the best dog for me?

[Guest Taffybull]

for what your looking for mate, id say thers no need be to look futher than ither a beddy whippet or collie grey.

 

ATB and hope you find the right one for you

 

Taff

[mush 204]

in my little humble opinion - you can get a 20" beddy whippet, which will ferret for fun all day, and take a few by night...... a 26" saluki grey whippet will do the same job & more WHEN you get more intrested in other quarry.

 

as i say, just my opinion, but hey, im prejudice i like my dogs standing at about 26" with a good deal of power

 

edited to add - i have seen in action a beddy whippet great ferreter, good on the lamp, fox & roe pre ban, but she wouldnt do it all night

As Rabbithunter says better to have a bigger dog that as your interest grows will still be able to do what ever job comes along , anything from 24 to 26 will do well, and a lot of the time better than the smaller types even with the small fields we have.

[jonathan 0]

that is a load of rubbish, the lad says he wont's a dog for ferreting so i would say bedlington blood because they got a good nose high prey drive and will ferret all day long. Also a beddyx will catch you loads of rabbits on the lamp and even foxes. my two or 3/4 bedlington 1/4 greyhound and they stand at 20 inch they are best at ferreting but catch will on the lamp because they turn fast and trust me they fly in to foxes before the ban. a whippet is a good dog to but i think there to weak to be out all the time. not had a lot to do with the collie x but i would say they would be good because my collie can ferret,

[Guest greengrass123]

People always think that beddys are crossed with whippets for their coats, truth is a beddy has a fantastic nose and make excellent ferreting dogs, and some are as hard as hell. As for that saluki cross youre contemplating ive got a saluki whippet and there great at rabbiting be it ferreting or lamping. Adding beddy blood to that mix should make for some cracking dogs, anyway good luck.

[mush 204]

ferrets read my post again i said ''as his interest grows'' I started off wanting a dog to take out with my ferrets most get more into the lurcher side and a small dogs not the tool you end up needing. don't see to many bedlington lurcher round here to head strong for their own good.

[Guest lurcherboy2008]

what about a bedlington greyhound? a nice 1 of them breeds anything from 24 tts to 26 youll be very happy if you got the time for them, dont rush it and theyll make excellent ferreting and lampind dogs, speed, excellent noses, with the greyhound it can put a bit of heighth on it too rather than a beddy wippet, its entirely upto you but them beddy x's have alot of guts its unbeliavable

[jonathan 0]

ferrets read my post again i said ''as his interest grows'' I started off wanting a dog to take out with my ferrets most get more into the lurcher side and a small dogs not the tool you end up needing. don't see to many bedlington lurcher round here to head strong for their own good.

 

For ferreting you cant beat a bedlington x or a whippet. you have a tool for the right job and a little dog around 20 inch is what i would say for ferreting. unless its out in the middle of the fields then a big dog will be better.

 

And if he wont's a all round dog i would say beddy grey or collie x which will make 22 or bigger.

 

Anyway mush i no what you mean and everyones has different opinions.

And i no what you mean by beddy are head strong because they don't no when to stop. Also they hunt with you not for you