Been into all sorts of gear with the dogs over past 35 years and owned some good dogs that did the job I wanted them to do at the time so if your talking about ferreting dogs they could be but if you are talking about the best dogs I have owned then it would be no, atb.
The whippet will stand back and watch the holes, not far away as she catches a lot as they are bolting but far enough away for them to bolt, I had the young lurcher doing the same but I gave her a break from ferreting for a few months and just used her on the lamp so now she's back ferreting she is a bit too Keen at the min but will calm down soon. Even if the dogs are in the mouth of the holes I find I do a lot less digging than a man that use nets by just walking up to the set and putting the ferret in and standing back and leaving the rest to the dogs instead of walk about on top of the set
Do you think our lurchers would of made the grade on teeth pre ban. I know the whippet did her 2 shakes and its all over when she got the chance but I'm sure they would of done it in the end.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BeAbi-Zd8w
Had the whippet back out yesterday after she got stitched up at the start of last week all looks goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3uZ3cOdhxw and I took the rough bitch which as never been slow but the last few weeks as found another gear.
so did the old one,,,,,
Old one came with a 70w, lance 50w striker 70w blitz 100w
i thought it was lance 50watt, striker 75watt, blitz 100watt
Lol 70, 75 it could be I just know it wasn't a 100w and you got a spare bulb in the handle years ago.
speed dont mean everything and your right trev your show bred put more to sleep than a non ped in a season
When I say this I'm talking about the land I work these days, on other land speed can come in handy but still would go for the kc race bred over the non ped for more speed.
There's a lot more to a working dog than speed for me, my kc show bred is no speed machine but I would say she is a good catch dog day and night and she is the best marking dog I have owned. some places I run her a non ped would kill its self.