Whisterfield
Whippets
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This is Max (Shuleah Singing In The Rain at Whisterfield) powering through the fields at his home in the beautiful welsh marshes on the border country of south Shropshire.
My
beautiful Ceilidh (Silkdance Highland Affair), placed at Crufts every year
between 2004 and 2007 inclusive. At Crufts 2007 she won the Racing/Coursing
Bitch class and gained a VHC in the Undergraduate Bitch class of 23. Not just a
very pretty face but a sporting whippet as well, winning several stakes in her
short coursing career.
I was
given Ceilidh in June 2003 by her breeder, Catriona Price of Silkdance
whippets, after the tragic death of Shuleah Scheherazade in a road accident for
which I still blame myself. On the first night she escaped through a kitchen
window and went on the run for nine days, eventually ending up in the centre of
Macclesfield, eight miles away. When I ‘rescued’ her from the vet where she had
been handed in, she appeared to regard me as her saviour, bonded inseparably
with me and never again tried to leave. She is an accomplished thief, a skill
doubtless honed during her days on the street. Ceilidh has given me three
gorgeous litters, the last sired by Barmoll Beekeeper to Whipowil on 5th
March 2009. See pictures of the litter here and her son
Hugo here
Max
and Ceilidh's daughter Whisterfield Wild Orchid, Cristobel (centre of picture)
gained her Stud Book Number a few days after her third birthday on 12th
June 2008 at Three Counties Championship Show, 3rd in a Limit Bitch
class of 21 under Molly McConkey, handled by Catriona Price of Silkdance
whippets who bred her dam, my beautiful Ceilidh (see photo above). Cristobel had
a beautiful litter by Ch Maidenbower Kittiwake in August 2010. See photos here
Jack
and Cristobel lure coursing at the BSFA in September 2007. Photos by Greg
Knight www.ruralshots.com
I have owned whippets for 17 years. Before
that I had a sweet cavalier dog, Munsley Minstrel, who lived to be 17. When I
finally put him to rest, after severe back problems, my (then) partner and my
godmother together persuaded me to have a whippet. I bought my first
particolour whippet, Winston, from an advert in Horse and Hound in 1994, and
have never looked back.
All my whippets are bred and live inside with
me. I have a litter once every two to three years, to carry on my line. My aim
is to breed a correct size ‘old fashioned’ whippet type, with a good
temperament and I am very proud of the quality of my puppies.
Comtact details:
Angela Bayley
Tack Barn
Bettws y Crwyn
Newcastle on Clun
Shropshire LD7 1UW
Tel: 01547 510682
15 October 2011