Italian greyhounds

[parkstone 24]

if you ask any IG owner/breeder they will all tell you they are almost imposible to 100% house train, it's an accepted problem with the breed as is broken legs.

[Pennymeadow Whippets 0]

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.

 

The dogs

[Guest bigfella]

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.

Hi Chartpolski( how did you decide on that username?) I don't agree. Lots of smooth haired lurchers,greyhounds and whippets feel the cold-especially a cold wind.Where I live (in Scotland) it would be criminal not to have a coat on such a dog in the winter.

Check out the breed info on the Iti greyhound-you will find that they are difficult to housetrain-particularly in our climate.

would make a good ratting companion if they would only stop shaking enough to see the bloody things they look like they have had a bucket full of popping candy :whistle:

[chartpolski 23,467]

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.

Hi Chartpolski( how did you decide on that username?) I don't agree. Lots of smooth haired lurchers,greyhounds and whippets feel the cold-especially a cold wind.Where I live (in Scotland) it would be criminal not to have a coat on such a dog in the winter.

Check out the breed info on the Iti greyhound-you will find that they are difficult to housetrain-particularly in our climate.

Hi Longdog, I have told the tale a while back why I use the name "Chartpolski"; I met a guy in the U.S who had what I thought was a nice looking lurcher, he told me it was a Polish Sighthound, so I looked them up on the internet, and they seem to be cracking dogs! So I took the name!! Concerning where we live, I live on the borders, and I don't think Lurchers need a coat, but then again, I was at Corbridge County Fair and a bloke who had "shooting dogs" thought it hillarious that I had heated kennels; everyone to their own, I suppose.

Cheers.

[Toni_Dave_17 0]

i thought they were called italian whippets :S

 

but we all get things wrong dont we!

Edited July 13, 2006 by Toni_Dave_17