Whippet and Italian Greyhound show kennels

Lurchers and whippets have been bred to work for hundreds of years , catching anything from rats to deer, mostly though rabbits and hares , used for fox control also . Although the whippet is now classed as a purebred , its origins started as a mixture of thought to be these  breeds, the greyhound, the italian greyhound , the old english terrier , believed to have been created as a poor mans greyhound in the north of england, able to fill the pot , rag race and be general family dog 

both types are excellent assistants in the art of pest control

the lurcher is a mix of sighthound and another breed , typically a herding breed such as a collie ,or a terrier breed such as the bedlington terrier, although they come in so many variants it would be very hard to write and remember all !!! a longdog is a result of sighthound to sighthound crossing , for example a whippet x a greyhound .

Lurchers are in history almost always thought of as a poachers dog, scruffy dogs along with their shady character owners in a romantic sense

Working of these dogs came come in the form of daytime walking of fields with the permission of farmers to freely catch the vermin or game , the use of ferrets and nets catching rabbits that bolt or holding in nets until you despatch the quarry , this can be done with purse nets or a long nets, also you can lamp the permission at night with a high powered spotlight , spotting the quarry and dogs being sent to catch, or if working with guns , the dogs can be sent out to retrieve the shot quarry , this is still legal

it must be noted that anyone intending to work their dogs mst stay within the law as regards to the hunting ban , and always ask for permission to assist the clearance of pests and vermin , written permission slips should be carried at all times to avoid an unfair brush with the law, until this farce of a ban is overturned we must all remember the good times and stay lawful til our day of freedom comes again

Our Lurchers and Whippets in working mode

WARNING FOLLOWING PICTURES CONTAIN IMAGES OF DEAD ANIMALS

Robbie black and white whippet kc reg bred by Callena whippets , first night ever working , with alfie my son aged 4yrs old