whippets and foxes

[Blue one 89]

i presume a whippet...

 

..yes, i know its a whippet...just wondered whats in his breeding?

dont know the exact breeding but il find out later

 

Cheers Scent..

[barnslyben 74]

iv got whippet dog 9 year old whos taken many foxes hed rather hunt fox than rabbit never had any serious injurys i had to pull him out of a sett only last week i just managed to catch him by tail before he got to far in . one of gamest dogs iv seen

any pics of the lad bedo?

[lurcher18 0]

iv got a wippet he stands just over 21 tts and is the nastiest dog i have ever owned he will go jaw to jaw with anything, and much prefures to chase foxes than rabbits, he puts my dads mates bull cross to shame most of the time.

[firstrike 21]

iv got a wippet he stands just over 21 tts and is the nastiest dog i have ever owned he will go jaw to jaw with anything, and much prefures to chase foxes than rabbits, he puts my dads mates bull cross to shame most of the time.

 

sounds game..

[goldfinch2007 2,331]

shes not shy

[firstrike 21]

Nice.

[matt32 44]

I can imagine that pre ban a game whippet on small fields would be deadly as they could turn with the fox much more easily,much more of an achievment to get a whippet that can do fox singlehanded than any other cross

[firstrike 21]

Would be nice to see some of these dogs mentioned. Especially the little uns..

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Yeh get some pics of these whippets up lads.

[Ebo 63]

The whippets that I have seen are very game but I have never seen one take fox single handed when people say single handed they mean catch and hold them until you get there with a blade or do they mean catch and kill them right out and the fox is dead within seconds personally I no that whippets have got balls and gutts but don't think they could knock a fox out in the time that is humaine i just think it would be a bit of a fight with whipperts smaller than 21" I'm not saying that it's never been done but it would take a very good one to do it I will beleve it when I see it hope some one can prove me wrong some day

 

Atb ebo

[Carlowhunter 27]

I have a whippet bitch standing 21 inches TTS. She is the gamest dog I have . She has no problem taking foxes single handed and will burst her way through any cover if there is a whiff of a fox!

[brambo1938 9]

Hope this pic.comes out OK. My rabbitting team( and me )in 1961. The whippet was a pure from a guy who had been breeding his own line of workers ,best catcher to best catcher,for 12 generations.- 20in 24pounds.The terrier was a hunt terrier reject non spannable 14ins 26 pounds.

 

They were mainly used for rabbits but they would kill the occasional fox that we came across.

The whippet had learned to catch feral cats by the tail and drag and shake it untill the terrier caught up and crunched it.He used the same technique on foxes.I had to put him down at 12 (painful arthritis). He never had a mark on him.

[barnslyben 74]

Hope this pic.comes out OK. My rabbitting team( and me )in 1961. The whippet was a pure from a guy who had been breeding his own line of workers ,best catcher to best catcher,for 12 generations.- 20in 24pounds.The terrier was a hunt terrier reject non spannable 14ins 26 pounds.

 

They were mainly used for rabbits but they would kill the occasional fox that we came across.

The whippet had learned to catch feral cats by the tail and drag and shake it untill the terrier caught up and crunched it.He used the same technique on foxes.I had to put him down at 12 (painful arthritis). He never had a mark on him.

nice photo

[brambo1938 9]

Hope this pic.comes out OK. My rabbitting team( and me )in 1961. The whippet was a pure from a guy who had been breeding his own line of workers ,best catcher to best catcher,for 12 generations.- 20in 24pounds.The terrier was a hunt terrier reject non spannable 14ins 26 pounds.

 

They were mainly used for rabbits but they would kill the occasional fox that we came across.

The whippet had learned to catch feral cats by the tail and drag and shake it untill the terrier caught up and crunched it.He used the same technique on foxes.I had to put him down at 12 (painful arthritis). He never had a mark on him.

nice photo

Thanks -my missis took that on a box brownie as was just off for my evening mooch.The gun was for anything from pigeons to roe. In those days I could wander anywhere with no dog leads, carrying a db 12 bore and get no hassle from anyone.Bit different today !