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I thought I'd introduce myself and my dog properly since my other thread was more to do with my dog not being very well (thanks for the advice on that one).
My name is Graham, I'm 27 and I live with my folks on the family farm in Worcestershire. I'm not a farmer myself, I just haven't gotten around to moving out yet
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My family have always had Whippets as house dogs and (before dad retired) Border Collies as working dogs. This is with the exception of my brother who is a Jack Russell fan and my sister who has owned several Italian Greyhounds (her current dogs are called Brutus and Sonny). At 10 years of age Merlin is our current Whippet and was chosen and named by me so I consider him to be "my" dog despite the fact that he plays "morale officer" to the whole family. We bought Merlin from a retired Vet by the name of Ms Usher who bred Whippets, though she sadly passed away a few years ago. Merlin was in a way the runt of his litter since he was the only party colour dog amongst mainly fawn animals. I must admit that it was his colour that caught my eye even though my mother is a bit of a puritan and wanted another fawn dog :- " . We ended up with Merlin anyway and the whole family love him to bits.
Before I was born my mother owned a few Whippets, Gemma and Honey Bee are two names I hear mentioned and I think Gemma was still around when I was very small, though I don't remember her. My first Whippet (bought when I was 3) was called Pippin or Pip for short and was a fawn dog. His distinguishing feature was a kinked tail which he broke as a puppy and it healed oddly. Here is a picture I found recently of me with Pip after a New Year party back in 1990! :b
Pip passed away in 1995 at the age of 13 and is buried in our back garden overlooking the open fields of our farm where he used to run (sniffle). He lies under a stone slab upon which is sat a concrete statue of a Whippet lying down. My brother's first Jack Russell Trevor who passed away just last year is buried next to him although we haven't found a suitable statue for him yet.
Obviously Merlin is the current "ruler" of the farm and I hope he will be around for a few years yet. There's no doubt that we will have another Whippet when Merlin is gone (personally I wish we could have two so that they can keep each other company, but my folks think two dogs is too much of an expense and a burden - we'll have to see who wins when the time comes!). I would like to think I will continue to own Whippets all through my life also.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you a bit about my Whippet background and to generally say hello!
Graham
My name is Graham, I'm 27 and I live with my folks on the family farm in Worcestershire. I'm not a farmer myself, I just haven't gotten around to moving out yet
.My family have always had Whippets as house dogs and (before dad retired) Border Collies as working dogs. This is with the exception of my brother who is a Jack Russell fan and my sister who has owned several Italian Greyhounds (her current dogs are called Brutus and Sonny). At 10 years of age Merlin is our current Whippet and was chosen and named by me so I consider him to be "my" dog despite the fact that he plays "morale officer" to the whole family. We bought Merlin from a retired Vet by the name of Ms Usher who bred Whippets, though she sadly passed away a few years ago. Merlin was in a way the runt of his litter since he was the only party colour dog amongst mainly fawn animals. I must admit that it was his colour that caught my eye even though my mother is a bit of a puritan and wanted another fawn dog :- " . We ended up with Merlin anyway and the whole family love him to bits.
Before I was born my mother owned a few Whippets, Gemma and Honey Bee are two names I hear mentioned and I think Gemma was still around when I was very small, though I don't remember her. My first Whippet (bought when I was 3) was called Pippin or Pip for short and was a fawn dog. His distinguishing feature was a kinked tail which he broke as a puppy and it healed oddly. Here is a picture I found recently of me with Pip after a New Year party back in 1990! :b
Pip passed away in 1995 at the age of 13 and is buried in our back garden overlooking the open fields of our farm where he used to run (sniffle). He lies under a stone slab upon which is sat a concrete statue of a Whippet lying down. My brother's first Jack Russell Trevor who passed away just last year is buried next to him although we haven't found a suitable statue for him yet.
Obviously Merlin is the current "ruler" of the farm and I hope he will be around for a few years yet. There's no doubt that we will have another Whippet when Merlin is gone (personally I wish we could have two so that they can keep each other company, but my folks think two dogs is too much of an expense and a burden - we'll have to see who wins when the time comes!). I would like to think I will continue to own Whippets all through my life also.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you a bit about my Whippet background and to generally say hello!
Graham
