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Posts posted by Snapdogs
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Nightmare... they always jump up in the worst places Glad to hear she’s all healed up now. Mine pulled his nail a couple week ago, couldn’t put his foot down for a week hate feet injury’s
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25 minutes ago, OldPhil said:
Smashing wee jukels
We all had whippets in the 1970's,...great dogs for the rabbits and pheasants...
I still remember the morning when we were ferreting roadside, in Winchester,..I heard a bit of a crashing up in front and all of a sudden, our diminitive racer shot along the ditch, and gripped a good sized Roe Buck...
At 17ib in weight she was at a disadvantage , it was quite a struggle...
To be truthful, she was getting the shit kicked out of her, and the Blackthorn was tearing her Blue skin to shreds ..
But, she still held on long enough for us to leave the nets, and pin the struggling Buck down...
I've always liked whippets...
Great memories there they can punch above their weight that’s for sure they will always have a place in my heart, I’ll never forget the memories Iv made with mine
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3 hours ago, SheepChaser said:
This is very true I’m sure. I don’t really move in whippet type circles, no one I know keeps that kind of dog. And I am inherently distrustful of anyone’s claims other than those I know it have gone out with. So it would be somewhat of a mission.
But I stand by what I say, of all of the running dogs, the whippet has been seized on by the peddlers as a good way to line their pockets. I see ‘working whippets’ being advertised for £2500. Must be having a giraffe
One day I’ll have another to add to the bushing team. But until then the big dogs will do me. I’ve hopefully got another Lurcher pup coming soon.
A lot make them out to be ‘working whippets’ really they are just net guarders doing 2-3 ferreting days a year. I’m not in any whippet cliques but I’d have another off the people who bred my whippet in a heartbeat if they bred again and the timing was right, and got a couple mates who work theres hard I’d take a pup off if I needed one.
Your bang on that the whippet has been seized by peddlers, £3500 top price Iv seen for ‘working whippet’ pups... I’d never have one again if I had to pay that kind of money.- 4
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23 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:
I had the pick of a litter bred by Mike, and it’s the only one I’ve ever owned ...... he stopped breeding them and I’m not so sure who else out there breeds that kind of genuine quality animal ...... without forgetting the £3000 price tag. Working whippets aren’t going to come out of this well at all, I still see lots of Lurchers being bred for right reasons and sold for sensible sums or gifted. I see pretty much no whippets going into working homes for sensible money. They will end up hand bag dogs. Shame really as I think they blow stuff like Beddy whips out of the water.
It’s all about who you know... I’m confident if I wanted another I could get one at a sensible price.
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1 hour ago, SheepChaser said:
Nice wee dog. Reminds me of the whippet I had about ten years or so ago. Punched seriously above his weight and flew into everything from foxes to fallow bucks with great gusto. Hunted hard and had zero fear but the nicest personality you could wish for. If I thought u could get another like him I think I would but from what I can see these days they seem to cost ten times as much for half the dog. Too many folk breeding for the wrong reasons, lap dogs and shivery pets.
I remember lamping with my lad one night, he was on the arse of a hare, snapping his jaws, the hare dropped into a ditch and rang along it, dog followed, just as he was about to strike the hare went up the vertical end where there was a drainage pipe under a track. The dog hit it full on, mouth open, I thought he was most likely dead and ran over, he came out that ditch like a little black rocket, over the side, back after the hare and I last saw him plowing through a hedge after it...... a few second later I heard the squeal from next field. When he came trotting back and gave it to me, the hare was covered in claret. Open closer inspection I realised it wasn’t from the hare, the dog had snapped all his front teeth out and one canine, they were hanging from his mouth by bits of gum. He just stood there mouthing the hare with his wrecked gob and wagging his tail. Hooligan. RIP Finn.
That a whippet to me, not some daft wee lap dog. And your lad looks cut from same mould.
That’s the kind of dog I like to run! It makes you cringe at times and you often expect that slip to be the dogs last... but they run like they mean it and they would die for their quarry. Iv seen mine run off cliff edges on the lamp, he’s ran straight through barbed wire after a rabbit that’s gone through, made the catch and then Iv seen he’s missed ripping his eye out by the skin of his teeth... I don’t like watching dogs that mess about teasing quarry I want them to hit it at 100mph.
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1 minute ago, bird said:
pnice little dog, was it a ped whippet ? or none ped whippet ? i had none ped whippet bitch 20 in 20lb , won few races with her down the track in the west mids cannock , some males there got to 22 in 34 lb , they pile into foxes no pro , very game little dogs, yeh the dog prices is fookin joke £ 1 grand for a jack Russell or whippet , bloody lurchers are getting daft prices as well, the dog pounds will like been full like been said on here, you pay £ 400 quid for a dog or pup there , i think 200- 250 quid fair price for lurcher or terrier today , as long as it goes to good home and gets bit of work, that should be the only thing in the breeds mind i reckon .!
He’s a ped whippet. Still got him, he’s 8 year old and 21tts. He’s Still putting plenty to rest I just don’t do as much with him now as iv got my young dog to bring on. But he still sees his fair share of game ...
yes dog prices are horrendous, Iv seen whippets from working stock advertised for £3500 I’m not even sure if dog prices will drop much now that people have had a sniff of good money, just gotta hope people you know will do right by you and sell you a dog at a sensible price.
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Been a belting season for me to be honest I travelled until the weather on the hills ment I couldn’t (and if I could it’s pointless lamping in it anyways...) plenty bits local kept the freezer topped up blue has shown his true colours and old shellys done his bit to earn his keep. Couldn’t have asked for a better season under the circumstances. Now blues got a little toe injury so he’s resting up and I’ll let them chill out just doing bits of ratting till next season... I can’t wait
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My worker. Bred by @carp king
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1 minute ago, SheepChaser said:
I can see the Lurcher to Lurcher breeding, it makes sense.
But folk going out and searching for an Irish terrier for a first x etc, it’s a bit the same as the beddies.......don’t really get the point of those 1st xs out of the rare breed stuff.
Your dog looks a smart one, but I don’t know if I’d say the Irish terrier was the magic ingredient.
I prefer the 3/4 stuff myself, you lose too much speed with half terrier... just something differnt isn’t it, im enjoying it Got the chance to use my whippet over half X for a pup back so jumped at the chance. I get on with the dog so it all worked out great.
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Just now, SheepChaser said:
Here’s one. Would You say that’s down to the breeding ? Or the dog? Often find folk want to Recreate dogs which can’t be. Ie can you say his good traits come from the Irish terrier ?
I know I’ll never get another the same as him, you can’t re create dogs. But it’s the breeding that’s thrown everything Iv listed. You can’t teach prey drive or magic up thick skin and strong build out of thin air. The only reason I really went for that x was to basicallY build a stronger dog than my whippet with a better coat.
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6 minutes ago, poxon said:
What sort of variation do you get in a litter of Irish terrier x whippets Jess do they breed relative uniform like f1 beddy xs ? Interesting cross
Was a strange litter, some look like pure whippets, one was broken coated, one looks like a saluki whippet most of the dogs were strong types. A few inches difference in height between the biggest dog and smallest bitch. But these are 3/4s... the dogs I seen from the first X litter all looked the same stamp of dog tbh. Rough coated, solid build and round about the same height.
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18 hours ago, Loton Moocher said:
Hi nice photos ,did you do a video with mikey Cookson ?
Thanks and Yes done a few ferreting vids with him, a couple lamping and I was there ratting in Scotland
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3 hours ago, troyboy17 said:
Would u go for the same breeding again if u had another dog
Id like to always have a pure whippet around... so if I lost my whippet I’d get another pure but if I needed another lurcher and I had the chance for another of this breeding I’d 100% go for it. He’s everything I need in a working dog. perfect height, build, speed, nose, drive and thick skin. If I could recreate that dog I’d take it every time.
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On 22/03/2021 at 10:47, Wideboy said:
Is that the dog that does be on Mikeys YouTube videos??
The only thing is where do you find a decent Irish terrier that works, to bred a lurcher, that’s not a dig. Looks a tidy dog in those videos
Yes this is the dog in mikeys YouTube vids. And yes I get what your saying 100%, where do you find good a good Irish terrier in the uk? I was tempted to get one to work myself and put it to a whippet but the price of them put me off
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Pups are silly money at the minuite. Even working bred pups in Carlisle are being sold for over a grand on the pet sites... my whippet was due to go over a beddy whippet bitch the other day but we missed her That would have been perfect for you. It’s all personal preference what people like to run but me personally I like whippets and whippet Xs. Hope you find a pup soon, good luck in your search
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Sorry for your loss mate. The memories you made will last a lifetime, they will come flooding back when you walk over fields she made catches on. RIP Fly.
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27 minutes ago, JAE B said:
Is wee blue related to that gi-raffe stuff by any chance
No he’s not associated with that
we’re starting our own line ‘mouse runners’
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Since I introduced my young lurcher earlier today I thought I’d introduce my Old dog who’s a pure whippet. He was my first real working dog and we’ve learned a lot together, he’s not perfect by any means... Iv made a lot of mistakes bringing him on with him being my first dog but he’s a trier and we’ve killed some gear together, made memories to last a lifetime. So here he is old Sheldon
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Yes, my old albino jill was a brilliant ratting ferret. Unfortunately she died last summer, my tiny sandy jill would be perfect but she’s very hit n miss on them. She will work them but on her terms. Hob is way too big and Iv not tried my other sandy jill yet. Never made my ferrets aggressive, they can be a bit jumpy when you pick them up after they’ve killed a rat but that’s it.
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They could throw anything really, I prefer lighter coloured ferrets personally because you can see them easier in hedgerows.
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10 minutes ago, Loton Moocher said:
Hi nice photos ,did you do a video with mikey Cookson ?
Yes been on a few of his vids. Few ferreting, couple lamping and ratting in Scotland
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8 minutes ago, mighty celt said:
There was a lad on here called Irish lurcher he had a line of Irish terrier/greyhounds he kept for foxes,they were lovely looking animal's looked well capable of the job.
He has Wheaton Xs doesn’t he?
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10 minutes ago, nothernlite said:
Ffs snapdogs built to last ah jess cracking we dog might hump my bell yet
Snapdog lines
hahah best hope he’s not gay
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Definitely not any kind of bull in, he’s 100% pure whippet.