Jaytea Whippets

Good health and longevity

Easy to live with temperaments

		Talented in multiple venues

Welcome to Jaytea Whippets
Located on Maryland's Eastern Shore
established 1997

What I believe:

Whippets should be first and foremost, healthy and easy to live with.

They should be able to do what the breed was created to do.
I am striving for multi purpose dogs that can excel in multiple venues.

What I do:

To promote the healthiest dogs possible, I have been feeding a home made raw diet since
January 26, 2002 and follow the vaccination protocols published by the University of
Pennsylvania Vet School. I have had all hearing, eyes, hearts and hips tested, with the
results being submitted to CERF, OFA and the Whippet Health Foundation data base. All
the dogs in my breeding program have been checked for the myostatin deficiency gene
and results are posted on each dog's web page. We are also participating in the University
of Wisconsin's Whippet cardiac study supported by the Whippet Health Foundation.

In order to achieve a multi purpose Whippet, I am learning to handle my dogs in the show
ring, not my favorite thing to do..... My first love is lure coursing and that's where I'd rather
be on any given day or walking my dogs up the race track.

During the week for most of the year I attend classes at the Salisbury Maryland Kennel
Club and the Blue Heron Agility Dogs of Delaware. I attend classes one night a week at the
Canine Training Solutions facility in Easton, MD. I enjoy obedience classes, both
traditional obedience and rally, and in 2009 Kira and I completed the requirements to earn
her Award of Versatility from the American Whippet Club.

I've done some agility training with several of my Whippets, and hope to compete at the
Whippet National Specialty in 2012. I took tracking classes with my Saluki over the winter
in 2009, 2010 and 2011. I hope to take more tracking classes in the future with the aim of
trying my hand at earning a TD title at some point.