Silken Windsprite Breed description: Character & Co

Breed-specific diseases

The Silken Windsprite is a robust and healthy dog. However, due to an earlier crossbreeding with Shelties (smaller breeding form of the Collies) interfering with the breeding line, the MDR1 defect occurs in the breed. This genetic defect causes a hypersensitivity to certain drugs and in the worst case can lead to the dog's death. Another known hereditary disease is Collie Eye Anomaly, an eye disease.

Care and nutrition

The coat of the Silken Windsprite needs only little grooming, brushing them once a week s sufficient. The nutrition is also quite simple. A healthy diet includes meat, carbohydrates and of course minerals and vitamins. You have the choice between fresh food, dry food or both. However, with high-quality dry food, the dog's daily requirement of minerals, vitamins, meat and vegetables can be well covered. It is important to note that the water requirement of dogs fed with dry food is higher than that of dogs fed with fresh food.

Things to know about buying a Silken Windsprite

If you want to buy a Silken Windsprite, it is best to contact the German Sighthound Breeding and Racing Association. There you will find serious breeders. But before buying a puppy, always check the breeding and keeping conditions, because already the insufficient socialisation of a puppy can influence it permanently and cause adaptation problems later on. Unfortunately the breed is not very common in Europe and there are only a few Silken Windsprite breeders. All in all, the Silken Windsprite breed in Germany has good prospects. As the breed is recognised and cared for on a national level by both the VDH and the DWZRV, serious breeders in Germany will increasingly breed dogs through the DWZRV / VDH.