Frequently Asked Questions

While some whippets do well living with indoor cats, there will always be a significant degree of risk involved due to their deeply ingrained strong prey drive. This is a breed trait and not a training issue. Whippets are very good at doing what they were bred to do - chase, catch and kill small animals.

Despite the popularity of your local dog park, it is not a good place to take your whippet (or any dog) for exercise and socialization. Use extreme caution when taking your dogs to a dog park. Or better yet - don't visit public dog parks at all. Visit our blog to find out why.

More and more frequently, we hear pet owners singing the praises of using a harness on their whippet puppy or adult. Unless your whippet is receiving physiotherapy and recovering from a specific type of injury, there is NO benefit to using a harness.

Please use a properly fitted martingale on your whippet!

Despite claims that a harness is more gentle and humane than a collar, they are a terrible idea for several reasons. Visit our blog to learn more.

They sure do! While whippets don’t shed the same volume as some other breeds (no tumbleweeds) their short straight hairs are notorious for stubbornly attaching to clothing and upholstery. Be prepared to live with “whippet glitter”.

Some whippets are fairly quiet, and others love to bark and vocalize. Crate training a stubborn whippet puppy can be a noisy affair for apartment dwellers.

They can be - but typically not until middle age or older. Puppies and teenagers can be a handful until age 2+.

We recommend a weekly nail schedule, or twice monthly at a minimum.