Archive for January, 2006
Our dearest black girl Ibiza Jasons Atlanta leaves us, but has not gone too far.. she’s just a few minutes away off Mt Gisborne Road !!
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Peter, Kurt & Deb with ‘Lana’ - Ibiza Jasons Atlanta
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Yes, Kurt’s mum Debbie found me ‘locally’ and has proven to be an amazing family, having had ‘Cane’ the Saluki, for over 11 wonderful years. Their loving and caring home has been taken over by Lana’s antics..
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She felt right at home during her initial visit, along with the rest of the gang. They were very happy to roll around and play, just like being at their regular home (and so was Kurt..) as you can see from these new pics.
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You can see how easy it is to get-away with certain antics.. with a face like this, you can mealt any heart!
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Here with her new play-mate ‘Cane’, an 11 year old Saluki.
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asleep (at long last..)
January 27th, 2006
Cranbourne DC
Judge: Mr T Lim (Singapore)
Hound Club of Victoria - ‘Point Score’ Show
‘Strider’ - Ibiza Callas Soprano
Intermediate & DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
A hot day still attracted a large entry under this international judge. I got to handle a ‘Taejaan’ whippet for the Bitch Challenge line-up. ‘Hailey’ is owned and bred by Molly Rule Steele and is a solid brindle daughter of their UK import ‘Carson’ (half brother of our visiting import ‘Broom”). She was a joy to show and I was told, looked lovely on the move.
January 24th, 2006
We have some pics of our black “J” Litter at 11 weeks (born 2nd Nov ‘05)
These pups are sired by ‘Jason’, owned by the Pieterses, out of our black & white ‘Diva’, co-owned with Steve & Alice Hilton-Wood.
The litter ‘theme’ name is - “JASONS” - with the mythological story of the Argonauts being a great fascination of mine since childhood, and at the same time, honouring the sire.
The final names are now official and Registered with the ANKC. They are -
IBIZA JASONS -
- APHRODITE - ‘Freda’
- ATHENA - ‘Tala’
- ATLANTA - ‘Lana’
- ODESSA - ‘Dessa’
- ODYSEY - ‘Spiro’
- IRACLES - ‘Rocko’
- ARGONAUT - ‘Renaldo’
- ULYSSES - ‘Louie’
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‘Freda’ - Ibiza Jasons Aphrodite
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‘Spiro’ - Ibiza Jasons Odyssey
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‘Lana’ - Ibiza Jasons Atlanta
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‘Renaldo’ - Ibiza Jasons Argonaut
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January 24th, 2006
Lang Lang P A & H Society
Judge: Dr D Barclay
‘Strider’ - Ibiza Callas Soprano
Intermediate, DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE & ‘BEST OF BREED’
‘Beryl’ - Hydale Moonlite Onibiza
Aust Bred & BITCH CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
‘Barry’ - Ibiza Imperial Iberias
Minor Puppy Dog & R/U BEST OF BREED
Our Hound Specialist judge is a Borzoi breeder and awarded us our very first Class In Group. Dr Barclay had given my first solid black whippet ‘Vida’ - Valdassa Viva Ibiza, “Best Minor Puppy In Group” at the Epson Show in 2003 and for quite a while, proved to be the most incouraging victory I’d had in showing solid coloured whippets. Vida went on to win ‘Best Puppy of Breed’ at our biggest Dog Show, The Melbourne Royal Show the same year, a first for black whippets.
January 22nd, 2006
We were sad to see our first baby from the “J” litter leave us last week.. New owner Michelle has been delighted with Tala. She has settled-in extremely well and her new play mate ‘Kane’, the solid fawn Italian Greyhound, is very happy to have a little friend to play with.
Michelle taking ‘Tala’ home at 10 weeks
Tala relaxing at her new home at 12 weeks
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January 19th, 2006
Bacchus Marsh & District KC
Judge: Mrs Val Carter (SA)
Hound Club of Victoria - ‘Point Score’ Show
‘Beryl’ - Hydale Moonlite Onibiza
Aust Bred & BITCH CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
‘Strider’ - Ibiza Callas Soprano
Intermediate & RESERVE DOG CHALLENGE
‘Barry’ - Ibiza Imperial Iberias
Minor Puppy of Breed
Beautiful weather on a glorious day with a large entry under this All-Breeds judge from South Australia. This was a Hound Club - Point Score Show, so many of the leading hounds were there. We also managed the BOB with our Ibizan Hound ‘Darcy’..
January 16th, 2006
After waiting for over 3 years, we finally have a “BARONRATH” pup here at IBIZA.
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‘RUSTY’ - Baronrath Mahogany Rust
Sire: ‘Magnus’ - Sandydown Falcon at Courthill (imp UK)
Dam: ‘Sophie’ - Baronrath Flying Goddess
‘Rusty’ is a solid Black Brindle, red fawn with white trim, born 22nd Oct 2005.
He is bred by Mrs Sue Sutherland who has been breeding for over 50 years, with multiple ‘Best In Show’ and ‘Class In Show’ winning whippets, as well as ‘Specialty Best In Show’ & ‘Reserve In Show’ awards.
With 5 generations of ‘Baronrath’ whippets behind him, he is the result of some very skillful breeding, with his mother having 50 lines to a leading English import and Top producer, UK Aust Ch Lowglen Oakbark Masterminde (imp UK), who’s bloodlines are shared with the renowned ‘Allgarth’ kennel in the UK.
We are honoured and very appreciative of this generous gift and will strive to do him justice. He is only the second ‘outside’ whippet to join us in over two years and we know the wait was worth it..
We will keep you posted on his progress and he will have his own page soon. For now, you can see more pictures of him in our Photo Gallery -
see ‘Rusty’ Picture Gallery 2006
January 14th, 2006
Kyneton & District KC
Judge: Ms Silvia Sharpe
‘Strider’ - Ibiza Callas Soprano
Intermediate & DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
Great day with the team in what was a beautiful setting. We had a good entry and had a stunning Rhodesian Rhidgeback won ‘Best In Group’.
January 11th, 2006
by Mr Frank Pieterse - Statuesque kennels in Sydney, NSW
Reproduced with permission
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Let’s face it; we are all trying to breed the perfect Whippet. Theoretically, this dog or bitch will win ‘Best In Show’ every time it is entered and take its lucky owner to fame and fortune in the dog world.
It’s probably best to approach the problem scientifically, because Judges aren’t perfect. In fact they are rather complicated creatures who come from all parts of the world with all sorts of strange ideas about what they are looking for. A lot of them don’t even know what they are looking for, and need help. We therefore need to design a Whippet that solves all these problems and makes everybody happy, regardless of whether they know what they are looking for or not.
The first requirement of the perfect Whippet is the handler. How many times have you come out of the ring cursing that the Judge didn’t like something about you. If you are an attractive young woman your chance of succeeding under an older woman are in inverse proportion to the extent of your voluptuousness and the lady Judges middle age.
Not so however, if you are a spunky young guy - tall, dark and handsome and cutting a dashing figure in a pair of tight jeans. The old darling will probably go out of her way to put you up, just for a whimsical smile and a bit of appreciative body language. Let’s face it; she won’t get it any other way. Conversely, the voluptuous young lady hasn’t got a chance - she is just going to remind the dear old thing of what would or might have been fourty years ago. By the way, the above proposition works in reverse if the Judge is gay and/or an older man.
Therefore the ideal handler is a good looking young sort with an hour-glass figure who has the benefit of a six foot two inch ‘Adonis’ as a boyfriend; just to make sure you will cover all situations. It wouldn’t do any harm if they are both closely related to the Club President and a senior member of the nearest canine control body (it’s optional however).
Now, let’s look at the actual dog. My many years of research, travel and study have failed to unearth anyone who can draw an outline for the perfect Whippet. The Standard just complicates the problem and, although everyone thinks they know, no such outline has ever been agreed on or indeed drawn. God help the poor fool that drew the outline for the new standard.. Would you take that poor, God forsaken thing home? No; it’s better left to illustrate the standard.
You’re tearing your hair out with frustration by now. “Pieterse” you say, “we can’t design the perfect Whippet because no one agrees!”. Nonsense! Pull yourself together and come to the drawing board. You’ll be amazed at what we can agree on.
Everyone, regardless of what the standard says, secretly wants dark eyes. So, let’s give it black eyes. The Yanks love them to use their ears, so our perfect Whippet must bait. Pommies hate brindle and prefer fawn, The Yanks prefer brindle parti-colour, but don’t mind fawn parti colour. The Scandinavians don’t care, the Europeans don’t know.
So let’s make it a fawn parti-colour with a saddle, well placed on the show side (just for the Yanks). Everybody except for the Europeans (who don’t know) and some of the old timers who have lost touch, hate ‘cut-away’ top lines. So let’s give it a nice, shapely, ‘non’ cut-away top line and a matching shapely underline.
“Wish we could do that” say the Yanks. “Only proper” say the Pomms. The Scandinavians don’t care as long as it’s imported from the U.K., the Australians don’t care, as long as it’s imported from anywhere, and the Europeans don’t know. I know you think I am giving the European Judge a hard time. Therefore our perfect Whippet will have lots of teeth so the European Judge can happily count them and show how clever he is. In this respect, the Europeans know, and nobody else cares.
It’s got to move nicely you say. Indeed.. Dead sound, coming and going, for the Yanks; nice side-on extension for the Aussies (and some Yanks). The Scandinavians don’t care, as long as it’s imported, and the Pomms and Europeans don’t know. Confidentially, the Pomms really do know, but they just want to sell it for the highest price to an American buyer.
Finally, the perfect Whippet must be well known; just in case the Judge doesn’t recognise him. So an essential component is global advertising, preferably every week, with the handler in the photo as insurance, just in case the judge is really, really dumb.
So you see, it’s not at all hard. When McDonald’s pretended they’re giving you the secret of how to make their French fries (first start with a potato from Tasmania) they don’t really mean it. Aside from leaving out the little bit of insignificant detail for space reasons, I hope I have been able to genuinely help every serious breeder with this little article.
Remember however, above all, the most important quality needed by the breeder of the perfect Whippet is this -
“Always take yourself seriously!”
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January 6th, 2006
Thanks for everyone’s patience and I hope our new website was worth the wait. Apart from a few pictures and details the majority of it is now done.
Ongoing comments on the “Weblog” have no or little content as yet, but we look forward to the feed-back on all the various topics and value any of your commentary.
Please feel free to have a say at any time, or to reply to existing posts on any of our topics. We appreciate your interest and enjoy reading your thoughts and feeling on the details and pictures provided.
This new, interactive media is for your enjoyment, but even more fulfilling is the chance to educate and assist those looking to discover and learn more about this wonderful breed.
We trust those with valuable experience will get involved in this great way of sharing and helping new people in the breed.
You can still email me privately, or just sign the Guestbook like many other sites, but with the Weblog, you get a chance for others to respond and interact with advise and opinions. It is intended as a more educational and involved way of experiencing the internet.
Hope you enjoy this wonderful way of communication on topics of similar interests to do with Whippets of any colour and not just solids. ENJOY !
January 3rd, 2006
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