Beddy's Yapping ?

[Bluestaff 11]

Hear plenty of prople say that beddy x's are prone for yapping ... Iv got a whippet/beddy/grey pup and wondering will she be a yapper , can anything be done to prevent this or is it just something that will happen or not happen ?

 

Cheers

Matt

[redhead 2]

Don't give it two mush hard work when it is young

[strongbow1 257]

I've also heard and read alot on here about beddy crosses yapping, ive had 3 beddy crosses and none have ever opened up. It's all about how you train and enter them, same as an other lurcher. Atb strongbow

[the big chief 3,099]

Same as longbow says its the entering them at right age two young they will not have the pace to keep up with the rabbit and get frustrated there for tend to open up

[Country Joe 1,411]

My Whippet X Beddy, always run silent, apart from running a rabbit in a wood, she would always give the odd yip, but I could live with that, as it never stopped her catching, and she was never a screamer.

[spindolero 1,109]

always found it odd as digging beddys often worked mute

[Night Walker 591]

I think sometimes with the beddy x whippets imparticular the yapping can come frome the whippet side more so than the beddy blood. Early entering and over matching can be detrimental to a pups progress and lead to yapping and opening up

[Casso 1,259]

They do have s tendency to yap, more than other breeds, your never going to be able to prevent a worker coming under pressure at some point

It's more how you deal with it then, a yap on the turn don't make it a bad worker,

[shaaark 10,264]

My old mate's beddy x's never opened up, ever, hunted up like cnuts on the lamp lol, but never opened up! Worse dog for opening up I've seen was a bull/grey x collie/grey. And the only whippet I've heard opening up was one of carl williams' dogs many years ago.

 

Edited to add

Sorry, it wasn't the only whippet I'd heard opening up, it was the first

Edited December 2, 2014 by shaaark

[shaaark 10,264]

As others have said, don't start it too young, and don't give it difficult slips, i.e rabbit too close to cover, too far away for pup to gain ground on it etc, and get it out on it's own. I know others sometimes allow pups to watch an older dog run, but I've seen that have the opposite effect on a pup, and it normally winds the fuckers up, unnecessary hassle!

[Bluestaff 11]

Some good advice here , i was told to let the pup watch other experienced dogs work but i can also see were your coming from "shaaark" especially at night when theres nothing else to look at other than down the beam , what would people say about daytime work i.e. Ferreting ... Would this still frustrate a young dog and make it yap ?

 

Matt

[bird 9,601]

always found it odd as digging beddys often worked mute

that's what ive heard that the pure's are near enough mute, so to me its I would say the whippet in mix, as had whippets before they can sing abit when running something that getting away from them lol. seen a dog that looked like a patx whippet the other day, little leggy terrier looked nice little dog not yappy , but full on little dog, a nice little bushing dog .don't suppose you see many about ? something I like in the future this x .!

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

I'll never understand the need to show a young dog an older lurcher working rabbit on lamp.. foxes pre ban yeah but if the pup not up to rabbit job wait a couple month till its ready...I wouldn't expect any breed of lurcher not to be frustrated watching another work..jmo atb sesku

[Country Joe 1,411]

My old mate's beddy x's never opened up, ever, hunted up like cnuts on the lamp lol, but never opened up! Worse dog for opening up I've seen was a bull/grey x collie/grey. And the only whippet I've heard opening up was one of carl williams' dogs many years ago.

 

Edited to add

Sorry, it wasn't the only whippet I'd heard opening up, it was the first

I had a Whippet X Grey bred by Carl Williams, always ran silent

[shaaark 10,264]

 

My old mate's beddy x's never opened up, ever, hunted up like cnuts on the lamp lol, but never opened up! Worse dog for opening up I've seen was a bull/grey x collie/grey. And the only whippet I've heard opening up was one of carl williams' dogs many years ago.

 

Edited to add

Sorry, it wasn't the only whippet I'd heard opening up, it was the first

I had a Whippet X Grey bred by Carl Williams, always ran silent

 

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