses, why do we cross them with other breeds ? bull x for heart, deerhound for size, collie for brains, beddy for toughness, saluki for stamina etc

 

my guess is they are not all rounders and they need a wee bit of something else

[Whiskey 28]

All round pot filler yes come on lads no one gunner get a whippet for out and out fox ffs

[bird 9,863]

lurcher to lurcher, a pup from proven parents .And if both dogs have done well on most quarry your in with a fighting chance that your pup (might) be the same.On paper bullxgrey x salukix grey sounds a good x, the x my pup is 1x gsd x grey , there supposed to take most stuff, but you never know with any pup you pick . you need luck