#longhaired whippet

[fjordfolk]

remember when they laid foundations for longhaired whippets and crossed in sheltie and had the chance to produce smooth shelties but then they didnt

[xaeyrnofnbe]

somebody liked my last post so here it is

buffyverse characters as dogs (or other canids) because this is a fun activity for me

(feel absolutely free to argue with me or propose additional characters)

buffy - american cocker spaniel

xander - labrador retriever

willow - tibetan terrier

giles - corgi

oz - some kind of terrier mix

tara - whippet

angel - wolf

spike - coyote

cordelia - poodle

doyle - some kind of medium or large mutt

wesley - pointer

warren - bull terrier

andrew - chihuahua

johnathan - boston terrier

glory - collie

anya - longhair dachshund

riley - german shepard

drusilla - borzoi

whistler - saint bernard

harmony - pomeranian

[leggy-martian]

Running list of what Marte and Ember have been identified as so far (wrong answers only)

So I don't forget them all (🟡 Marte only, 🟠 both)

Great Dane 🟡

Afghan hound 🟠

Irish setter🟡

Scottish deerhound🟡

Saluki🟡

Irish wolfhound🟠

Greyhound🟡

Longhaired greyhound (not a thing)🟡

Airedale🟡

Whippet🟡

Collie mix🟡

Greyhound mix🟡

Great Dane mix🟡

Lab mix🟡

Dachshund🟡

Windsprite🟡

Tazi🟡

Silken windhound🟡

Horse (by a toddler)🟡

Italian greyhound 🟡

German shepherd🟠

Wolf🟠

Collie🟠

(What they are: Borzoi)

[clouseplayssims]

Heyyyyy TS3 people. Anybody feel like confirming the dog/cat breed names for me because the wiki is uh. Questionable.

I typed out the list already I just need confirmation on how correct it is and if I'm missing anything.

Large Breeds Afghan Hound Airedale Terrier Akita Alaskan Malamute American Eskimo American Foxhound American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bedlington Terrier Bernese Mountain Dog Black And Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound Border Collie Borzoi Boxer Brittany Bull Mastiff Canaan Chesapeake Bay Retriever Chow Chow Chow Lab Mix Collie (Rough) Curly Coated Retriever Dalmatian Dingo Doberman Pinscher English Foxhound English Setter English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel German Shepherd German Shorthair Pointer Giant Schnauzer Goolden Doodle Golden Retriever Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greyhound Ibizan Hound Irish Red and White Setter Irish Setter Irish Terrier Irish Wolfhound Keeshond Kerry Blue Terrier Labradinger Labradoodle Mastiff Newfoundland Norsk Elk Shepherd Old English Sheepdog Otterhound Pharaoh Hound Pit Bull Terrier Pointer Polish Lowland Sheepdog Poodle (Standard) Redbone Coonhound Rhodesian Ridgeback Rottweiler Saint Bernard Samoyed Siberian Husky Staffordshire Bull Terrier Tibetan Mastiff Vizsla Weimaraner Welsh Springer Spaniel Wheaten Terrier

Small Breeds Basenji Beagle Bichon Frise Black Russian Terrier Bocker Boston Terrier Bull Dog Bull Terrier Cardigan Welsh Corgi Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Chihuahua (shorthaired) Cocker Spaniel Dachshund English Cocker Spaniel English Toy Spaniel French Bulldog Havanese Carin Terrier Italian Greyhound Jack Russel Terrier Mini Schnauzer Miniature Pinscher Papillon Parson Russell Terrier Pekingese Pembroke Welsh Corgi Pitbull??? (looks like a Bull Terrier) Pomeranian Poodle (Mini?) Pug Puggle Schipperke Schnoodle Scottish Terrier Shetland Sheepdog Shiba Inu Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Standard Schnauzer Toy Fox Terrier West Highland White Terrier Whippet Wire Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier

Cats Abyssinian American Bobtail American Longhair American Shorthair American Wirehair Balinese Bengal Birman Black Cat Bombay British Longhair British Shorthair Burmese Calico Chartreux Colorpoint Shorthair Cornish Rex Devon Rex Egyptian Mau German Rex Havana Brown Himalyan Japanese Bobtail Javanese Korat Kurilian Bobtail La Perm Maine Coon Manx Norwegian Forest Ocicat Oriental Oriental Shorthair Persian Ragdoll Russian Blue Savannah Scottish Fold Shorthair Tabby Siamese Siberian Singapura Somali Tonkinese Turkish Angroa Tuxedo

[thedutchsighthound]

We really want snow so this photographer made it snow for me!

[handbreadthdesigns]

Okay, so I posted a cute little husky a while ago, but I really think I wanna stick with these kinds of faces and expressions and not go back.

It's really hard because I know a lot of people really liked my other "chibi" style of dogs, but I wanna get away from that style and do something much more mature with these gouache brushes.

I’ll stop rambling. Here are my links:

My links

[speedydogs]

Aela at the last specialty show - growing up! Photos by Jim Petack

[handsomedogs]

Ralf Kleemann

[sidonius5]

[sorbetkitty]

reposting my dhamily dogs cause i made some fixes to dante 🫶

johann is based off of borzois, and dante is based on any big spitz breed basically. riche is based off shetland sheepdogs and papillons.

i forgot to include my inspirations for my noé and vanitas dogs, i’ll just write it here! i didn’t base noé on anything specifically. design-wise he is an extreme mutt. as for vanitas i based him on longhaired whippets and silken windhounds. for this dog AU i don’t want to restrict myself to pure breeds, instead i loosely base them off breeds while doing my best to stick close to their original designs.

[justslowdown]

do you think you’ll ever incorporate sighthound into the vulpine spitz project?

I think so! Benefits with the right dog would be off switch, lower energy, just a pal vibes. Head type would bring me a lot closer to my weirdo adoration of a very slight stop and long muzzle. Light bone and slender build would balance out the heaviness I don't like in Kai and Kes

Drawbacks could be nerves, sensitivity, sacrificing bombproof don't-give-a-shit goals. Something I love about a good spitz that I think plays into the main differences between them and sighthounds is a simple, confident enjoyment of existence

Confidently marching along having fun... even when it's doing what the human wouldn't prefer haha. I just love a dog who loves life and most sighthounds I've met have a degree of anxiety and softness. So that's what I'd pay special attention to in a sighthound dog I use

That said I think I have two promising leads so far! DO NOT REBLOG. Not my pictures. A sheltie/Italian greyhound bitch, and a whippet stud. I would be happy to incorporate the right longhair whippet/windsprite, or silken windhound, as well

[cs-discourse]

nannucks were another closed species based on sighthounds, I think whippets and longhaired whippets! skinny dogs aren't new to cs

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[nostalgia-artlog]

Bleach + dogs, part 2!

Part 1 here Nemu’s not here because the only dog allowed in the 12th is this one.

Breeds under the cut

1- Pembroke Welsh Corgi

2- Shar Pei

3- Whippet

4- Akbash

5- German Longhair Pointer

6- Kai Ken

7- Tosa

8- Border collie

9- Left to right: Lancashire heeler & Groenendael (AKA Belgian sheepdog)

10- Rough collie

11- Chihuahua

13- Schipperke

[sciencehound]

Coated Sighthounds

One thing that baffles me is the #1 guess I get from the general public about what my dog is (besides “long haired greyhound”) is Afghan. Because I’m bored, let’s have a brief (Wikimedia Commons-facilitated) visual discussion of coated sighthounds in the US, shall we?

This is my dog. He’s a silken windhound. He’s an F3 from recent diversity lines (his great-grandmother was a borzoi). He’s over standard, lanky, and has less coat then a lot of people prefer--but he is a silken nonetheless. His rose ears also prick fully when he’s excited. Silkens are a medium-size coated breed, the standard calling for a dog 18.5-23.5 inches at the withers. Their coat is generally not overly dense and may have some wave to it. Brindle is a common color. 

This is Kristull Fallon. He is a bit more typical of what a lot of people are breeding for in the silken breed and apparently represents the breed well enough someone put him as the example dog on the Wikipedia page. He is also my dog’s great-grandsire via that litter with the borzoi. 

This is an Afghan hound. Hairy. VERY hairy. Their profuse, long coat is the most easily recognized feature of the breed. The standard calls for a shorter patch of hair on the back called the “saddle”. They are a large breed, 24-29 inches according to the standard. Brindle does occur.

This is a borzoi, aka Russian wolfhound. They are BIG. They’re a giant breed (27-33 inches) with a medium-long, dense coat that may be wazy, curly, or on the straighter side. Brindle does occur. 

This is a windsprite (formerly known as the “longhaired whippet” and “silken windsprite”). They are a lesser known breed (I mean, what can I say, silkens are too) that has a bit of a controversial history, largely imo thanks to them being referred to as “longhaired whippets” for a significant portion of their history. While some have claimed that the gene for long hair naturally appeared in the whippet breed, the presence of the MDR1 (multidrug resistance mutation 1 aka drug sensitivity)  and CEA (collie eye anomaly) genes in the breed, which are exclusive to collies and related breeds, make their ancestry impossible to deny. According to the International Windsprite Club, they are 16-22 inches tall, making them a small-to-medium breed. While many who don’t know either breed are unaware of the differences, from what I have seen the windsprite coat is generally shorter and less profuse than the silken. Windsprites also generally appear finer of bone with a more prominent stop. They are smaller too. Brindle does occur. They also have can have watermarking, which is very rare in silkens. 

This is a saluki. They are not a truly coated breed, being referred to as “feathered” as the longer coat that exists in the breed is only longer on the ears, tail, backs of the legs, and sometimes the feet and throat. They also some in a smooth coat. They are a large breed at 23-28 inches. Brindle is not allowed in the AKC standard and is a controversial color in the breed (it appears in the country of origin but is considered by some a sign of “contamination” with greyhound blood). But hey guess what. 

This is a Scottich deerhound. It has a wire coat rather than the long coat of the breeds above. It is also a giant breed (28-32 inches). Brindle is common but it usually grays out with age. 

This is an Irish wolfhound. It also has a wire coat. It is also HUGE. It is frequently called the world’s largest dog breed with the standard calling for a minimum of 30 inches for females and 32 inches for males. Brindle is fairly common but, like the deerhound, it generally grays with age. 

Galgos can also come in wire hair. They are a large breed at 24-27.5 inches. They are also pretty rare in the US. They do come in brindle, though. Still more likely you’d see a smooth-coated one. 

There are other coated sighthound breeds, but they are rare and I’d be surprised if they’ve made it to this country.

Non-Sighthounds and not-exactly-sighthounds

Second-generation border whippets (BW x BW) can look an awful lot like a windsprite. Some other lurchers can also have long, feathered, or wire coats depending on what their sighthound and non-sighthound parents are. The same is true of longdogs (sighthound/sighthound mixes). 

Pariah types sometimes get lumped in with sighthounds, but breeds like the Ibizan hound and Portuguese Podengo are very different in temperament from true sighthounds. Also, they are pretty uniformly some shade of red and/or white. And since this whole thing was prompted by my own dog I’ve been emphasizing brindle for a reason. Also those breeds have prick ears. 

[handbreadthdesigns]

Livestream!

You guys are welcome to come watch me draw and color the dogs for my sticker sheet:

These are the gud puppers I’ll be working on. It’s in my art discord server, but I mean, anyone is welcome to join, you don’t have to be an artist. If you like dogs, or just wanna make some friends, it’s all cool to me! Just ya know, remember the golden rule and be nice.

https://discord.gg/5v4EKx3f9C

[speedydogs]

Update from my almost-dead blog! While I'm sad to say that I'm still far away from the dogs for work, I'm excited to announce that the Aurai pack has welcomed a new member! Meet Stone House Pierce Your Heart, "Aela". She's a daughter of Simon (pictured).