I was reading the Daily Mail and came across this artice "Meet the Incredible Hulk of Hounds". Poor thing is not very attractive is she.

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Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467985&in_page_id=1770 Meet the Incredible Hulk of Hounds The hulky hound with double the muscle power By REBECCA CAMBER - More by this author » Last updated at 01:08am on 13th July 2007 Comments (13) Maybe they should call her a whoppet - after all, she's a whopper of a whippet. This is Wendy, the dog whose appearance is a long way from the usual long, lean and sleek look of her breed. Click to enlarge: She was born with a genetic defect which has left her looking like the Incredible Hulk of Hounds. While her head, heart, lungs and legs are the size of those of a normal whippet, her gene defect means she is "double muscled". She weighs 4st4lb - twice as much as she should - and has bulging neck muscles, burly shoulders and haunches like a baboon. And unlike ordinary whippets known for their lithe and narrow frame, this four-year-old pedigree doesn't just have a sixpack stomach, she has a 24-pack. Sadly, her mixed-up genes mean she may have a shorter life expectancy than most breeds. But while she may look oddly menacing, her doting owner Ingrid Hansen claims the giant pooch likes nothing better than clambering up on to your lap to have her back scratched. "People have referred to her as Arnold Schwarzenegger," she said. "She's healthy and happy. That's all that counts. "She doesn't know she's got a genetic defect. She might give you a nasty lick, that's all." The whippet, who lives on a farm in Victoria, Canada, has been the subject of an American genetics study. Although the dogs are customarily bred for hunting, racing and showing, Wendy enjoys a slower pace of life. She spends her days prowling around the fields, chasing other dogs and horses and sleeping on her owner's bed.

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Yep, I readed on this a few weeks ago; it is a recessive gene.
Glad that she found a nice family for her!

Never seen that defect before thanks for showing it and giving some info one it.

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