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The Working Whippet by Helen Hansell (Hardcover, 2010)

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The only whippet book to deal in any depth with training and working A practical training manual covering everything from puppy to fully trained dog The Working Whippet is devoted to the breeding, training and preparation of the whippet for work in the field.

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The Working Whippet is devoted to the breeding, training and preparation of the whippet for work in the field. Whippets are among the top twenty registered breeds in the UK and are increasing in popularity as a working breed. Amongst the chapters in the book are an introduction to the breed, its origins, role and importance in the past and today; what to look for in a puppy, caring for the puppy, feeding, worming etc; early training; teaching skills needed in the field; working by day and night; care of the working dog; the next generation selecting a stud dog, whelping and rearing a litter. The Working Whippet contains valuable advice which applies not only to whippet owners but also to those who own lurchers, large and small, and much of the information applies to all running dogs. AUTHOR: Helen Hansell grew up on a Welsh hill farm and read history at Cambridge. She spent two years in London training to be a lawyer before returning to Wales where she qualified and worked as a gamekeeper on a commercial pheasant shoot, trained a variety of working dogs and learnt how to fly and hunt with hawks. She now writes regularly for field sports and countryside magazines. She lives on a smallholding in the Black Mountains where she has worked and bred working whippets for many years. SELLING POINTS: The only whippet book to deal in any depth with training and working A practical training manual covering everything from the puppy to fully trained dog Will also appeal to owners of lurchers and other running dogs ILLUSTRATIONS colour throughout *