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Il start.. 2 year old. Bred from worker to worker, mostly ferreting, lamping mooching dogs, 21" pics have been put up before.

My whippets. Dam and son                  

Hopefully these few old pictures and some of recollections from my early teens (the late 1950’s and early 1960’s) may be of some interest. They’re all old style “rag whippets” and pre date the require

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5 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

It's more sporting, which is what it's all about. I think they are as game if not more so than other sighthounds as well.

I've said that often over the years mate.

If you could get a 25-26 inch pure whippet, you wouldn't need any other dog for hunting.

Most of them will tackle anything, even the 19-20 inch whippets.

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26 minutes ago, shaaark said:

I've said that often over the years mate.

If you could get a 25-26 inch pure whippet, you wouldn't need any other dog for hunting.

Most of them will tackle anything, even the 19-20 inch whippets.

When I was a kid I saw my aunties spoilt house pet whippet beat the shit out of and drive away a Ridgeback that was attacking my auntie. That's when I got hooked on the little dogs I had thought were shivering wimps.

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25 minutes ago, shaaark said:

But she could run away A LOT FASTER!!  Lol 😄 👍

Lol, she sure could but that bitch never backed down to anything. She hated the other dogs fighting seriously and would fly in between the Russells and even the bulldogs and had scars from it. All the other dogs loved and respected her.

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