collie/whippet.....opinions please

[woz 260]

iv got a border collie dog...he's very fine boned,stamina like iv never seen and very obediant.is born and raised on a farm.he dosnt show any of the maddnes that you usally see with this breed.and a keen ratter..i want to put him over a whippit to produce a rabbiting dog mainly for lamping...what do youy think????

[moter poacher 2]

its your choice mate,i owned a collie whippet,it was one of the best rabbiting dogs i had plus it was always game for anything else

[Hob&Jill 258]

I would have thought you would get a more allround and useful critter if it was put to a greyhound, or a greyhoundxwhippet.

[whippetmike 3]

sounds a good dog you got there .good cross one i like myself collie/whippet very game. goodluck

[woz 260]

with all the books iv read i am absolutly sure this collie is made from the right stuff to turn out some good lurchers..he isnt very big though..think i will need plenty of paving slabs and a miricle to get him high enough to bread with a grey hound....

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Hers a pic of my collie/whippet/greyx.

[whippetmike 3]

nice dog there irish how talls he?

[earth&hounds 94]

with all the books iv read i am absolutly sure this collie is made from the right stuff to turn out some good lurchers..he isnt very big though..think i will need plenty of paving slabs and a miricle to get him high enough to bread with a grey hound....

stand him on the slads mate soon do the job put him to a first cross whippet greyhound and i will try a pup off ya

[SkeetChamp 0]

My mate has got a collie x whippet and it is a [bANNED TEXT] dog for rabbiting and runs well and has a really good level of stamina it can go all night so a collie x whippet is a good dog 2 have

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

nice dog there irish how talls he?

 

 

22 THS.

 

Nine months old and showing guts.

[woz 260]

iv just measured the collie and he is 21 inches to the shoulder.i really want to use a whippit for this cross.......where do i get a good working whippit from???........

[whippetmike 3]

you got to keep looking bro hopefuly someone can point you in the right direction

[whippetmike 3]

axeoil he`s got the dog he`s lookin 4 a bitch

[c2c 0]

Hers a pic of my collie/whippet/greyx.

that realy is a fine dog you have got yourself there

[Neal 1,873]

Of the collie/whippets that I've known, I'd say (in my humble opinion), that they can either be brilliant or dreadful. I had one once who was amazingly obedient but was unfortunately the most sensitive dog I've ever owned. Incidentally, she was sired by one of Hancock's collies called Tory (Richard Jones x Katie) out of a racing whippet. If my memory serves me well the dam was approximately 3/4 whippet 1/4 greyhound, going back to Blue Peter etc. Must admit she was probably not the best pick of the litter as she was already very nervous as a pup. She used to literally climb up trees in order to get to squirrels and had a great nose but her feet were dreadful and she was often "off sick." I knew a farmer when I lived in Cumbria who had several tiny collies, almost as small as Shelties which would have been good collie x whippet dams. I've met a few others too which had good reputations as rabbiters.