Me and my whippet x

Quick update on pups progress 9months old now out last night and he was keen as mustard 5 slips 4 rabbits and better standard of retrieve really coming on well now

Mines 9 months old I took him out last night close slips 5 slips 4 rabbits back to hand can't fault him at all. Give him a go mate

What I'm saying is it's personal preference for what u do with your dog my pup is going to be a ferreting dog and a lamping dog ad will also do a little bit on the feather. But I have put every last minute of everyday I have spare into my pup and it shows Hes obedient patient clever and behaves how I want him to on the lamp I can't ask anymore of him.

Working whippets (pure breeds) Opinions for against and reasons for your opinions.

P.m me mate

One bad thing is that during day work the dog will hunt up and this is a big no no on the lamp. It's all about how much time u are willing to put into the dog from a young age and when the dog hits 12 months this will show. I take mine out with a chap who has 14 month old collie greyhound whippet and it's not got a patch on mine. Like I say you have got to make time

Hope so might be going out later with an experienced dog just to watch.

Thanks mate, and yes he's done a little bit of day work obviously he's only 8 month old so i haven't pushed him to hard. I've done plenty of lamp training with him and if the conditions are right and the rabbits are right then ill give him a run if he doesn't catch I'd place the dummy out and end the night on a high. he's going be a real good dog

Yea that's the one mate. And yea I'm sure I'll have some good fun, and wish you the same. Atb Cheers, perserverence it is then! I do take her out with a lamp and switch it on and off and get her to come back when off by recall. Have fun with your pup mate, atb

Yea cheers lads, things are moving in the right direction. For a change haha

Yes a massive relief for me the retrieve. I used dummies like your self also I get my cousin to nip into the field first and place a few dummies around at night, then walk him up to them on the lamp as soon as he has seen them I would slip him and get him to bring them back to me it's taken 5 months mind..... Lol. Obviously if the lamp is all new to the dog you won't know how it will react under total darkness so it's benifical to do some lamp training.

I was proud alright mate I will be proud for a good while yet...... Haha

I wanted the reader to feel as though they were reliving there dogs first catch. I thought it might just raise a smile or two.

Haha yea I didn't think my heart could beat that fast whilst standing still......... Haha doesn't matter, I really enjoyed the write up. Great result bet your heart was in your mouth! Welldone to you and the dog.

The write up would if been better if I had read it again before I posted it. Haha I've just read it through again and I know it's not an English class but ffs........ Lol Oops