Working Whippet Display

[Pennymeadow Whippets]

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Its been a busy day today 5am saw me in the yard sorting out the dogs & getting ready for the trip north on the m6 in the direction of Nigels after what seemed a quick drive this morning i arrived at Nigels at 7am after a swap of wheels we set off in to the dales with Harry Suzie & Missy the pair of whippets chosen for todays trip we arrived at the intended farm & were met by the farmer he asked us to take a quick look along the bottom fields that he had just cut we were short of time today as we were also putting on a display about ferreting/netting with whippets at the farmers open day that was to be attended by the Minister of Agriculture Mr Hilary Benn so we headed to the fields where the dogs were in good form as both bitches have just returned from being in season after a short walk a firm mark was made & the ferret entered out came a suicide rabbit that ran 40 yards across the open field with the girls in hot pursuit missy picked up the rabbit only to fumble her catch on two ocasions the rabbit made good its escape god knows how but its there for another time back they came a rummage in some cover added the first to Darrens Rabbit bag ;D on we walked watching the time as we had to be back at the farm by 12 noon a few more marked warrens saw both of the whippets catch in fine style & one was netted & added to the bag Suzie then flushed & caught a rabbit from some long grass we moved on to a warren that we had seen some rabbits enter & in went the jill again an instant bolt & suzie added another then 2 rabbits bolted from the same hole together one tried to turn back as the girls closed in only to knock its mate over Missy made no mistake this time then another bolted in to the net we started to head back to the farm trying a few small warrens where we added again to the bag as we got back to the farm the plans were made & after a drink we set out out display Nigel was our spokesman while me & Harry were the labour as soon as we had set up the farmers sister in law asked Nigel to do his speach mate you did a top job after the chat the visitors were split in to groups we were asked to do the net & whippet display at 2pm so not wanting to waste time we headed bac in to the fields for 45 minuites where we bolted yet another suicide rabbit that took the dogs on a merry old run Missy picked it up at the far side of the field only to loose her hold while the rabbit gave both whippets two fingers & made it in to the wall a ten minuite walk back to the farm & we were under starters orders Nigel chatting like a good un at the end of the display we were thanked & given some cake & drinks & went in to the building where Mr Benn was doing his minister chat after all this it was time to head for home or so i thought as we entered the car park Mr Benn & his anterage were still chatting over strolls Nigel "Excuse me Mr Benn can you tell me when you intend to repel this stupid & unjust law Mr Benn gulped & asked what law was that Nigel said THE HUNTING ACT ;D you have stopped me & many other like minded hunters coursing Mr Benn replyed NEVER Nigel put him straight & Arron Would have been made up to see it well done mate Mr Benn then tried to compare coursing with Bear baiting ;D what a muppet Nigel at that point thanked him for his time & stated he was looking forward to David Cameron looking after us in the very near future ;D here are a few pics from today.

 

[Pennymeadow Whippets]

A quick breeders question for Mimdarren which whippet of these two did you breed ? Don't say the black one ;D

 

[jinx and rubys mum]

Well done mate looks like you had a good day.

Just goes to show another towny that hasn't got a bloody clue about the countryside.

Whilst we,ve got idiots like Mr Benn in power we are going to get nowhere,why do tree hugging assholes like this waste our time even attending events like this when they are so blinkered.

Well done for trying.

Big Sean.

 

[nigelmcfc]

A great day that saw the profile of the whippet as a hunting dog raised in that particular neck of the woods. I got a phone call last week asking me if we`d help put on a demo at this farm. It is a working farm ,but the Yorks Dales national park have a guided tour type of thing around the farm. The farmer was the wisest today, in his words `I`m keeping out of the way, I might say something I might regret!!` ;D

I thought it was a good opportunity to give the labour hierachy , (Mr Benn is Agriculture minister )an earbashing , they deserve it . I`ts probably bye the bye now , as it`s looking more likely every day that the Conservatives will win the next election and Coursing and Fox hunting along with the other hound sports will be restored to their rightful place

The whippets worked well , both me and Jeff were well pleased with our recent new arrivals, the dogs accounted for 10 of the 12 rabbits we caught today.

To cap it all, we even managed to get some more permission on the way home. We have noticed a lot of rabbits on one aprticular spot, but hve been unable to track down the landowner. Our luck was in today, as the farmer was just leaving in his Landrover . A quick chat and permission on his land was secured , another result!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[beaker]

sounds a cracking day :thumbsup: good for you, giving one of the gormless twits that run down the countryside and the people who live and work for it, a peice of your mind, his replies and attempts at the justfication of the ban just showed him up as another clueless drone :thumbsup:

 

[Holliepup]

Noted your depressing commentary on NL's continued opposition to anything 'country'

I have not followed any discussion about repealing 'the law' from the Tories - perhaps there has been none. What is for certain is that once they are in power political expediency will take over and there will be plenty of other priorities on their agenda. I do not think we should wait to see a change in government before we start to lobby them - it should be done now, before they gain power in order to secure some commitment in return for votes. Perhaps this is underway already in terms of a specific lobby aimed at a new rather than the existing government - in which case if anyone can let us know Ill sign up for it.