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Just curious what your preference would be for a small rabbiting dog that would be used in the daytime with terriers. I owned a whippet many years ago, he worked really hard to catch his rabbit but never really mastered the art of nailing the rabbit quick enough tending to chase it for longer than was really necessary. This may have just been my particular dog, but i was wondering what you have found to excel at nailing a rabbit quickly over a short distance as is usually necessary when bushing. Do you find that although there maybe a reduction in speed by diluting the whippet with another br
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is this little gem from personal experience? What a strange comment...Yes, i have handled quite a few of them in the past.., most were also quite slow to resond to commands, where as shelties on the other hand are very skittish dogs that are highly strung..
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Personally never been interested in foxes, but my beardie/border/greyhound (male) was nutts for them, if there was a fox about he would find it and deal with it with ease, he was was a big strong dog that was amazing at using his nose, he was one of those really quiet dogs, very laid back, but when it came to walkies he was a totally different dog.
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Ive had no problem with mine. My beardie/border/greyhound had a higher prey drive than my border/greyhound. Good rabbiting dogs. Its what you make of them. Obviously not 3 out of 3 dogs.
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All my dogs will always be for life. As for good dog men that pass a dog on as a pet, well thats just they can't make a good dog out of it in most circumstances. I don't know what some people expect out of a dog. Most dogs will make good workers, very few fail through fault of their own...fact.
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Rough collies....not really known for their IQ or anything else really...oh apart from Lassie....who was in fact a male dog.
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Thanks all, its given me plenty to think about.. wuyang
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What size do the females of strain make?
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Hi all, i know this topic may have died a death many times over, but i would be interested in your personal opinions on which you favour and why. I work two jack russells for flushing rabbits for my lurcher, they are good at their job and work well in the thick bramble. Occasionally one of my jacks goes to ground, something that i don't want her to do. Now, i'm thinking a long way a head but i was wondering which would you advise to be the best to work along side a lurcher for working bramble to push rabbits out, a cocker or a springer. Obviously due to working small terriers i was wonderi
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Bitches, seem to have more of a spark to them.
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Hi mate, you may get more responses on the working whippet forum, although there are plenty on this site working whippets..........http://blackwhippet.**"£$%^&*(.com/index.cgi
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In the daytime my border collie greyhound 50/50 slows down way before the hedge when chasing head on, this can be annoying thinking that she gave up way too soon, but i'd sooner her use her experience and save injurying herself for the sake of catching a rabbit. On the other hand she is no coward and has made some incredible strikes in places where i never thought she would have stood a chance, eg in woodlands. I was talking to a chap a country fair asking him the difference between his collie lurcher and kelpie lurcher, in his opinion his collie was more sensible, in that his kelpie lurcher w
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At moment bushing with 2 jrt and my lurcher, don't catch hardly anything, but damn good sport.
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Years ago i found my whippet sniffing a dead hedgehog, i looked at my dog and there were literally hundreds of fleas on him, it was disgusting and made me freak out, couldn't believe so many fleas could come off a hedgehog. Took him home and gave him a bath, most of the fleas go to the neck of the dog and can be removed with a comb. Never had it happen since. Bit of a freak event i think.
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Nice dog...has he shown any interest in working cover?
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My introduction to hunting was via my whippet, he was from Dondelayo lines....show lines, i was only 14 years old at the time. The lady who i got him off said that some of her dogs did work rabbits on the disused railway line next to her house and that they were good lampers. Didn't know much about rabbiting at the time, i got a whippet because a was allergic to longer haired dogs and i seemed to be ok with my grandads whippet. Well my little whippet was soon trying to slip his lead at any local cat he saw, not that a 14 year old would ever slip him. Anyway he soon found some rabbits in the ne
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Diary of a Hunter was 1981, day to day account of ratting, foxing, hares, rabbits etc., includes vampire..and beltane and many other terriers and lurchers. Nice read., how much are the books fetching these days?
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Both my jacks are bitches and both are spayed, i'm not bothered about breeding, there's enough pups on the market as it is......except cheap plummers. I think i would take on a rescue or free to good home next time. End of the day i just rabbit with my terriers and its not exactly hard to teach one to bush. I was just considering a plummer due to mostly using them for ratting/rabbits. I'm still wondering why long legged is better for bushing....anybody?, and what height to the shoulder do you class as long legged? Wuyang
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i know of a good strong white lakie russell. cracking dog in the cover excellent nose but won t go to ground. bloke i know wants 50 quid for him Be a couple of years yet, just doing some research....thanks though.
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Just out of curiosity, why long legged better than short legged for bushing thick brambles etc? I have always had the shorter legged variety because i thought they would be more suited through the rabbit runs. If longer legged ones are better suited i would definitely consider one.
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66 views and no replies...come on
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Hi all.......... I currently own two JRT which i use for bushing when rabbiting, i think they cost me about £150 each. In a few years to come i may be looking to add another to my team. I was thinking along the lines of a plummer terrier...like i say just for hunting rabbits. I don't want a terrier thats rock hard and going to ground at every opportunity.I have had a brief look on the net and all the sites seem to keep stuck about their prices, so i was wondering whats the going price at the moment for a plummer bitch? And what height do they generally level to because some i have seen look q
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bwra vs kc.could sooty sam live with marillion?
wuyang replied to foresterj's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I can't really give you an answer, but i did own a kennel club whippet many years ago from the Dondelayo lines. This was the dog that introduced me to hunting rabbits. He was a excellent hunter and had incredibly sharp eyes managing to spot the odd rabbit in thick bramble and suddenly nailing it. He was fearless with other dogs often causing fights. He lamped well but struggled with day time hares (this was pre ban. He was quite stocky compared to some of the fragile whippets you some times see, but he wasn't as tall as some of the more modern working whippets you see these days. I don't parti -
Does it really matter.