Beddy whippet
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I think @Smellydog has a little mutt of that type or similar.
I don't mean to be obtuse but most dogs, both large & small, have a nose that puts ours to shame and therefore might be considered a significant benefit to anyone entering the feild in pursuit of game or vermin.
What is it you want your dog to do in the context of deerstalking?
K
What is it you want your dog to do in the context of deerstalking?
K
Just be able to tag along and not be a pest, then track the deer at the end if needed. Then use for other bits of vermin control
pendle
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UKDTR used to have a whippet type called willow mustard on deer.
But has now been retired a couple of yrs ago due to old age
Brian if you want one get one it does not have to be a hound or lab.
It's like going for a dog and coming home with a bitch . It does not work how you want . Then I should have got a dog pup.
But has now been retired a couple of yrs ago due to old age
Brian if you want one get one it does not have to be a hound or lab.
It's like going for a dog and coming home with a bitch . It does not work how you want . Then I should have got a dog pup.
Rake Aboot
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I’ve got a retired one here
His idea of stalking included teeth, and furry throats.
His idea of stalking included teeth, and furry throats.
What do you think of that type in general, I had lurchers years ago but never a beddy whippet
Rake Aboot
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Amazing nose, like absolutely amazing.
Lots of whippet can make them neurotic but that can be a benefit for certain work, ahem!
Lovely dog though, most eager to please lurcher I’ve ever had
Lots of whippet can make them neurotic but that can be a benefit for certain work, ahem!
Lovely dog though, most eager to please lurcher I’ve ever had
W1LL
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I had a beddy whippet dog, pre 2004….lovely around people but wouldnt hesitate to take anything on including every other dog he came across, was hard as nails. Recall once he had sight or scent was near impossible. Even on a collar and lead he would pull back, slip his head and be off. He just lived for work
Willow was my dog, she was a lurcher with quite a high percentage of collie in her. I very sadly put her to sleep earlier this year at the age of 15. Best dog I ever had for that job
Smellydog
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Jess came to us past 2years. Frightened of everything. Slowly I got her use to guns and when she discovered squirrels with me her heritage came out.
Now she loves to get out and hunt.
She has a good nose. She found me a cold fox a while back and tracks anything shot. Birds or mammal.
Only issue with her which is not a trate of the breeding is that she is to soft mouthed and gets bitten!
Most beddies put the crunch in quick.
The other issue is she thinks she is a human and is not happy unless she is doing what we are doing!
Would I have another? Absolutely.
Now she loves to get out and hunt.
She has a good nose. She found me a cold fox a while back and tracks anything shot. Birds or mammal.
Only issue with her which is not a trate of the breeding is that she is to soft mouthed and gets bitten!
Most beddies put the crunch in quick.
The other issue is she thinks she is a human and is not happy unless she is doing what we are doing!
Would I have another? Absolutely.
Sheamus
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Thing is Brain there pretty useful dogs in certain situations. They look nice but in reality they have a very poor weather resistant coat. A genuine half cross in the breed isn't going to have very much body mass compared to other breeds.
They will feel the cold especially when they get wet.
For gameness all the ones I have seen work are pretty much up for anything. Obedience side of things there as good as any other breed.
A mate of mine was the grandson of George Kelly who bred some of the best working lines of Beddyxwhippet in the Midlands. I seen a lot of good stuff that come out of his kennels.
He introduced a BeardixBorderx whippetxGreyhound into his breeding solely to improve the coats on the dogs and to some extent in worked.
He went on to bred generation dogs to bitches that never exceeded 23 inch to the shoulder..
I owned and worked one for over a decade , had some good memorable time but I never had the itch to own another of that breed..
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Rhodesianjess
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Maybe 20 years ago one of my beaters had a first cross Bedlington Whippet. Worked well,faced cover, biddable but bit unsteady to muntjac 
if he spotted it first,he could keep her back. If she popped it, then you just hoped the guns couldn't hear the ruckus.
He still owes me £50 for a white pheasant, the dog took it 5/6 feet off the ground, almost like a cat. All he said was " the dog nailed it, speak to her".
It's still a joke between us to this day.
if he spotted it first,he could keep her back. If she popped it, then you just hoped the guns couldn't hear the ruckus.He still owes me £50 for a white pheasant, the dog took it 5/6 feet off the ground, almost like a cat. All he said was " the dog nailed it, speak to her".
It's still a joke between us to this day.
Smellydog
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Not sure, don't think so. Sire was a Bedlington and the dam a whippet crossed with we do not know!Is She a first cross? Great videos
Dan Newcombe
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My collie cross Lurcher follows a line on a deer relatively well. Issue is that she doesn’t think shooting them is the game and you wouldn’t ever be able to stalk with her and she’s relatively well trained. Also doesn’t love loud bangs.
I use labs for deer but if I had one that was very mobile then she would be significantly more effective in stopping it
I use labs for deer but if I had one that was very mobile then she would be significantly more effective in stopping it
W1LL
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Mine was from George Kelly. What put me off ever having another was never getting another as good as him, but also having one as good as him. Don’t miss the escaping or thieving mind.
I’ve got a 3/4 Whippet 1/4 Collie now, biddable, knows when to turn it on but also knows when to toe the line and “behave”, something my BeddyxWhip could never do, every time out the kennel for him was go. It’s sadly a far different world now.
Smellydog
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I think to many lurchers are presented with a chase to young.
Daughters ex had a bull x whippet x grey and it was doing fine until against my wishes he listened to his friend and took her out at 10 months and that was her ruined. It was like a switch had been thrown with hardly any basic training pre installed!
I did get her back one day when she took to chasing sheep and I nearly died catching her and nearly killing her!
She had an awful lot of respect for me after that day I can tell ya!
Daughters ex had a bull x whippet x grey and it was doing fine until against my wishes he listened to his friend and took her out at 10 months and that was her ruined. It was like a switch had been thrown with hardly any basic training pre installed!
I did get her back one day when she took to chasing sheep and I nearly died catching her and nearly killing her!
She had an awful lot of respect for me after that day I can tell ya!
Sheamus
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Back in the day they sure was a popular type of Lurcher or should I say a fashionable one to have. Every one liked the hairy womble look.
It sure was a different world back then. No social media, id never heard of the internet. Never even owned a mobile phone back then.
All the lads who i knew use to meet at the country shows all over the country during the summer months.
We use to take great pride in showing our workers. Having a drink and socialising on an evening, swapping stories and inviting one another on ground where neither of us had permission.
I'd love to see any pictures you have Will of your Kelly dog or your whippetx collie.
Smelly your quite right about presenting any dog with its first pursuit. Its definitely a fine line that's easily broken.
All you need to remember is there's a big difference between introducing a young immature dog to a kill.
Or letting an immature low in development dog to chase to make a kill.
Any decent dog man will have already starting basic training with any pup around the its food bowl before its even finished its innoculations.
My moto is start them young..
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