can whippets only be worked on easy ground

[chartpolski 24,903]

  ferret feller said:

yer i supose mate i dont really know teh guy who told me it... imho though i like them i think there pretty good dogs....

 

Don't get me wrong FF; I love Salukis and have owned pure desert bred and crosses and would have one again, but intelligent, they're not !! LOL !!

Cheers.

[Guest ferret feller]

ooh right better get back on to the topic and not high jack the thread anyway

whippets on rough ground...

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If the land my way was 90% rough ground, then i would not be working a pure whippet.

 

Have you taken into account what size fields, what quarry, can you afford the vet fee's? I

 

know you say hilly and wooded! There is your answer, is it not?

 

Mix the whippet blood, easy really. Dont just buy a "Whippet" beacause there are so many advertised near you and you like them. Yes if your going to keep it as a lap dog and show it!, but me i wouldn't work a whippet in those conditions.

 

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well you made your mind up forget about saluks get the dogs from wales a hundred pound you can sse the parents mate fetch jump hunt ,and not got to much in its bloodlines m dont get dolli mixtures ,not for just rabbiting , chartploski i have saluki line bred clever dog ,but saw plenty not clever to much prey drive in the wrong hands etc , u can ferret with him course a hare catch a fox pull aroe , get birds hold other things but not many like that as ive had some who took to there third season who would work unleashed at nite no talking just lamp on and a quick word ,he is a natural you could teach him anything and pups the same but saw some that run away with hare rabbit dont heel up at nite fech of without being told , do [bANNED TEXT] tits in

[border lad 1,047]

  ferret feller said:

ooh right better get back on to the topic and not high jack the thread anyway

whippets on rough ground...

Go for a collie whippet, bitch if you can, they are first class, for rabbits, great stamina, and looking ahead, if you wanted to bread from her to step up to larger, quarry, all you have to do is put her to a good greyhound, then you are into first class dogs, I am not a novice, at this game, and I do not wish to offend, any one, stay away from your sulakis, stick to your british breads, and you will not go wrong, thank you.

[Pennymeadow Whippets 0]

Caught in the Dales or Cumbria.

 

[Guest ferret feller]

f**k.... bet its heart stopping when they whack a fox or deer lovely dogs there and the dales is very rough ground so they must do well....

[Guest reload]

Pennymeadow, those are shots of mainly rabbits ferreted to nets in areas with a large amount of rabbits, Or am I wrong? Are most of the rabbits caught in nets, not by the dog? To me the ferret does most of the work not the dog?

I am not knocking the shots or your dogs, there obviously doing a bit, but the question is how would a whippet fair where the rabbits are not so abundant and they were not caught in nets, they have to be found marked and caught in the rough of hedge bottoms and cover? Or lamping small dairy hillsides, with alot of barbwire and hedges?

I have lamped a few whippets and found them wanting on height, skin and robustness.

 

I guess the only way I will find out is to try one for a whole seasons work, and see how long it lasts??

[mackem 27,919]

A few of my mates had racing whippets when I was a kid,seen them work around northern england,even took one lamping to Caithness once,they performed admirably otherwise they wouldnt have been kept,I have seen a few whippets take 20+ bunnies in a nights lamping,not a huge amount but decent enough for tiny dogs

[Pennymeadow Whippets 0]

  reload said:

Pennymeadow, those are shots of mainly rabbits ferreted to nets in areas with a large amount of rabbits, Or am I wrong? Are most of the rabbits caught in nets, not by the dog? To me the ferret does most of the work not the dog?

I am not knocking the shots or your dogs, but the question is how would a dog fair where the rabbits are not so abundant and they were not caught in nets, they have to be found marked and caught? Or lamping small dairy hillsides, with alot of barbwire and hedges?

 

We net some warrens but leave open holes for the dogs to chace & catch bolters as we are there to catch rabbits the dogs work the open land flushing & catching freely we also lamp without problems on all terrains when i worked the whippets in cheshire/Derbyshire where numbers were low in comparison the dogs were good enough to hold their own & picked up less injuries than the bigger lurchers run with them even on the old quarries IMO due to body weight.

[Guest reload]

Thanks for your reply, I guess the only way is to work one as you would a lurcher for a season or two, and see how it faired......I have not seen many pics of whippets retrieving also? do they struggle with a 4lb kicking rabbit?

[mackem 27,919]

The whippet in the Pic I posted was shaun Wilsons baldrick,very good rat dog,better at rabbits though,I think he was tiny 17 inch?He was as good a retriever as most lurchers

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  dangergirl said:

My whippet is 6 months now and rough ground was my main concern; as i live on a dairy farm and obviously the ground is rough as rats! But to be honest its really not bothered him, and believe me hes been flying everwhere. Hes obviously not worked properly yet, but i really cant see it being a problem. The working bred whippets seem to have a bit more bone about them and my dog certainly has a good set of sure feet.

 

DG

 

 

 

 

Oh My God!!! Now this IS My dream dog!! that is what i am looking for!! do you still know the breeders that you got him off xx

 

He is stunning!!!

Edited November 25, 2008 by xxchrissixx

[chartpolski 24,903]

A Whippet from 40 years ago;

 

 

And a Whippet 3 weeks ago, (Mally's);

 

 

I've never found any problems with working Whippets !!

 

Cheers.

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  mackem said:

A few of my mates had racing whippets when I was a kid,seen them work around northern england,even took one lamping to Caithness once,they performed admirably otherwise they wouldnt have been kept,I have seen a few whippets take 20+ bunnies in a nights lamping,not a huge amount but decent enough for tiny dogs

 

From looking at your photo, the whippet looks a very muscular type whippet. Looked like it could of taken its fair

share of knocks and bumps.

 

The whippets iv'e seen are much more boney, small, fragile looking, that would not stand a good season on rough ground, hunting not (ferreting with nets) etc.....

 

There was a chap here who owned a whippet, moved down from the north last year. His whippet ended up back up north due to the land here and the dog spending more time in the vets!! Lovely dog too.

 

I'm with Reload on this one.