purebred whippets on the cotswolds

[green lurchers 16,369]

1 minute ago, shaaark said:

  I'll look forward to the foot stamping, dummy spitting it'll cause!!  Lol

Well I might keep it quite truth hurts  and whippets are cuddly

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8 minutes ago, green lurchers said:

Well I might keep it quite truth hurts  and whippets are cuddly

No mate, PLEASE don't keep it quiet?!  Lol

Edited June 18, 2021 by shaaark

[lurchers 2,598]

I used to love watching the whippet derby every year at Newton Aycliffe they used to come from all over the country.I’m sure it was a 2 day stake and better than any greyhound racing,I think that’s what made me like the whippets a lot as for a little dog they have some fire in them and think a lot of people under estimate them.

[shaaark 10,133]

1 hour ago, lurchers said:

I used to love watching the whippet derby every year at Newton Aycliffe they used to come from all over the country.I’m sure it was a 2 day stake and better than any greyhound racing,I think that’s what made me like the whippets a lot as for a little dog they have some fire in them and think a lot of people under estimate them.

Almost everybody underestimates them, until they've seen a couple of good ones in action.

Alluding to what you say, being comparativlely smaller, lighter and less 'macho' for want of a better a better word, makes a lot of people think they aren't capable of doing much in the field.  Me, I've seen what they can do time and time again.  I love the little beggars! 

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24 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Almost everybody underestimates them, until they've seen a couple of good ones in action.

Alluding to what you say, being comparativlely smaller, lighter and less 'macho' for want of a better a better word, makes a lot of people think they aren't capable of doing much in the field.  Me, I've seen what they can do time and time again.  I love the little beggars! 

I’m with you on that 1 mate

[Greb147 6,808]

42 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Almost everybody underestimates them, until they've seen a couple of good ones in action.

Alluding to what you say, being comparativlely smaller, lighter and less 'macho' for want of a better a better word, makes a lot of people think they aren't capable of doing much in the field.  Me, I've seen what they can do time and time again.  I love the little beggars! 

Bet they've got you wearing flat caps and saying "Heyup."

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19 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

Bet they've got you wearing flat caps and saying "Heyup."

Flat caps, yes, 'ayup' no lol

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On 17/06/2021 at 06:57, green lurchers said:

Some cracking pics mate as all ways 

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On 18/06/2021 at 21:13, W. Katchum said:

Give my youngest another couple years an I reckon he will have a wee whippet to learn his trade with, my eldest was nearly a whippet owner but a chance encounter with the Plummer terriers out ratting one night an he changed his mind, but I’m sure me youngest will want a runner, he ferreting mad

For a beginner you can’t fault a whippet for a first type mad keen but easy to handle and no bother, I think same thing with them pups that Ken bred, they’d be an excellent type for a young keen hunter 

[SheepChaser 8,082]

Does anyone on here have a whippet that’s well built, well mannered but thinks it’s a 28” bull x / Bengal tiger ? Preferably Laguna type breeding. Little bit bully not an issue. 

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56 minutes ago, SheepChaser said:

Does anyone on here have a whippet that’s well built, well mannered but thinks it’s a 28” bull x / Bengal tiger ? Preferably Laguna type breeding. Little bit bully not an issue. 

Not looking for an argument here mate, but I really don't think your old dog was a one off.

Seen plenty of whippets do what you described your dog doing.

Like I said, not looking for an argument.

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Just now, shaaark said:

Not looking for an argument here mate, but I really don't think your old dog was a one off.

Seen plenty of whippets do what you described your dog doing.

Like I said, not looking for an argument.

Ummm where in that did I say he was a one off ? Or anything about my old dog ? I’m just asking if anyone has a dog that fits the above description I can use to line a bitch in the future ?

I don’t move in whippet circles and so I don’t see many working whippets and certainly don’t see any working regular (not that they don’t I just don’t know anyone with one). 
 

I am just saying I’m after a well put together whippet, height isn’t over important but I want it relatively thick set and the type who will pile straight into a fox without a second thought and which you’d happily slip on deer, regardless of whether he would catch it or just get dragged across a field, as long as it will run straight in and grab hold at the first opportunity. 
 

Im after one which is well mannered abs soft with people but a bit of a liability to themselves.

Which, given how you suggest that this is a very common trait, someone should be right along saying they have such a beast very soon?

Ps not being a dick 

[SheepChaser 8,082]

Ps I want it to go over a busher type not a runner exactly. 

[SheepChaser 8,082]

[Countryman62 539]

1 hour ago, SheepChaser said:

Does anyone on here have a whippet that’s well built, well mannered but thinks it’s a 28” bull x / Bengal tiger ? Preferably Laguna type breeding. Little bit bully not an issue. 

I know of one pm if you like