The
Longhaired Whippet Association is
the official, parent registry and world-wide breed
club of Longhaired Whippets, with stud books dating
back to 1958, since the very beginning of the restoration
of the coated variety of Whippet. (See article A Brief
History of the Breed).
The
Longhaired Whippet Association was incorporated
in 1981 to protect and promote the long haired variety
of the purebred Whippet.
The
Longhaired Whippet Association does not recognize
dogs that are referred to as any "Percentage"
of Longhaired Whippet.
The
LWA does not recognize, register or endorse any Whippets of a longhaired variety called by any other
name than Longhaired Whippet (and as the breed name
translates literally into other languages).
So called "Silken Windsprites" are not purebred Longhaired Whippets.
Only
purebred Whippets exhibiting the recessive longhaired
gene may be called Longhaired Whippets. Any persons
breeding dogs with a mixed breed background and
calling them Longhaired Whippets or registering
them in any registry under an alternative breed name
is falsely representing
the breed.
