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. Whilst we run 3 breeds together, it's the Whippets who make all the decisions. They are fun and delightful to live with and somehow, their numbers keep growing!
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 our show team consists of:
CLOVER - Grand 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)
TOKAY - Leisor Heal The World (fawn brindle and white) - on loan from Debra Thorn in Victoria
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
till 12 mths. She's 8 years old now!
Panda - (fawn and white) came to us as a result of an unplanned mating between 2 dogs we sold as pets up the
north coast. I helped sell some of the litter but we fell in love with Panda so she stayed. Panda
is everyone's favourite.
Alice - (silver brindle) Ch Bonnymead Alice Bluegown. She's really a person on 4 legs. A beautiful, shapey bitch
with a fabulous character, Alice has now retired from a successful show career and is the
mother of Clover.
Spot - (fawn and white) litter brother to Blue. Spot is a sweet and gentle boy who is an excellent babysitter for all our puppies.
lacks substance for us but she's full of character.
 Ch Ridgesetter Hope N Glory (IID) "Blue" View More Details |
 Ridgesetter Belrose Star "Star" View More Details |
 Beesholme Tyger Lily (Imp NZ) "Lily" View More Details |
 BIS/ BISS Gr Ch Ridgesetter Etain "Clover" View More Details |
 Leisor Heal The World "Tokay" View More Details |
 Ridgesetter Spotlight "Lucy" View More Details |
 Ch Ridgesetter Made In USA (IID) "Spot" View More Details |