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What a brilliant thread. One of the best ever imo.

What would be the size preferences favoured by most of ye. As in height and weight for dogs and bitches.

Also do ye think that the larger whippets lose more turning and take off speed than the smaller lighter ones.

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Il start.. 2 year old. Bred from worker to worker, mostly ferreting, lamping mooching dogs, 21" pics have been put up before.

My whippets. Dam and son                  

Hopefully these few old pictures and some of recollections from my early teens (the late 1950’s and early 1960’s) may be of some interest. They’re all old style “rag whippets” and pre date the require

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As mentioned above many times...a great thread with (as far as I can remember) no bitching.

 

I don't own a whippet and maybe never will but it's the one breed that tempts me away from owning purely kelpies. Also, as mentioned above, information on breeding would be good so we can compare and contrast.

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Tommy27s whippets...

 

Dog...

 

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Bitch...

 

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Bitch next to a proper running dog for comparison, lol...

 

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That dog is a very nice animal :thumbs:

He is a lovely dog mate. Better in the flesh. Cracking temperament too. Steady and switched on. He picked up working alongside my busher in a couple of trips. Looking forward to doing a lot with him this coming season.

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