Montyforever
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Just interested to know what they are like 
I have a greyhound so am used to sight hounds, pics please if you can!
I have a greyhound so am used to sight hounds, pics please if you can!
Whippets?
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maisie
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Collectable!! I appear to have 7 right now! Look at our website www.mithrandirwhippets.co.UK
huntley
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Adorable, funny, naughty and I am obsessed. Had my first whippet for a year now and cannot imagine life without her. She adores everyone and everything, but is a devil for chasing deer which gives me a nervous breakdown! Cannot imagine why I waited so long to have one.
Inthemud
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What Huntley said!
cocoplops
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I grew up with a sweet natured whippet that was one of the easiest dogs we ever had. Brilliant if we ever had a rat in the tack room. She was a true family friend.
3 years after we lost her, moved into my own place and bought her grandson. Even though he is a darling when in the house normally, he has moments of madness and is a noisy little sod.
But me and my partner would never be without him.
Even if hes in his second cast as he thinks hes indestructable and doesnt seem to realise that legs break if you dive off the sofa after the cat and end up on the table edge instead.
3 years after we lost her, moved into my own place and bought her grandson. Even though he is a darling when in the house normally, he has moments of madness and is a noisy little sod.
But me and my partner would never be without him.
Even if hes in his second cast as he thinks hes indestructable and doesnt seem to realise that legs break if you dive off the sofa after the cat and end up on the table edge instead.
WeedySeaDragon
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We got our first whippet pup in August last year and he's an absolute joy. He's daft as a brush, a complete comedian and knows just how naughty he can get away with being before he gets told off. He's always happy, incredibly loving and has proved remarkably easy to train.
If he's at all representative of the breed (and it does appear that he is) then I can't imagine us having anything else again, they're fabulous little dogs!!
If he's at all representative of the breed (and it does appear that he is) then I can't imagine us having anything else again, they're fabulous little dogs!!
cocoplops
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Very, very true WSD
Lacuna
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Had a lovely one from a rescue when I was young, closest thing I had to a sibling. Very loving to the family, I still remember him running in a new wood plantation in our local park. Going full tilt and weaving through the saplings, beautiful....
GinnieRedwings
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My friend has one and I dog-sat for her at Christmas for a week when she was on holiday. This is what I wrote on my wall of FB on day 2:
"Free to good home
8 months old whippet, chases horses around paddocks nipping at their heels & barking manically until rugby-tackled, whimpers all night until someone holds his paw, requires a 10-mile walk at 6am, behaviour indoors akin to demented Tigger on Speed, steals food practically out of your mouth...
- ideal Christmas present...
Come to think of it good home not essential & I'll pay anyone for immediate removal..."
That being said 1) he is a puppy, 2) he is first puppy and first dog ever in the family he lives with and they have 4 kids, so consistency and training haven't been, erm, great 3) after a couple of days, it became obvious that he was very sweet and incredibly trainable, and though still a bit neurotic in general, with sufficient exercise and enough to keep him interested, he was not only very manageable, but also really lovely to have around (taking initiative to do his own thing alot less than my little terriorist. If he was my dog, he would be very obedient very quickly).
Never really had much to do with whippets, but the small greyhound look is pretty much all they do have in common with greyhounds - if he is representative of the breed. Very very active. Also absolutely breathtaking seeing him in full flight. Wow.
I wanted to post a pic and video, but Photobucket is playing up. Maybe later.
"Free to good home
8 months old whippet, chases horses around paddocks nipping at their heels & barking manically until rugby-tackled, whimpers all night until someone holds his paw, requires a 10-mile walk at 6am, behaviour indoors akin to demented Tigger on Speed, steals food practically out of your mouth...
- ideal Christmas present...
Come to think of it good home not essential & I'll pay anyone for immediate removal...
"That being said 1) he is a puppy, 2) he is first puppy and first dog ever in the family he lives with and they have 4 kids, so consistency and training haven't been, erm, great 3) after a couple of days, it became obvious that he was very sweet and incredibly trainable, and though still a bit neurotic in general, with sufficient exercise and enough to keep him interested, he was not only very manageable, but also really lovely to have around (taking initiative to do his own thing alot less than my little terriorist. If he was my dog, he would be very obedient very quickly).
Never really had much to do with whippets, but the small greyhound look is pretty much all they do have in common with greyhounds - if he is representative of the breed. Very very active. Also absolutely breathtaking seeing him in full flight. Wow.
I wanted to post a pic and video, but Photobucket is playing up. Maybe later.
flower08
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i too have 7, one of mine has a mithrandir mummy, i think we've spoken on TWF,
i love my whippets, they are very easy to live with and all mine live in the house, as you have a greyhound you know all about the prey drive so i think you'll love a whippet,
heres a pic of mine i know some have already seen
paisley
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Mine is mostly whippet, my first dog and been very very easy to have. Doesnt steal, recalls, safe round horses and cows, doesnt need a coat and snores on the sofa when I'm out
Montyforever
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Aw my greyhound was young when I got him (18months) and he's more like an overgrown puppy! Bouncing around the house ect whippets sound lovely will have definatly consider one in the future
paisley
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Don't forget its winter- whippets are hibernating!
But they can be quite cute
But they can be quite cute
SeasonalSituation
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I have two, one who is full wwhippet and hippet, the other is part whippet and both literally stumbled into my life and I haven't looked back, because although previously I hadn't ever had whippets, I have come to love them and they are such a loving and gentle breed. I'll explain both of them to you so that you can see the difference between a part whippet (on the dad's side, 5 sides of champions) and the full.
Darcey: Full whippet, 16weeks old. She finds commands difficult, we only have sit at the moment, and that is only on occassions, they seem to be very independent dogs. If they are in the garden she goes off on her own, but she was the runt and therefore takes a bit of sympathy. But we have starting walking now, and she's really good at it, especially considering she is so small, she walks quite happily behind me (I don't walk her, the OH does) and if I stop, she will, but she can't yet grasp walking at the side of you. But she's wicked fast, amazingly fast and when I come home she makes a beep sound like a phone. Lastly she can't for the life of her realise she's bigger, when she was little I used to fall asleep after work on sofa, and I'd wake up and she would be in my hood. But she cant fit now.
Reed: Her dad is KC reg whippet, 5 lines of champions, her mum is a saluki with a tiny dab of collie in her. 14 weeks. She finds commands very easy, we have sit, stand, down, stay and come all ready. She's NOT treat orientated though, she's likes chews, but doesn't like the treat to teach her commands, which makes teaching her commands a bit difficult as I give praise and a toy, not treats. Darcey though is very treat orientated. Reed tends to want a bit more affection all the time, she can't work out how to jump on the sofa, so moans until i help her. Walking wise, she's 100% perfect, the first day, she had to be a bit dragged, but the second she trotted quite haipply at my side.
I love them both.
Darcey: Full whippet, 16weeks old. She finds commands difficult, we only have sit at the moment, and that is only on occassions, they seem to be very independent dogs. If they are in the garden she goes off on her own, but she was the runt and therefore takes a bit of sympathy. But we have starting walking now, and she's really good at it, especially considering she is so small, she walks quite happily behind me (I don't walk her, the OH does) and if I stop, she will, but she can't yet grasp walking at the side of you. But she's wicked fast, amazingly fast and when I come home she makes a beep sound like a phone. Lastly she can't for the life of her realise she's bigger, when she was little I used to fall asleep after work on sofa, and I'd wake up and she would be in my hood. But she cant fit now.
Reed: Her dad is KC reg whippet, 5 lines of champions, her mum is a saluki with a tiny dab of collie in her. 14 weeks. She finds commands very easy, we have sit, stand, down, stay and come all ready. She's NOT treat orientated though, she's likes chews, but doesn't like the treat to teach her commands, which makes teaching her commands a bit difficult as I give praise and a toy, not treats. Darcey though is very treat orientated. Reed tends to want a bit more affection all the time, she can't work out how to jump on the sofa, so moans until i help her. Walking wise, she's 100% perfect, the first day, she had to be a bit dragged, but the second she trotted quite haipply at my side.
I love them both.