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Good stuff mate, cheers

Showed my Mick this pic and he won,t stop dribbling!!!! cheers

exactly!! cheers :cheers:

Without the aid of performance based selective breeding do you think your chances of obtaining a whippet of satisfactory working ability from "show only " kennels will decrease as generations of show only breeding pass??

The question is not about current legalities. Its a simple quesion of for or against. Those wishing to maintain the breed at is current standard rely on selective breeding from proven field performers. This is simple stuff. You need proven performance and selective breeding on performance to...

Shameless, I cast no aspertions on you or your dogs, in fact I,m happy to applaud . In my experiance, in my fields, anymore than 50% on bolted winter bunnies in daytime requires a dog better than any I,ve seen. When it comes to the ultimate quarry, true winter hares walked up natural, I have...

As opposed to conjecture and opinion, I put my money where my mouth is. I have recently obtained a bitch pup with a solid hare background. My wee Candy is a Fraser whippet from a real working kennel that has based its breeding program on performance for many generations. Both parents are well...

"Hare Coursing" is a broad statement. I am definitely in favour of running winter hares in a genuine field situation. Most of the hares would escape none the worse anyway. As PM said, it is the ultimate test, and not that many pass. I am all for lure coursing, but those that think it resembles...

Top stuff mate, I reckon your big challenge will be keeping count ;) , cheers :cheers:

There are lines or working whippet here, selectively bred for many generations, that are well proven on nearly all our legal feral quarry, as well as native quarry that was previously fair game. Your showbred whip may chase a rabbit but they don,t often match the proven working lines, especially...

Exactly correct Sparky. Even dogs weighing in excess of 50kg would take a long time to sort out a decent boar. Their job is to hold till the master can assist and dispatch as quickly and humanely as possible. Feral boar can be a major problem. They can impact heavily on lambing ewes, crops, etc...

Here in Oz boar are legal quarry. Many, many years ago I was purchasing a ferret from an older gentleman and saw two fine whips in a kennel run. He informed me he worked them on boar. This man was a well respected dogman, and the dogs wore working scars, and I was awoken to the potential of...

Well, I suppose its possible ;) cheers :cheers:

This is a topic that has long fascinated me. I have been "advised" by the learned here that ALL whips are born with the required insincts to make a working dog. While, for the sake of peace, I will take his on board ;) , obviously some are far better than others. What I find curious is the...

Peter, that whole strip of country from Goondiwindi to Texas, Ashford , Yetman, etc has some of the best fishing and hunting anywhere, is a pleasure to talk to someone who knows, I am in Mudgee these days, cheers

G,Day Peter, thanks for that. I,m in Wales mate ;) , New South Wales!! cheers

Having been made aware of certain sensitivities I assure readers there are no dead animal pics in this post. A season ago I aquired a pair of magnificent ferts from an expatriate.They are now two of my most prized possessions. My wee jill with Mick when he was a baby My hobb with my...

Should be fine mate, will keep the old fingers crossed for you, cheers

She looks a beaut mate, cheers

This is what I said "To insist that a pure show bred whip is likely to carry the same degree of prey drive and hunting instict of a whip from a blood that has focused on those traits for generations is not reasonable, or logical, or indeed supportable" not this -" but the original starter of...