Ashgrove Whippets
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  • AKC Breeder of Merit
  • American Whippet Club member
  • Hudson Valley, New York
  • since 2009
  • 1 of 5 still open: Winesap, a male, to an approved active home

Whippets for the ring, the field and the sofa.

We are Ellen and Tom Varga. We breed one litter of whippets a year, show them, course them and live with them in the house. Every result is published, the price is on the page, and every dog we breed can come home to us for life.

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Call hours: Mon–Thu, 7–9 pm Eastern · (845) 555-0142 · Last updated October 7, 2026

Wren, our dual champion, on a ridge above the valley
Macoun, a blue Whippet puppy with a red collar, tilting her head
Winesap, a brindle-and-white Whippet puppy in a green knitted sweater and an orange collar

Going home this weekend: the Orchard litter

1 of 5 still open: Winesap, a male, to an approved active home

Now and next

Winesap, one of the Orchard litter, outdoors in a green knitted sweater at nine weeks
Litter

The Orchard litter

Juno × Rook · born August 3, 2026 · go-home October 10–11

1 of 5 still open: Winesap, a male, to an approved active home

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Clover, the dam of our planned litter, in her tartan coat in the snow
Litter

Clover × Ansel

Planned · expected spring 2027

Taking applications: 4 approved families on the list, 5–7 puppies expected, one stays with us

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From the puppy diary

  1. Macoun lying indoors with her red collar, week 9

    October 5, 2026

    Week 9: car rides, crates, and four families confirmed

    Everyone has now done three short car rides in a crate, one of them to the feed store and back. Macoun was carsick the first time and fine the second. Winesap barked the whole way and fell asleep at the end of the driveway.

    Matching is done: Macoun to Kingston, Russet to Rhinebeck, Pippin to Ithaca, and Cortland is staying. Winesap is still open to an approved active home — if that is you, apply and say so in the last box.

    Go-home weekend is Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11. Each family has a two-hour slot; bring the crate, nothing else.

  2. Cortland, fawn and white with a dark mask, in her collar and name tag against the grass, week 8

    September 28, 2026

    Week 8: eyes, ears and microchips

    All five had their puppy eye exam with an ACVO ophthalmologist today: no abnormalities. BAER testing was on Thursday at the specialty clinic in Kingston: all five hear in both ears. The certificates go into each folder.

    Microchips went in at the same visit and are enrolled with AKC Reunite. We transfer each one into the new owner’s name on go-home day.

    Cortland has her own name tag now, since she is staying. She wore it out to the puppy yard and sat for the camera for exactly one frame.

The dogs behind the litters

How we do it

One litter a year

Eight litters in fifteen years, 45 puppies. We breed when we want a puppy to keep, and we keep one from every litter.

Every litter we’ve bred

Results, not “health tested”

Cardiologist echo, CAER eyes, BAER hearing and MSTN for every parent, with dates and OFA numbers — and the results that weren’t perfect.

Our health program

$2,800, said up front

Every puppy is $2,800. A $500 deposit only after approval, refundable if we can’t match you. Bank transfer, check or card; never gift cards.

Price, contract and steps

Home for life

Any Ashgrove dog can come back to us at any age, for any reason. It’s in the contract, and we collect.

Our guarantee

Honest about the breed

Whippets are quiet, clean and gentle — and they feel the cold, can’t be trusted off leash near roads, and will chase your neighbor’s cat.

Living with a sighthound

We never ship

You meet us, the mother and the place your puppy grew up. ashgrovewhippets.com is our only website.

Where to find us

From the families

They told us about Monty’s left ear before we ever met him, and dropped the price without being asked. Four years on, he sleeps through thunderstorms and the vacuum, and he is the best dog we have had.
Grace and Daniel Okafor, Albany NY — Monty, Night litter (2022)
Ellen asked more questions than our adoption agency did. Then she sent a weekly weight chart and a video of Esopus’s seven-week test. We knew who we were getting.
Priya and Sam, Kingston NY — Esopus, Rivers litter (2024)
Fennel is ten and still sleeps under the duvet. When a murmur showed up last year, Ellen wanted the echo report before we had even got home from the cardiologist.
Gail, Rhinebeck NY — Fennel, Herbs II litter (2016)

Hoping for a puppy in 2027? Start with the questionnaire — it takes about fifteen minutes.

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