Whippet

It is a dog of English origin, quite ?new?, of harmonious, elegant aspect and with much grace but also equipped with one it structures relatively powerful that turns it one of quickest. It is a quite contradictory dog in its character because it likes the comfort of the life in the house but he becomes wild and fast as soon as it has the possibility of being able to run in ample open spaces. It practically exists in all the colors, with or without white spots, being penalized the too high units.
This race is the pride of the English criadores that approximately a century ago, loved a quick and agile dog, more robust than galgo Italian and less voluminous than the Greyhound. It can say perfectly, that the experiment has been everything a success since the Whippet, in few years, has affirmed with force in the United Kingdom later to extend by all the continents. In the creation of this dog the Fox to terrier of smooth hair and the Greyhound have contributed: the resulting product has taken from the first passion by the hunting and its robust aspect, and from the second, the elegance and the speed. With these characteristics, suitably it is used for the hunting of the hare, where one is capable and quick until the point to manage to capture the animalito in few meters, which has motivated the name of ?Snop-dog? that, translated literally it means, exactly, dog-I shoot. Quickly these qualities have taken to the greyhound tracks giving life to it, in this way, to very interesting races. Nevertheless, their characteristics of grace and elegance have turned it an excellent dog of company, more robust than the Italian Galgo, that pleases much to live between cushions and armchairs, occupying a smallest space and requiring taken care of minimum for its cleaning. These qualities have made it very popular and today the Whippet is always present in the main canine exhibitions, being frequently, absolute winner of all the races. In England and America races are organized, in greyhound tracks, only for Whippet, that achieve almost he himself success of the most well-known and spectacular Greyhound. At fan level, the Whippet runs in almost all the nations eguido by a always greater number of enthusiastic and criadores, reaching a speed of almost 65 km per hour.

At first sight and to a superficial examination, the Whippet seems a reduction of the greatest Greyhound but, after a kind observation, it is perceived that it is very different from his old ancestor. In him the symmetrical aspect and the muscular development with a great elegance together with certain grace of movements are combined perfectly. Their main characteristics are: the long and lean head, the shining eyes with expression vivaz, the small, fine ears, folds, in rose form, the long, muscular neck and elegant bent, the developed, ample and deep affluent thorax, the wide and solid back that a harmonious arc in its superior profile marks and that holds a concealed knife with the back, grupa and the birth of the tail, the lean and muscular extremities, the long and sharpened tail and, finally, the affectionate character.

Raised to the cross. Ideal for the males, 47 cm., for the females, 44 cm.

Head. It releases above and lean, flat, sharpening itself towards the snout, relatively wide between the eyes. Black Trufa or in agreement with the color of the layer. Well modeled powerful jaws and. Set of teeth with scissors closing.

Eyes. Brilliants, with expression very vivaz.

Ears. Small, fine folds in rose form.

Neck. Muscular length and, elegant been nauseated.

Previous extremities. Man oblique and muscular. Very next ends of paletillas to each other. Straight extremities, in correct seriousness. Elbows net below the carpus. Metacarpos robust inclined generally.

Body. Very deep thorax, by far space for the heart. Well defined deep breastbone and. Wide, solid back, enough length. Kidneys slightly bent. Curved ribs affluent

Later extremities. Wide and strong thighs. Metatarsos inclined well. Corvejones next to the ground.

Feet. With a contour very marked. Perfectly to each other and well bent separated fingers. Plantar, heavy pads.

Tail. It releases and in tune, without flecos. The dog slightly takes it curved upwards when it is in movement, but never over the back.

Coat. Fine, short, very closed. All the colors, uniforms are admitted or are mixed.

FEEDING. The necessities in Kcal. daily the 850 are included/understood between the 750 and, calculated like ration of maintenance. The smallest value corresponds upper to unit with a weight of 10 kg and for those of 11 kg. In those dogs that develop a great physical activity, the values above indicated rise up to 1,400 Kcal. daily.

DAILY CARES. It is a docile and affectionate animal that perfectly adapts to live in a floor, although always continues being galgo. It is important therefore, not only in the period of youth but throughout all its life, to give to the dog the possibility of having ample spaces where to move what is indispensable not only for its physical development but also for the psychic one. The cleaning of the coat is made with a glove for smooth hair that periodically will be washed and disinfected. To the little active units, one is due to cut the nails twice to them to the year.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. By its constitution the Whippet must consider an animal particularly robust although the cases of units are not rare that must be attended by a veterinarian between end of the winter and beginnings of the spring. Some dogs in effect, after to have spent most of their time in a floor, are impelled by their proprietors, to the beginnings of the beautiful station, to make outdoors, ?great races? that can have banal consequences like cramps or cause more serious situations like the collapse or the cardiovascular insufficiency

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