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Davy Moffitt

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  1. Show Us Your Pups

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    He's just over 23 tts broxi,still a little bit left on the knuckle maybe 24 when he's finished growing, he's a pup off bobza his dam was a Mike Brown whippet at 20tts and the sire was saluki greyhound at 26tts, I'm led to belive more genetics are gained from the dam than the sire, it's the ideal breeding for me but would of rathered my whippet as the sire and a saluki greyhound bitch but nothing of that cross where I am.

  4. Saluki Whippet Greyhound Pup

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    I'm not in any rush with him, when he's finished growing il get him jumping actual gates lol but while he's still got growth in the knuckles he's on beach running and footpath jogs, the sire is a saluki greyhound not sure on percentages and dam Mike Brown whippet, bobza off here owns both dogs, he's standing at 23tts I think another inch or so more to come with a bit of luck. Cheers davy.

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  22. Are Bigger Heavier Whippets Better For Work????

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    thinking about whippet sizes............the breed is still a relatively new one and was made using racey terriers and small greyhounds, so i suppose its inevitable that we still have occasional taller greyhound throw backs too

    could be onto something compo
    The breed is not at all a new one, it,s register with the KC is relitively new that,s all.
    sorry for goin off topic but ..an honest question for ye loafer, or anyone that knows a bit on the subject of whippet history.... What is the earliest drawing or mention of a small rabbiting dog that fits the whippets description ? .

    I do know that if you keep going back far enough back through the whippet archives in my dogs ped ther is a write up attatched to the ped of a champion whippet that describes him and goes on to mention that the dogs coat is smooth, not broken " just as a whippets coat should be". You have to wonder why the owner of that particular whippet about 100 years ago felt the need to stress the point that he had a smooth coat. Was there whippets at the time still carrying terrier like coats?

     

     

     

     

     

    thinking about whippet sizes............the breed is still a relatively new one and was made using racey terriers and small greyhounds, so i suppose its inevitable that we still have occasional taller greyhound throw backs too

    could be onto something compo
    The breed is not at all a new one, it,s register with the KC is relitively new that,s all.
    sorry for goin off topic but ..an honest question for ye loafer, or anyone that knows a bit on the subject of whippet history.... What is the earliest drawing or mention of a small rabbiting dog that fits the whippets description ? .

    I do know that if you keep going back far enough back through the whippet archives in my dogs ped ther is a write up attatched to the ped of a champion whippet that describes him and goes on to mention that the dogs coat is smooth, not broken " just as a whippets coat should be". You have to wonder why the owner of that particular whippet about 100 years ago felt the need to stress the point that he had a smooth coat. Was there whippets at the time still carrying terrier like coats?

     

    i was reading a book written by brian plummer "lurcherman" i think it was called, a section on the whippet came up.back in the war times whippets had broken coats it was a rare for one to have smooth coats, even then whippets were ranging from 17-23 tts back then

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