Roberta Lister Jamieson, James Jamieson & Kim Green
Codrington, Ontario, Canada
Telephone: 613-475-4148
Email: lepusreg@gmail.com
Functional, Sound, Home Raised, Naturally Reared, Lovely Temperaments, Highly Intelligent Whippets, Excelling Both On The Field & In The Show Ring. Raw fed since 1987. Always Breeder/Owner handled in the Show Ring by Kim or Roberta.

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Who are we?  Roberta, Jim & our daughter, Kim.  Our CKC Registered Kennel Name "LEPUS" is latin for "hare".  There is also a constellation in the night sky of the same name (Lepus the hare)  Of course, Whippets, besides being used for Rag Racing, were also bred for hunting rabbit and hare!  Jim acquired our foundation Whippet bitch back in 1976 from Tuck Turner, Denroc Whippets. She was Ch. Denroc White Witch, T.T., otherwise known as "Blueberry", a.k.a. "Blue"!  Of course, she was a white & blue brindle parti-colour!  Although Lure Coursing was just in it's infant stages at the time, Blue proved to be very adept, and by the time it became a well known, practical event, she was older & course wise, but still enjoyed showing the young'uns how it was done!
 
We acquired our Borzoi foundation bitch in 1989 from the Laba Kennels ~ her registered name: Almine Laba Shadylane.  "Serena" passed on to the rainbow bridge in June of 2001 at the grand age of 13+ years.  Our last borzoi litter was born in October 2000 and it was our final litter.  Dorian, has been our "swan-song" dog....he was #10 lure coursing borzoi in Canada in 2002, #3 in 2003 and #1 in 2004, finishing his Field Champion Excellent title in mid-2005!  He is an awesome dog with a wonderful disposition and incredible soundness and stamina.  He is a incredible to behold running full out in the field....absolutely breath-taking!  You can read more about him by clicking on "Visit our Borzoi Page" in the left hand frame.
 
We strive to breed sound, functional, correct sighthounds.  We feel you only get out what you put in...we take great care to choose our breeding stock.  We start only with outstanding females and use males who are sound and compliment our bitches in every respect.  We test for clearances as well.  We do not breed frequently...we are striving for QUALITY not quantity!  We believe the secret to great progeny does not lie in the pedigree, but rather with the individual parents.  Pedigrees are tools to help us calculate our "co-efficients of inbreeding", which we like to maintain below 6% as a rule.  It is important to see sound, correct dogs, and especially bitches, in our pedigrees.  We have, and continue to breed top Racing dogs, who are very competitive on the field and in the Show Ring.  Our Whippet, Ch. Lepus Willow Ufgood, FCh., ORC, ORCh, SRCh, RChX6 has been the #1 Overall CARA Racing Sighthound & #1 Race Whippet for 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2000! You can see & read about him by clicking our "whippet link" in the left frame. As well, another four of the Top Ten CARA straight race whippets are from our breeding.
 
Great food & daily exercise are the other important keys to raising GREAT DOGS!  At Lepus we feed only Natural raw foods, which consist of raw meats, raw meaty bones, marine (fish) oils high in EFA's, a variety of fresh vegetables, fermented vegetables, along with the addition of some herbs and kelp.  This is a very important consideration for any prospective new home for one of our dogs, because we only place our dogs in raw feeding homes (we give plenty of help and on-going support to newcomers to the raw method of feeding!) For more information on this, see our "About Natural Rearing" page.
 
Our dogs have more than an acre of fenced yard, live in our home in a pack environment, and go out EVERY SINGLE DAY for about an hour in the morning to run the back fields and play in the ponds -- they are of course together & running free.  Mother (Roberta) is with them and everyone has a wonderful time!  They especially love the ponds in the summertime...the Borzoi love the icy cold water in the fall, winter &  spring!  Especially after a very hot & tiring run!  Brrrrrr!!!
 
When we do have puppies, they are well socialized & physically handled extensively from birth on to ensure good stress resistance and recovery as adults.  At around 12 weeks of age they start coming out with us to show handling classes, where they meet other people and dogs.  They continue with this, as well as the occasional Sanction Match.  They are ready to go to their new homes from about 14 to 16 weeks of age.  We prefer this because we know their mother and the other adult dogs have a great influence on their "doggy" social education as well as our influence of "human" socialization through classes and visitors.  This offsets any possible problems due to lack of proper socialization during the critical period of development between 3 and 16 weeks of age.  Although we will provide access to raw meats, raw milk, etc, for the pups from a very early age, our bitches wean the pups without human interference at anywhere between 9 and 12 weeks.  We allow our pups to be raised and weaned pretty much as nature intended.
 
We are owned by a few other breeds, all of whom we love & cuddle with, some of whom we exhibit, race, field trial and/or hunt with.  We have had several Italian Greyhounds.  Oscar, Dusty, Ethan (whom we rescued and placed in a great home) and finally Frankie, who passed away at over 16 years of age in the spring of 2004.  In October of 2004, we were blessed with a new I.G. addition to our family:  Ch. Rhamah Lepus Blue Diva (aka Diva)!  She came all the way from Georgia and we are thankful to the Marlowes for entrusting her to our home!  Subsequent to her arrival, we now have 2 of her 1/2 brothers: Splash (Ch. Rhamah Lepus Make A Splash) & Mikey (Ch. Rhamah Lepus Hey Mikey).   We also have an 8 year old Lurcher  named Onyx.
 
We also bred meat goats for many years, breed a few cattle, chickens, have various ducks and geese, and have an Appaloosa mare named Kip.  We have raised these livestock, on and off since the late 1970's.
 
We are also "owned" by several cats (a good animal for sighthounds to be exposed to):  Miesha, a DSH Tortie; Macey, a DSH mackerel tabby; and Moshe, a DLH (unregistered Maine Coon) Cream Mackerel Tabby, Floyd a purebred Amercian Shorthair, Aasta & Tevia (DLH piebald sister and brother kitties)  and Elvis, a black & white DSH.  We have occasionally exhibited Moshe at Cat Shows in the HHP classes.  All of our cats are also completely raw fed.
 
Well, there you have it...if you have any questions or suggestions please E-Mail us:  info@lepus-sighthounds.com    or snail mail:
 
The Jamiesons
R.R. 2
Codrington, Ontario, Canada  K0K 1R0
Phone: 613-475-4148
Email: 
info@lepus-sighthounds.com

 

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