HOW NIISYF WHIPPETS BEGAN:
ALL MY LIFE I HAVE HAD WORKING LABRADORS AND ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS BUT MY INTEREST IN WHIPPETS ONLY BEGAN AROUND 10 YEARS AGO AFTER MEETING MY FRIEND JOHN'S NEW BLUE PUP, PET NAME ALFIE AND PEDIGREE NAME SAM SALLY.
ALFIE HAD BEEN BOUGHT TO COMPLIMENT JOHNS TEAM OF WORKING BORDER TERRIERS AND WAS THE MOST CHARMING AND CHEEKY OF CHARACTERS. AT THAT TIME I HAD COME ACCROSS VERY FEW WHIPPETS AND HAD CERTAINLY NEVER MET A BLUE ONE BEFORE, SO WITH MY VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE BREED I DOUBTED THIS DAFT, GANGLY THING WOULD EVER TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT COULD KEEP PACE AND WORK ALONG SIDE AN IMPRESSIVE TEAM OF TERRIERS. I DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF ALFIE AGAIN UNTIL HE WAS AROUND 2 YEARS OLD, MY LAST AND FAVOURITE OLD LABRADOR BEN HAD RECENTLY LEFT US FOR RAINBOW BRIDGE AT THE AGE OF 14 AND THE HOUSE FELT EMPTY, I DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER LABRADOR, IT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT BUT BY CHANCE I GOT A CALL FROM MY OLD FRIEND JOHN ASKING IF I POSSIBLY KNEW OF A NICE HOME FOR ALFIE AS HIS CIRCUMSTANCES MEANT HE COULD NO LONGER KEEP HIM... IT WAS FATE AND THE NEXT DAY THAT GANGLY BLUE PUP I HAD ADMIRED A FEW YEARS BACK CAME TO LIVE WITH ME. NOT LONG AFTER GETTING ALFIE IT BECAME APPARENT THAT A WHIPPET NEEDS COMPANY, ALF HAD GROWN UP WITH SEVERAL OTHER DOGS AND WAS OBVIOUSLY FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO ADJUST TO BEING A SOLITARY DOG. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO FIND A SUITABLE COMPANION. AFTER SOME SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT DOG WE DECIDED UPON A YOUNG SILVER BRINDLE, SHOW BRED BITCH CALLED ROSALEA SPECIAL . WHEN ROSA ARRIVED SHE WAS STILL VERY IMMATURE AND QUITE NERVOUS AS SHE HAD HAD VERY LITTLE SOCIALISATION, THIS IS WHERE ALFIE WAS INVALUABLE, HIS CALM AND STEADY APPROACH TO LIFE WAS JUST THE GUIDANCE ROSA NEEDED AND SHE SLOWLY BEGAN TO GAIN CONFIDANCE.
ALFIE (SAM SALLY OF NIISYF) AND ROSA (ROSALEA SPECIAL) ARE WHERE NIISYF WHIPPETS BEGAN 
OUR AIM
ALLTHOUGH OUR AIM IS TO TRY AND PRODUCE QUALITY DOGS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF COMPETING IN ANY FIELD, WHETHER IT BE RACING, SHOWING OR LURE COURSING, ALL OUR DOGS ARE MUCH LOVED FAMILY PETS FIRST AND FOREMOST AND ALLTHOUGH WE DO TRY AND PRODUCE CAPABLE DOGS THE ONE THING ABOVE ALL ELSE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US IS EXCELLENT TEMPERAMENT , WE WOULD NEVER EVER COMPROMISE THIS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WIN OR LOOSE, OUR WHIPPY'S COME HOME AND CURL UP TOGETHER ON THE SOFA AND I WOULDN'T SWAP THAT FOR ANY RED RIBBON
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