Guest young lampers Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Does anyone on here work Italian Greyhounds??? If so put some pics up please young lampers Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Does anyone on here work Italian Greyhounds???If so put some pics up please young lampers on what f*****g hamsters Quote Link to post
chartpolski 23,467 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Never heard of anyone working them here, theyare classed as Toy group in the U.K., but on the continent they are bigger and classed in the Hound group and are worked, believe or not, on hares, though to what degree of success I can't say!!! Cheers. Quote Link to post
Guest Geordie Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Ive only ever once seen one and it was a timid skittery thing,looked like a hare would give it a good hiding if it ever caught one????? Quote Link to post
nighttimenellie 4 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 20 odd year back a friend of mines mum had 2, we used to sneak them out ferreting and bushing, never saw them catch a rabbit in the open on a run so to speak but they used to pull them out the gorse bushes and retreive them with a bit of a struggle. I have to agree they were horrible little things, that looked like a stiff breeze would break them , but they were tougher than they looked Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Does anyone on here work Italian Greyhounds??? If so put some pics up please young lampers on what f*****g hamsters They would have to run doubled up on hamsters Socks Quote Link to post
sandymere 8,263 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Does anyone on here work Italian Greyhounds???If so put some pics up please young lampers reckon they'd be ok for training, if you slipped one 50 yds in front of the greyhounds, it would save setting up the lure. Quote Link to post
DiStuRBeD 0 Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 the ones i have seen looked like skinny chihuahua's show bred, no idea if they worked em, i dont think so Quote Link to post
Dave R 3 Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 My dad had one about 40 year ago it was i bit larger than they are these days. he used it for bushing rabbit and rat it must have worked ok as dad would not keep a dog for long if it did not work to his expectations. I seem to remember the only thing he was'nt happy about was its dislike of being cold. I seem to remember it was stolen from the garden and my dad blamed travelers (pikeys) that had been on our estate the day before. Some ferrets went at the same time. Quote Link to post
Guest young lampers Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 thanks for the replys Quote Link to post
Guest fuzzylampkin Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 theyve got legs like matchsticks! Quote Link to post
chartpolski 23,467 Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 My dad had one about 40 year ago it was i bit larger than they are these days. he used it for bushing rabbit and rat it must have worked ok as dad would not keep a dog for long if it did not work to his expectations. I seem to remember the only thing he was'nt happy about was its dislike of being cold. I seem to remember it was stolen from the garden and my dad blamed travelers (pikeys) that had been on our estate the day before. Some ferrets went at the same time. I fancied one as a house pet but when I read up about them all the advice said they are difficult to house train because they hate the cold and would rather foul the house than go outside-so I gave them a bodyswerve.I had a whippet which had to be forced to go outside in cold weather and that was bad enough so they are not to be recommended unless you live somewhere warm. They might keep the mice down if you are prepared to live in a house stinking of dog pee. Hi Longdog, forgive the pun, but what a load of crap!!! The reason any breed of dog pisses or shits in the house is because the owner is to lazy to house train it. I've had dogs, including whippets, that would rather die than crap in the house, and as for whippets being forced to go outside in the cold, my old dog loved the snow, the deeper the better, easier to catch hares for him !!! Cheers. Quote Link to post
Dave R 3 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 I fancied one as a house pet but when I read up about them all the advice said they are difficult to house train because they hate the cold and would rather foul the house than go outside-so I gave them a bodyswerve.I had a whippet which had to be forced to go outside in cold weather and that was bad enough so they are not to be recommended unless you live somewhere warm. They might keep the mice down if you are prepared to live in a house stinking of dog pee. Fouling in the house was one thing my old man would not tolerate so although i was only a nipper at the time he had the dog i would say it was definatly house trained. In the area where i live rabbits are not in large numbers so hunting rabbit from the end of march to the end of september used to be frowned upon, Meaning it was usualy wet and cold when he was bushing for rabbits so having a dog that disliked the cold was a bit of an handicap i would think. I owned a very slight whippet years ago who would take on allcomers would rat like any terrier and had a great nose the only fault was if it was too cold she would curl up on my coat or ferret bags etc once i commenced netting a warren. By coincidence she was stolen also from my back garden. Quote Link to post
Pennymeadow Whippets 0 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 I saw a pair of italian greyhounds running in a lure coursing meeting held by the Northwest Lure Coursing Club they were show bred i beleive also father & son they gave a very good account of themselves the owner also said the father worked rabbits well they were approx 13.5/14inch to the shoulder Quote Link to post
chartpolski 23,467 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 I saw a pair of italian greyhounds running in a lure coursing meeting held by the Northwest Lure Coursing Club they were show bred i beleive also father & son they gave a very good account of themselves the owner also said the father worked rabbits well they were approx 13.5/14inch to the shoulder What the f**k is 13.5/14 inch ????, just joking, Pennymeadow, you obviously type like me!! Cheers. Quote Link to post
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