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Oh I see you were talking show dogs in general in a non-ped whippet section

IF YOU HAVE DONE THIS RESEARCH YOURSELF PLEASE TELL WHAT GENETIC DEFECTS AND HEALTH PROBLEMS WHIPPETS ARE PRONE TO THAT YOU SEEM TO THINK I HAVE MISSED? APOLOGY;not shouting just hilighting my answers

Well I've neve seen a hunched back whippet being shown at Crufts :unsure: Topline is paramount in the breed standard Have you ever seen a puppy farm bred dog qualified for Crufts? I certainly cant recall ever seeing one :unsure: and I have nt got my white stick or blinkers yet

I take it then that you have no evidence/proof yourself then :unsure: so far you've advised watching crufts? and asking a vet?

I was there :thumbsup: I did ask for positive evidence :unsure:

Can someone give myself positive evidence of these health issues and genetic problems ?

I think this goes to show the contradictions in breeding for showing rather than breeding for work, perhaps the Plummer terrier is a good example as it is such a recently developed type? Which is the priority for people who own dogs, especially terriers who work: form or function? for the...

The poll started in the non-ped section points to albeit a small number that are interested in making mor money from pups :thumbsup:

NAH its not desperation look how much people are prepared to pay for WORKING WHIPPETS

OK I am the other poster WW is refering to :lol: I mentioned as an example jack russells from my younger days these were working dogs working to ground badgers were still legal quarry as was the otter and the fox,round the farm yard superb ratters and perfect introduction for youngsters...

If someone came up with £1000 to buy a pup then of course there are some in any minority who'll see the dollar signs and take the money and run. The thing is though, who and more importantly why is someone going to pay £1000 for a non-ped with the hope of showing it when there is a perfectly...

OK WW if the dogs were nt registered they would nt be eligible for showing so they had to get registration first ;) Not true. Many individuals hosted ''dog shows'' just like they do today. Showing at a KC endorsed show is another matter and it wasn't so much owners getting dogs registered...

I doubt money was the motivation for people wanting to register their dogs with the KC. It would of been showing that was the motivation IMO. I stand by what I say, they have nothing to offer the breed whatsoever. Remember, this has already been done, the end result is a dog that is slower...

It was a jack russell terrier that became registered and was then to be known as Parson Russell

well in that case how did the racing whippets from the 19th century come to be registered by the KC? as you say the were raced long time before being shown :thumbsup: same goes for the greyhounds coursed long long time before KC recognised them to be shown :thumbsup: and who'd of put good...

The KC wont be interested in registering any non peds BUT what I said was "someone will come along and want the KC to recognise them as a breed in their own right"

Well said and sensible xs that breed true to type :thumbsup: and then someone will come along and want the KC to recognise them as a breed in their own right :thumbsup: Fantasy? hardly just how the kc Whippet came about in the 1800's and looks very similar today as it did then due to...

:thumbsup: and gets to be called a whippet :-

cant dispute that mutley so why do these people refer to them as whippets? when the dogs have other pure bred dogs in their ancestry?

Ok AISI the KC pedigree dogs are purebreedi.e whippet to whippet right through its pedigree now the non-peds have whippet in their make up along with bull terrier and even greyhound in their ancestry, as they were over 100yrs ago.This ancestry can breed true for several generations and then...