When Is A Whippet Not A Whippet!

[gabbitas31]

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) I always thought he was a nice bloke Gary, but some people on here never gave the man a chance to introduce him self properly,

perhaps now they will give Charles a second chance, :luck: with his his new pup when he gets it. :thumbsup: Di

 

[gary farmer]

I DID EXPLAIN THAT SOME OF US JUMP THE GUN A BIT EVEN ME LOL BUT NOT THIS TIME LOL

LETS ALL JUST MAKE HIM FEEL WECOME NEXT TIME

GARY

 

[clare Bow]

Good :luck: to Nubian, fair play! Clare .

 

[salvageman]

The rules of the BWRA ask that a dog is "whippet-like in appearance", there is no other criteria. Though of course a dog being whippet--like would no doubt be at the discretion of some official person, perhaps the club person responsible for registrations to the national body, or maybe even the registrar/chairperson or a number of persons on the committee with it being put to a vote (though I don't think such a situation has ever arisen). There are certainly some dogs that have raced that have not been purely whippet x greyhound but by virtue of being "whippet-like in appearance" and the fact their owners were/are so keen to join their new sport/hobby these dogs have been made a very welcome addition.
Of course where do you draw the line between when a dog LOOKS like a whippet and when it LOOKS like a greyhound. In fact the BWRA have recently introduced a new breeding rule and a weight cap of 55lb for racing whippets in an attempt to curb the breeding of larger and larger dogs, there is no longer a No Limit category in that particular organisation.

The NNWRF's approach has been to introduce another scratch racing weight class to prevent the smaller scratch dogs racing against the larger ones, perhaps a good idea from a safety aspect, the knocks and bumps at the end of a race or at the bend can be pretty severe as the dogs keenly jostle for position.

Yes a whippet x ghd is considered a non-ped whippet as far as racing purposes go but with the current BWRA breeding rules returning to another greyhound immediately in the breeding programme would render any subsequent offspring ineligable for racing under their rules as would be any offspring of the whippet x greyhound mating that surpassed 55lb.

the situation has arisen with a dog called "offenbach" rch beethoven x carrie ann, it was open class but its coat was a little longer than normal for a whippet, a throwback to red barons breeding maybe , the dog was barred so the owners stopped racing never to return

 

[Fleesh]

Thanks for the information :thumbsup: it's always handy to know these things )

 

[Trojan]

The rules of the BWRA ask that a dog is "whippet-like in appearance", there is no other criteria. Though of course a dog being whippet--like would no doubt be at the discretion of some official person, perhaps the club person responsible for registrations to the national body, or maybe even the registrar/chairperson or a number of persons on the committee with it being put to a vote (though I don't think such a situation has ever arisen). There are certainly some dogs that have raced that have not been purely whippet x greyhound but by virtue of being "whippet-like in appearance" and the fact their owners were/are so keen to join their new sport/hobby these dogs have been made a very welcome addition.
Of course where do you draw the line between when a dog LOOKS like a whippet and when it LOOKS like a greyhound. In fact the BWRA have recently introduced a new breeding rule and a weight cap of 55lb for racing whippets in an attempt to curb the breeding of larger and larger dogs, there is no longer a No Limit category in that particular organisation.

The NNWRF's approach has been to introduce another scratch racing weight class to prevent the smaller scratch dogs racing against the larger ones, perhaps a good idea from a safety aspect, the knocks and bumps at the end of a race or at the bend can be pretty severe as the dogs keenly jostle for position.

Yes a whippet x ghd is considered a non-ped whippet as far as racing purposes go but with the current BWRA breeding rules returning to another greyhound immediately in the breeding programme would render any subsequent offspring ineligable for racing under their rules as would be any offspring of the whippet x greyhound mating that surpassed 55lb.

the situation has arisen with a dog called "offenbach" rch beethoven x carrie ann, it was open class but its coat was a little longer than normal for a whippet, a throwback to red barons breeding maybe , the dog was barred so the owners stopped racing never to return

I believe quite a few broken coated whippets were registered with the BWRA back in late 60's/70's only know this as we happened to have a broken coated 18lb bitch Wichita who was registered with the BWRA as were some of her littermates. Also i am told Rch Bombadier 16lb bitch was broken coated (from mum i don't quite remember this one) :-

 

[halloween]

I think there may have been more whippets with" broken coats" than we know about. After the offenbach ruling i believe people used to shave down the coat of the long hairs to comply with the rules.

 

[milly]

My mate had one, Glynn Watts he raced at Hilstown club, Bolsover,Nr Chesterfield in the 60s, I think it was called Snow Flake or Snow Drop :unsure: and it could run :thumbsup: