Whippet

[toshaugh 2]

Hey, i'm looking for some info on Whippet stamina, i done a search on here and got 28 pages of mostly whippet x's. This is my whippet below 19mths old and about to kick in to her 1st serious season, last season was mostly based on training and her best tally was 11 rabbits all retrieved live to hand, i'm excepting a big improvment this year. My question is this, will she have the drive to go 3/4 nights a week and pull in 20 plus rabbits on a good night, i lamp alone, so this is plenty for me to be lugging about. So, have whippet's got stamina, any info from whippet worker's on here.

[northwestmitch 9]

This will be my first season with my young dog going by his mother and sire im not to worried about stamina, I would imagine regarding stamina breeding has alot to do with it , correct feeding, exercise, and the dog its self, loads of drive & heart.

Again theres people on here with alot more experience than me who should be able to give you the answer your after.

If you dont find what your after, try the working Whippet forum the lads on there have years of experience with Whippets.

[doga 50]

3/4 nights a week is a lot of work for any dog but for somthing like a whippet and pushing for 20+ rabbits each outing would be pushing it from my exsperience with them,may be im wrong.

[toshaugh 2]

3/4 nights a week is a lot of work for any dog but for somthing like a whippet and pushing for 20+ rabbits each outing would be pushing it from my exsperience with them,may be im wrong.

 

Sorry, worded that wrong, didnt mean to say 20 plus each night she's out, just if a whippet is fully fit, would she have the stamina to catch 20 plus rabbits any night?

[toshaugh 2]

This will be my first season with my young dog going by his mother and sire im not to worried about stamina, I would imagine regarding stamina breeding has alot to do with it , correct feeding, exercise, and the dog its self, loads of drive & heart.

Again theres people on here with alot more experience than me who should be able to give you the answer your after.

If you dont find what your after, try the working Whippet forum the lads on there have years of experience with Whippets.

 

Cheers northwestmitch,

will have a look at that forum,didnt know there was one.

[poacher3161 1,766]

Hey, i'm looking for some info on Whippet stamina, i done a search on here and got 28 pages of mostly whippet x's. This is my whippet below 19mths old and about to kick in to her 1st serious season, last season was mostly based on training and her best tally was 11 rabbits all retrieved live to hand, i'm excepting a big improvment this year. My question is this, will she have the drive to go 3/4 nights a week and pull in 20 plus rabbits on a good night, i lamp alone, so this is plenty for me to be lugging about. So, have whippet's got stamina, any info from whippet worker's on here.

Though wippets are crackin little dogs imho i think you are exspecting a bit too much.The reason i say this is they have got the heart but not the physical make up like a well crossbred lurcher has but thats onley my opinion.atvb

[doga 50]

Hey, i'm looking for some info on Whippet stamina, i done a search on here and got 28 pages of mostly whippet x's. This is my whippet below 19mths old and about to kick in to her 1st serious season, last season was mostly based on training and her best tally was 11 rabbits all retrieved live to hand, i'm excepting a big improvment this year. My question is this, will she have the drive to go 3/4 nights a week and pull in 20 plus rabbits on a good night, i lamp alone, so this is plenty for me to be lugging about. So, have whippet's got stamina, any info from whippet worker's on here.

Though wippets are crackin little dogs imho i think you are exspecting a bit too much.The reason i say this is they have got the heart but not the physical make up like a well crossbred lurcher has but thats onley my opinion.atvb

and its valid mate they are crackin sport but lack that bit of wind and durability,and thats only my opinion as well

[mally 832]

I work whippets and were out at least 2 full days a week ferreting and 2-3 nights a week lamping during the season. If you get your dog fit and feed it a good quality diet, provide it with a warm kennel. You'll have no problem at all.

People who have never owned whippets under estimate them, i was running my bitch alongside my friends lurcher and she was holding her own even on the more larger quarry..

 

Plenty of good grub and keep them fit thats the key with whippets (and any other running dog IMO)

[stabba 10,745]

I work whippets and were out at least 2 full days a week ferreting and 2-3 nights a week lamping during the season. If you get your dog fit and feed it a good quality diet, provide it with a warm kennel. You'll have no problem at all.

People who have never owned whippets under estimate them, i was running my bitch alongside my friends lurcher and she was holding her own even on the more larger quarry..

 

Plenty of good grub and keep them fit thats the key with whippets (and any other running dog IMO)

[toshaugh 2]

I work whippets and were out at least 2 full days a week ferreting and 2-3 nights a week lamping during the season. If you get your dog fit and feed it a good quality diet, provide it with a warm kennel. You'll have no problem at all.

People who have never owned whippets under estimate them, i was running my bitch alongside my friends lurcher and she was holding her own even on the more larger quarry..

 

Plenty of good grub and keep them fit thats the key with whippets (and any other running dog IMO)

 

Yep, she'll be provided with all of the above, thanks mally . Another quick question is that i've been told that a whippet will tire out much much quicker than other dogs whilst retrieving, that true?

[aussiewhippet 0]

i've got a couple of whips. Great fun breed.

 

I have no doubt that they'd work as much as you'd outlined.

 

The issue that you face with whippets is that they has soft skin and if were working them that much you'd need a lot of thread for your stitching. Of the three i have/had, i'd say that they get injured 1 in 10 hunts over a couple of hours.

[mally 832]

i've got a couple of whips. Great fun breed.

 

I have no doubt that they'd work as much as you'd outlined.

 

The issue that you face with whippets is that they has soft skin and if were working them that much you'd need a lot of thread for your stitching. Of the three i have/had, i'd say that they get injured 1 in 10 hunts over a couple of hours.

 

All this bollocks about thin skin really makes me laugh, I have whippets because they suite the ground i hunt on and the quarry i persue. Yes you notice cuts more on a whippet because of there short coat. I was recently down at Banbury at a mates for the weekend i took Vixen my fawn whippet, she hunted the storm bushes for at least 2 hours (something we don't get where i live) and there wasn't a scratch on her although there were plenty of thorns. It wasn't as if she wasn't working either she caught a few. We went lamping too with barbed wire etc and she never got a scratch. Probably just me being lucky but she's never had a stitch or staple in in her life. My labrador on the other hand has always got staple in some where during the shooting season.

 

If you doubt how much work my whippet does come over and see. you'll be eating your words i guarantee that.

 

My whippet bitch at a local show in condition, there's not many that are in this condition during the summer or winter for that matter. You only get out of a dog what you put in....

 

[mally 832]

I work whippets and were out at least 2 full days a week ferreting and 2-3 nights a week lamping during the season. If you get your dog fit and feed it a good quality diet, provide it with a warm kennel. You'll have no problem at all.

People who have never owned whippets under estimate them, i was running my bitch alongside my friends lurcher and she was holding her own even on the more larger quarry..

 

Plenty of good grub and keep them fit thats the key with whippets (and any other running dog IMO)

 

Yep, she'll be provided with all of the above, thanks mally . Another quick question is that i've been told that a whippet will tire out much much quicker than other dogs whilst retrieving, that true?

 

It depends how big your whippet is mate, my Vixen is 20" and 30lb she retrieves live to hand and it does tire her, especally the long retrieves. However a beddy x whippet would also suffer the same.

 

I get double figures on a regular basis all retreived live to hand.

[supersam 65]

yes i totally agree with ya mally...

whippets are alot tougher than people give credit for and in peak condition can run for just as long as my lurchers..

also agree with skin being too light is a bit of bull imo..

in my fellas first season last season he had 125+rabbits with his best number on the lamp at 16...

think thats not bad for his first season

i think once there in tip top condition then there is no reason why they cant do 20+ even though for me its not about numbers as if it was i would be ferreting with nets instead of just using the dogs to get em...

 

regards SS

[toshaugh 2]

i've got a couple of whips. Great fun breed.

 

I have no doubt that they'd work as much as you'd outlined.

 

The issue that you face with whippets is that they has soft skin and if were working them that much you'd need a lot of thread for your stitching. Of the three i have/had, i'd say that they get injured 1 in 10 hunts over a couple of hours.

 

All this bollocks about thin skin really makes me laugh, I have whippets because they suite the ground i hunt on and the quarry i persue. Yes you notice cuts more on a whippet because of there short coat. I was recently down at Banbury at a mates for the weekend i took Vixen my fawn whippet, she hunted the storm bushes for at least 2 hours (something we don't get where i live) and there wasn't a scratch on her although there were plenty of thorns. It wasn't as if she wasn't working either she caught a few. We went lamping too with barbed wire etc and she never got a scratch. Probably just me being lucky but she's never had a stitch or staple in in her life. My labrador on the other hand has always got staple in some where during the shooting season.

 

If you doubt how much work my whippet does come over and see. you'll be eating your words i guarantee that.

 

My whippet bitch at a local show in condition, there's not many that are in this condition during the summer or winter for that matter. You only get out of a dog what you put in....

 

 

Looks in top condition alright mate, bit to go before i get mine even close, but very glad to see replys on here of peoples whippet's and what can be achieved with them, it has put my mind at rest, for i would hate to only get half hour or an hours lamp and having to stop because of stamina,cheers.