A bit about my experience: I've had whippets since 1998, and love how they can perform in so many sports. I focus on whippet racing primarily, but I love to see my dogs coursing jackrabbits when I can, and lure coursing when I can't. I also enjoy showing Hero. I am very invested in whippet health. Hero has all of her breeding clearances with OFA, a detailed eye report with the Whippet Health Foundation, and she has been tested for genetic diversity and even coat color. The puppies will be myostatin clear by parentage. I plan to BAER test the puppies before they go to their new homes, and I will be encouraging puppy buyers to get routine CAER (eye) checks, for their information, for mine, and for the breed.

I know personally most of the dogs in the puppies' four-generation pedigree, and obviously I think a great deal of the breed type and talent the puppies will have in their ancestry. The puppies' inbreeding results from combining on top and bottom my favorite whippet dog, Eddy, and my favorite whippet bitch, Deil: yep, Cora's parents.

I am a volunteer for Whippet Rescue and Placement, which has given me good experience in how to match a dog to a family. I've been an operant conditioning trainer (Karen Pryor's book Don't Shoot the Dog literally changed my life) since my first whippets arrived. I am passionate about dog behavior, communication, and learning. I will be using Puppy Culture materials, among others (and lots of socialization help from friends and critters) to raise this litter. I am so very fortunate to have the help of experienced whippet breeders I've known for decades to guide me through this new phase of my life with whippets.