Tuesday 21 April 2009

Running dogs


I have a very dull dog. Don't get me wrong he's beautiful, he's friendly, he's quiet, he's great with kids and is very low maintenance. I love him to bits and in most ways, he is the perfect pet in fact. But in the interest stakes.... he'd rate pretty low.
He sleeps a lot does our Ned. You give him a ball, he might raise one eyebrow at you briefly, you give him a chewy, he'll bury it for later....when he's less tired.
My dog does....nothing. Official. He sleeps for approximately 23.5 hours of the day.
So why is it I wonder that Ned has his very own fan club of adoring friends and neighbours? Why do complete strangers chat to me every single morning whilst we're out on a daily walk (The 0.5 hour of the day not accounted for above)
It's because Ned is a whippet that's why. People, I have discovered, just love whippets (or maybe people actually love greyhounds and a whippet is just a mini me greyhound so it kind of counts). These dogs have something about them that makes folk go 'awwwww'.

Testament to that is the new range of Rubbish Pictures I am making up at the moment to restock my Folksy shop. Folksy allows you to manage your items. Once you have added an item you can see how many hits it has had. Within minutes of this latest rubbish picture entitled 'running whippet', Seven people had checked it out and one had even been so kind as to make it one of their favourite items. More than one per minute?! How very lovely and it proves my theory , you just gotta love a whippet.
The first few of the new series of pictures will focus on the running variety as that is when they're at their most impressive, but I think I may have to add at least one or two at some point, of their natural state which is illustrated by Ned right now. Spark out. With a big doggy smile on his chops.

3 comments:

  1. What a lovely image, I like the way his ears are streaming in the wind!

    Even though I'm more of a cat person I find something incredibly endearing about whippets; I'm a pushover for doggie eyes and they often have really beautiful ones.

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  2. Hooray for Whippets! This is sooo great - my sister has two and they are fast...

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  3. He's scrummy. I love lurchers - which are neither greyhounds nor whippets - just a mix of all sorts. Mine's called Darcy and she's beautiful but a little bit naughty when it comes to the small furry things that run fast ... like my cats ... or the bunnies on the Burrows ... or even kite surfers (though they generally aren't small ...

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