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Had two pure collies. The bitch was the best rabbiting hunting dog i have ever worked, she was amazing in cover and her field craft was a pleasure to watch. I worked her day and night, she was incredibly agile. The other was a male collie, he was a bit more thicker set, very good on the lamp and an excellent ferreting dog. Obviously not got the speed of a lurcher, but collies are quite nimble dogs and mine were very good working small fields and in the woods. Always gave me 110%.
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Does it matter no dog works the same they have there own way of hunting I like the Beddlington/Greyhound but for me it the Colliex mate
THANKS FORDIE
Does it matter? Always fancied a bedlington lurcher, but only had collie lurchers...so it is nice to have the opportunity to find out other peoples opinions who take the time to share there knowledge.
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Just a shout out to people who have worked both the above 1st cross. I am curious which you prefer for daytime mouching/hunting up of rabbits and working alongside bushing terriers for rabbits. I know both will do the job but whats your choice and why?
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yes there good i keep beddy/whip/greys there my allrounder dogs cant falf this cross thay have done me proud mlb
Is your brindle one 25% whippet, 25% bedlington, 50% greyhound or some other ratio? Looks a real nice dog.
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I give a little drop of cod liver oil with their tea, but the only time i have ever given my dogs vit c ( think it was actually in the form of acsorbic acid) was when the vet prescribed it to reduce bladder stones/crystalls in my whippet.
What are the benefits of vit c for the dog?
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I use cheap brand head & shoulders.........used to workin a grooming parlour many years ago, they use to buy in big tubs of hair dressers shampoo. After rinsing this off we used to use a good conditioner. You only need a little conditioner, but have to leave it in for a few minuets for best effect...make sure it is all washed out. Another thing which is really good is a good spray of velvet coat, it really puts a shine on the coat...especially short hair dogs.
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Nowt wrong with them mate
nice shots.. well exposed..one here of my eldest daughter on south shore few months back..
Cracking photo that.
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Went to Scarborough for the week, couldn't sleep due to rubbish bed and pillows...so heres a few pics from the flat...3rd floor up....haven't got a tripod so just held the camera still on the window ledge. Not sure what settings would have been best (hint), but the pics didn't come out exactly the same as the colours in the sunrise.
Northbay
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Trust me it doesn't shiver because of adrenaline, its when it stops and its windy or wet, he shivers and looks miserable because hes nesh and i can understand why. She has got a good coat for him in winter. My old whippet wasn't as nesh and was good worker of rabbits although lacked the coursing stamina for hare, he would soon tire on a up hill course. And i have heard it many a time that whippets are better than whippet lurchers....saying that you are taking away more from a good dog than adding too it. That kelpie lurcher looks well suited to the job of rabbiting. Whats it like at catching in small fields?
It's probably because your mums dog hasn't got the same bulk of conditioned muscle as a working whippet does.
I'd have thought a conditioned working whippet would be more efficient at keeping itself warm due to having more mass and a stronger cardiovascular system.i would agree with that i have got 2 whippets one is 4 years old and has never worked more of a house pet the other is 17 months and starting to work when i take them both out the older one shivers like mad and the other one is so keen to work the weather dont seem to bother her hope this helps.
The whippet in question is in very good shape and in all honesty...i would stick my neck and say that it gets a lot more exercise than most dogs. My mom takes them on two good walks a day....she fanatical about waking the dogs in the woods....its her priority. Her dogs sleep outside in a kennel with hay. She takes them out in all weathers. I can't see that a working whippet is any better equiped to put up with the elements than any other whippet.
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Trust me it doesn't shiver because of adrenaline, its when it stops and its windy or wet, he shivers and looks miserable because hes nesh and i can understand why. She has got a good coat for him in winter. My old whippet wasn't as nesh and was good worker of rabbits although lacked the coursing stamina for hare, he would soon tire on a up hill course. And i have heard it many a time that whippets are better than whippet lurchers....saying that you are taking away more from a good dog than adding too it. That kelpie lurcher looks well suited to the job of rabbiting. Whats it like at catching in small fields?
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My first dog was a whippet and i have many fond memories of him, but since him i have had lurchers. Now, my mom has a year old whippet and when stood still for more than a few mins in anything other than hot weather he shivers like he can't wait to get back home. Do you find that most whippets are like this are is it just a minority (i cant remember my old one being too bad). You see in the future i was wanting a fast little catch dog,,very small fields where i hunt...but the more i see my mothers dog the more im thinking of a small lurcher instead. Something like 3/4 whippet 1/4 bed or collie/greyhound back to whippet...but then i hear you are better using a whippet than a whippet cross...what you think?
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collie bull grey only a pup but had his first few on the lamp and doing wellNice serious looking dog you got there.
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Hi catcher, what are you using the sprocker for?...just curious as i have often thought about using one for bushing when i go rabbiting instead of a jrt in the future. I'm just a bit concerned that i may end up with something thats going to end up a bit too hyper for a weekend rabbiting man. How you finding owning one?
cheers
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Hi catcher, what are you using the sprocker for?...just curious as i have often thought about using one for bushing when i go rabbiting instead of a jrt in the future. I'm just a bit concerned that i may end up with something thats going to end up a bit too hyper for a weekend rabbiting man. How you finding owning one?
cheers
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As little bull as possible....why do you want bull in a lurcher just for rabbits......can't see how a rabbiting dog would benefit from any bull. Just my opinion....each to there own,....but what will it add....other than bulk?
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I remember been out late one summers evening and my male collie barking and growling at something in a thick holly hedgerow. I ran over and managed to look under the hedge to see what was going off, i couldn't believe it, he was squaring upto a big frog :wacko:
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Just wondering what success people have with dogs other than lurchers that get taken rabbiting....maybe old scruffy the next door neighbours cross-breed or grannys old dachshund. I used to work border collies, both in the day and at night...had some good fun with these. So come on what you tried ...good or bad dosen't matter....pics welcome.
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I paid a visit to the whippet racing the other weekend at Maltby Rotherham.. i really enjoyed it. End of the day a lurcher will chase a ball etc so what does it really matter what the lure looks like..its just a bit of fun, although to some a passion.
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Nice.......beats watching eastenders
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I have often wondered about the different types of bushing dogs. I work the two russels below for bushing. The very small one is ace, but has on 3 occasions gone down a hole for while
. The other one is good, but prefers to chase rather than bush.....but thats more my fault when i introduced her to bushing. A good bushing terrier in my opinion size wise is a lot better suited to pushing the rabbits out, they can really shift through the cover following the rabbit runs. I often consider a spaniel for in the future, but i still have my doubts. I do believe for bushing the types of tight bramble that i work a good terrier would be much better than suited than a spaniel. If the cover was more loose woodland bramble i would most definately go for the spaniel. I must agree though that size dosn't stop a larger dog, just slow it down. The best bushing dog i had was a small border collie bitch...she was amazing, not as quick through the cover as the jacks, but she was very thorough and new her craft well. I thought a few people use plummer terriers, but these seem to be pricey. As long as its from working stock and you introduce it right you should have no problem. I would personally stay away from really hardcore terriers. Atb
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border collie/greyhound 50/50, very quick off the mark for a collie x
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Asking cash for a dog insures nothing, I can see what you are saying, but at the end of the day there are plenty of skint people who would give a dog a good home for life. I know some people will try to make a profit on it, but you can't tarnish every body with the same brush.
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I know a lot of people say collies can be sensitive, but none of the ones i have worked have been....gun shy yes, sensitive no. Now my long gone whippet was sensitive, but nothing compared to my mothers whippet, you dearn't raise you voice at all in his company or you will never get him back on the lead. I think the key with collies lurchers is not to take out your frustrations on them.
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My whippet once got his leg caught in a rabbit snare, he struggled like mad but luckily i managed to get it off quickly.
witch is the best rabbit dog
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My whippet was good at striking sitters or nailing a rabbit near the edge of some brambles, but i thought he tended to chase rather than put in a quick strike. Whereas my border/beardie collie greyhound although not as fast off the mark was better at striking. I really like whippets and often fancy another, mine was a pedigree whippet, he was fantastically keen, but not out and out bred for working, although he took to it real well. I sometimes wonder how much better a racing or mike brown whippet would be at striking than he was. But i still think i would opt for a little lurcher with collie in it.