HISTORY OF THE BREED In the nortern mining towns of Lancashire in the mid 1800s, the men wanted a passtime that was exciting, to make up for the drudgery of daily worklife. The small terraced houses in which they lived were too small to house the larger type Greyhound, so they selectively bred the smallest Greyhounds available. This breeding program continued until they ended up with a small compact little racing and hunting dog. A dog that took very little grooming. A dog that required very little excercise........ A Whippet. THE WHIPPET'S APPEARANCE There is a little bit of variety in the size of a Whippet, but generally it is about ...  Read the complete review

Me and my girlfriend bought a whippet puppy in November of last year. Basically we decided after moving in that we wanted a dog, we've both been brought up with them and thought it was the right time. She's used to chunky chocolate labradors - but my first dog (bitch) was a whippet/collie cross called Bonnie - so I was keen to get another Whippet as Labradors end up massive and take up too much space. Along comes little Alfie. We found his advert in the paper, and he was the last of his litter to go. He was a nervous wreck when we first recieved him - trembling uncontrollably, rivers of saliva dribbling out of his mouth. When we first got him home he would ...  Read the complete review

10 years ago after the death of my 16 year old labrador my sister bought me a whipet X female puppy. I had never been very struck on the idea of whipets, greyhounds etc as they had always seemed a bit highly strung but my Sam as I decided to call her was just fabulous. She was very gentle, always wanted and gave lots of love and was a really great friend. When I met my husband she took to him without any problems, in fact she seemed to adore him. My husband is a runner and the favourite part of her day was their daily runs together and he loved having her company. When I became pregnant when she was 8 we worried that as she had always been the baby ...  Read the complete review

Whipets are lovely dogs they are easy to train need little exercise and very friendly toward children. This dog probably only need ten minutes exercise per day. This dogs are very soft and will play with the kids and have lots of fun. These are easy to train as within two days my dog was toilet trianed. These are small than grayhounds and are easy to look after as they sleep most of the day they also have short hair which wont make a mess of your home ...  Read the complete review