Thread: Another retrieve down for Ellie

We use them for hares, rabbits and foxes, over here they're what we call running dogs, along with stags, deer hounds, wolfhounds, greyhounds and crosses of them and others.
Basically go spotlighting and find hares or foxes (which are the main ones we chase) and get up close and let the dogs off. They chase the animal under the light as we drive around following and trying to keep the animal in the paddock and the idea is they can catch and kill it.
Pure whippets are good because they're quick, they're what we call the catchers, then you have bigger dogs like my brothers stagxwolfhound or bullygrey/stag that are slightly slower that come in and kill the animal.

Most people love using them on foxes (as do I) but hares are the hardest to catch and the most fun. Love watching a good team of dogs work as a pack too.

From the pic you can see my whippet Sika has half a tail. Grabbed the back end of a fox and it swung around, chomped on his tail and bit straight through! hanging on by a shred of skin.