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I know the identity of the only clear whippets anyone knows about...the three whose pictures appear in the study. I know their identities because I know the dogs.

Hi Terry, The gene in question governs the production of a growth factor protein called myostatin. Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle development; so, if your body produces too much myostatin, you will have some sort of muscle wasting disease (like muscular dystrophy). If your body...

Well, either you are lying in the above statement or your friend is. The Ostrander Lab is prohibited by federal law from releasing "test results" to anyone as they are not licensed as a testing facility. I know this because I asked Dr. Ostrander personally about the possibility of getting the...

And based on that full frontal nudity pose, I'd say the typical boy! :p

This study has just been published: Double-muscling study

This study has just been published: Double-muscling study

The fact is, it doesn't really matter how it got into the bloodlines. What is important is that it is there (and also in the European pedigree bloodlines...probably through a Good as Gold daughter imported to France). In the case of the German boy, both of his parents carried one copy of the...

Hi all, Someone found a couple of photos of bully pups on this website: http://www.allbreed-rescue.org/special_bre...ed/adopted.html One is named "Cleveland" and one is named "Beth". I only personally knew one bully here; she was able to race but she did cramp. Her heart was apparently...

Somone on the ped racing forum thought my first post was confusing so I figured I'd better try to clarify it. The study is open to ALL whippets, both pedi and non-peds. They're only using the pedigrees to determine relatedness to other whippets in the study. When I asked the lab's sample...

Hi again, Yes, I posted the call for submissions in the non-ped forum as well, as the researchers want samples from ANY whippets. The study started out for just pedigreed whippets but, as I think they've found something interesting, they are now looking for samples from all. Just in the past...

I'd like to add that the only cost involved in sending in a cheek swab sample is postage.

I should add that the only cost involved in submitting the cheek swab sample is postage.

Hello all, I'm writing from California, where I am involved in pedigree whippet racing. In the past several years, the whippet racing community has seen some pups born from different bloodlines which appear to be double-muscled ("bullys"). A small group of racing folk approached the National...

Hello all, I'm writing from California, where I am involved in pedigree whippet racing. In the past several years, the whippet racing community has seen some pups born from different bloodlines which appear to be double-muscled. A small group of racing folk approached the National Institute of...

Hi Tony, The mechanism is breeding selection. I understand the French system better than the UK system so I'll use that as my frame of reference. (And my advance apologies for continuing this in this particular forum; it really doesn't have to do with non-ped racing specifically.) The French...

There's no question that Besaps lines entered the North American lines; they appear on the pedigrees! Nothing underhanded happened on this side of the water as far as that goes. For that matter, they entered the European bloodlines as well and appear in many of their racing pedigrees (Gasfirst...

if one were to travel to any european country (except France), one would see pedigreed whippets that looked like non-peds too. this has nothing to do with the use of non-ped whippets (Besaps, Mack the Knife, Snowfox, Boys Talk, whatever) in breeding programmes and everything to do with weight...

you could always try cheese racing ... http://www.cheeseracing.org/ cheers, jen

i have no experience with regard to the dominance situation but i do have a spayed bitch that is a competitive racer. i would not recommend spaying before the first season. estrogen is crucial to the development and tone of the bladder sphincter and spaying before the bitch has reached sexual...

more links to pedigree racing clubs and organisations: NAWRA: North American Whippet Racing Association http://www.nawra.com/ NOTRA: National Oval Track Racing Associationhttp://www.notra.org/ Washington Whippet Race Clubhttp://www.quickshotdesigns.com/wwrc.html Vancouver Island...