For the expert this will seem stupid...

[TerrierLad 0]

but if you breed a bedlington whippet with another bedlington whippet will the dogs be as good as a 1st cross?

 

like i said it will seem stupid to an expert but im just curious!

[elisderyn 496]

Not sure if "better" is the right word but I have seen bull/grey x bull/grey & they seemed to throw lighter & more versatile then a first cross..........

[Dave R 3]

Only ever owned one she was a good worker and one hell of an escape artist, But she died at 4 years old from copper toxicosis. This as i have been told and read about was because of her being beddy/whippet x beddy/whippet the copper gene was reinstated, Since then 1988 i have only had first crosses.

[Ruger8 0]

I thought a % of the litter would throw almost total bedlington and a % towards the whippet with around a third chucking what you want. This could be total drivel ..... i would like to hear a knowlegable reply, as im curious now

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

it wouldn't look like a first cross if thats what you mean.............................obvioulsy the gene pool will be getting more & more you move away from the first cross.

 

 

"better"................not really an answer for that mate......all depends what 'look' you like, and what work you are doing.

 

Like all dogs everyone has a preference and the combinations and percentages vary so much..............I know a lad that will only have lurchers bred out of 5/8 3/8 bull x 5/8 3/8 bull x..........all of matter of opinion.

 

 

Personally if I had need for a beddy wipp..then I'd go for a first cross

[Stabs 2]

I thought a % of the litter would throw almost total bedlington and a % towards the whippet with around a third chucking what you want. This could be total drivel ..... i would like to hear a knowlegable reply, as im curious now

 

That's what Plummer used to say....it's not an exact science I'm afraid. More than likely they'd look like bedlington whippets

[luke 2]

i think they would throw more to the whippet side as with

bull xgreyhounds after a few generations they will

resemble pure greyhounds as the terrier absorbs

into these dogs so easily.

[shepp 2,285]

I think the pups would come out favouring the whippet more, but the chances of copper toxicosis becomes a possibility which would not happen in a first cross.

[mole catcher 1]

this is my first cross put back to a first cross

 

very lightly built dog, nimble as feck but a little head strong but still a worker non the less

[bill88 6]

Don't think breeding any cross is an exact science.I have a first cross beddyxwhippet,that i bought from a lad on here.The bitch i bought was fawn with some white and blue in the face and chest and relatively flat coated,a couple of people said it couldn't be a first cross as they are "ALWAYS" blue and rough coated,the lad i bought the bitch off owned both parent's,the dame was a blue Rillington beddy,and the sire a very strong looking white and black whippet.I do not doubt this lad for a second and i have a mate who's first cross was a fawn dog with a blue/black muzzle.Over the last couple of week's my pup has started to change (she's now 12 weeks old)her coat is becoming very harsh and wirey and she is getting very hairy around the muzzle,not only this but the fawn colour is now getting quite silvery and the dark muzzle is lightening.Now,is my dog a fecking alien,or just different?

First pic is at 6 week's old other two are at 12 weeks.

 

 

 

[macker 5]

cant see the problem with it either stabs

is right about the plummer thing.

if both parents are worked well it cant be too bad

to breed from them.

if it was me i would look for a beddy cross greyhound

just to bring up the height a bit.

best of luck what ever you do.

all the best

macker

[mole catcher 1]

BILL88, this is my beddy x as a young pup, he was flat coated as a young un but has changed as hes grown, including his color.

[johnnyboy28 1]

BILL88, this is my beddy x as a young pup, he was flat coated as a young un but has changed as hes grown, including his color.

 

This is my beddy X whippet X beddy X Whippet bitch which is a year old tomorrow

[lamper12 30]

bill88 my bitch is a bed x wip x grey her dam was a irish trak grey[black] her sire was a rough bedlingtonxwhippet first cross[blue]. now my bich is fawn with a black/grey muzzle and smooth coat.

[mole catcher 1]

johnnyboy28, dont tell me your dogs called patch?