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Heart boy. It's all about the heart best dog was twenty inches a little jet could turn on a 50 cent coin

Once went on a organised coursing day at March in Cambridge . Ten men and twenty dogs and I was running a 20" whippet bred bitch, Cloe' As I walked onto the land a well known coursing man who was putt

From the few I have seen myself they lack height for many tasks such as lamping, going unsighted is the main problem. However I am no fan of huge whippets and believe they should be around 20-21 tts.

Alrite lads ,and maybe only the whippet lads can really answer this ,for a good lamping and ferreting whippet,would they need to be over the 20" mark.surely a more leggy whippet would cover ground faster?.

well I had 20in 20lb none ped whippet bitch was great on rabbits , she caught quick in the day night. you got to be sensible with them , there not 24in 50lb lurchers use them to there strengths and you get good bag of rabbits with them :yes: and regards size big or small , got a big dog 28in picks rabbits easy ,you carnt always judge a book by it cover as they say :yes:

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My old mans mate had a dog, he said it was about 18" tiny little dog and used to catch hares ! Reckons it used to make his and his mates dogs 23" plus look daft !! My mates got a 1/4 beddy 3/4 whippet now...fast ! You wouldn't believe, but it yaps and hunts up everytime! You think his mrs will let him get rid !??

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Once went on a organised coursing day at March in Cambridge . Ten men and twenty dogs and I was running a 20" whippet bred bitch, Cloe' As I walked onto the land a well known coursing man who was putting the day on says " hey kid! We're not rabbiting today!" lol lol lol

I had the last laugh, 4/5 her fourth was in desperate trouble before going to ground and that was by no means a one off. Covered the ground just fine ;-)

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birds pretty much summed it up i reckon. anything the dog does other than rabbits just class as a bonus. one of the best runs i ever seen was a 17 and 19 inch whippet on a good strong winter hare. the run seemed to go on for ever. it was at the point the hare deserved to live but on the other hand those two little whippets had more than earnt the right to catch it. in the end the hare lost but what a fecking run.

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From the few I have seen myself they lack height for many tasks such as lamping, going unsighted is the main problem.

However I am no fan of huge whippets and believe they should be around 20-21 tts. Otherwise they become bastardised greyhounds and quite frankly you might as well get a Lurcher if you need a big whippet. It's sad but many so called working whippets are getting bigger.

It's like the show folk exaggerating something so it wins more but in this case it's working folk exaggerating something so it catches more lol oh the irony lol

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Why ever someone wants a large whippet I'll never know. The only advantage of greater height is when the dog looks down the beam. What you gain in one hand you lose in the other.

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TBH I can't see a 20" dog doing what I need, but as for rabbits and the odd hare should be fine :yes:

 

Frankly a 20" dog is gonna struggle to pull a large deer (unless there's Beddy blood in there, naturally :laugh: )

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