Thread: Whippet or Whippet X pups or breeders

We used whippets as kids in the late 70s early 80s, on the rabbits, with Jack Russells and of course ferrets. Steps as follows:

1. Net all the rabbit holes, leave two or three open, and dig the biggest hole out with a spade.
2. Send in ferrets.
3. Send Jack Russell into dug out hole, make it bark a lot.
4. Wait....
5. ....Watch whippets take off like greased bloody lightening as rabbits come flying out of the un-netted holes.
6. Use the cosh on rabbits caught in nets, and reset.
7. Laugh at the Jack Russell getting angry that it hasn't caught a rabbit yet.
8. Retrieve ferrets from holes.
9. Go home happy, with tall tales.

Final score: Whippets 19 - Jack Russell 1... an injury time consolation bunny that may or may not have had an earlier thump on the head...

I loved the whippets. Odd characters, great house dogs, but desperate to be worked. They can be annoyingly neurotic if not given a chance to be a proper whippet.