whippet

[fred90 3,257]

just a update on young whippet, 22 months now, not a big bitch 19tts and 23 pounds. catching quite regularly, rabbit, squirrels, mice etc. marking and hunting up spot on, try her lamping in September. a few setbacks, stitches in chest and had leg stapled, but she's very committed, overall really happy with first whippet. 

[Bakerboy 4,736]

Nice wee bitch

[Chaff 3,622]

Has she been out on the lamp yet fred90?

[fred90 3,257]

6 minutes ago, Chaff said:

Has she been out on the lamp yet fred90?

not yet mate, ground here way too hard at moment. 

[Chaff 3,622]

6 minutes ago, fred90 said:

not yet mate, ground here way too hard at moment. 

Looking forward to seeing how she does on the lamp, if I remember some of your posts she was a squirrel assassin and was climbing trees in order to get them.

Or I have you mixed up with someone else of here.

 

Did she hit wire mate ?

 

[paulus 26]

Looks well proportioned and well balanced, I don't know if yours is the same but the one i had was two different dogs, At home i only had to look at her the wrong way and she winged like a cnut but out in the field i could grab her by the scruff and chuck her over an hedge without so much as a whimper Lol

[fred90 3,257]

2 minutes ago, Chaff said:

Looking forward to seeing how she does on the lamp, if I remember some of your posts she was a squirrel assassin and was climbing trees in order to get them.

Or I have you mixed up with someone else of here.

 

Did she hit wire mate ?

 

Yes the leg injury was wire running a roe deer, try as I can I can't seem to break her to deer. 

[fred90 3,257]

6 minutes ago, paulus said:

Looks well proportioned and well balanced, I don't know if yours is the same but the one i had was two different dogs, At home i only had to look at her the wrong way and she winged like a cnut but out in the field i could grab her by the scruff and chuck her over an hedge without so much as a whimper Lol

she never seems to yelp or whine even when hurt, had dogs that scream like they have been shot and only trod on their toe. 

Edited September 13, 2023 by fred90

[paulus 26]

2 minutes ago, fred90 said:

she never seems to yelp or whine even when hurt, had dogs that scream like they have been shot and only trod on their toe. 

She never seemed bothered when injured. i can remember taking her the vets with a tear in the shoulder that need stitching after she ran into an old tin sheet whilst ferreting some rough ground next to a deer pen, The vet an old Chinese lady wanted to give her anaesthetic injections prior to stitching her up, I disagreed, after a couple of minutes of arguing she agreed to try it without anaesthetic, she stood on that table whilst the vet put a dozen stitches in, without making a single sound. 

[Chaff 3,622]

5 minutes ago, fred90 said:

Yes the leg injury was wire running a roe deer, try as I can I can't seem to break her to deer. 

I could never stop my old lurcher once the red mist came down, did she bark while chasing?

Sorry for all the questions mate but I'm heading the same way not pure whippet but a lot of whippet blood in the mix so to speak.

[fred90 3,257]

13 minutes ago, Chaff said:

I could never stop my old lurcher once the red mist came down, did she bark while chasing?

Sorry for all the questions mate but I'm heading the same way not pure whippet but a lot of whippet blood in the mix so to speak.

no worries, no she doesn't yap, I have had beddywhippets some have yipped others haven't, it's pot luck in my opinion. seen a couple of litters recently, just a eighth beddy, I liked the look and would have had one if I was looking. 

[Chaff 3,622]

1 minute ago, fred90 said:

no worries, no she doesn't yap, I have had beddywhippets some have yipped others haven't, it's pot luck in my opinion. seen a couple of litters recently, just a eighth beddy, I liked the look and would have had one if I was looking. 

So 2 1/8ths could produce a yapper do you think it comes from the beddy, I thought it was a nervous thing when on larger quarry.

Cheers 

[fred90 3,257]

2 minutes ago, Chaff said:

So 2 1/8ths could produce a yapper do you think it comes from the beddy, I thought it was a nervous thing when on larger quarry.

Cheers 

every one has opinion on yapping, it can be caused by entering too young, overmatching, frustration etc, my own opinion is even after careful entering they can still yap, I believe some do some don't it's that simple, luck of the draw 

[Chaff 3,622]

Thanks Fred, and good luck with the lamping, I need to pick myself up another lamp but I'm not a fan of these led ones.