Flamingsoul's

I breed whippets. Used to have many more breeds but decided to stick to the one I love the most. I do have other breeds to get Achievements though. I mean... Who doesn't? I also might adopt dogs occasionally.

I also sometimes do art. I've been into digital art for about two years now, although I have long pauses when I get absolutely nothing done and forget what I've learned. I use Clip Studio Paint and my drawing board is the cheapest one I could find about seven years ago (I simply did next to nothing with it for years). One day I will get a better one.

Qualities I breed towards in my whippets:
• 24HH's
• Competition multiplier (avoiding inbreeding)
• Silver colour
• Racing as Sport
• Double boosts (prefer spd/spd, cha/cha, stm/stm)


According to FP I've been here since 2006. Pretty crazy. It's the same year I got the dog I mentioned, when I was just thirteen. I've been away for a number of years, then come back, and been away again many, many times.
I've only recently dwelved more deeply into the FP genetics stuff. Still learning, mostly by trial and error.

My ethics regarding dog breeding:
I aim to have and breed excellent, healthy and happy dogs. Even if it doesn't matter all that much here, I avoid inbreeding, no matter how pretty coloured dogs there would be as a result.

If I ever become a breeder IRL, health will be my #1 priority. Personally, I'd like to start mixing whippets and some terrier breed. Irish terriers maybe. While whippets' health situation isn't as deplorable as with many other breeds, they do have some issues and I'm not okay with that.

Back when I was getting a dog, one of my priorities was good overall health of the breed. Everything I read about whippets back then was praising their excellent health situation. It wasn't until my dog got sick in her old age when I started to look deeper into it and was surprised to find that today it is not at all rare to check the health of their hearts and eyes. I was also surprised to find that LTV (lumbosacral transitional vertebra) is very a very common issue among them, and sighthounds in general tend to be prone to getting back issues when they get older. If LTV is mild, it doens't really affect the dog's life, but I think it's something that more breeders should check in their dogs and take into consideration. Every dog deserves to live a happy, healthy, long life.

I considered taking a rescue dog, but where I live there aren't really any. Many rescues up for adoption are brought in from countries where animals carry diseases that aren't met here. I can't support something that puts all the dogs over here in danger. I could adopt a dog from a country that has a similar situation regarding diseases, however, so it is possible that one day I will home rescues. Adopting a local dog that is looking to be rehomed is also something I could one day do, should a suitable one cross my path. I almost found one such individual (and a whippet at that!), but this individual sadly didn't get along with other males. At the time I was often staying at my parents' house where there is one, so I decided it was best for everyone if he found a home somewhere else.



I've had a cat that was looking to be rehomed for a year now. He knows how to sit and give paw and I try to take him on a walk every day - accept in winter because he hates the cold and snow. It's kind of like owning a very stubborn dog that can jump on the fridge and sometimes climbs on trees when you walk in the park.
He's the best cat ever ^•x•^

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