[Ammi]

..they're all gorgeous Mizzy..Tinsel's mum looks really impressive...poor Zak, he was a lovely dog..the weight thing/different weights is interesting as well, I didn't know any of that..I just thought they would all race against each other type thing...how long have you been breeding/training them for Mizzy..?...

[mizzy25]

thanks for saying there all gorgeus ammi I think so but im biased lol
weve been racing for about 20 years altogether but zak was the one who really got me into it.
Theres lots of different kinds of racing in whippets ammi. at the club that I run on a sun morning, all size dogs race together and it goes off a timed basis where the dogs get timed and the fastest dog gets scratch a slower one will get a yard or two etc its called time trial racing.
Then theres open racing which has many different formats but ol give u a typical one. ok there will be about 4 different weight groups these cud b up to 20lb up to 24lb up to 28lb and up to 32lb. dogs and bitches will race separately in their weight groups, Say the up to 20lb group has a 20lb dog, that will go off scratch and if theres a 17lb dog that will get 3 yards head start this is called yards for pound racing. Over the 32lb weight is what we call scratch racing say 36lb scratch 40lb scratch and no limit. So any dog between 33lb and 36lb will be in the 36lb scratch race off levels dogs & bitches all in together, then up to 40lb the same. Then for the much bigger dogs its called no limit, if they can fit in the traps ok they can race in this.
So the yard for pound racing your 4 diff weight classes whoever wins those will all race off against each other in the final with the yard for pound thing. Then the winner of the dogs and the winner of the bitches will race off against each other for supreme.
The scratch the winner of each class 36/40/no limit will race off levels against each other for supreme scratch.
Theres also puppy racing (up to 12 months)
yearling racing (up to 18 months)
veteran racing aged 5 and over if aged 6 the dog wud get an extra yard in the yard for pound racing.

[mizzy25]

new pic of tinsel sitting for a treat yesterday, shes getting a big girl now:

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/...psf3038a4a.jpg

[mizzy25]

and her brother mac, every week they greet each other by jumping on each other then the growling starts lol :

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/...psc827b719.jpg

[mizzy25]

Can you believe tinsel tibbs is now 19 weeks old (yesterday)?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by mizzy25

Can you believe tinsel tibbs is now 19 weeks old (yesterday)?

frightening how fast that time has gone. What a cutie!

[Kizzy]

Fab pics mizzy, keep them coming x

[mizzy25]

tinsel is 20 weeks old today (not 5 months until 11th may though)
I saw Vinnie on sat and they gave him a chase behind the rag, I tried to tell them it was fat too soon, but the lady who runs that club said they cud, thankfully he just ran to the owner he didn't really chase the rag. one of the lads played war with the lady that runs the club though for allowing him to do it. I also run a racing club but we have a rule where they have to be @ least 6 months old before they can do any training @ all.
Anyway on Sat Vinnie weighed 24lbs
Tinsel today weighed just under 23lb she is a very happy dog, loves being outside and has settled into a good routine now.

[Kizzy]

Ah lovely mizzy piccys please

[mizzy25]

not a very good pic as its virtually impossible to get them to keep still but heres tinsel and Vinnie on sat:

[mizzy25]

my tinsel today looking sweet and innocent, shes not lol

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...65781094_n.jpg

[mizzy25]

tinsel is 21 weeks old today 5 months old on sun 11th, can u believe that already? Seems like shes been here forever now. She will be having her 1st camping trip end of may, the bank holiday weekend. Luckily its all whippet people. I cant see tinsel like being in a cage for a long time like the older ones. luckily ive got a puppy pen, so if the weather is good I will put that up and let her go in there for a bit. otherwise I guess it will b loads of walking lol

[mizzy25]

ages since ive updated this as it keeps freezing everytime I do. anyway il try now lol ok tinsel is very nearly 9 months old (11th sept) she weighs approx. 31lb maybe more il need to weigh her again, so she has went much bigger than we thought. she is stunning to look at and she knows it. she has started schooling to race. she had a couple of quarter way slips behind the rag, then a couple of half way slips, then a full way slip and she pulled up, so the following week she went out the traps 3/4 and didn't pull up so the following day she went all the way out of the traps with a muzzle on, sadly nobody timed her so today I will take my own stopwatch, I will poss try and get some new pics. her brother Vinnie the brindle lad weighs approx. 35lb and is also stunning, he too has gone all the way from the traps. her brother mac weighed about 30lb the other week but he was far too fat, he is schooling well but hasn't been out the traps just yet. tim is about 25lb and had to quarter slips behind the lure, he is however getting rehomed s roz is having personal problems and is having to move somewhere she cant have any animals. its ok though as I myself have personally rehomed him with a lady whose raced whippets for many many years and our 1st ever dog was out of her dog, so I will see him all the time and he will be raced with her. their racing names:
tinsel - whizzuma
Vinnie - blue mazzu
mac - McNamara
tim - not sure yet?

[mizzy25]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...022fced38b6e8a

[mizzy25]

click on that link and u will see my gorgeous baby tinsel, shes stunning (imo) and she knows it like lol

[arista]

Great Photo
Great Dog

[mizzy25]

Originally Posted by arista

Great Photo
Great Dog

aw thanks arista, shes had two runs this weekend her time on sat 9.50 over 150yds and then today a diff track and she did 9.29 same distance this will mean nothing to anyone like but one I race already of a similar weight came 2nd today and she did a time of 8.44 seconds for 150 yards.

[mizzy25]

Hard to believe but tinsel was 10 months old last sat, she weighs 30/31lb has started her traininh. Went in with another dog for the 1st time 2 weeks ago the race itself was great with the other dog passing tinsel about half way and her running straight which is exactly what u want. However over the line @ the rag she collided with the other dog (her fault) she landed on her back, she was screaming, the other dog was screaming I thought she had broken her back. However it seemed she was just winded thank god. I did get her checked over though and she had a few niggles so has been off for 2 weeks. So this weekend she will have a solo run then poss a run with a dog. Il see. Tim has got a new home as the greyhound trainer was unable to keep him, it is a brilliant home I know the lady very well, Hes started schooling but hasn't been in with a dog yet. he weighs 24/25lb. Vinnie has been in with dogs and is doing well, he weighs 35/36lb and finally mac is also schooling and doing well. hes about 28/29lb. Cant wait till next year for them all to be racing in opens. race names:
tinsel = whizzuma
tim = jordy boy
mac - macnamara
Vinnie = blue mazzu

[Kazanne]

Oh my Lord Mizzy,our little Tinsel isn't so little anymore,but what a beauty she is,wow,love her x

[Kizzy]

She so lovely, whizzuma! great name, put a fiver on her for me haha!

[mizzy25]

ha ha ha kizzy no betting on whippets. I think she is going to be a good one though, I think all the litter is going to be good.

[mizzy25]

Well Tinsel has officially started her schooling ready to race, since the incident with her banging into a dog over the line we did get setback a little bit. She was kept off a few weeks then brought her back gave an older slower dog a start but tinsel didn't seem to know what to do she just cantered up the track behind it. So it was back to solo runs for a few weeks. I then put her in with my older slower one rio but again she wouldn't pass her and she cud have. So I know a lad whose got a pedigree whippet which are always slower than the none peds which is what tinsel is. So last sat she gave it 3yards start and past it no problem, same on sun she past it no problem, today she gave it 7 yards start and past it again. So not 100% sure what im doing tommoro whether to have her passing or have one pass her. Mac has had a dog pass him and hes past a dog and is doing that again tommoro. Vinnie has passed a dog but was leaning on, taking my mink to pass him next week. Tim went in with my rio last sun but she didn't catch him so doing it the other way round this week. They all doing canny and they are a good variety of weights Vinnie is 38lb tinsel is 32lb, mac I think is about 29lb and tim about 24lb. They soon be a year old 11th dec

[mizzy25]

well after schooling tinsel for a while, today she had her 1st proper big girl race, 1st off we went all the way to a place called maltby as they had an open race day on, so it was a 2 and half hour drive for us. tinsel ended up having a solo in her weight class so she went straight into the final where she was off scratch and she was giving dogs 1 yard, 5 yards and 7 yards start, the little bugger only came 2nd. delighted I am. the dog that beat her is about 17 months old and has been racing for ages, shes just turned a year old and has only been racing a few weeks.

[Kizzy]

What a clever girl, I bet you're sooo proud mizzy! extra snuggles for her tonight

[BigSister]

Awww that's great news mizzy ^_^ well done tinsel