Lets See Them Whippets, Coarsing, Racing, Working

[jon15 14]

6 hours ago, fred90 said:

do you lamp her or just daytime ferreting? is she Mike brown bred? 

99% lamping. No mike brown stuff.

[fred90 3,198]

8 hours ago, jon15 said:

99% lamping. No mike brown stuff.

she's a cracker mate, nice size I like her. 

[Stephen unwin. 255]

16 hours ago, shaaark said:

Agree with that, most whippet/greyhounds will be a bit more versatile. But just for short range rabbits, pure whippets take some beating

Whippet greyhounds have been the best dogs I've ever seen for poaching old pus 

[tatsblisters 9,404]

16 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

The few non peds(grews) I’ve saw graft an we grew up with them an called them top a the ground dogs as they jus skimmed over the wettest a plough where the heavier collie crosses we had at same time sank an made a meal of it, anyways them grews, couldn’t hack the work load, fine for a bit here an there but seemed to lose condition, a bit like some the 3/4 greys we had, work them hard an they looked shabby an lost a yard in pace, full whippets seemed to be ready to go again after a night next to cooker or fire don’t know what it is about them wee dogs but if they land ain’t too rough on them then they pretty much condition themselves an keep it, an can keep at it( as long as you don’t treat em like lurchers )

One of the reasons I reckon a lot of miners kept these small pure whippets back in the day an easey dog to live with and could always guarantee a rabbit for the pot and a bit of sport racing on a Sunday morning behind the miners welfare. Remember an older mate picking a whippet pup up from a miner at one of these meets for ten bob back in the mid 70s that turned out to be the best ten bob ever spent.

[Black neck 15,839]

17 minutes ago, Stephen unwin. said:

Whippet greyhounds have been the best dogs I've ever seen for poaching old pus 

Is that cos no one can see them running 

[billhardy 2,342]

3 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

One of the reasons I reckon a lot of miners kept these small pure whippets back in the day an easey dog to live with and could always guarantee a rabbit for the pot and a bit of sport racing on a Sunday morning behind the miners welfare. Remember an older mate picking a whippet pup up from a miner at one of these meets for ten bob back in the mid 70s that turned out to be the best ten bob ever spent.

The pure whippets were few and far between mostly all xs bred but a whippet that conforms to a whippets a whippekc I would consider were thin on the ground in the miners and industry workers households  best I seen was a fiver around that time he was around a quarter kc bred the rest of him non ped but a whippet all said and DONE ATB BILL

[Stephen unwin. 255]

12 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Is that cos no one can see them running 

They just seemed to get job done n dusted D mop em up merchants. On kill n off if thanoz worra mean

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8 minutes ago, Stephen unwin. said:

They just seemed to get job done n dusted D mop em up merchants. On kill n off if thanoz worra mean

I know what you mean squire love the grews I do 

[green lurchers 16,530]

Edited June 14, 2019 by green lurchers

[green lurchers 16,530]

Keepers racers 

 

Edited June 14, 2019 by green lurchers

[green lurchers 16,530]

Racer 17 half  and Laguna bred 17 

[two crows 3,342]

On ‎13‎/‎06‎/‎2019 at 11:05, Stephen unwin. said:

Whippet greyhounds have been the best dogs I've ever seen for poaching old pus 

ya cant beat a bit of old puss poached or otherwise lol.

[green lurchers 16,530]

Worker lotk two racer facers 

Edited June 14, 2019 by green lurchers

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7 minutes ago, two crows said:

ya cant beat a bit of old puss poached or otherwise lol.

Bit like women  and fishing if it’s too easy it’s no big shake if it’s a long chase   Or harder to catch it’s more desirable and  a better sense of achievement   

Edited June 14, 2019 by green lurchers

[Black neck 15,839]

7 minutes ago, two crows said:

ya cant beat a bit of old puss poached or otherwise lol.

Have to mek do wi old puss once you get our age mate