Double muscled whippets

[labsnlurchers 39]

i recently did a bit of research into double muscled whippets,

anybody know much about them or ever worked one?

[whippeter69 88]

what i a doubled muscled whippet is it that it has more muscle

[harddigging 42]

i belive its a fault where the body is producing to much off the wrong stuff its more off an inderance than a plus point

[labsnlurchers 39]

its a genetic mutation where their muscles double up so they are potentially faster and stronger. if they have one copy of the gene they are 'fast' if they have two they are 'bullies'

Edited October 27, 2008 by labsnlurchers

[Pennymeadow Whippets 0]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/...70504151942.htm

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-46...ulk-Hounds.html

 

Here is some info

[labsnlurchers 39]

here is a 'bully' whippet with 2 copies of the double muscle gene

[labsnlurchers 39]

a dog with just one copie would look similar to a normal whippet but just be quicker

[labsnlurchers 39]

i think that its just whippets in dogs but i know mice and cows have it. If they got one copie, they are fine, just faster but if two dogs each with one copy (unknown without testing genetically) are crossed then the litter wil be 25% double muscled 'bullies'

[Pennymeadow Whippets 0]

are whippets the only breed wae this mutation?

i take it the gene cant be inherited by a cross?

 

 

Read this link

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myostatin

 

Taken from the above link

 

This particular mutation was not found in other muscular dog breeds such as boxers and mastiffs, nor was it found in other sighthounds such as greyhounds, Italian greyhounds, or Afghan hounds. The authors of the study suggest that myostatin mutation may not be desirable in greyhounds, the whippets' nearest relative, because greyhound racing requires more significant endurance due to the longer races (900 meters for greyhounds vs. 300 meters for whippets).

[labsnlurchers 39]

here is a 'bully' whippet with 2 copies of the double muscle gene

 

whos dog is that?

in my opinion that is wrong.

 

just my opinion tho

 

lol! its called wendy, im not sure who owns her though, got the photo off a website i was looking at. This is a welfare issue.... BUT there is no way of 100% telling if the dog/bitch you breed from without dna/genetic testing carries the gene so it is possible for it to be no ones fault.

[labsnlurchers 39]

this is a whippet with one copie of the double muscle gene (the middle row downwards)the normal whippets are the row going down the left and the double muscled 'bully' whippets are the last row going down

Edited October 28, 2008 by labsnlurchers

[labsnlurchers 39]

The prevalence of it among whippets appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon in the evolution of dogs, caused by selective breeding and the more breeders select for speed the more common it becomes as double muscled are faster than 'wild'. Also there is on bully whippet that raced and it was in grade A so it is quite a significant difference in speed.

[labsnlurchers 39]

yeah, me too mate! lol! They seem to lead a pretty normal life, the only thing they have problem with is welping, they require cesaereans i think.

[labsnlurchers 39]

this is a whippet with one copie of the double muscle gene (the middle row downwards)the normal whippets are the row going down the left and the double muscled 'bully' whippets are the last row going down

I like the black one, middle of the top row, its all shiney lol!

[rattingrob 0]

Tend to find a "bully" whippet cannot stick the pace and is slower than the half/half whippets. There have been a few in the racing and for the majority 150yds is just too far for them and they will drop off behind at about -100yds. Bully's can also tend to be more susceptable to cramps, the same amount of blood as a non-bully trying to carry the same amount of oxygen around two or three times more muscle cells.

 

Note: Not to be confused with Bull x Ghd or Bull x Whippet.