Sirius 1,391 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) And that is the crux of the matter Idealation, There is a demand for the elusive 'Working Whippet' and some one is supplying that demand. And it seems on the back of a show/coursing kennel of the past. If people did there home work I am sure they could find other 'working whippets' without all the marketing and spin, but sadly people want a 'one stop shop' just like 'Hancocks' is the 'one stop shop'for the collie X fans It's not just MB either there are a few people now pushing out a few litters of this lucrative commodity also, and like I said earlier most are not doing it from the goodness of their heart or the benefit of the breed but for the £££ in their wallets. I will stand down of my soapbox now as I have to whelp a litter of jackapoos Edited July 19, 2011 by Sirius Quote Link to post
whippetlad1976 33 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 ask mb his prices for pups and compare them to other breeders of (working whippets) the guy makes money you say how much does he spend on the food and walfare of his animals, the time he puts into the pups worming etc take all that in to consideration for what the price of the pups are and he is welcome to have a little bit back imo... atb wl Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Why don't you ring the man and ask him, i'm sure he will tell you! dont need to i allready know. as ive stated i owned one of mikes first pups out of sooty sam and silkcut lady. 1994 the laguna in her was two generations back then on sooty sams side and theres no record of the breeding of silkcut lady? Silkcut Lady no photo available Registered Name: Silkcut LadyBreeder: Owner: Kennel: Sire: Dam: Call Name: Sex: femaleDate of Birth: Date of Death: Land of Birth: United KingdomLand of Standing: United KingdomSize: Weight: Colour: Distinguishing Features: Titles: Known Offspring: Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 And that is the crux of the matter Idealation, There is a demand for the elusive 'Working Whippet' and some one is supplying that demand. And it seems on the back of a show/coursing kennel of the past. If people did there home work I am sure they could find other 'working whippets' without all the marketing and spin, but sadly people want a 'one stop shop' just like 'Hancocks' is the 'one stop shop'for the collie X fans It's not just MB either there are a few people now pushing out a few litters of this lucrative commodity also, and like I said earlier most are not doing it from the goodness of their heart or the benefit of the breed but for the £££ in their wallets. I will stand down of my soapbox now as I have to whelp a litter of jackapoos You are entitled to your view mate, but as i have said i don't really think Mike does sell his dogs "on the back of a show/coursing kennel of the past", i think he sells them on their working ability. When i went to him for a pup, he briefly mentioned laguna, as much as he mentioned any of the other lines in the pups, but mainly we talked of working abilities, not lineage. And i went for said pup after seeing dogs from him work, not after reading the Laguna tag. And i think most others are the same. As i said before he is nothing like hancock. The only similarity is that he does sell pups, but obviously on a far far far smaller scale. At the end of the day he has put a decent number of decent working whippets in the field, and whatever 'politics' surround whatever name people attach to them, surely, for the breed, that's the important thing. Quote Link to post
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