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Your own cat would be safe but a whippet does not have to have an unusual "killer instinct" to be dangerous to passing cats. I do know of several whippets (not mine) that have killed cats and mine have certainly treed one that was rash enough to come into the garden and I have no doubt that if...

There is no pedigree whippet registered as Dumbriton Evaso Andy or anything like it. There is a Fullerton Evaso Andy. Why do you want to know? Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

Yes, they probaby should be removed - but not yet. Wait until the pup is fully grown (about 15 months when the growth plates close) and has his adult character. Removing them before the plates close delays the process so the dogs become leggier and unbalanced. If they are in the abdomen, it...

If it really is in his neck/spine, a chiropractor could treat that without hurting him. I don't knowof any in your area but I am sure someone does - or I would whole heartedly recommend the one I have here. However, there are diseases that should show up in his blood test that can cause...

I am so sorry - I've only just seen this but as I am going through something similar with Fidget (13) maybe some of what I have learned can help. Food - little and often. A sign of liver disease is often intense hunger as well as increased drinking which means VERY frequent pees. Fidget was...

I started the racing/coursing classes when I was chairman of the WC and the aim was to bring all whippets under the club's umbrella. It was certainly not an afterthought but a declaration of intent. There were more classes then because we wanted to sort the entries according to ability on the...

It doesn't sound as if your vet is treating the underlying cause which could be fungal or minute parasites or wet excema. Dis he suggest what the cause was? I don't want to scare you but the last thing you want is puppies born with demodex. You only have a fortnight to get this sorted. If it...

I agree with Hula. There are far too many incompetent vets around and it is important to blow the whistle on them. It is very bad luck on the bitch but you need to have her treated by someone competent. I suspect that BVA is the best organisation to complain to and make sure they realise that...

Interesting - but not so easy to do. A simpler way to find the COI of a whippet or a proposed mating would be to ask me :) I have the pedigrees of all currently registered whippets on my database which can also compute the COI - just send me the registered name(s) to info@moonlake.co.uk and...

Thanks, Sparky - except for Moonlake More of a Splash read Moonlake Must Be Cool (Frosty) who was first reserve. I am glad you had a firststrike stake - the Irish dog obviously didn't fancy his luck against you :- ) Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

The stake was divided between Frosty (Must Be Cool) who went in instead of More of a Splash who is stonking lame and Medium Dry. Sorry to say I don't know who won the Consolation because I didn't realise they were being judged and thought they were just fun runs. Those are fabulous pics...

The reason for reducing the height for bitches (not so long ago) was because big bitches breed bigger dogs. However, if you want a level playing field, it would make more sense to run dogs and bitches separately because recent research (sorry - didn't bookmark it) shows that bitches have large...

But it is also perplexing to know what route to take. I had all my dogs younger than 10 eye tested because I was alarmed by the Dutch report at the Swedish Congress but I have been unable to find a routine heart test - my vets clearly think I am crazy to be asking about heart tests as they see...

I have enquired about heart tests and my vet's response was "how much do you want to spend?". I have been aware of heart problems for some time since I bought a puppy from a line I had yearned for only to discover the next day that it had a serious problem (NOT a "murmur") and get the response...

I think that would be an excellent idea. Sorry not to have got back to this earlier today - had to leave at 7 am to take poor Mackintosh to have his personal bits off. :( You can find eye testing sessions in the Dog Man's Diary section of Dog World - imagine they are in Our Dogs, too. Cost...

I really don't think you can breed dogs by numbers. Of the 51 UK Champions since 2000, only 11 have a COI lower than 10 - for most of the big kennels it is in the 20s and 30s. Of course we should be mindful of the genetic diversity - or lack of it - in the breed but don't let's throw the baby...

The Whippet Club is the senior breed club and although it is a national club, the Members' and Open shows are nearest London - The Ch show is usually near Coventry. If your whippet is registered in another country you either need an ATC (authority to compete) from the Kennel Club here or to...

Not a bad entry overall considering it was an Open Show!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In Sweden we call in all bitches that was awarded UK (excellent quality) and place 5 among those and in the end Mary Lowe's line up among all bicthes entered and placed were: 1. Jee Bee's A New Gold Dream 2...