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Old 03-24-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Hi, I'm new to this website and am just loving it. I wanted to see if i could get help in identifying our puppy. He is a wonderful 9 month old puppy "Ace" who we adopted from Dalmatian Rescue this past Sept. His mommy was a Dalmatian, (as she was also surrendered to the rescue) but we don't know who his daddy was. We have heard a lot of people ask if he's a Whippet. We thought maybe part Labrador Retriever because he has a water resistant coat and webbed feet for swimming too. Any Whippet experts out there who may be able to confirm for us? He is 38 lbs. at 9 months old. (I have a 14 yr. old Dal who weighs 60 lbs. So he must be mixed with quite a smaller breed.) His bone structure is quite a bit smaller, but his legs are so long. His back is actually taller than my 14 yr. old Dalmatian Chip.
Any other ideas or opinions? He is incredibly fast and agile. In fact my daughter is excited and taking agility courses with him and looks forward to competing. You'll see from one of the pictures that he jumps high and with such ease.
Puppy hugs & kisses,
Tracey
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I can see where some may assume Whippet or possibly Italian Greyhound when looking at the tuck of the belly and the long slender fore legs but actually the tuck and even the slender fore legs is common in the Dal. The head and rest of the body do not show Whippet. The Whippet is larger than the IG and smaller than the Greyhound. It is in fact a mix of the 2 breeds. The IG was originally referred to as a Miniature Geryhound til some 100 years or so ago when it was officially named the Italian Greyhound. Many believe that there may have been a 3rd breed, another sight hound that was used but to date no one knows for sure. All 3 breeds, IG, Whippet and Greyhound show nearly all the same physical attributes just in 3 different sizes.
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Bella the female blue and white and Charlie the male red and white. The whippet looks nearly identical to the IG just larger.
Another thing to note is if you look at the breed standards and pics on the AKC site you can see the find fore legs and the tuck I mentioned. The breed is not a heavy breed and is actually very quick and agile. I grew up with a purebred that could easily leap the 6' fence in our back yard. If you look at the Whippet you will see that both breeds have standards of height nearly identical and roughly the same over all shape less head shape.
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very cute pics
 
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How about a Rhodesian? I'm still thinking, you have a nice looking dog.

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Yogi, your dogs look great !
 
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