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Whippets When our son was young, we found the RR's were too strong for him to walk, so we went looking for a smaller dog - naturally one we could show. As it was sometimes difficult to compete in two rings at once, we wanted something in the Hound Group. Our first thought was a Mini Dacshund but they were difficult to come by at that time, so our next choice was a Whippet and what a great decision we made. In 1987, our first Whippet came from Wendye & Stuart Slatyer of Calahorra fame. We were hooked and shortly after another 2 whippets arrived from Wendye.
Sighthounds are wonderful and Whippets in particular, make excellent pets. Contrary to many beliefs, they are not shivering, nervous, fine boned but are wild and wicked, robust and confident and happy to mix with other breeds and cats.
It's been a different experience from the RR's but we're enjoying ourselves and the dogs. We believe our Whippets are competitive and we've experienced some great successes, probably the most notable is the indominatable ELECTRA - Aust Ch, Am Ch Ridgesetter Fly The Flag ET, SC, owned by Lisa Barrenger. We thank Lisa for taking Electra and campaigning her all over Australia and the opportunity for her to travel to the USA to Phoebe Booth (Shamasan Knls) and achieving what she has. Electra now has 10 CHAMPION PROGENY which is amazing but what's exciting is there's more on the way! Currently we are campaigning four whippets: CLOVER - Ch Ridgesetter Etain (blue brindle with white trim) - daughter of Alice BLUE - Ch Ridgesetter Hope N Glory (IID) (brindle and white particolour) ROSIE - Ridgesetter High Tea At Belrose (brindle with white trim) LASER - Ridgesetter Carbon Copy (silver brindle) - son of Clover and on occasion: SPOT - Ch Ridgesetter Made In USA (IID) (fawn and white) - brother to Blue PIPER - Ridgesetter Spot On (owner Susan Dawson) (flue fawn and white) DANTE - Ridgesetter Dante Of Belrose (fawn) We also on occasion, show Margot's girl STAR - Ridgesetter Belrose Star (fawn) out of our Ming who lives with Margot.
Our home is also shared with Baby, (blue fawn and white) who was diagnosed with a severe heart disease at 7 weeks and prognosis was she wouldn't live Panda - (fawn and white) came to us as a result of an unplanned mating between 2 dogs we sold as pets up the Alice - (silver brindle) Ch Bonnymead Alice Bluegown. She's really a person on 4 legs. A beautiful, shapey bitch Lucy - (silver fawn) our little wild child. She loves a game, and is always active. A fine, lightly boned girl, she
Toni & John Comerford Douglas Park (near Camden), NSW, Australia Phone : 61 2 46 309100 / 0431220815 Email : ridgesetter@optusnet.com.au |
