Laguna Whippets?

[Suerose]

Please could someone explain to me what a Laguna whippet is? What are their special characteristics? When I was out with Gracie the other day someone asked me if she was a Laguna whippet. She is very beautiful (well I would say that!), but I had no idea what they were talking about.

 

[meddling]

Laguna is a kennel name - I don't know much about them other than they are very well known, but a lot of kennels have a strong line which gives 'a look' which can be recognised by those who know - have a look in her pedigree and see if she has anybody with Laguna in their name

 

[k4tie-d]

if you go on to the whippet archives there are 4 pages of laguna whippets and the earliest date registered it 1948, so they seem to have been around for years and there are lots of them, not to mantion if any had been sold and then bread by a different breeder the lines would just go on so there could potentialy be thousands :b

 

[clairerichard]

Gracie is absolutely gorgeous!!!

Claire x

 

[whippetmad]

Laguna kennel is well know for their dual purpose whippets,racing and showing :thumbsup:

 

[bertha]

Laguna Kennels were started by Dorrit McKay, she bred many show champions who are behind a lot of todays whippets, she also coursed her dogs. Her daughter Mrs Bond-Gunning still continues the Laguna line, breeding the odd litter, so Laguna whippets are still being bred. They have a strong hunting drive which makes them popular as working whippets.

 

[Suerose]

Laguna Kennels were started by Dorrit McKay, she bred many show champions who are behind a lot of todays whippets, she also coursed her dogs. Her daughter Mrs Bond-Gunning still continues the Laguna line, breeding the odd litter, so Laguna whippets are still being bred. They have a strong hunting drive which makes them popular as working whippets.

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Thank you Bertha for that information. I'm hoping Grace won't be too much of a hunter, but I shall take the comparison as a compliment.

 

[steelman]

This is a photo of Laguna Luciana (Jess) that I imported to New Zealand in 1982 after visiting Mrs McKay and seeing her kennels. This photo was taken sometime in 1984/5.

After mating her to NC CH Laguna Lussac she produced the two first NZ Racing Champions. She also had puppies which went to Australia and to Tasmania. I have sadly been whippetless since 1998.

Peter Foster

Dunedin

New Zealand