whippet v small lurchers

[BenBhoy 4,706]

depends on the cross of course like, but coat and ability to retrieve usually better with lurcher.

[shamus 36]

i run both,although my whippet has just gone a year so she is still young.She is prone to cuts etc. and has no sense of self-preservation.We work some pretty high ground and she does appear to feel the cold but does'nt let it stop her.She goes ferreting but we have'nt had any really severe weather yet,just a bit snow,so i will have to wait and see how she does.As for high numbers,well i don't think that will be an issue this year!

[shamus 36]

forgot to add she is a cracking little retriever

[Clipper 207]

fact is a small lurcher will make a whipp look stupid on a day or nites graft ,,, better feet better coat more stamina , more drive ,,, dont think a sainsbury bag is game ,,, a whippet couldnt last a day in the moors or lakes in the hardest of winter ,, most whippets ferret in august and finish in sept

another tit thats has never worked a whippet if you think that we could meet up for a hunt some day or night and see what looks stupid

 

 

You bring a whippet on to the yorkshire dales, cumbrian fells, in winter and it will curl up and shiver its face off, fact! Seen it happen to many times. Even one of my long haired small lurcher curls up..... For that kind of terrain in winter they are not hard enough...

THANKS :clapper:you lot have just answered a disscussion about whips ive been having

Edited December 21, 2008 by Clipper

[Clipper 207]

fact is a small lurcher will make a whipp look stupid on a day or nites graft ,,, better feet better coat more stamina , more drive ,,, dont think a sainsbury bag is game ,,, a whippet couldnt last a day in the moors or lakes in the hardest of winter ,, most whippets ferret in august and finish in sept

another tit thats has never worked a whippet if you think that we could meet up for a hunt some day or night and see what looks stupid

 

 

You bring a whippet on to the yorkshire dales, cumbrian fells, in winter and it will curl up and shiver its face off, fact! Seen it happen to many times. Even one of my long haired small lurcher curls up..... For that kind of terrain in winter they are not hard enough...

THANKS

you lot have just answered a disscussion about whips ive been having

[runforyourlife 361]

You bring a whippet on to the yorkshire dales, cumbrian fells, in winter and it will curl up and shiver its face off, fact! Seen it happen to many times. Even one of my long haired small lurcher curls up..... For that kind of terrain in winter they are not hard enough...

Are you sure thats a 'fact'

My little whippet will be worked in even worse conditions...further north.

Up to now...shivers no more or no less than any other lurcher he has stood alongside with.

 

 

Yeah, i am definate that it is a fact....... why would i call one of my dogs.... come on..

[runforyourlife 361]

You have a point, but i dont live or work dogs in the dales and i bet the are a good few others that dont either. I also dont ferret with the dog, i bush and will lamp. So for my needs and the conditions im in the pros of having a whippet rather than a small lurcher.....to me far out way the cons. Its horses for courses. I want the turn of pace and the heart of a whippet, it is more than capable of handling rough ground, and its has never had an injury to date.

 

DG

 

 

Danger girl, it wasnt you who asked the question The guy just asked what are the differences, so i gave him mine, he didnt mention anyhing about where he lived or what he did with them, your nit picking, its a known fact through out the hunting northern man about whippets, sorry if that botthers you, but its the truth...

[wild rover 548]

what real advantage do small lurchers have over whippets i belive these dogs are really under rated as working dog and can do every thing a small lurcher can do and most the time do it better whats your views on this

 

robert

 

Depends what you want it for, mooching and a bit of ferreting a whippets fine but if you want something to lamp hard two or three nights a week then go for a lurcher more hardy, robust and the constitution to do the job.

Just my opinion, I have never owned a pure whippet but have seen a few work.

[dangergirl 13]

Does not bother me at all runforyourlife, im fully aware of the pros and cons of the whippet .Im not nit picking, YOU quoted ME then gave me your reply, i just replied saying for what i wanted, a whippet has so far been fine. i did agree that you had a point and that lurcher type MAY be better in colder conditions!! I also mentioned that a whippet has a quicker turn of pace, that is comaring the differences. Its an open debate.

Edited December 21, 2008 by dangergirl

[runforyourlife 361]

[its a known fact through out the hunting northern man about whippets, sorry if that botthers you, but its the truth...

Bugga me, none of the northern men told this northern lass. I'd better get rid of him now then and sack all my pals

 

Go onthen hippychick put a pic up of your whippet working nets out on the moors.....

[runforyourlife 361]

Does not bother me at all runforyourlife, im fully aware of the pros and cons of the whippet .Im not nit picking, YOU quoted ME then gave me your reply, i just replied saying for what i wanted, a whippet has so far been fine. i did agree that you had a point and that lurcher type MAY be better in colder conditions!! I also mentioned that a whippet has a quicker turn of pace, that is comaring the differences. Its an open debate.

 

 

Sure it is, lol, and i agree there is nothing better in a whippet chasing and catching fast bolting rabbits, and there turns and twists are brill to see..I gave my opinion, and felt it was being frawnd upon, i had a brother and sister set of whippets when i was in my late teens, loved the speed and agility of them both. Just that fact what i gave earlier let them down. I also have a lot of permission in the lowlands of scotland. They were ideal on that flatland but that was 3hrs from my house in them days, so the dales and lakes came first, meaning i used my lurchers more in winter...

[tdavepat 8]

I live quite far north, on the antrim coast and run two whippets. I am able to say that one shivers but sticks to his task and one doesn't bat an eylid in extreme conditions. i have had them out in snow, sleet, wind howling gales and still they would keep me out longer than I would want.

 

I have heard of some whippets being shivering little b*****ds, and no doubt some are. But my dogs are quite hardy and would outstay some of the shivering little human b*****ds who have called them this.

 

Dave

[Brimmer 220]

Anyone serious who has worked the dales, week in week out, knows the outcome of this discussion.

Edited December 21, 2008 by Brimmer

[runforyourlife 361]

Why dont you and start the ball rolling, by the way I grew up in Holmfirth, Pennines, I know not the Dales but equally as harsh weather, and my mum was born in Great Broughton , just outside Cockermouth in the Lakes and it does not rain or snow ALL the time!!!!!

 

I dont have a whippet to picture working nets....... why are you scartching about "its bleak up north" what you saying its nicer than shit!! More often than not it rains, but i stand corrected, not all the time...

[runforyourlife 361]

I live quite far north, on the antrim coast and run two whippets. I am able to say that one shivers but sticks to his task and one doesn't bat an eylid in extreme conditions. i have had them out in snow, sleet, wind howling gales and still they would keep me out longer than I would want.

 

I have heard of some whippets being shivering little b*****ds, and no doubt some are. But my dogs are quite hardy and would outstay some of the shivering little human b*****ds who have called them this.

 

Dave

Meaning Dave..... me!!