I fell in love with Whippets soon after I began my love affair with Greyhounds. I was attracted by their conformation and charmed by their eager, curious personalities, and knew almost immediately that eventually a Whippet would grace my life. Although I carefully researched the breed for years in hopes of finding the perfect one for me, in the end she came to me quickly and serendipitously in a time of betrayal, sadness and loss, and turned it all around. She was the silver lining on a very black cloud.

Wren is absolutely delightful, everything I could ever hope for in a Whippet and more. She is beautiful, fast, smart, super keen, bold, friendly, curious, whimsical. She adored my Greyhounds, and they were as charmed by her as I am; even Sophie, my alpha bitch who never particularly liked puppies, loved her from the moment she set foot in our house. How blessed we all have been by her presense in our lives!

Wren began her lure coursing career with a bang in the Spring of 1999, winning her full open stake her first weekend out running for 40 points and her first placement towards her ASFA field championship. A toe injury and her first season kept her off the field for much of 1999, but she came back running strong and finished her field championship with two more firsts in August 2000. Wren had one first, something like seven seconds and most of the points towards her LCM when I retired her from lure coursing at age 8.

Wren loved racing, and was a keen, clean racer. She particularly liked the oval and easily earned the OTR title and then her OTRM. After only two WRA meets she was just a few meet points from finishing her CR title. She had to her credit top 10 finishes in both NOTRA and WRA.

Wren made her competition obedience debut in August 2001, earning the first leg towards her CD and winning High in Trial at the Western Washington Hound Association all-hound specialty. She finished her CD in June 2002 with a leg each day at the Bell-Vernon Kennel Club. She was an eager, attentive worker, and was trained through open and partially through utility before I cut back my activities in competition obedience.

Wren was shown sparingly in the United States, but was major pointed and won nice placements under breeder judges at specialities. In Canada, she finished her championship easily with multiple group placements. The highlight of her show career was winning HIT in the morning and following up by winning WB for a major later that afternoon at the 2001 Western Washington Hound Association specialty. What an incredible day that was!

Wren's first litter, sired by DC Innuendo's Bengali of GP, CD, SRE, OTR, TRP, DPC, arrived November 22, 2003, and already includes a Canadian Champion, a Best in Sweeps winner, an ARX, three Field Champions (an AKC Field Champion, an ASFA Field Champion, and a CKC Field Champion), major pointed, ASFA, CKC coursing and NACA pointed offspring, with several more very close to finishing titles. See the Bird Litter page for more information.

Wren's second litter, sired by the exciting young black CH Lightfall's On A Raven's Wing was born September 5, 2005. This litter contains specialty major pointed offspring, a Best in Sweeps and Specialty Best Puppy winner, and shows great promise in the field. See the Second Bird Litter page for more information.

Wren qualified for her American Whippet Club Award of Versatility in 2007!

Health data:
CERF WP-1438 (1999-2002, 2005)
OFA Cardiac WP-CA11/60F/C-PI
OFA Good WP-82G60F-PI
BAER Normal
Thyroid Normal