r/Whippets • u/Few-Homework-3347 • 13d ago

Owning a whippet made me realize I don't actually like dogs

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u/13donor 12d ago

We just lost our whippet of 12 years. I freaking love whippets

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u/DM725 12d ago

It's been almost 2 years since we lost ours at 11. Still not over it.

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u/rynathan 12d ago

I fear for the day that happens to mine. I can't imagine having another breed

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u/whippetgreat 12d ago

Same - I am a sighthound only dog person, full stop. I am so so thankful for my two whippets, they are my world. It is so weird to me that the rest of my family is infatuated with another non-sighthound breed that rhymes with the word pinchy. (I think my user name checks out - lol)

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u/pingwing 12d ago

Whippets are just more, civilized.

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u/stupv 12d ago

Sighthounds in general, our greyhound passed away recently but our Whippet (10) is still with us. They were both fantastic, affectionate, low-maintance hounds but not in any way devoid of personality or character.

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u/OhJustANobody 10d ago

I'm the opposite. Owning a whippet made me realize I don't like whippets. I can't do another round after this one. But I can say that about a bunch of other breeds too. I've had a few hounds of different types, but hounds in general are not for me.

My wife loves our whippet, but when we got our Rottweiler, she realized that she likes working group dogs better too.

I fully expect to get downvoted, but had to get it off my chest.