Next year's team..

[shaaark 11,480]

1 minute ago, James88 said:

Best I ever had was a pure saluki x line bred coursing  dog back to saluki bull whippet grey bitch she could kill them on any land and get stuck into anything f/r 

I'm only jesting mate.

You seem like you know your onions, and have a cracking couple of pups.

Good luck with them.

[James88 172]

3 minutes ago, shaaark said:

I'm only jesting mate.

You seem like you know your onions, and have a cracking couple of pups.

Good luck with them.

Don't mind the craic mate and thank you I'll do my best by them see what's what

[Moocher71 4,220]

1 hour ago, Franks dad said:

You’d be surprised what’s in the mix , papers mean nowt , it’s all about dna . 
But a lot of bull have whippet put in back down the line  . Put that across a one track pony like a saluki and you’ll get something half decent … 

some breeders definitely put Stafford blood into whippets ,they plenty of muscled up whippets about ,some lines are bigger stronger types than others and it probably comes from having bull blood down the line.

[James88 172]

42 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

some breeders definitely put Stafford blood into whippets ,they plenty of muscled up whippets about ,some lines are bigger stronger types than others and it probably comes from having bull blood down the line.

My pup goes back to mike browns dogs on working side moonlake ñimrodel Laguna on coursing side and oakbark pencloe dutch gold showing side but when you look at pedigree all go back to tiptree dogs from 20s 30s can't see no missed pedigree in her breeding and she's true to type mother 17 1/2 tts so not so sure on bull added. But I believe bull and terrier was added to greyhound to produce the whippet at the start 

Edited 2 hours ago by James88

[shaaark 11,480]

25 minutes ago, James88 said:

But I believe bull and terrier was added to greyhound to produce the whippet at the start 

Also  a tad of Italian greyhound blood.

[Moocher71 4,220]

35 minutes ago, James88 said:

My pup goes back to mike browns dogs on working side moonlake ñimrodel Laguna on coursing side and oakbark pencloe dutch gold showing side but when you look at pedigree all go back to tiptree dogs from 20s 30s can't see no missed pedigree in her breeding and she's true to type mother 17 1/2 tts so not so sure on bull added. But I believe bull and terrier was added to greyhound to produce the whippet at the start 

I'm in no way saying your dog isn't a pure whippet ,what I'm trying to say is most whippets used as rag dogs etc back in the day had some very game staff bull added and that still probably shows in some lines of whippets today, remember a lot of pure bred types have had other things added generations back but still got a KC 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Moocher71

[Moocher71 4,220]

10 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Also  a tad of Italian greyhound blood.

I no someone who got a Italian greyhound pup ,it broke its front legs jumping of the settee,vet told her it happened because peddlers breeding to make them tiny so they weeker .,I'm sure the original ones would have been similar to a whippet 

[shaaark 11,480]

1 minute ago, Moocher71 said:

I no someone who got a Italian greyhound pup ,it broke its front legs jumping of the settee,vet told her it happened because peddlers breeding to make them tiny so they weeker .,I'm sure the original ones would have been similar to a whippet 

Yep, I know what you're saying mate.

[James88 172]

1 hour ago, Moocher71 said:

I'm in no way saying your dog isn't a pure whippet ,what I'm trying to say is most whippets used as rag dogs etc back in the day had some very game staff bull added and that still probably shows in some lines of whippets today, remember a lot of pure bred types have had other things added generations back but still got a KC 

 

I get you mate all breeds has added other breeds to make line what it is, a outcross can't be bad in long run the coursing dog does well to go back to pure once in a while to keep blood diluted same as any line bred dog 

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[James88 172]

11 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

I no someone who got a Italian greyhound pup ,it broke its front legs jumping of the settee,vet told her it happened because peddlers breeding to make them tiny so they weeker .,I'm sure the original ones would have been similar to a whippet 

I have looked at Italian greyhound there far from a whippet more lap dogs as today's standards but I don't dispute they would have been different a 100 years ago

 

[shaaark 11,480]

@Moocher71 and James88.

Just been checking, ideal height and weight for italian greyhounds is 12-15 inches tts and about 10-12lb ish weight.

But  there are loads that are 16-18" tts and 15-20lb in weight.

Just thought it might be of interest?

And, incidentally, Italian greyhounds are my 17 year old lad's favourite breed, and he's been been asking for one for about 3-4 years.

But no, we ain't getting one of them.

Edited 52 minutes ago by shaaark

[James88 172]

29 minutes ago, shaaark said:

@Moocher71 and James88.

Just been checking, ideal height and weight for italian greyhounds is 12-15 inches tts and about 10-12lb ish weight.

But  there are loads that are 16-18" tts and 15-20lb in weight.

Just thought it might be of interest?

And, incidentally, Italian greyhounds are my 17 year old lad's favourite breed, and he's been been asking for one for about 3-4 years.

But no, we ain't getting one of them.

Best bet would be a true to type whippet the father of my pup 19 1/2tts mother 17 1/2tts, from what I researched there alot more sound than ig

Edited 37 minutes ago by James88

[shaaark 11,480]

4 minutes ago, James88 said:

Best bet would be a true to true to type whippet

If I get another dog, it WILL be a whippet.

[James88 172]

10 minutes ago, shaaark said:

If I get another dog, it WILL be a whippet.

I like them full of beans, he tried to claim the blanket but she fought to get her place. 

 

Edited 24 minutes ago by James88