The Wilhaus Whippets (and two Standard Schnauzers) are located in Arden,
North Carolina and belong to Kitty Williams (me) and Matt (my son). Arden is
just south of Asheville, North Carolina in the beautiful Blue Ridge
Mountains of the Eastern United States.
We do not have a
"kennel" and all of our dogs are members of our household. I began my love
of dogs with German Shepherd Dogs, in 1977, which I showed in Obedience
Trials, gaining Companion Dog (CD) titles with them. After the German
Shepherds, I obtained Standard Schnauzers, and handled all three to their
conformation championships with the help of my son Matt. While at the shows,
I fell in love with Whippets, and that love has become the focus of my life
with dogs. We obtained our first whippet in 1995. To date, we have bred
seven whippet and one standard schnauzer breed champions, several ASFA and
AKC Lure Coursing champions. We are the breeders of several more whippets
who we hope to see finish their breed championships soon..
Our breeding program
consists of a litter about every 1 1/2 years. The first consideration is
health, and temperament. We strive to improve on breed type with each
litter, as described in the AKC breed standard. We are active WRAP
volunteers, members of the Tarheel Whippet Association as well as, the
American Whippet Club.
We have been blessed
to have as mentors and friends, Calvin Perry (Appraxin), Debbie Butt (Sporting
field), and Glenda Durance and Chris Durance-Watkins (Cherche'). We thank them for such a
wonderful start in whippets and many thanks to Joy Roth and Val Yantz for
the years of friendship and for healthy wonderful standard schnauzers.
All
photographs and images on the WILHAUS WHIPPET website are copyrighted material
and may not be reproduced or used without prior written permission from WILHAUS
WHIPPETS. last
update January 28, 2007