IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS PAGE I ASSUME THAT YOU  THINK YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A WHIPPET.

BEFORE READING FURTHER, ABOUT WHIPPETS, PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU TO BE A 'RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNER'.

THE KENNEL CLUB HAS SOME EXCELLENT INFO AT: http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/427

BUT WE ALL KNOW YOU HAVE JUST CONTINUED TO READ ON, ALL BE IT WITH EVERY INTENTION TO LOOK AT THE KENNEL CLUB INFO ASAP.

WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS; WHAT IS IT LIKE TO OWN A WHIPPET?

OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE NOT OWNED A WHIPPET BEFORE OR YOU WOULD ALREADY KNOW WHAT FANTASTIC DOGS (OR BITCHES) THEY ARE.

I CAN REALLY ONLY STATE FACT ABOUT MY OWN DEMERLAY LINE, ALTHOUGH MUCH WILL BE TRUE OF OTHER LINES.

AS I SEE MY WHIPPETS:

 THE MODERN WHIPPET IS A CALM, LOVING, TOUGH, QUIET, INQUISITIVE, OFTEN FORWARD AND SOCIABLE ANIMAL.

THEY VERY MUCH ENJOY THE COMPANY OF THEIR HUMAN FAMILY, AS WELL AS THEIR OWN KIND.

BORN TO RUN, THEY ARE POETRY IN MOTION (OR AS I'VE STATED ELSEWHERE ON THIS SITE ‘my little flying machines’) AND, OF COURSE, ARE EXTREMELY FAST.

ALTHOUGH INTELLIGENT, THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO BE THE BEST AT OBEDIENCE - WHEN COMPARED TO THE MASTERS (IE. COLLIES, GSDs & THE LIKE)

IT'S MEDIUM SIZE MAKES IT IDEAL FOR THE MODERN HOME, ALLOWING SPACE FOR THE SECOND ONE :)

EQUALLY AT HOME IN A SUITABLE KENNEL RUN AS IN ITS OWNERS BED.

TEMPERAMENT IS EXCELLENT, THEY TAKE IN THEIR STRIDE ALL THAT LIFE THROWS AT THEM.

FOR FAMILIES OF ALL AGES THEY MAKE EXCELLENT FAMILY PETS, ASSUMING THAT THE FAMILY IS READY FOR DOG OWNERSHIP.

SHORT HAIRED - SO LESS HAIR TO MOULT, BUT THEY DO MOULT & STILL NEED SOME GROOMING.

AND OF THE BREED GENERALLY:

THEY ARE 'SIGHT HOUNDS' AND AS SUCH CAN HAVE A TENDENCY TO CHASE - PARTICULARLY SMALL PREY.

IN SOME CASES, WHEN THIS INSTINCT TO 'LOCK ON TARGET' KICKS IN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WILL BREAK IT - THIS CAN HAVE FATAL CONSEQUENCES.

AS WITH MY OWN, VERY SPECIAL, DEMERLAY TRAVELLING LADY (READ ABOUT HER HERE).

CONSIDERATION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO WHERE THE WHIPPET WILL BE ABLE TO RUN FREELY, AWAY FROM ROADS, LIVESTOCK ETC.