Talk:Silken Windhound

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Hmm... I have some suggestions that might help this article:

Breed Standard. I have completely removed this section, and simply added a link to the site it quotes in the external links. I feel, however, that some of the information could be put to use in the article.

Training. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but are there really obedience and assistant dogs of this breed? I'll be the first to admit that my experience with dogs of this type is severely limited, but... really? Recently, in a professionally-supervised prison dog-training program I was vaguely involved with, a man spent six weeks teaching a greyhound to sit. That's it- sit. Also, if what I gathered is correct, this isn't all that unusual. If these dogs are different in general though, feel free to consider me ignorant....

The pictures. Everybody loves their favored breed, but unfortunately, Wikipedia isn't a photo album. There are a lot of pictures here! I believe the captions would be much more helpful if they pointed out a particular coloring, marking, physical trait, or event/ability, rather than simply the dogs' names. I have deleted most of the captions and a few pictures, but it would be better if someone else who actually knows the breed tweaks this area. (Maybe some pics of the dogs simply playing or sleeping?)

For reference, look at the pages for Labs, Golden Retrievers, and Great Danes (among most of the other highly popular dog breeds) for in my opinion, good use and variety of pictures. Just keep in mind most of the people who look at this article are going to know next to nothing about the breed, and need everything laid out in a "for-dummies" manner. ^_~ -Sarranduin 22:21, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


 * This write-up completely leaves out the real history and controversy over this "breed."  The breeder, Franci Stull, originally claimed she had rediscovered the long-hair gene in whippets and that these dogs were actually pure-bred whippets. Then she claimed they were a Borzoi/Whippet cross.  DNA testing has indicated Shetland Sheepdog in the pedigree as well. The article should at least mention the controversy.  See the article for "Long Hair Whippet"    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.10.133.182 (talk) 18:44, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Move
I've done a delete & move, most of the deleted history is a previous copyvio version. Rich Farmbrough, 09:29 11 September 2006 (GMT).

Note
I have read the suggestions and interestingly enough "you are wrong." :-) The reason that the Training section was included was because they are very different from Greyhounds and other sighthounds in their trainability. This is part of what distinguishes them and is an important feature for the breed. 72.171.0.144 (talk) 18:52, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Francie Stull

Undefined acronyms
The article contains at least three acronyms that are undefined: NAKC, IABCA, and NCA. Can someone with knowledge of this topic please define them in the article (or at least wikilink to an appropriate page). Thank you. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 01:10, 1 April 2023 (UTC)