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[Richie10 345]

Would love those walled fields down this way, down here they hit cover.

[Guest Manitoba]

cracking pics lads.

well, their you have it, good working whippets, do it well, they have good feet and not all, have bad coats!

They are not out and out fox, hare dogs, but at rabbiting, they excell and do, take a few long ears and the odd fox.

Border lad , before you attack me, about my comments, get your facts right sir, obviously, you have very limited knowlage of working whippets.

As for my dog, i think you will get sick ...if you seen what she can do.

A Late friend of mine, had a whippet, could go out early morning, for a run on a live rabbit,or Hare, about an hours work out,

Have his breakfast, and then in the afternoon 1 pm go to the local whippet, racing club, and his dog ((( Ricky)))) could and would Win a race there

but he still had shite feet, and paper thin coat, great for running on a golf course, football, pitches, and so on, another good but Late friend,

had 3 one was like a grew,27lb the other 2 were about 19lb mark, again he had permission to keep the rabbit population down on the local golf club

all 3 could run, and catch in favoured conditions, but again soft injury prone, they would not do any good in a turnip field or a Kale field, apt to break a leg or put there toes up, I even seen one, we were hunting in amongst, some strong white grass, nearly break its neck hit a clump and

and went over head and tails, and when it got up she was not very keen to carry on, the mining, villages it was a common site to see, a man walk out with 2and 3 on a leash, again I never owned one, but plenty of people who I knew did, and I watched plenty, run NOT MY CUP OF TEA,

were they peds or non peds? or just shit dogs? Edited May 23, 2011 by Manitoba

[Guest Manitoba]

just checked my dogs,,, and holey moley it was whippets i worked through the winter not on bowling greens either

[Chickens4ever05 22]

somw older pics on rougher ground ect touch wood i have never had a running indurey on my whippets, and certainly never a prob with feet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

we were out on many days at -6 and -7 some day even lowere very hard ground but we keep going in order to keep permission simple as that,

 

i think the whippet is highly under rated and surrounded by myths about shivering and being fragile with no stamina

 

there are some good breeders out there who have worked hard to produce the working whippets of today

 

Tom

[Blue one 89]

 

 

we were out on many days at -6 and -7 some day even lowere very hard ground but we keep going in order to keep permission simple as that,

 

i think the whippet is highly under rated and surrounded by myths about shivering and being fragile with no stamina

 

there are some good breeders out there who have worked hard to produce the working whippets of today

 

Tom

 

well said Tom.

 

..@ Manitoba.

[shaaark 11,074]

we were out on many days at -6 and -7 some day even lowere very hard ground but we keep going in order to keep permission simple as that,

 

i think the whippet is highly under rated and surrounded by myths about shivering and being fragile with no stamina

 

there are some good breeders out there who have worked hard to produce the working whippets of today

 

Tom

 

well said Tom.

 

..@ Manitoba.

 

Said it a previous post, whippets are just as tough as most lurchers, whatever the cross, and will crash into some of the thickest cover to catch whatever they are chasing, and certainly don't lack determination. Brilliant little dogs

[toby1066 413]

if whippets are so good why is there 2 dogs chasing in nearly every pic?

[shaaark 11,074]

if whippets are so good why is there 2 dogs chasing in nearly every pic?

 

Well it looks like chickens4ever is carrying out some pest control using his dogs, and it looks to me that they're doing a good job. Could ask the same question about salukis in their native land. If they are so good why is it that the pics/videos I see on here have 3, 4, 5 or even more coursing one hare/gazelle?

[toby1066 413]

youd have to ask the arabs that mate i run saluki x singlehanded

[shaaark 11,074]

youd have to ask the arabs that mate i run saluki x singlehanded

lol, don't know any mate

[Chickens4ever05 22]

it depends on what you are doing when we are out ferreting we alwasy have 2 dogs which are free running so as a rabbit bolts more often than not both whippets will chase sometime we hold one just depends on the land, if we were lamping its would be one dog at a time, and other time if there sre holes on either side of a wall or fence we have a dog on either side and they have single runs, all the land we work we have permission so normally a pair of us go and take a dog each, like a say it depebnds on th curcanstances of the land and the runs.

 

and just becuase there is 2 dogs dosn't mean that there are more myths than facts floating in the hunting community.

 

what you also find is because of there light wieght they damage far less whnt they hit a fence or hedge than a big lurcher would.

 

 

Tom

[Guest Manitoba]

if whippets are so good why is there 2 dogs chasing in nearly every pic?

no one saying there so good / more of a case of there not that bad/ singlehanded

[rolysmate 49]

if whippets are so good why is there 2 dogs chasing in nearly every pic?

no one saying there so good / more of a case of there not that bad/ singlehanded

 

 

 

I think Tom has answered your question, to be honest the more people who believe the urban myths about these dogs the better as it keeps the messers and dog swappers away,becoming too popular could really be a bad thing

[Richie10 345]

Single handed they are going to do rabbits and rats, what is legally allowed. Perfect Post ban dogs.

[Ideation 8,216]

if whippets are so good why is there 2 dogs chasing in nearly every pic?

 

 

 

 

O yer i forgot the common practice of taking more than one dog ferreting and tying them up to make sure the runs are single handed. . . . . .