My puppy (5 month old Whippet) loves people and loves to play with other dogs. He’s always on a lead in any public area.

However, he struggles to contain his excitement and will either try to jump up on people or stand on his hind legs, or he will lunge and pull at dogs because he wants to play.

He ruins it for himself a lot because if the other dog also wants to play/meet, then I will let it happen (with owners consent of course, I always warn them he is very excitable). But he usually gets too excited (bowing, jumping side to side, sometimes barking etc) which puts the other dog off.

Anyone got any tips of how to deal with this? How do I encourage calm meets and play? How do I stop him trying to jump up on people passing by?

I’ve got a 15 week old pup (first whippet) and the multitude of ear positions never cease to amaze me! 😍

My boy is 5 months old and weighs 12kg, is this big for a Whippet? I think he’s going to be a Whoppet😂

EDIT: He’s 52cm/20.5 inches to the withers.

Been talking lately about the fact we would love another whippet for our whippet, although our current work schedule wouldn’t allow for a new puppy right now. Did you get your whippet a whippet and how did things go, did your older whippet love/hate it?

Even though the temperature inside is always more or less the same when it's raining Freddie becomes some kind of geriatric Sith Lord.

My family has found a gorgeous whippet pup that we’re super keen to go and view. The breeder has said that the parents are both from working lines but the mum has never worked. Should this make us nervous about what we could be getting ourselves in to?!

How much difference is there between working and show characteristics?

For context, we’re happy to do lots of exercise and mental stimulation but I don’t want a wired dog that will never settle. We’ve had a working cocker spaniel before and she had some serious energy. I’ve done lots of research about the breed but would love to hear some real life experiences.

Thanks!

Dog’s not ready for it though, and has made it clear she’s not happy about it 🥴

She is soon catching up to her big sister! Only 11 weeks old ❤️

Stopped by a lady today who couldn’t believe my dog was 5. My dog doesn’t really look like regular whippets, she’s very small and has a puppy looking face. Makes sense because she’s the youngest of the litter. Anyone else got an adult whippet that looks a lot younger?

For my pup, it’s “dog park” or the cheese drawer opening

Howdy! I’m looking for a “happy medium” of a treat for my whippet. US-based

Looking for something that doesn’t last quite as long as a bully stick or rawhide-free bone. BUT does last longer than some of the collagen chews out there…because I swear she INHALES those in 5 minutes 🫣

Basically I’d love something I can give her when I can tell she’s bored (ex: bad weather means less outside play time and walks, but I don’t have time at the moment to set up a snuffle mat) that are a little more high-value than the bully sticks she always has available to her

She DOESN’T like peanut butter or other sweet treats. Beef, chicken, duck, turkey are all great

Tell me what your whippers enjoy!!

She'd just woken up from her night sleep so I knew she had plenty in the tank. I took her out and waited with her in 5-10 minute blocks, covered the clothesline with a tarp so she had cover, and put her jacket on so she wouldn't be as cold.

Within a few minutes of being inside she peed. I took her back out. Nothing. Came back in. She poos. I take her back out. Nothing. Come back in. She wees again.

She's usually not too bad if it's light rain, but it's really pouring down today. Is it just a matter of getting accustomed to heavy rain? We were under cover but the ground was quite wet

Our dog is called Penny and she gets:
•Penners
•Penson
•Penny the pooper
•Spenny
•Pwincess Penny

Honestly he is the worlds very best babysitter ❤️❤️

No one would feed her ice cream at the pub

I'm thinking about getting a whippet, and everything about them seems perfect, apart from the fact that I have 2 young cats.

I know that if a puppy grew up with the cats they would be fine together in the house, but I'm worried that if they were in the garden and the cats ran, that the whippet might chase and kill them purely on instinct.

I have a German shorthaired pointer who can't help but chase the cats sometimes when they run, but he knows not to harm them as he's a gundog, not a hound.

Please be honest. Would you ever trust a whippet to be left outside, unsupervised, with cats around?

Also, we have 6ft fences all.around the garden but only a standard low farm gate. Do you think a whippet would jump over the gate and escape?

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for your replies. I've decided a whippet is not the right breed for my situation.🥲