Lamping With Whippets? Advice

[jack12 0]

Pros and cons?

 

Are they easy to train as this would be my first dog?

[pip1968 2,490]

they will do the job but their are better xs for the job,and you will probably end up with more injurys with a whippet

[nothernlite 18,089]

mike browns whippets seem to be stronger and a bit more hardy than usual whippets you said it was flat ground you were lamping

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

Plenty folk lamping with whippets ..great dogs for all types of rabbiting.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

small, easy to keep, easy to train, easy to live with, easy to get working, easy to condition, catch plenty of bunnys on lamp and ferreting if you pick or have access to decent land...

 

too small, easy to break, easy to over run, easy to overmatch, if its a first dog it will teach you a lot but most lurcher men that get the bug will want summat bigger and more capable of more nights out per week or have option for other jobs....

 

i had a whippet bitch that regular took bags of high 20s bunnys regular, but more than 2 nights a week lamping and ferreting a few mornings and she just lost condition..

[gnipper 6,522]

Pro's, quick and able to turn well, nice temperament and handy size for round the house . Con's, some don't like the wet, can potentially open up, tear easy, might end up too small.

[Sirius 1,391]

Most entertaining dog I have seen lamping was a whippet, superb to watch. But won't handle it like a larger more robust Lurcher IMO. The size and skin are a draw back for me and the terrier like attitude some have.

Edited January 23, 2014 by Sirius

[rob284 1,682]

Mine has never been injured mate but i agree, they dont like the wet

[Ideation 8,216]

Mine runs better than some lurchers, not as well as others. But my biggest problem is that his drive is very very high, and his frame cannot handle that so well. . . .

 

So he's one hell of an exciting dog to watch run . . . . until he smashes through / into something and gets hurt.

 

Also I think a dog under 22 / 23 " tts isn't ideal for lamping, at least not where I do. My lad is 22", and I don't think he'd do half as well if he was 18". But maybe I'm wrong.

[iworkwhippets 12,657]

wet doesnt bother her, and shes never opened up once after her quarry, worked every day, skin tears , yes but nowt i cant handle

[iworkwhippets 12,657]

[THLpatrick 555]

mate runs a saluki x whippet, nice rabbiting dog and the bigger bunnies

[Ideation 8,216]

Now a lot is said about whippets, and plenty know how much sport I enjoy with mine.

 

I agree Keith that the wet and cold doesn't bother the dog.

 

But they definataly have a finer structure, which leads to injuries when lamping.

 

This doesn't really show itself in the day, but under the excitable cut and thrust conditions of the dazzler, especially in the small fields, paddocks and scrubby bits that the small fast dog are ideally suited to. . . . it leads to problems at night.

 

My dog is only 4 and he has a scar on just about every part of his body, missing teeth, he's been stitched and stapled up more times than I'd care to list, and has banged himself to bits. . . he still keeps running. . . . but if I was looking for a dog just to lamp. . . . I'd get a lurcher.

[iworkwhippets 12,657]

My appologies, your question was lamping with whippets, i dont lamp mine pal, i love my daytime work to much,

Jai, of course the are of a finer structure, so i suppose for lamp work, a lurcher would be the better choice, now for anyone who reads my posts, i put some stuff in front of my dog, daily, and have done for years, only injuries she has ever gotten, are minor skin tears, she runs any terrain,

[KittleRox 2,147]

as far as mines goes Shite off a shovel exocet missile exciting as feck on the lamp, overall great wee dog for mooching aboot, a great wee character, they do have there downsides though, thin skin and barbed wires a right cxnt,

 

alot would depend how often you are going to be working the dog, if you're out 5 nights a week you'll probably need a more robust animal, I'm not so I'll be having another