Whippets, thickets and working dog classes

[bird 9,864]

Nice post this, suppose  really that's why the beddy x whippet, and the greys came in  

 I did have none ped little whippet bitch 20in 20lb fast racer, and good on rabbits  great little dog. But run over by car , but some of males  down the track in cannock  south staffs,  hit 23in 34 lb, bloke there had few foxes with them.they were strong little  dogs. Feckin mad once there blood was up. Don't know  barb wire  etc, these mad buggers run through edges  anything no brakes   you have your  heart in mouth lamping them  , prob 1/4 beddy x 3/4 none ped whippet  male dog ne spot on. But if you love the old whippet none ped or ped.you put up  with  all the things that go with them .

 

 

[eastcoast 4,110]

On 06/10/2024 at 13:36, Luckee legs said:

These days I just do a bit of ferreting and while our collie x largely avoids trouble apart from the odd foot injury or wire cut , our whippet is always marked after ferreting. Yesterday giving my two oldest ferrets a quick outing, our whippet picked up several nasty cuts on bramble, no wire anywhere. This is not unusual for him as he's very game to the point of reckless / stupidity but it made me think that a working whippet must have scars. and yet at the few shows I go to , most other whippets seem pretty clean. Is my dog just a skin injury magnet or are many working whippets not getting much action? 

Hope there's no hare or fox on the ground. Me being a boring hardinger of doom... just a bit close to a main road. 

[Black neck 15,871]

2 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

Hope there's no hare or fox on the ground. Me being a boring hardinger of doom... just a bit close to a main road. 

U reckon that's close 

[eastcoast 4,110]

12 minutes ago, Black neck said:

U reckon that's close 

I wish I only reckoned Black neck, unfortunately I know. 

[Black neck 15,871]

1 minute ago, eastcoast said:

I wish I only reckoned Black neck, unfortunately I know. 

What do u know  

[eastcoast 4,110]

13 minutes ago, Black neck said:

What do u know  

I was going to try and think of something clever, and get into a silly THL nonsense exchange of words. You almost got me. Did you say your Hail Mary's and make a good Act of Contrition? No matter.

One the 1st lurchers that I seen run got killed when a hare took her across a motorway. She kicked the hare up a few fields way but it was good hare and a good bitch. We were young.

Seen many foxes take hounds down the same route but most were controlled.

Seen a clever rat avoid the easy option of going to ground and run across a usually quiet road just a car was passing and a terrier got hit. 

Like I said, a boring hardbinger of doom, but just from lessons learned. I am very paranoid of traffic where dogs are concerned. 

[Black neck 15,871]

19 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

I was going to try and think of something clever, and get into a silly THL nonsense exchange of words. You almost got me. Did you say your Hail Mary's and make a good Act of Contrition? No matter.

One the 1st lurchers that I seen run got killed when a hare took her across a motorway. She kicked the hare up a few fields way but it was good hare and a good bitch. We were young.

Seen many foxes take hounds down the same route but most were controlled.

Seen a clever rat avoid the easy option of going to ground and run across a usually quiet road just a car was passing and a terrier got hit. 

Like I said, a boring hardbinger of doom, but just from lessons learned. I am very paranoid of traffic where dogs are concerned. 

Unfortunately there not many places where the are no roads about its dodgy I see what your saying surry

[Franks dad 857]

20 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

I was going to try and think of something clever, and get into a silly THL nonsense exchange of words. You almost got me. Did you say your Hail Mary's and make a good Act of Contrition? No matter.

One the 1st lurchers that I seen run got killed when a hare took her across a motorway. She kicked the hare up a few fields way but it was good hare and a good bitch. We were young.

Seen many foxes take hounds down the same route but most were controlled.

Seen a clever rat avoid the easy option of going to ground and run across a usually quiet road just a car was passing and a terrier got hit. 

Like I said, a boring hardbinger of doom, but just from lessons learned. I am very paranoid of traffic where dogs are concerned. 

Don’t blame you …. I’d be the same … 

[Franks dad 857]

Back on topic , my dog has got a jacket so got him one of these … bigger size obviously…. He’d look silly in a chain Mail crop top ffs 

[bird 9,864]

6 minutes ago, Franks dad said:

Back on topic , my dog has got a jacket so got him one of these … bigger size obviously…. He’d look silly in a chain Mail crop top ffs 

Lol

[Aussie Whip 4,091]

7 hours ago, Luckee legs said:

The niggles from working I've seen over the years in our other lurchers, all primarily greyhound bloodlines, like feet and wrist injuries are much less in comparison

I don't know why some people say whippets have bad feet, I've never had a problem with that apart from the odd cut pad or ripped dew claw, as you say different to greyhounds.

[Black neck 15,871]

6 hours ago, Aussie Whip said:

I don't know why some people say whippets have bad feet, I've never had a problem with that apart from the odd cut pad or ripped dew claw, as you say different to greyhounds.

It's the weight difference fack ya

[Penda 3,341]

9 hours ago, eastcoast said:

I was going to try and think of something clever, and get into a silly THL nonsense exchange of words. You almost got me. Did you say your Hail Mary's and make a good Act of Contrition? No matter.

One the 1st lurchers that I seen run got killed when a hare took her across a motorway. She kicked the hare up a few fields way but it was good hare and a good bitch. We were young.

Seen many foxes take hounds down the same route but most were controlled.

Seen a clever rat avoid the easy option of going to ground and run across a usually quiet road just a car was passing and a terrier got hit. 

Like I said, a boring hardbinger of doom, but just from lessons learned. I am very paranoid of traffic where dogs are concerned. 

I've lost a few dogs due to running into roads I lost 2 good dogs in 1 fowl swoop but unless your in the middle of no where your always going to meet a road at some point 

[Aussie Whip 4,091]

1 hour ago, Black neck said:

It's the weight difference fack ya

For sure but as much as I like greyhounds they have probably the shittest feet in dogdom.

[tatsblisters 9,459]

Might just be coincidence but out of the lurchers i have had in the past and have also seen what other's have owned it's nearly always those bred out of greyhounds that's suffered foot and wrist damage. Though a decent bitch i had years ago bred out of a coursing dog called the Beast that she just resembled a strong grew suffered foot damage and had numerous scars mainly from wire and smashing through cover though her litter sister that threw more to the saluki her feet were more sounder.