Whippets living outside.

[gravel 63]

My whippet lurcher is soft as shite snuggled up to the radiator, she a nightmare to keep her weight on, but she is as hard as nails, to daft somtimes, if yu want to keep a running dog in a kennel dont get a whippet, winters here soon, have yu all got short memorys

[whin 463]

to [bANNED TEXT] gravel was hard enough keeping my cross breds good without some shivery rag dog this site is fool of dreamers i used to wonder why the od shepherds on the hills kept the working beardie collies cause they were hardy dogs and they took any weather now a thinn skinned whippet a pure one is no beardie colie they need heat qnd well looked after

[B.P.R 2,798]

Whin how can you come on here and put my dog down? When you last seen her she was 4 months old,Just out of a a cast, been sedated on and of for the last week or so and leg was still broken. She's now 7 months and looking good. Sure she broke her left leg and then chipped the bone out of her right leg, both BACK LEGS. but thats life. No need to put her down at all.

[iworkwhippets 13,059]

fresh earth i wouldnt own up to breeding poor veebules dogs very small thin had 2 brakes so far in front legs , keep yer show dogs for the ring and let the real working dogs get on with work, whippets are not injury free like a collie lurcher saluk lurcher had a grew feet were never sound like acollie type or good saluk type , work them hard you find out what they are like on rough scrub and stony land , whippets are not the great working dogs youse are making out , maybe im wrong , if whipps were great i nwouldnt a bred the beardie cross , or saluk crosswhippet greys etc,

 

 

 

 

Wait until the real winter sets in, i will show you a true working whippet, but then again, who really gives a monkies, cos this site clearly has no time fer whippet owners, pissing down here, amd blowin a hooly, weve just got in from a grand couple oh hours walk, dogs dried off, and kennelled up, theres whippets, n whippets matey, i have the best

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

My whippet is soft - comes in the house and curls up right against the gas fire.

 

And then when I'm going out or to bed, he goes out in the kennel and curls up in there with the lurcher. No problem at all.

 

He only shivers when he's stood around in wind and rain and cold, like when we're on the school run and waiting at the gates. And my 26" rough coated grey/saluki/beddy/BEARDIE cross does the same damn thing.

 

Kennel them out, keep them in, do both ... whatever you do, so long as you keep them well they adjust to what their life is.

[burnz1985 9]

ive got a whippet, i keep him indoors tho not the biggest fan of the cold. great dog tho and just coming good now. caught his first rabbit the other day and aint stopped now lol

[B.P.R 2,798]

It's whins way or the

Highway. No time fr

Shivery rag dogs, who gives a

Fcuk what he thinks. Whippets in or out, working 6 nights a week or the weekend ferreting. Doing the job the owner wants them too. Whippets make most dogs look like they've got a turning circle of a bus. And that's with 2 broken legs.

[foxlamper80 28]

i have a wippet bitch shes 4 years old now nevere stay in the house shes out the hole time never had any problems way her yet

[Ideation 8,216]

Mine lives indoors, he does shiver when out working but as someone else has said, no more or less than any other lurcher.

 

I think the idea that whippets 'break easily' is just that, someones idea they will because they are a slight framed dog. Imo they have just as much chance as most other dogs and less than others. All to do with weight/force, a slight framed dog is going to have less weight behind it so the force of impact will be just the same as a dog double the weight with a thicker set frame.

Never had a skin tear with mine, his only injuries have been on the bridge of his nose from collisions, and he has been hung up on barbed wire etc etc just the same as any of my other dogs who have had tears/rips.

 

I have found the whippet to be a lot less maintenance than any other running dog Ive owned. I can run him slightly overweight, slightly under, never really need any special foods or additives and he never seems to suffer for it.

 

I'm not sure i agree with you Moll. Granted, my lad is worked in all weathers, on some pretty rough terrian, and asked to face some harsh cover and obstacles, and he never backs down. But if he collides with something sharp, or just bounces off / over barbed wire, he usually walks away with some nasty skin tears, in the last 12 months, he has had four trips to the vets to be sewn back together.

 

He is however i total nut job.

[Whippet Harry 0]

Hi Guys,

I have owned a whippet for nearly three years now and this is my first running dog ive ever had, it lives inside and does shiver a little when taken out in harsh weather conditions. This does not affect its performance or drive in the slightest, puts 110% into every run and will never turn a course down. I have no serious injuries with my dog, little bumps and scrapes at the most i.e cuts and limps but no more than any other dog gets. I choose to keep mine inside due to the garden space and the moaning mother but he would be perfectly fine if reared from a pup in a run outside. Whippets are very loyal and if kept well a superb worker. Wouldnt get rid of mine for the world and would have another tomorrow.

[paddybarr 77]

i love all this "thin skin" shit "skin is skin" its all the same thickness whether on a lurcher or a whip run a sighthound into something sharp and it cuts simple its easier to see on a whippet as they are short haired

[mackay 3,501]

It's the old whippet thing again, a bit like small man syndrome, we're small but just as capable. Sadly not in my experience, whippets are one trick ponies and that is rabbits, they lack coat, feet and all round endurance, the one thing they don't lack is heart but across the board that is sadly not enough. I think whippet owners need to wake up and smell the coffee, they're not the robust all round hardy animals most would have us believe, breed loyalty is commendable breed blindness is not so. Over the years (quite a few) I've had many whippet owners tell me that they will take me out and show me a capable all round hunting dog the equivilant of a well bred lurcher, each and everyone has failed. If you like whippets own one but accept their limits and capabilities.

[whin 463]

mackay very very true , my old mate has had whipps for forty years d slieght he cross breeds them as they last longer and more hardy ,the whippet can turn but so can well bred lurchers vee and more ,best crosses for rabiting has always been the grew collie type , hardy and fast and durable , i like the whippet grew type but no ther limitations so dont keep them

[reddawn 2,173]

It's the old whippet thing again, a bit like small man syndrome, we're small but just as capable. Sadly not in my experience, whippets are one trick ponies and that is rabbits, they lack coat, feet and all round endurance, the one thing they don't lack is heart but across the board that is sadly not enough. I think whippet owners need to wake up and smell the coffee, they're not the robust all round hardy animals most would have us believe, breed loyalty is commendable breed blindness is not so. Over the years (quite a few) I've had many whippet owners tell me that they will take me out and show me a capable all round hunting dog the equivilant of a well bred lurcher, each and everyone has failed. If you like whippets own one but accept their limits and capabilities.

 

[iworkwhippets 13,059]

My whippet lurcher is soft as shite snuggled up to the radiator, she a nightmare to keep her weight on, but she is as hard as nails, to daft somtimes, if yu want to keep a running dog in a kennel dont get a whippet, winters here soon, have yu all got short memorys

 

 

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