can whippets only be worked on easy ground

[artic 595]

Patley bridge in yorkshire?Cant imagine your area is any different,certainly havent seen anywhere in your county I wouldnt feel confident in running a dog.Give me a few days,I have some negatives of my first dogs up in the loft,let me get hard copy from them,whippet types that we all had as kids,I have a decent pic of a few rabbits they caught over a couple of nights on really hard ground in northumberland,never got a nick,scratch,nor mark on them,they werent pure whippets,just sold as whippets But an ounce of practical is worth a ton of theory

 

 

Oh Very different........

 

Practical all the way for me.

 

Not into all this theory malarky Mac. Yes that would be nice Mac, some archives.......

Edited November 25, 2008 by artic

[luke 2]

some kc bred whippets worked along with lurchers all year

and suffer less injuries worked in scotland in all terrain

 

and my lurcher

whippets are as good a rabbit dog as any other if fielded fit and well fed

[mackem 26,941]

Not archives mate,just some very small dogs with a few rabbits

[artic 595]

some kc bred whippets worked along with lurchers all year

and suffer less injuries worked in scotland in all terrain

 

and my lurcher

whippets are as good a rabbit dog as any other if fielded fit and well fed

 

Pretty whippets Luke.

 

Nice engine on that lurcher........

[JPTfellterrier 65]

some nice whippets

[firstrike 21]

less weight tends to mean less injury. more bone doesnt mean less injury. heres my bitch at 18 inch n 18 pound can run on any ground day or night and as long as she stays sighted will not give up the chase..

[luke 2]

less weight tends to mean less injury. more bone doesnt mean less injury. heres my bitch at 18 inch n 18 pound can run on any ground day or night and as long as she stays sighted will not give up the chase..

she is tiny cracking pics mate

[JPTfellterrier 65]

do you lot think it will be easy to get a hold of a whippet which is about 6-12 month?because there are plenty of puppys but my terrier pup has out me off having a puppy again because she was a pain in the backside when she was little....found the little bugger on the kitchen table yesterday, i give her i hiding for somthing and ten minutes later the little fecker does it again, shes getting better as she gets older but i cant be bothered with the hassel again

[chartpolski 24,133]

Patley bridge in yorkshire?Cant imagine your area is any different,certainly havent seen anywhere in your county I wouldnt feel confident in running a dog.Give me a few days,I have some negatives of my first dogs up in the loft,let me get hard copy from them,whippet types that we all had as kids,I have a decent pic of a few rabbits they caught over a couple of nights on really hard ground in northumberland,never got a nick,scratch,nor mark on them,they werent pure whippets,just sold as whippets But an ounce of practical is worth a ton of theory

 

Mack, as you know, I've done a bit, (and still do!!!), around Northumberland, and before I got the wander lust, it was the ONLY place I worked my dogs, which at the time were predominately Whippets; if they could handle this ground, they could handle owt !!! LOL !!!

Cheers.

[pointer28 1]

Terriers and Whippets have completely different personalities and I wouldn't dare compare the two. Whippets are usually far more pleasant and well mannered dogs.

 

Every terrier I have ever had has been a pain in the ass. As much as I love them, they're generally troublesome, mischievous and bad mannered.

[mackem 26,941]

Patley bridge in yorkshire?Cant imagine your area is any different,certainly havent seen anywhere in your county I wouldnt feel confident in running a dog.Give me a few days,I have some negatives of my first dogs up in the loft,let me get hard copy from them,whippet types that we all had as kids,I have a decent pic of a few rabbits they caught over a couple of nights on really hard ground in northumberland,never got a nick,scratch,nor mark on them,they werent pure whippets,just sold as whippets But an ounce of practical is worth a ton of theory

 

Mack, as you know, I've done a bit, (and still do!!!), around Northumberland, and before I got the wander lust, it was the ONLY place I worked my dogs, which at the time were predominately Whippets; if they could handle this ground, they could handle owt !!! LOL !!!

Cheers.

Its true Charts,northumberland is hard ground,its not easy

[artic 595]

Lol Kids, calm down............

 

This can go on and on and on and on and on..................

 

I wouldn't USE a pure whippet for WHERE i hunt with my dogs, too small, no stamina for a GOOD hard day/nights work.

 

Ok good little ferreting dogs, seldom get a good lamping whippet, the odd hare if they are lucky to brush their fur past one in its seat!

 

Whippet cross all day long, but not a pure!

 

Just my opinion mind you, just my opinion...............

 

Oh and Mac, how's the DVD making of the CWD etc.............

[chartpolski 24,133]

I honestly don't understand how people can say "your dog/this breed will be no good for this type of land", etc. !! In the last few weeks I've ran all types of quarry at Lincs, Notts, North and South Yourkshire and Northumberland; very different types of land, and my dog has just got on with her job !!!

Cheers.

[jakeuk1 0]

Excellent point artic, i wouldnt use a salukix where i live cos the ground i hunt (small fields in cheshire + derbyshire) requires a dog to get up to his quarry quickly before the game reaches cover so a whippet is ideal for me,

its horses for courses!

 

the two whippets ive owned have been more than capable of a full nites work on the lamp.

[mackem 26,941]

Thats better artic,earlier when you said your always practical I was expecting you to stick a pic up of your whippet I thought you must have had or worked one,thats what I meant by an ounce of practical beats a ton of theory Anyone can theorise,but its only those who have actually owned or worked a whippet who can actually speak from experience