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I've always gone for darker dogs over the years, my whippet sired a litter last year and I was hoping for a black pup (thought there'd be a chance with the Sooty line) but they were all light brindles apart from one which was white from head to tail. He was the biggest, bravest pup and the one that gravitated to me so I picked him. I can see how a white dog might be problematic if you're out having a shine where you shouldn't be (unless it's snowing ) but I don't think he'll fare that badly for what I want him for which is just a bit of lamping on permission. One of the best dogs I'v
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I'd keep the dog and help out with the other's feeding expenses as mentioned above. You've already bonded with the dog so it'd be a shame to let him go if he's coming along nicely. Or just take them both on if the bitch seems that good and you have the means to do so.
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18 months and 22 ½ TTS.
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I've been happy with my whippet, fairly leggy at 22.5 TTS and after a rough start he's settled down. He's had quite a few injuries already but apart from that does the job well. Having had a lurcher in the past I'd have to say I'd agree with bird totally though and will be going back to a lurcher for my next hound, mainly for the ability to take bumps in the field. I'm not knocking whippets at all, mine's a great little dog but I preferred my lurcher as he could do everything the whippet does and then some with no injuries.
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Got mine on raw these days but Orijen is good if you can get it.
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I'm running a whippet these days, last dog was a saluki/whippet/grey. The pure whippet is a great little rabbiting dog but mine injures and tears easily compared to the hardblood x saluki. Over the last few months he's knocked up toes several times, cut himself on most hedges and done a hock without me noticing him take a bad knock in the field whereas I never had any probs with the last one. Not knocking whippets at all as apart from his injuries mine's been a good hound. He's like the proverbial off a shovel when you slip him, never shivers or yips and will tackle anything he's point
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A mate of mine has a 3/4 bred whippet bull and it does him proud. Stands at 23" TTS which is bigger than I thought it would make.
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I like the look of this dog, hope he does you proud.
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Good thread this, it's been an interesting read. My whippet's 22½" TTS, just turned 10 months old and is now filling out nicely. Might even have a bit more height in him yet. Most of the other whippets I see around here are much smaller but a mate has one about the same height/shape that's got some hard blood in his lines. A few pics of him, these are from about 6 weeks back so he's grown a bit more since then.
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Cheers mate. He's KC, looking at his pedigree now he's got lots of kennels in it: Shalfleet, Oakbark, Gamestalker, Barnesmore going back to Dutch Gold on the dam's side. Chichleycote, Saxoncroft, Barmoll on the sire's. He's doing well, still growing and just starting to fill out and I'm running him a few miles a day now to build him up. Had a few runs on the lamp but he doesn't have a great deal of concentration as yet, I've been told Whippets can take a fair while to mature. All the best, Rich.
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Some great pics in this thread. I've got an 8.5 month Whippet I'm bringing on at the moment. Seems a decent enough hound so far, just under 22 TTS.
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I had a dog of this crossing and he was the best hound I've owned. I'll definitely get another one once the Whippet pup I have now is trained up. Pictures aren't great quality as they're stills off a video from 10 years back but I don't have many from when he was a young dog:
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Have had my dogs dewclawed since having probs a while back, can save lots of hassle in the long run. The Whippet I have now was done as a pup luckily.
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how many dogs do you have? and pics please!
vanquo replied to langouroux's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I keep 1 sighthound and 1 terrier. Currently got a Whippet and a Cairn x, previously had a Saluki x Grew and a wirey JRT. The old pair were much better dogs in all honesty Stroller, your Jet's a cracking dog mate. -
I'm saying that regardless of what you use a lurcher for it's still a lurcher whin. By your logic you're effectively saying that a border collie that doesn't herd sheep isn't a border collie for example. Doesn't make sense to me anyway. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
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I really can't see the sense in what you're saying whin. So by that logic if I had the best lurcher in the world (one of yours, maybe?) and it went lame it would magically be transformed into a mongrel rather than a lurcher?
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I believe a lurcher's a lurcher regardless of whether it works or lives as a pet. It's a type of dog, a varied type but a type nonetheless.
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For me a lurcher's simply a dog of mixed breeding with enough sighthound in its line to give it a svelte appearance. I do differentiate between a lurcher and a longdog though as I feel they can be quite different in looks and demeanour at times.
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I wasn't his first owner but we think he was grew/saluki and might even of had a bit of doberman in him a few generations back. Bags of stamina, loyal to the end, very fast. Best dog I ever had anyway Sorry the pics aren't great quality, these are screen captures off a vid I shot of him about a decade back.
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Mine will be 5 months old on the 16th. He's very fiery, not scared of anything and doesn't have problems with the cold or rain (was worried about this before I got him). He does tear easily though, often I'll get him back from a run with the terrier to find he's got a few cuts from hedges/terrier bites. The way he runs is VERY different to my old lurcher, he has a totally different gait and he seems to go from a standstill to top speed in a second wheras my longdog needed a few strides to get going properly (saluki/grew). He's still a youngster but I don't think he'll be as fast as my old
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My mate has a pair of them and the dog's a big lad, very fast but doesn't turn very well at all. The bitch is quite small and finely built for a grey, not as fast as the dog but she turns so much better.
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Lovely little bitch mate. Good luck getting her to stay still for long enough to get more pics though
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This thread's been a great read with some very informative replies since I last checked it yesterday. I totally agree with the comment about having more success with the carrot rather than the stick with dogs of this breeding. My saluki cross took quite a bit of work to get him settled in but once he was he became the best dog I've ever owned, I found letting him do things his own way was the best option as if he felt he wasn't doing things on his own initiative he'd have no interest.
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Spot on. Then again that's half the fun of owning one
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Great hounds mate Hoping my Whippet will reach a similar height to yours once he's fully grown, he was 18" TTS at 4 months.
