Black Brindles

[peppermint lady]

ive noticed that lots of show whippet litters seem to have alot of black brindle pups :unsure:

why dont we get many in racing bred dog?

june,barbara,judy...im expecting answers from you 3 highly respected ladies :lol:

 

[rls22]

There are actually very few black brindles shown; I can only think of 4 or 5 off the top of my head.

But I would be interested to know why there aren't more dark brindles in racing circles

 

[bertha]

Because your whippets are all racing bred, if you introduced a black brindle show dog or bitch into your breeding program you would get black brindles!

Simple as that.

Not my favorite colour these dark or bright brindles!

 

[Envyme]

Because your whippets are all racing bred, if you introduced a black brindle show dog or bitch into your breeding program you would get black brindles!
Simple as that.

Not my favorite colour these dark or bright brindles!

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Guess we will all have to remember this :- "

Hopefully to most, colour is irrelevent & most people can see through something so trivial :unsure:

 

[jinnyfizz]

Well, I have my two black brindle twins, Ella and Rosie, and everywhere I go people tell me that black brindles are fairly rare? :unsure:

If this is the case, then could that be the reason why not many are seen either racing or showing?

 

[rls22]

I think your girls are very rare Jane - but very pretty with it.

Ruby is a beautiful dark brindle, but not what I would class as black brindle.

We had 5 red brindles in our litter - my favourite colour :huggles:

 

[doris]

when we were looking for our first whippet in the 90's, I said to a show person that I wanted a small red/black brindled whippet, and was told that racing whippet breeders would be the best people to speak to - funny how things change . . . . . . . :- "

 

[peppermint lady]

we have alot of red and every other brindle, but im struggling to think of any race bred black brindle :unsure: :wacko: at the track....interesting :blink:

 

[jinnyfizz]

The twins dad, Owen, has raced and they are the right build for racing. Small and both very quick - although Ella is a fatso (she eats all the pies :lol: )

 

[jinnyfizz]

I think your girls are very rare Jane - but very pretty with it.  Ruby is a beautiful dark brindle, but not what I would class as black brindle.

We had 5 red brindles in our litter - my favourite colour  :huggles:

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I have always loved Ruby's colouring :wub:

Had Ella and Irie not come my way, it was a Ruby lookalike that I was planning for :thumbsup:

 

[Judy]

Black brindles really just means that the stripes are black as opposed to blue but what we all call black brindles are just heavily marked black brindles. That's just down to modifier genes so its hard to breed for.

 

[bertha]

Because your whippets are all racing bred, if you introduced a black brindle show dog or bitch into your breeding program you would get black brindles!
Simple as that.

Not my favorite colour these dark or bright brindles!

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Guess we will all have to remember this :- "

Hopefully to most, colour is irrelevent & most people can see through something so trivial :unsure:

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Why did you say that? I am sure there are lots of people in whippets who have colour preferences, blue is my favourite followed by fawn or a very lightly brindled fawn! Doesn't mean when I judge I discard any particular colour because I don't like it, I judge the dog not it's colour. (!)

 

[rls22]

It's funny isn't it - blues are my least favourite colour whippet; I just don't think I could live with one.

Where as I adore brindles and parti colours. We also own and show a fawn.

When coming to judging I hope that every judge puts their preferences aside and looks solely at the dogs construction, movement and how it meets the breed standard. Also when choosing a pup from a litter, colour would not come into it, we would keep the best, be it fawn, brindle, white etc :cheers: