Terrier X Whippet

[day and night walker 233]

There are some for sale in pet 4 homes patt x whippet x patt, i think the fella is asking 100 quid each, very reasonable i think. atb daywalker.

Edited March 14, 2016 by day and night walker

[TonyOrmy 128]

FOUND THESE OLD FOTOS ,WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO HAVE THIS LITTLE DOG BACK ATB TONY

[Chicken_man 1,651]

Go on gaz, get one added to the pack!

Atb

[darbo 4,774]

FOUND THESE OLD FOTOS ,WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO HAVE THIS LITTLE DOG BACK ATB TONY

Was he a russell/whippet Tony ?

[TonyOrmy 128]

alrite darbo ,the mother to her was a black and tan Lakeland type ,she took more to the fathers side colour wise ,and one of the raceyer of the litter ATB TONY

[darbo 4,774]

alrite darbo ,the mother to her was a black and tan Lakeland type ,she took more to the fathers side colour wise ,and one of the raceyer of the litter ATB TONY

Nice one

[stevo79 569]

I want one now gaz lol!!

[TonyOrmy 128]

 

alrite darbo ,the mother to her was a black and tan Lakeland type ,she took more to the fathers side colour wise ,and one of the raceyer of the litter ATB TONY

is it skip Tony? Atb AT

 

yes AT spot on ,the good o

[krawnden 1,036]

Think the answer was in the first post. Yup end up with a dog that is compromised on speed for a decent runner and size for an out and out bushing dog. If you can live with the compromise then I would guess you could have plenty of fun with this x. I have seen a fair few whippet x Beddies struggle daytime on bunnies when the odds are stacks against them. I will always stick to dogs for specific jobs and I am not the most demanding of owners atb

 

A terrier x whippet is never going to have the speed to run a rabbit down in the open on a regular basis. But - provided it's not too big - it should have the speed to run one down in cover. As to whether or not it's too big to be useful, I think that'll depend on the size of the parents. You get both big and small whippets just like some terriers are much bigger than others.

 

I guess I'm biased, but having got one I certainly wouldn't want to be without one. Mine's about 15" tts and she flies through all but the thickest cover with no bother at all. And for the sort of ferreting I do, which is predominantly brambly/thorny hedgerows, she's perfect. She regularly catches them in the hedge and if she can't catch them she'll either push them out where there's a chance with either the lurcher or a longnet, or else she'll run the hedge behind them and mark wherever they next go to ground so you get a second bite at the cherry.

 

[Chicken_man 1,651]

What x is that one krawden? Border?

Atb

[matt1979 766]

 

 

Think the answer was in the first post. Yup end up with a dog that is compromised on speed for a decent runner and size for an out and out bushing dog. If you can live with the compromise then I would guess you could have plenty of fun with this x. I have seen a fair few whippet x Beddies struggle daytime on bunnies when the odds are stacks against them. I will always stick to dogs for specific jobs and I am not the most demanding of owners atb

A terrier x whippet is never going to have the speed to run a rabbit down in the open on a regular basis. But - provided it's not too big - it should have the speed to run one down in cover. As to whether or not it's too big to be useful, I think that'll depend on the size of the parents. You get both big and small whippets just like some terriers are much bigger than others.

 

I guess I'm biased, but having got one I certainly wouldn't want to be without one. Mine's about 15" tts and she flies through all but the thickest cover with no bother at all. And for the sort of ferreting I do, which is predominantly brambly/thorny hedgerows, she's perfect. She regularly catches them in the hedge and if she can't catch them she'll either push them out where there's a chance with either the lurcher or a longnet, or else she'll run the hedge behind them and mark wherever they next go to ground so you get a second bite at the cherry.

 

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I wasn't knocking them or anyone's dog. Just I think it's better to have a busher and a runner rather than trying to achieve both for general mooching/ bushing but I can see the benefit for ferreting on certain ground atb

[krawnden 1,036]

What x is that one krawden? Border?

Atb

 

Sire's first cross border x whippet, dam's mixed ancestry terrier (predominantly russell but with a bit of patterdale and lakeland a few generations back)

[krawnden 1,036]

 

 

Think the answer was in the first post. Yup end up with a dog that is compromised on speed for a decent runner and size for an out and out bushing dog. If you can live with the compromise then I would guess you could have plenty of fun with this x. I have seen a fair few whippet x Beddies struggle daytime on bunnies when the odds are stacks against them. I will always stick to dogs for specific jobs and I am not the most demanding of owners atb

A terrier x whippet is never going to have the speed to run a rabbit down in the open on a regular basis. But - provided it's not too big - it should have the speed to run one down in cover. As to whether or not it's too big to be useful, I think that'll depend on the size of the parents. You get both big and small whippets just like some terriers are much bigger than others.

 

I guess I'm biased, but having got one I certainly wouldn't want to be without one. Mine's about 15" tts and she flies through all but the thickest cover with no bother at all. And for the sort of ferreting I do, which is predominantly brambly/thorny hedgerows, she's perfect. She regularly catches them in the hedge and if she can't catch them she'll either push them out where there's a chance with either the lurcher or a longnet, or else she'll run the hedge behind them and mark wherever they next go to ground so you get a second bite at the cherry.

 

rsz_20160313_1643191.jpg

I wasn't knocking them or anyone's dog. Just I think it's better to have a busher and a runner rather than trying to achieve both for general mooching/ bushing but I can see the benefit for ferreting on certain ground atb

 

 

I know you weren't knocking them. I guess perhaps the point I was trying to make is that I don't regard mine as a runner by any stretch of the imagination. As far as I'm concerned she's an out and out busher. She just happens to be a fast busher. And the fact she's part whippet doesn't make her too big to do the job; I doubt there are many places she couldn't push a rabbit out of that a smaller terrier could...

[brainy 223]

Everyone on about terrier x whippet ....... Bedlington whippets been around for donkeys years

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Everyone on about terrier x whippet ....... Bedlington whippets been around for donkeys years

I was taking about the smaller terrier X whippet types such as that of krawndens. The beddy whippets tend to throw more of a runner due to the shape and size of the beddy don't they?

 

I was interested in the Lakey X whippet, patt X whippet, Russel X whippet, border X whippet etc.

 

Cheers for replies folks.