jeemes 4,483 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 2 hours ago, fred90 said: I do like that , is it three quarter bred? or line bred? She was actually line bred half cross. She was really good at catching on the lamp, and great when rabbit numbers were about. 3 Quote Link to post
jeemes 4,483 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 6 hours ago, chartpolski said: I’ve never fancied a bull/whippet, or a bull/greyhound for that matter, nothing at all wrong with them and I’ve seen some very good ‘uns, they’re just not my type of dogs. Of course, bull terrier featured in the creation of the “non-ped whippet “ many years ago, supposedly to give the whippet a bit more “fire”. The bull genes must have been very strong as there are still “bully” types in the odd litter even today, around 100 years later. There was regular “bully” types thrown back in the 60’s. One thing about bull/whippets; they always seem to look “nice”, which , of course, has nothing to do with working ability. Theres plenty of crosses to choose from in the lurcher game, and whatever you choose, good luck ! Cheers. Not sure how old this photo is but I think you can see a bit of Bully influence in these litte Whippets. I agree with you they are a pleasure to look at and although its nothing to do with ability it is part of the pleasure of keeping dogs. Nothing worse than ugly hounds but then beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 3 Quote Link to post
fred90 3,210 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 19 minutes ago, jeemes said: Not sure how old this photo is but I think you can see a bit of Bully influence in these litte Whippets. I agree with you they are a pleasure to look at and although its nothing to do with ability it is part of the pleasure of keeping dogs. Nothing worse than ugly hounds but then beauty is in the eye of the beholder. mines a working bred ped whippet, kc reg. I sometimes see a slight bit of bull around the eyes in her. unless it's just me I don't know. 1 Quote Link to post
jeemes 4,483 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 5 hours ago, chartpolski said: Cheers. Thats better 1 Quote Link to post
Jude 85 Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 Seen a couple and they are cracking little dogs, but I always think to whoever is going to breeding a litter why not just use a greyhound instead, will get bigger stronger more cable dogs. horses for courses I suppose and depending what they were going to be used for. The ones I’ve seen were spot on rapid of the mark and could turn well but couldn’t help thinking if was just was a few inches bigger and ten or more pounds heavier could have made things a lot easier 6 Quote Link to post
Hunting man12 0 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 On 12/06/2023 at 13:55, ijf said: There is a man from Cork on here that has bull whippets, look like good dogs. I owned one of them he was a weird mix he had the body of a whippet but the head of a bull Quote Link to post
Black neck 15,900 Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 19 hours ago, Hunting man12 said: I owned one of them he was a weird mix he had the body of a whippet but the head of a bull Well u certainly dunt want it tother way round be like hanging out the window wi a bowsaw Quote Link to post
bird 9,872 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 21 hours ago, Black neck said: Well u certainly dunt want it tother way round be like hanging out the window wi a bowsaw Why not, say a pit x whippets x grey. You still get enough leg 24-25 in say 60lb, that size take any quarry in the UK. I've had 3 pit x greys, zll OK dogs, 1st 1/4 pit x 3/4 grey bred by Joe Smith in brummie, plenty of speed not bad agility, OK wind get on to Charlie's no prob, the other 2, we're 3/8 pit 5/8 grey, strong, OK agile, and wind all made 26in 75 -77lb, none had the stamina, pace, of my old 1x gsd grey Buck he do Charlie's and bring them back to me lol. Know always thought maybe a grew = whippets x grey would give better wind, agility, pace, than a straight put x grey, I know lads x bulldog back to saluki grey for thus very reason, ive seen couple over the years good dogs, but got to make sure you keep enough bulldog in the mix. Know still think the bulldog x whippets grey make a good lurcher deff, that's what I try to go for if wanted a good bullx lurcher. Quote Link to post
bird 9,872 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 6 minutes ago, bird said: Why not, say a pit x whippets x grey. You still get enough leg 24-25 in say 60lb, that size take any quarry in the UK. I've had 3 pit x greys, zll OK dogs, 1st 1/4 pit x 3/4 grey bred by Joe Smith in brummie, plenty of speed not bad agility, OK wind get on to Charlie's no prob, the other 2, we're 3/8 pit 5/8 grey, strong, OK agile, and wind all made 26in 75 -77lb, none had the stamina, pace, of my old 1x gsd grey Buck he do Charlie's and bring them back to me lol. Know always thought maybe a grew = whippets x grey would give better wind, agility, pace, than a straight put x grey, I know lads x bulldog back to saluki grey for thus very reason, ive seen couple over the years good dogs, but got to make sure you keep enough bulldog in the mix. Know still think the bulldog x whippets grey make a good lurcher deff, that's what I try to go for if wanted a good bullx lurcher. The none ped whippets are make ok. Make males 23in, but ifyou wanted the taller type dog,, prob as said the grew,= whippet x greyhound prob give bit more leg, . Quote Link to post
Black neck 15,900 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 5 hours ago, bird said: The none ped whippets are make ok. Make males 23in, but ifyou wanted the taller type dog,, prob as said the grew,= whippet x greyhound prob give bit more leg, . Well he said it had a whippet body wi a bull head so I'm thinking a bull body wi a whippet head perhaps wunt be what is required ray that's all mate 1 Quote Link to post
Sully. 380 Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 On 16/08/2024 at 18:03, Hunting man12 said: I owned one of them he was a weird mix he had the body of a whippet but the head of a bull You owned one from that litter? I bred down off the two I had and added greyhound into the line. I now have bull whippet greyhounds. I think it made all the difference with the breeding that litter had. They were serious little dogs with serious peds but did just lack the top gear. 1 Quote Link to post
Sully. 380 Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 On 16/08/2024 at 18:03, Hunting man12 said: I owned one of them he was a weird mix he had the body of a whippet but the head of a bull Are you sure it was from that litter? I know where all of the pups that came this side are. What colour was your dog? Quote Link to post
BULL 96 Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 Son got a bull whip for ferreting 5/8 - 3/8 purely as most of the whips I had seen wouldn’t go in hedges and some refused to run rough ground just wanted something bit more robust . coming along ok but was the slowest starter I had ever seen , took so long for the penny to drop she’s about 21 tts 2 years old hopefully this will be her season Quote Link to post
mC HULL 12,438 Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 37 minutes ago, BULL said: Son got a bull whip for ferreting 5/8 - 3/8 purely as most of the whips I had seen wouldn’t go in hedges and some refused to run rough ground just wanted something bit more robust . coming along ok but was the slowest starter I had ever seen , took so long for the penny to drop she’s about 21 tts 2 years old hopefully this will be her season i always found whippets to be good hitting cover killing around it 2 Quote Link to post
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