New Bed X Whip Pup

[buster gonads 862]

I,v also been giving this some thought but same as you Lawrence iam not into the genetics thing, but heres my two bobs worth [for what its worth] on the litter iv seen and the sire and dam, as far as i know the sire is a KC reg dog that works, and the dam is a very good Luguna line whippet that is a very good rabbit dog, the point iam trying to get across is that if the sire is KC reg and if every thing is above board surly there cant have been a out cross to a whippet recently, although i believe whippet and poodle blood were used many years back in some lines so could still throw the odd smooth pup, i dont believe the smooth pup i,v seen will turn ruff coated in the future, its got too fine a coat. Just a point here before i go, i can remember seeing a pic of some champion raceing whippets from years back, before the war i think, and these whippets were ruff coated , anyone else seen that pic. Poacherkev, youv got a nice looking pup anyway, hope it does you proud in the future mate atb, buster.

Edited June 23, 2013 by buster gonads

[lawrence 657]

can't really argue with anything there Buster, other than to say a kc reg is no guarantee of anything. be interesting to see how your mates pup turns out, might surprise you and go broken. bit of a mute point anyway i suppose as it wont make a button of difference to the pup. sorry for hi jacking your thread Kev, just found it interesting.

[buster gonads 862]

can't really argue with anything there Buster, other than to say a kc reg is no guarantee of anything. be interesting to see how your mates pup turns out, might surprise you and go broken. bit of a mute point anyway i suppose as it wont make a button of difference to the pup. sorry for hi jacking your thread Kev, just found it interesting.

I doubt i,ll see the pup again Lawrence as the lad picked it up this afternoon and i dont know were he,s from, iam also sorry for hi jacking your thred kev but your smooth pup has raised some interesting points, atb lads, buster.

[poacherkev 64]

Don't worry about highjacking my post lads its made some very interesting reading !! All I can do is wait and see what he turns in to as time going on but no matter what he turns out like I just hope he catches them rabbits for me lol I will post some more picks up on here as he gets older

[poacherkev 64]

I,v also been giving this some thought but same as you Lawrence iam not into the genetics thing, but heres my two bobs worth [for what its worth] on the litter iv seen and the sire and dam, as far as i know the sire is a KC reg dog that works, and the dam is a very good Luguna line whippet that is a very good rabbit dog, the point iam trying to get across is that if the sire is KC reg and if every thing is above board surly there cant have been a out cross to a whippet recently, although i believe whippet and poodle blood were used many years back in some lines so could still throw the odd smooth pup, i dont believe the smooth pup i,v seen will turn ruff coated in the future, its got too fine a coat. Just a point here before i go, i can remember seeing a pic of some champion raceing whippets from years back, before the war i think, and these whippets were ruff coated , anyone else seen that pic. Poacherkev, youv got a nice looking pup anyway, hope it does you proud in the future mate atb, buster.

This weeks countrymans weekly has a story about breeding a bed x whippet and the story says you can get a first cross smooth coated pup so it is possible

[Country Joe 1,411]

Dont know to much about Genetics, could be right, but I wouldn't believe everything you read in TCW.

[buster gonads 862]

Can anyone reading this topic remember or better still put a link up to the broken coated raceing whippets i mentioned, iam sure the pic was put up on here [THL] but cant find it. Joe,s right about TCW, articles are just peoples opinions be them right or wrong, atb, buster.

[Country Joe 1,411]

Can anyone reading this topic remember or better still put a link up to the broken coated raceing whippets i mentioned, iam sure the pic was put up on here [THL] but cant find it. Joe,s right about TCW, articles are just peoples opinions be them right or wrong, atb, buster.

I cant remember where Buster, but i too can remember seeing the old photos of rough coated Whippets.

im sure it was Miners who had them?

[Country Joe 1,411]

 

Here you go Kev an old photo of a Whippet not smooth coated.

i bet that could knock a rabbit over.

Edited June 25, 2013 by Country Joe

[poacherkev 64]

 

Here you go Kev an old photo of a Whippet not smooth coated.

i bet that could knock a rabbit over.

now that does look a smart dog and as you say i bet he earned his keep back in the day

[buster gonads 862]

Joe, thats not a photo i,v seen before, the ones iv seen showed the ruff coat up better as they were closer up, got some leg on it though joe, bet that could shift . I had a couple of mates at the pit i worked at that used to race whippets at the weekends, they used to have british champions too at different weights, i remember a message coming down the pit one night off one of the lads wifes to say his whippet due to race in the british champs the next day had knocked the lid off the chip pan on the pantry floor and scoffed all the lard in it it was twice the wieght it should have been, first time i ever saw a face worker cry , needless to say we were all pissing our selves, atb, buster.