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Published: 2005-07-08 12:36:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 5637; Favourites: 121; Downloads: 1073
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Description Yayy I finally finished this piccy! It's been in my head for ages, partly inspired by adorabilia such as this: ([link] ) and partly because of my well-professed love for sighthounds. I fell in love with the greyhound family when I was about nine or ten, around the time we got our family dog, an IG, and as I grew older I grew annoyed with the conspicuous lack of sighthounds in movies, cartoons and such. Whenever I found any trace of a greyhound, whippet or the like in a book, tv show or movie, even if it was only a background character or mentioned casually in passing, it was a source of great celebration for me. And when I started posting my sighthound art on the net I did so in the hope that I might find fellow artists who shared the same love for them that I did.

Well, nearly ten years on and I'm livin' the dream! I managed to find quite a few people who love sighthounds too, thanks in part to the club I founded: , and even some that had sighthounds as fursonas! *squee* So I drew this, a compilation of everyone I could think of who had a sighthound fursona of some kind - even Greyheart and Talathia who aren't sighthounds normally! Heh, I'm such a nerd. But I hope you guys all like this. This pic is my way of saying long live the sighthounds, and long may they continue to be represented in art. Thanks all of you for contributing to the pool

"It takes a special human to appreciate the hunting prowess and needs of sighthounds. We don't fetch. Whatever for? We don't herd farm animals. If I can't chomp it, why bother chasing it? We don't guard. We don't care who comes into the castle as long as they stroke our pink briskets. We're not "yard dogs". Where's my divan? We're selectively deaf. When aroused by the site of fleeing prey, we do NOT come! We don't discriminate between Mr. Squirrel and Kitty Cat. Why should we? A furry cookie is a furry cookie is a furry cookie!"

"We are la crème de la crème of the dog world."

-Czarina Oksana

Swift I'm sure you know, the red Irishmarked whippet at the bottom left corner (don't tell me no dog sleeps in such an unnatural pose, I reffed that position from my own dog, who sleeps like that habitually xD).

Everyone else pictured, anti-clockwise from top right:

Kei, ©

Salu, ©

Talathia (longhaired whippet form), ©

Blair © 

QG (and chibified Flying-Whippet), ©

Sighthoundlady © 

Payna ©

Greyheart (lurcher form) ©

Sophia © 
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Comments: 103

Taintedkitten In reply to ??? [2005-07-11 04:18:54 +0000 UTC]

LOL. Fair enough I was just having ya on

And yeah, maybe it's just as well. I'd whoop JC if he ever dogpiled with a bunch of girls (Artizar is JC's fursona )

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swift-whippet In reply to Taintedkitten [2005-07-11 04:22:13 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I know.. I remember you mentioned something like that when you joined the sighthound fanclub I founded.

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Taintedkitten In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-11 04:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh right, you're the founder? I didn't realise. LOL.
Ages ago I was browsing dog profiles and was reading the Azawakh one and I thought hrmm, that reminds me of JC. I asked him what breed of dog he thought of himself and you know what he said? A labrador, cause he eats so much. I read out the Azzy description and he said it sounded like him too. So the Azzy stuck.

You know the really stupid thing? I think I might've possibly found the club through your page somewhere too.

Tis teh tres blonde...

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swift-whippet In reply to Taintedkitten [2005-07-11 04:40:03 +0000 UTC]

LOL. All dogs eat a lot I think. My dog's an IG, and she'd eat all day if we let her.

But yeah, sighthounds aren't prototypical dogs like Labs and such. It's why some people get disappointed with them, because they don't act 'like dogs' -_-; pff. Those may be the exact reasons why sighthound fanciers love them so much. But we don't see a lot of Azzys around.. if I ever do another pic I'll be sure to include Artizar. Maybe a running one or something, that would be fun and less suggestive

Nah, however you found the club, I'm glad you did! Even though nothing much seems to be happening over there nowadays.. =\

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Taintedkitten In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-11 21:46:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, he's got a Lab tho, and I think that's what he was thinking of.

Hrmm...I don't even think we've got Azzys in NZ, let me google...Nope, not that I can find online anyways. Don't see much Sighthounds here. I've seen an IG breeder, and a few IG's around, and I think some Salukis but that's pretty much it as far as I know.

You should get something happening. Maybe like a...sight hound dog show or something where members hafta draw sighthounds and run it like a dog show. That'd be fun and different. Just a thought anyways

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swift-whippet In reply to Taintedkitten [2005-07-12 02:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Actually there is something happening at this point - we're supposed to be putting together a sighthound collage where everyone draws a sighthound and I put them together. But even though a few people said they'd help out, I've only gotten two drawings so far -_-

And you don't see a lot of sighthounds in Singapore, either. But it makes sightings of them even more exciting for me There's quite a few whippets actually.

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Taintedkitten In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-12 03:00:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I saw that. The thing is, I'm a very un-motivated person, it takes a lot to motivate me and the collage doesn't really interest me. Yes, I'm a layzee slack-arse!

Oh yeah, there are whippets here too, I saw one the other day with its little doggy-coat on

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swift-whippet In reply to Taintedkitten [2005-07-12 03:12:50 +0000 UTC]

Haha.. it's okay. I'm like that too Maybe I'll start another contest soon to liven things up a bit.. you could sign up, if you want to But I don't really want to do the dog show contest thing right now since Aku is having one exactly like that only for all dogs.. maybe a bit later on. But I'll think of something

And EEE. I so want one. I'm going to the Singapore Kennel Club annual dogshow later on this month.. a whippet's taken top prize more than once and I'm hoping to see her there

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Taintedkitten In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-12 03:15:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I still have about four trades to do

I want a Saluki, always loved Salukis

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Taintedkitten In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-12 03:00:18 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I saw that. The thing is, I'm a very un-motivated person, it takes a lot to motivate me and the collage doesn't really interest me. Yes, I'm a layzee slack-arse!

Oh yeah, there are whippets here too, I saw one the other day with its little doggy-coat on

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RulerofEverything [2005-07-10 20:21:58 +0000 UTC]

OMG my 1st giftish art!! yay! she looks...so peaceful and tired!! awww....thaks sooo much!! *goes off to plot giftss*

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Yougurt In reply to ??? [2005-07-10 11:15:04 +0000 UTC]

Beautyfull work! + fav

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Queen-of-Greyhounds [2005-07-10 00:42:37 +0000 UTC]

TEE! The coolness. :3 That pic is just FUN. Fun fun fun! The best way I can describe it. ^__^ Flying-Whippet looks cute all teeny tiny like that. I'm sexy! =O I agree, there needs to be more sighthound stuff out there. Now I'm all inspired. I'll go draw some hounds now.

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swift-whippet In reply to Queen-of-Greyhounds [2005-07-11 04:53:42 +0000 UTC]

Agh, I just realised I forgot your wristband there. *smacks*

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Queen-of-Greyhounds In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-11 16:07:11 +0000 UTC]

Oops, I didn't even notice. o_0 I was too busy looking at everyone else. :3 This pic rocks hard.

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megiddohill [2005-07-09 17:40:51 +0000 UTC]

MAn that looks pretttttty comfy.

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synchra [2005-07-09 17:18:10 +0000 UTC]

omg this is so awesome. O.O looks like it took forever!! i love the poses. ::dives:: HOUNDPILE! EEE!

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PhantomWolf [2005-07-09 02:04:54 +0000 UTC]

Aww... That's so sweet! Damn, I ADORE Greyhounds! my uncle has a rescued race hound, Strider. He's one of the sweetest dog's I've ever met! I love this pic! Great job!!

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grey-heart In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 20:17:01 +0000 UTC]

oh mah gawd!!! its me in greyhound form! i must draw that again some time soon :3

aww this is so so awesome swift! super cool!!!

and its great. i love the anatomy and proportions etc

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eternal-dream [2005-07-08 18:46:03 +0000 UTC]

aww.. look at all the sight hounds.. it's cute because they really do pile up like that... I love you're style for the hounds!

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Cheesefulness In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 17:33:28 +0000 UTC]

sooo cool!!!!!

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RTShields In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 16:56:04 +0000 UTC]

I've heard of the three dog nights... but that's a bit too much

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swift-whippet In reply to RTShields [2005-07-08 17:03:57 +0000 UTC]

-_-;;;;;

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RTShields In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-08 19:16:22 +0000 UTC]

awww i didn't mean anything bad by it hon

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swift-whippet In reply to RTShields [2005-07-09 03:47:56 +0000 UTC]

Of course you didn't, it's just wayyy too bad for me. xD

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RTShields In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-09 04:03:09 +0000 UTC]

ah well, we still love ya

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swift-whippet In reply to RTShields [2005-07-09 05:17:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Heh.
I'd like it if you could actually say something about the picture, though, instead of cracking a lame one about it.

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RTShields In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-09 05:26:33 +0000 UTC]

sorry it's a great piece though

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swift-whippet In reply to RTShields [2005-07-09 06:44:00 +0000 UTC]

Don't worry about it

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sunflic [2005-07-08 16:41:07 +0000 UTC]

aawww its so cute ^^

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SpiritWolf72 In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 16:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Aww, that's awesome ^__^ So adorable. You rock at the dog drawing

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ClarifiedAbstract In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 16:07:56 +0000 UTC]

!!!

*spazzes, then slobbers on you* This was SO unexpected! *gets all mushy with hound love* That position is SO me! I sleep in the weirdest positions, especially on couches! I can't beleive you drew me in that position with my feets sticking up. Because when I was looking at Saluki sights and pictures last year when I was designing Salu (when she actually was a saluki, before I hijacked attributes from borzoi and pharaoh hounds and made her a phaluzi xD) I came across the Saluki Club of America website which had a photo gallery. So I was looking through it and I came across this picture [link] and I said "That is SO me."

I really wish I could articulate all the things I love about this, but I can't because I'm spazzing too much. Maybe when I calm down some. xD

Haha I'm like the only crazy really unatural colour. xD

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swift-whippet In reply to ClarifiedAbstract [2005-07-09 03:55:13 +0000 UTC]

LOL! Yeah, it was pics like that that inspired me.. how a bunch of them will form a pile of tangled limbs and go to sleep xD I sleep in weird poses on the sofa too when nobody else is around. The poses were pretty much at random so that's really cool. I originally wanted to draw Swift in that pose with the legs in the air, since I saw a whippet posed like that on Animal Planet's Breed All About It, but I woke up one morning to find my dog asleep in that exact position Swift is in.. except her forepaws were tucked up on either side of her muzzle. I wanted to take a photo, she was so cute :3 but my dog's a light sleeper. She wakes herself up when she has dreams, twisting and turning and trying to bark with her mouth closed. Then when she finally wakes up she gets this priceless confused look on her face xD

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ClarifiedAbstract In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-10 18:25:49 +0000 UTC]

My cat sleeps in weird positions, my dogs don't so much. My cat will meow in her sleep and wake herself up, and she'll get a confused look on her face too, mingled with "where did the other cat come from?" xD My cocker Evie barks herself awake too when she starts dreaming.

Thanks again for doing this! It was a great surprise! And it's done so well. ^_^

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ClarifiedAbstract In reply to ClarifiedAbstract [2005-07-08 16:10:31 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, I forgot about this one: [link] xD

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DBZchick In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 16:00:53 +0000 UTC]

Adorable! Great piece! I feel the same way about Boston Terriers, but now you see them quite often in commercials and such. Makes me happy. ^_^

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madelief [2005-07-08 15:26:28 +0000 UTC]

So cuuuute!
I hope you don't mind that I didn't read that enormous description ^_^;
You can see all the work you put into it, it's really beautiful!

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Bea87 In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 14:39:26 +0000 UTC]

So cute!! Such a peaceful sleep! It make me....sleep...zzz...too...zzZZZzz

VeRY NICE JOB!!!

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WhisperingWolf [2005-07-08 14:24:32 +0000 UTC]

Aww that is so adorable!!
And yes - i do love greybounds and whippets etc - my dad once had a whippet called Buttons before I was born. I jsut think they are adorable and so affecionate!
I'm glad you're now living the dream And this is an awesome picture to portrait everyone *chuckle*

Great work

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cupil In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 14:13:12 +0000 UTC]

I love all of the funny sleeping poses, they're all so cute.

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McJazzy [2005-07-08 14:04:22 +0000 UTC]

Awww....how cute....
I want them alll.....sorry....
really good pic.....keep it up

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basi [2005-07-08 13:44:08 +0000 UTC]

Aww, cuteness! I adore this, simply love the concept!
Sighthounds always sleep in the funniest positions. I once found a picture of one on a set of stairs, head on one step and rear about four steps up.

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swift-whippet In reply to basi [2005-07-08 14:01:10 +0000 UTC]

Haha, yeah, that was what sprung the concept for this. People often forget that sighthounds have two sides.. When sighthounds get drawn these days its usually of them out running, lure coursing or chasing a bunny or something.. I wanted to portray the "couch-potato" side of them too
And yes, there is the funny sleeping positions thing too.. as I mentioned my dog habitually sleeps in that position I drew Swift in, and sometimes when she dreams she'll twist and turn and attempt to bark with her mouth closed until she wakes herself up xD I wanna see that one on the stairs

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basi In reply to swift-whippet [2005-07-14 15:48:34 +0000 UTC]

I'll have to see if I can find it again. *attacks google*
I'm doodeling a parody of your pic. I might finish it, I dunno.

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swift-whippet In reply to basi [2005-07-14 16:26:10 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, send me the link if you do! For both things

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whirl-wind [2005-07-08 13:42:26 +0000 UTC]

That's an awesome group picture, the anatomy is just perfect!
I usually suck at drawing group pictures..but this one is just perfect!
They are all so cute !!

I love sleeping animals!! Ore yawing horsies!! 0_o *dies from cuteness*

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Krado In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 13:37:13 +0000 UTC]

Excellent work, Swiftie!

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Valixy [2005-07-08 13:18:59 +0000 UTC]

Awww haha how adorable XD

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cricket00fur [2005-07-08 13:17:05 +0000 UTC]

That is so stinkin' cute! And well drawn too. Such soft colouring. Pretty ^^

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Thowra In reply to ??? [2005-07-08 13:07:20 +0000 UTC]

this is so cute. Well done

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