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- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
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This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.
Whippet 2011-2016
Brief Description:
The Whippet (also English Whippet or Snap dog) is a dog breed of medium-size. They are a sighthound breed that originated in England, where they descended from greyhounds. Whippets today still strongly resemble a smaller greyhound.
Links to Breed Descriptions:
Svenska Whippetklubben
Health and Well-Being:
Some sources of health information include:
Breed Standards:
There are numerous breed standards. The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics:
1. Swedish Insurance Data Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
2. Finland: Koiranet: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=162
3. US: OFA: https://secure.ofa.org/regSums/WHIPPET.pdf Internal: WHIPPET.pdf
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents:
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 1)
Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
Finland: JTO: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/RotuPDF.ashx?R=162&T=2
US: OFA CHIC recommended Health tests Whippet
Breed-Specific DNA Tests - Whippet
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages:
Breed Clubs:
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
Finland: Whippet-Harrastajat ry
US: American Whippet Club: https://www.americanwhippetclub.net/
Sweden: Svenska Whippetklubben: https://www.whippetklubben.se/
UK: The Whippet Club: https://www.thewhippetclub.com/
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