Double muscled whippets

[hollands hope 1,024]

Amazing pics.. one whippet we board at work is very over muscled.. I wonder if its the same thing?

It looks very "bully" does the dog have an overshot jaw Edited October 28, 2008 by hollands hope

[samba 534]

Just reading chalkwarrens post about bilko producing the bully type RCh./NCh. Mo Evil also had bilko in his breeding.

USED TO RACE AGAINST MO EVIL WITH ARE OLD DOG GUNNERS GOLD

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Very interesting stuff, I have read about it several times.......I dont know alot about whippets, but I think I would steer well clear of any sort of genetic mutation...

 

I doubt it would make a whippet any faster, and not many need to be any faster, if anything they need to be more hardy for the working game.

[samba 534]

OUR FIRST WHIPPET IN 73 WAS LIKE THIS AND PEOPLE TOLD US HE WOULD

NEVER BE ANYGOOD FOR RACING

SO MY FATHER GAVE HIM AWAY TO THE LOCAL POACHER AND THE DOG DID HIM PROUD

TILL A RIGHT OLD AGE TAKING ALL QUARRY RABBIT/HARE AND FOX

EVERYONE LAFT AT JOE WHEN HE GOT HIM AT 10MTHS OLD BUT HE BECAME A LEGEND IN OUR VILLAGE AND HIS STILL TALKED ABOUT NOW

SO SOMEONE WASTAGE CAME GOOD FOR JOE

[Adam-RunningDog 1]

thats mad fair play i only ever been able to find one dog picture with it its amazing but the ones with just one doubl muscle jeanlook fantastic i wouldnt mind one of them bet thier flying does anyone specialise in these breeds or are they just a mishap:)

[marcus 1]

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

anybody know much about them or ever worked one?

that's a whippet on steroids

[les 0]

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

is that dog for real it looks like its been on the roids

[Adam-RunningDog 1]

thats mad fair play i only ever been able to find one dog picture with it its amazing but the ones with just one doubl muscle jeanlook fantastic i wouldnt mind one of them bet thier flying does anyone specialise in these breeds or are they just a mishap:)

 

 

think these dogs are amazing although some of you think they are usless i agree with the ones with both parents having the gene useless way to bulky but the ones with just one parent having the gene the dog would be excelent in the field i think, looks a very fast and agile dog,

 

Well i find this a very interstin subject and would like to know more so if anyone has any information let me know please and if ayone has ever whitnessed one work would you mind letting me know about them thanks Adam

Edited October 28, 2008 by Adam-RunningDog

[Rory4 267]

got be on the roids! they look weird!

[jakeuk1 0]

Very interesting At last a thread that is educational, without stupid comments or bickering

[pritch 335]

so you can't beat a bit of bully,

 

 

sorry couldn't resist, Great posts though. Pritch

[labsnlurchers 39]

got be on the roids! they look weird!

true but they are not on roids! its a genetic mutation that causes it, over the years of selective breeding (only breeding from the fast dogs) it has become more common. I t is thought that originally it was a mutation of the myostatin gene, this made the dog faster so more likely to be bred from thus causing the gene to be passed on in offspring. Eventually breeders started noticing 'bully' whippet pups in their litters and called in the scientists for dna screening. It was found that the genetic mutation went unoticed when it was present in one copy, the only difference was the dogs speed, when its present in 2 copies as a result of selectively breeding for speed it causes 'bully' whippets.

[Shooter08 0]

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.

 

 

 

its looks like the owner has been putting steriods in its afternoon snacks !

[thurso jack 3]

so is the one gene muscled dog as fast as a normal whippet? obviously the double gene one wont be but how does the single gene dog compare?

[labsnlurchers 39]

i have been searching on google for a breeder that breeds them and cant find anything???? I have found someone that bought one from Newton Aycliffe, England. Does anyone know who the breeder could be and whether they work them? As far as i can tell the 'bully' pups are euthanised, only the one copy pups are kept, this may be why people dont advertise that they breed them, animal rights and all that.

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