Fun Things To Do With Your Whippet?

[urchin]

Join our free community today.

Connect with other like-minded dog lovers!

Login or Register

Just been thinking today - Digit's not a boy for showing, but he's a bright lad and eager to please...............i was just wondering what he could do for fun? I'd feel waaaay to much of a newbie to take him somewhere where they do serious racing/coursing/agility etc but would like to have a go with other friendly silly people and their friendly silly whippets!

Any ideas? ...i'm in the West Midlands

 

[jok]

How about having a try at obedience classes. Obviously this isn't just restricted to Whippets though. I did the Kennel Club Good Citizen awards with Chloe. It was really good fun and im sure most places run beginners classes, so don't worry about being a newbie. Bonus is you get a better behaved dog at the end of it!

 

[Strike Whippets]

Try him at anything you want .............ALL Whippet's are capable of anything/everything ..........ALL racing/coursing/agility/obedience owner's started from the beginning .........Just depends on what you 2 end up liking best :thumbsup: :luck: Hannah.

 

[~elizabeth~]

I think the BSFA is thinking of starting a branch in north Worcs, I don't know it that might be too far from you, but this gets my hound's vote for most exciting thing to do that doesn't involve grey fur. :thumbsup: I wouldn't worry about it being too serious, they will run dogs singly and have fun runs at the end, and it's lovely seeing a good mix of exotic hounds doing what they do best, so good entertainment for the humans too. :thumbsup:

 

[TC]

I agree with everyone Urchin.

Everyone has to start somewhere. I am such a novice at showing but am really enjoying it, it's such fun. Jake loves the one to one time :wub:

As far as the coursing goes, people couldn't be nicer. Ollie has had a puppy run and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't wait for it to start up again in March, he's going to love it.

The best thing about all of these events is that there are generally at least 2 K9er's wherever you go, so you feel like you know people already :- "

 

[urchin]

Thanks for the suggestions - i think Digit would really enjoy coursing - and i know i love to watch him run. I might come as a spectator the first time to get my bearings though - as these are outdoor events, is it ok to bring dogs along who are not entered or is that not the done thing??

......definately need to get me one of those badges!

 

[sharron]

I agree with jok, i'v been takin zeb in obebence once a week. As like you not sure about the racing side. Zeb really likes it and you get to meet lots of people and dogs. If you choose to train i go to a dog club so that you dont get i set time scale to learn new things in.

Since the dog club i go to does agility after the training i sametimes let him join in and he loves it.

Have a go you both might enjoy it :*

 

[~elizabeth~]

I might come as a spectator the first time to get my bearings though - as these are outdoor events, is it ok to bring dogs along who are not entered or is that not the done thing??

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

​

I think plenty of people have just come with dogs to watch, and have a fun run at the end in past events, I think they welcome it, it costs £1 for a fun run and it helps raise money for the club. I don't know if the worcester thing is definite, they're probably floating it to see if there's enough interest, but I'm sure if they go ahead there'll be details on here or on their website at some point.

 

[kris]

what about flyball?we watched a display of this at tatton park game fair last year and what struck me was how much fun it was!the dogs were having a whale of a time and so were the owners!(the spectators were getting carried away too!) (w00t)

 

[*Lesley*]

We started racing/lure coursing for fun, it still is to be honest you don't have to have a racer or courser to do these things, 2 of ours are show bred but they love it, and it's nice socialising with other whippet people and makes a nice day out, go along to a club near you and have a word I'm sure they will welcome you and you'll probably find a few silly people with silly whippets, there's a few at my club :- " me and mine included :lol:

 

[clairej810]

I am thinking about doing something with my greyhounds - I need to work on their recall but don't want to do a whole obedience class as they are great at everything else (except "sit" obviously). I was thinking about flyball /agility when their recall is better but don't know if it would be good for their legs?

Does anyone have any thoughts?

(I know this should probably be in greyhounds but it kind of follows on from this?!!) :- "

 

[jnjsse]

does anybody know of any whippety things to do around the portsmouth area? everybody seems miles away!

 

[jok]

I am thinking about doing something with my greyhounds - I need to work on their recall but don't want to do a whole obedience class as they are great at everything else (except "sit" obviously).  I was thinking about flyball /agility when their recall is better but don't know if it would be good for their legs?
Does anyone have any thoughts? 

(I know this should probably be in greyhounds but it kind of follows on from this?!!) :- "

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

​

You learn loads of things you wouldn't even think of at obedience, not just sit, down etc, it's really good fun...i tried to get Chloe into an agility club. The waiting list for all the ones localish to me was around 6-12months! They won't take dogs until they're 18months - 2years because of the stress to the legs. Presume all decent ones around the country will be the same. I was told that in Scotland you can wait 2 years to get a place!!

 

[Jo Lock]

Hi , I have an eight year old whippet called storm who was a rescue, I got him at 18 months old. We had a go at quite a few doggie activities. We went lamping at night for rabbits but being a townie Storm wasn't that good & we started to late really but we had fun & did catch the odd bunny which went down well at food time.

We tried showing but Storm wasn't to impressed & seemeed to prefer climbing up me to check out other activities going on ( fun dog shows I hasten to add).

Then he went racing, much more a boy thing & that he really enjoyed but then decided that straight lines were boring so we tried lure coursing & he really excelled at that & it is fantastic watching your dog run. But now being eight and not so fast we go to agility just for fun each week and he gets to show off his jumping talents & we sometimes do this at the lurcher shows.

I would say go out & have fun try anything that takes your fancy & see what suits the two of you the best.

Jo Storm(Stormalong heavens above) & Roo the whippet greyhound cross.

 

[da.fildes]

Just been thinking today - Digit's not a boy for showing, but he's a bright lad and eager to please...............i was just wondering what he could do for fun? I'd feel waaaay to much of a newbie to take him somewhere where they do serious racing/coursing/agility etc but would like to have a go with other friendly silly people and their friendly silly whippets!Any ideas? ...i'm in the West Midlands

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

​

The image “file:///C:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/2006-01%20(Jan)/scan.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.Try www.agilitynet.com for an A to Z of Agility Clubs From Anne and Sophia.

 

[Beerhound]

Just been thinking today - Digit's not a boy for showing, but he's a bright lad and eager to please...............i was just wondering what he could do for fun? I'd feel waaaay to much of a newbie to take him somewhere where they do serious racing/coursing/agility etc but would like to have a go with other friendly silly people and their friendly silly whippets!Any ideas? ...i'm in the West Midlands

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

​

Try the Good Citizen dog scheme, both mine have gone through it, one up to Gold and the other silver.