Pure Whippet

[Guest anonymous]

I thought.... Sooty Sam, Laguna, and Nimrodel were very good working lines?

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You got me there. I just disapprove of the Kennel Club. I think any organisation that encourages father to daughter breeding isn't looking after the welfare of the breed.

[jannymangoes 0]

KC can be a little harder to train but doesn't mean that they won't do the job, just have to try a little harder. With the dogs trying to clime in the jackets well if your soft on any dog it will be soft, i ignore him if he's being overly soft and he just deals with it after a wile. The only prob i have with my whippet is his selective hearing any one els have this problem with there dogs?

[Guest anonymous]

I've had whippets for 20 plus years, lurchers for 30 plus.

You have been out with the wrong whippets, fact if I had a whippet that did as you say then I would not keep it for long.

As for saying avoid KC whippets then that really shows you know nothing some of the best working whippets are KC bred.

14 posts in your first day of joining.

 

What do you mean regarding the 14 posts in my first day? Is there a limit? I'd avoid KC dogs of any breed. I seem to have hit a nerve with you regarding the Kennel Club, you a puppy breeder yourself? Thanks for sharing with me your years of owning dogs, I know some people who have drove all there life, still can't parallel park if there life depended on it!

[luke 2]

i was out the other night lamping with my mate and his

two sixty lb lurchers and me with my little show whippet

both lurchers hobbled off the field my little show dog went

on to kill another five rabbits after hitting a tree flat out

the useliss soft shit

[Sighthound 49]

I've had whippets for 20 plus years, lurchers for 30 plus.

You have been out with the wrong whippets, fact if I had a whippet that did as you say then I would not keep it for long.

As for saying avoid KC whippets then that really shows you know nothing some of the best working whippets are KC bred.

14 posts in your first day of joining.

 

What do you mean regarding the 14 posts in my first day? Is there a limit? I'd avoid KC dogs of any breed. I seem to have hit a nerve with you regarding the Kennel Club, you a puppy breeder yourself? Thanks for sharing with me your years of owning dogs, I know some people who have drove all there life, still can't parallel park if there life depended on it!

 

Can't be arsed.

[barnslyben 74]

I've had whippets for 20 plus years, lurchers for 30 plus.

You have been out with the wrong whippets, fact if I had a whippet that did as you say then I would not keep it for long.

As for saying avoid KC whippets then that really shows you know nothing some of the best working whippets are KC bred.

14 posts in your first day of joining.

 

What do you mean regarding the 14 posts in my first day? Is there a limit? I'd avoid KC dogs of any breed. I seem to have hit a nerve with you regarding the Kennel Club, you a puppy breeder yourself? Thanks for sharing with me your years of owning dogs, I know some people who have drove all there life, still can't parallel park if there life depended on it!

 

Can't be arsed.

oh dear, lets get this back on track,a well bred working whippet is a good allround dog that will have a crack at anything game ,tough,little dogs

fact .

[whip x grey 276]

I've had whippets for 20 plus years, lurchers for 30 plus.

You have been out with the wrong whippets, fact if I had a whippet that did as you say then I would not keep it for long.

As for saying avoid KC whippets then that really shows you know nothing some of the best working whippets are KC bred.

14 posts in your first day of joining.

 

What do you mean regarding the 14 posts in my first day? Is there a limit? I'd avoid KC dogs of any breed. I seem to have hit a nerve with you regarding the Kennel Club, you a puppy breeder yourself? Thanks for sharing with me your years of owning dogs, I know some people who have drove all there life, still can't parallel park if there life depended on it!

 

Can't be arsed.

oh dear, lets get this back on track,a well bred working whippet is a good allround dog that will have a crack at anything game ,tough,little dogs

fact .

 

 

i agree whippet are great dog,s,,,,,i only own b.w.r.a whippets for racing mainly,,,,in winter i hunt them mainly in daylight,,,,,but whippets make great pets and will hunt anything u send them on,,,,,,( my old 36lb whippet used to take fully grown roe deer with ease )

 

i also hear alot ,,they have no stamina,,,,,well we go to greyhound track,s in winter with ours,,,and we trail them after one trail we give them there 2nd,,,and somtimes greyhound men say from time to time u trailing them again ?????, ,( as they normally only give there greyhound one run)

,,,but b.w.r.a whippets at bend open,s have to race 4/5 times at 110% speed to win in same day at 300yrd plus tracks,,,,in a short space of time

 

pedigree tracks are much the same in straight racing,,,not as fast as b.w.r.a whippets but on straight racing have to run 200yrd always giving everything they have 4/5 times in short space of time,between race,s

[whin 463]

had whippet greyhounds got one good dog but not for a busy scedule and not for shitty weather and big runs ,but if you only go out once a week or two or three times a week for an our walked up theyll do , i wouldnt get one as my main hunting tooll thinn skinned, stoppers can be aproblem ,not got the constituition of a good saluk lurcher or well bred colli lurcher , and as for racing not my scene , and thye dont have along working life got colli crosses here real ones and saluks who are sound in feet after five seasons and no grew would do that but if your wanting a wee dog to have a bit fun , there fine but if like me hunt alot on any type of ground in all weathers on all qaurry forget it , i hunt stubbles big land and they are fine but i would need a few to last a winter bettween injuries and sores , do not listen bud to people who are not been at it long enough scottish winters can be severe on dogs if your out a lot , d sliieght etc some times has grew ciollie types a threeqaurter greyhound one qaurt colli or same way bred saluk a small bitch theyll last alot longer mate not a hanckock one but one of genuine types of guys im scottish to and hunted hard along time

[parkstone 24]

I've had whippets for 20 plus years, lurchers for 30 plus.

You have been out with the wrong whippets, fact if I had a whippet that did as you say then I would not keep it for long.

As for saying avoid KC whippets then that really shows you know nothing some of the best working whippets are KC bred.

14 posts in your first day of joining.

 

 

Well said mate

 

having worked (day/night), Live coursed (under NWCC rules,) raced KC registered whippets for 18 years they certainly can take the work if owned by a propoer dogman.

Edited November 24, 2008 by parkstone whippets

[whin 463]

what do you call proper dog man bud some body thtas out coursing twice a week lamping three times a week odd morning ferreting flushing any thing thats edible in all weathers ,got a GOOD WHIPPET GREW HERE BUT TOES SOUND but skin round hocks geting scarred stoppers off , bot a dog to be out all the time and hard run after another on all game , dont get me wrong ill always have one but not an alllround toll for hard stubbles and big land were u can drive feild after feild or walk until your knacked , im a realist and nopt breed blind and the butchers slab is fill the freezers fill , whippets and there type are not the dog s bollocks full stop or i would get rid of my well bred collie type saluk type mby the way my collie line have grew in them and cant fault them , i like whippets but no there limitations and would never kid someone on there great etc as they aint

[whin 463]

parkstone you look like an advertisment for whippets , no axe to grind but dont sell people on whippets as they are not the best allround dogs if your into hunting allround qaurry ive yet to have a pure bred grew ,whippet and greyhound who didnt get lame toes swollen stoppers ,feched , lose condition when worked hard , come on mate dont full any body cause if ures are what u say im cleaning the kennels out , ive worked the grew i have for three seasons now along side my saluks collie crosses , shees ran well and finished the nite with them but its cruel to expect her to do it three nites on rabbs hares flushing roe on any type of ground , i think most crosses benefit from haveing whippet i mean over 35 lb type in there blood as mines do but there not great dogs for hunting qaurrys stony stubbles ploughed feilds , when we have a dry summer hard stubbles in sep regulary , ive got saluk crosses no sore feet no broken toes no feched stoppers who can run fast colli line bred crosses who are the same whippets dont last unless good land as they were nevere bred for the scottish country side some of the winter wheat this year cause it was wet in stubble time is rough the wee dogs would break up mate if hunted hard, i breed dogs for feet pace hardiness to take season after season of graft bud , stillike the 40lb plus whipps but would need a pack of them to last between lay ups mate, mines is away she gave me good pups and i will replace her when she has more to a less taxing but good home she was a handy wee dog but not great all rounder as some qoute ,

[parkstone 24]

parkstone you look like an advertisment for whippets , no axe to grind but dont sell people on whippets as they are not the best allround dogs if your into hunting allround qaurry

 

Hi mate

 

if you want a fox/deer or regulare hare killer then NO a whippet isn't the first choice.

 

BUT if you want a ferreting/lamping dog then a whippet is ideal, mine are happy to stand about for hours on end in the snow ect in winter waiting for bolters they dont mind getting pissed wet through on a night lamping .

 

i've worked/coursed whippets over various ground and they suffer no more or less injuries than any lurcher i'd run over the same ground.

 

just for the record so as no one thinks my knoledge only extends to whippets I had lurchers (various mixes) for 12 years till changing over to whippets, I also raced & worked full greyhound for 14 years.(with varying dedrees of success)

[Guest little lurcher]

the whippet is an excellent choice , not only hardy for a thin skinned breed but sound footed able to work both rough and coarse areas , excellent noses and more than capable of taking smaller deer and foxes, a perfect and sensible companion , excellent with a family and very biddable , i have 16 dogs here, small and large lurchers as well as the whippets and although my whippets are kc reg they are my workers first before showing , i show because i enjoy it and it retains at least a small amount of workers still in the show ring , no they wont do reds and many many foxes but hey ho many large lurchers cant or wont!!

 

if you want to see proper whippets working then contact those that do work theirs and judge from there , i can honestly say i have had no injuries that have stopped me from working any of mine so far this season , plenty of wind , stamina to burn and happy to just jump back in the motor to the next bit of ground to work , fit well fed and bred whippets are far more capable than others give them credit for

[JordKil 0]

My main concern is that i go and buy a KC reg whippet and it turns out a bad worker. But come to think of it i imagine thats all down to the training..aint it?

I found other ones a bit further for £250 but they aint KC but have "a good pedigree" they'd probably be the easier to get hold of money wise.

 

Cheers

Jordan

[Guest anonymous]

had whippet greyhounds got one good dog but not for a busy scedule and not for shitty weather and big runs ,but if you only go out once a week or two or three times a week for an our walked up theyll do , i wouldnt get one as my main hunting tooll thinn skinned, stoppers can be aproblem ,not got the constituition of a good saluk lurcher or well bred colli lurcher , and as for racing not my scene , and thye dont have along working life got colli crosses here real ones and saluks who are sound in feet after five seasons and no grew would do that but if your wanting a wee dog to have a bit fun , there fine but if like me hunt alot on any type of ground in all weathers on all qaurry forget it , i hunt stubbles big land and they are fine but i would need a few to last a winter bettween injuries and sores , do not listen bud to people who are not been at it long enough scottish winters can be severe on dogs if your out a lot , d sliieght etc some times has grew ciollie types a threeqaurter greyhound one qaurt colli or same way bred saluk a small bitch theyll last alot longer mate not a hanckock one but one of genuine types of guys im scottish to and hunted hard along time

 

Amen