Ideal Whippet?

[brenner 773]

Collie x. He was a picture of an animal and he did have his good points. He had great nose good top end. Well able to take a knock and was just starting out his career as a fox dog which was going well. But rabbit dog he was not

[Rellik 6]

Whippets are the master of rabbiting dogs if you have a good one witch I do I have ran my little fella several nights and plenty of days with lurches and never let me down he's speed and turning capability recall spoting squatting And he's game and jumping capability is remarkable has put many good working lurches under savage pressure I understand some are better than others but that's the same in every breed and down to the training time and rearing of the pup in my eyes

[artic 595]

Brenner nice dog there. I experienced the same from my old collie/Grey many moons ago. The last bolted hole would be eyed on, she was a shivering wreck expecting another bolt from that same hole, whilst the other rabbits were waving goodbye to her with their escape.

 

Having said that, she wasn't a bad dog, good retriever, steady, great feet, and calm around the long nets, pinning and moving on. However useless on fox, she would grab that brush and receive unnecessary bites but she would never let go until I despatched it. I tried to avoid them with her like the plague as she couldn't master dispatching them herself, more importantly just too cruel for each other.

Edited April 14, 2016 by artic

[brenner 773]

Whippets are the master of rabbiting dogs if you have a good one witch I do I have ran my little fella several nights and plenty of days with lurches and never let me down he's speed and turning capability recall spoting squatting And he's game and jumping capability is remarkable has put many good working lurches under savage pressure I understand some are better than others but that's the same in every breed and down to the training time and rearing of the pup in my eyes

howye relik. Can I ask is your whippet from any particular lines... Racing, coursing, working, non ped?

[Rellik 6]

He's a non pedigree 21 inches from strong working stock no real line breeding just from generations of good working whippets he's the in the post my friend jig saw put him up cause I didn't know how to do it

[Dan McDonough 560]

How many have seen a Whippet in the flesh work? There's going to be good and bad..

 

Mine is a fraction under 21tts, this midget has a nose on him like a springer, enters all types of cover put In front of him. No yapping, no shivering and a beautiful retriever to the hand. I will add that no retrieving training was given to him. He's steady, nimble and sharp with a take off that is always a joy to watch. Without a doubt the first 150yrds is owned by a whippet. They can put most dogs to shame when it comes to turning its quarry.

 

Great little dogs that can, and will pack a punch, they will work for you all day in any cover taking minimal injuries always trying to please.

That's the one I had to a tee. I sold him because he couldn't be kept outside during our winters and the snow was to deep thenfor him to work all of the way through the year. I think about that dog every day but he's out studding in Las Vegas now. He is one of the greatest dogs I've had.

 

He's the one pictured in my avatar.

Edited April 14, 2016 by Dan McDonough

[jigsaw 11,863]

 

 

 

 

 

heres another few photos of Relliks crew,,whippets galore

[keepitcovert 842]

Makes me laugh some of the comments on here, my whippet has shown a few of my mates dogs up, when ferreting, great short distance sprinters, and on the ground i run that is what you need, 30 yarders as we called them, horses for courses. As for shivering wrecks ever seen a good one work, i mean a dog off working lines not a KC lapdog you may get a surprise, or are you one of these ruffty tuffty hard cases that has to be seen with a dog that fits your ego..

[NEWKID 27,151]

Some will know I had a whippet a while ago, I had some cracking nights out and proved that wee whippets can and will do things that ain't expected of them. Had a couple more than a few big bags a bunnies and put many a Lurchers to shame lol lots on here seen her run, I'm really tempted to let my son have one for his first dog rather than a lurcher, as I believe they are perfect for getting folk into the dog mode, he more into daytime tho I think so maybe a whippet a had choice.. I slate em, but I really like whippets, I just don't like admitting it lol

My first dog of my own was a whippet ( well may have had something else in there but basically a whippet), was 7 or so when I got him, called him Haglar after marvellous Marvin, went everywhere with me, got a real soft spot for whippets.

[brenner 773]

I'm sure these pics have been put up before but for the people who have the image of a shivering, nervous little reck in their mind.....

[shaaark 10,746]

Some will know I had a whippet a while ago, I had some cracking nights out and proved that wee whippets can and will do things that ain't expected of them. Had a couple more than a few big bags a bunnies and put many a Lurchers to shame lol lots on here seen her run, I'm really tempted to let my son have one for his first dog rather than a lurcher, as I believe they are perfect for getting folk into the dog mode, he more into daytime tho I think so maybe a whippet a had choice.. I slate em, but I really like whippets, I just don't like admitting it lol

 

 

Makes me laugh some of the comments on here, my whippet has shown a few of my mates dogs up, when ferreting, great short distance sprinters, and on the ground i run that is what you need, 30 yarders as we called them, horses for courses. As for shivering wrecks ever seen a good one work, i mean a dog off working lines not a KC lapdog you may get a surprise, or are you one of these ruffty tuffty hard cases that has to be seen with a dog that fits your ego..

 

 

 

Some will know I had a whippet a while ago, I had some cracking nights out and proved that wee whippets can and will do things that ain't expected of them. Had a couple more than a few big bags a bunnies and put many a Lurchers to shame lol lots on here seen her run, I'm really tempted to let my son have one for his first dog rather than a lurcher, as I believe they are perfect for getting folk into the dog mode, he more into daytime tho I think so maybe a whippet a had choice.. I slate em, but I really like whippets, I just don't like admitting it lol

My first dog of my own was a whippet ( well may have had something else in there but basically a whippet), was 7 or so when I got him, called him Haglar after marvellous Marvin, went everywhere with me, got a real soft spot for whippets.

 

 

 

I'm sure these pics have been put up before but for the people who have the image of a shivering, nervous little reck in their mind.....

To reply to the above posts; I think this is the case with many lads on here, they believe that they need 'a machine' etc etc, or 'the best' type/cross, when in reality a whippet would more than cover alot of their hunting needs.

W, Katchum, I knew you were really a secret whippet admirer lol

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Shaaark said,.."I think this is the case with many lads on here, they believe that they need 'a machine' etc etc, or 'the best' type/cross, when in reality a whippet would more than cover alot of their hunting needs".

 

 

 

 

 

There is a fair amount of truth in that statement..

Edited April 14, 2016 by Phil Lloyd

[socks 32,253]

I'm sure these pics have been put up before but for the people who have the image of a shivering, nervous little reck in their mind.....

I bet it wouldn't look so comfy on top of a fell in December or stood on Salisbury plain with a north easterly gale blowing in winter lol ......

[brenner 773]

 

I'm sure these pics have been put up before but for the people who have the image of a shivering, nervous little reck in their mind.....

I bet it wouldn't look so comfy on top of a fell in December or stood on Salisbury plain with a north easterly gale blowing in winter lol ......

lol. They sound like very specific conditions, feel free to add g.p.s coordinates just so I know exactly how to respond. All joking aside. I'm not ever likely to be in that particular surrounding as I live in Ireland but if there is game around, the last thing my whippet is thinking about is cold, and he has been out in all types of weather. For what it's worth though, his parents have earned their keep on the fells. I'm not sure which way the wind is blowing or what fells but they work well regardless. And they are catching more then bunnies but it's not my place to put pics on the net that are sent to me

[brenner 773]

Come to think of it. The first pic that I put up, I was on the side of a mountain, as I remember it, I was freezing my balls off. But like I said, if there is game about. Cold doesn't come into it.in fairness I'm sure they feel the cold more than a dog with more meat and coat, but you have to remember. When bred worker x worker all the way.. Does a well bred terrier feel the stick being dished out by the fox or is he more concerned with the job at hand? Honest question...