Couple of nice walks with the missus.

[Ideation 8,217]

My missus is staying at the moment and she fancied taking him out for a couple of runs the last two nights after supper.

 

Last night we it was still and pretty light when we headed out, we decided to try a little spot a short drive up the road. Parked up and dog on slip and the first couple of fields we couldn't get a run, too light and a herd of daft sheep running about. Then a long slip at a runner, a miss under the fence, the dog f*****g about a bit as usual, then coming back.

 

Another rabbit sitting out in the lee of some rubble, dog off, and just as he gets there it disappears. On inspection there is a nice warren around the rubble, the dog is trying to get to ground under one of the slabs. One for a day with the ferrets.

 

Another rabbit sitting up by the fence, it starts to run as the light touches it and the dog is off, a couple of turns and then a strike against the fence, and the first rabbit is in the bag.

 

Nothing else doing on the way back to the car, then in the last field, a rabbit running up the far fence, long slip, the dog is off, cuts the rabbit off, back along the fence, then they both dissapear into a dip and it looks like the rabbit is through the fence, next thing, dog hits the fence, which is tightly strung and has barbed wire at the bottom, and somehow manages to get underneath and catches the rabbit deep inside the hedge.

 

Back to the car and home.

 

 

 

 

 

Went out again after supper tonight, better weather, still light, but a decent wind. Jumped the gate into the first field, which is on a bank, with a big rough patch at the bottom, immediatly as we jumped the gate i lit a rabbit up in front on the slope, the dog was off, the rabbit first heading up, then side stepping him and heading down hill at speed. These are short sheep fields so the bunnies are quick. The dog and rabbit dissapeared out of the beam, round the coroner and into the rough ferns. Just as my girlfriend said 'he's lost it', you could here the squeal from the cover.

 

Jumped another gate into the next field, and a squatter 20 yards from the hedge, get in position, dog off, rabbit leaps in the air as he strikes and gets a good head start, but not quite quick enough, he's lifted.

 

We walk across the field, heading home, and as i turn for one last scan, the missus, spots a little eye tucked in a rut the far end of the field, halfway back across i slip the dog, and he's off, just as he gets to the rabbit it starts off, but he neatly swerves into it's path and picks it up on the run, and is back.

 

And then home for a cuppa.

 

Not huge bags, but a couple of nice walks, with the missus and the mutt.

 

 

[Guest joball]

Not keen on pointy eared whippets but he looks well fairplay, couple of nice bunnys there well done.

[malc1 544]

well done finn i hope you didnt take advantage of that young lady atb malc

[Ideation 8,217]

Cheers guys

 

Malc. . . only in the nicest possible way

[THLpatrick 555]

yeah im not keen on pointy ears either Ideation, like that to look like Dumbo

 

good right up and a good little bag for the pot there

[troter58 1,711]

two good walks out mate dog looks well atb troter

[Tyla 3,179]

Well done Finn

 

Let me know if your better half is planning a family visit Jai, we'll have to arrange something down this way

[Guest Anubis]

Welldone bud...The dog is looking well there.

[highflyer25 22]

nice little dog mate ,well done

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Nice one Jai,, should make a nice curry

[whin 463]

hees not to bad ashape about him i couldnt giuve a hell if he has pionted ears or rose ears or dropped lugs like saluk and some colies . to fine for me but hees got a good long back alot better than alot of whippets ive saw

[tote 857]

Good write up again Jai.

 

What size is the dug? He looks small in the top pic compared to the pics I've seen in the ferreting section,

unless you are 6ft 6".

[Moll. 1,793]

Very nice looking lad....alll the best ones seem to have pointy ears

Well suited by the sound of things for the land you work

[KittleRox 2,147]

aye dug looks in fine fettle, good stuff

[mintstick999 485]

Well done mate, sweet looking little whippet.