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Whippet

The Whippet is a lean, muscular, athletic dog. They balance muscular strength and power with grace and elegance, being built for speed and work. Their coats are fine and short and come in a wide variety of colours and mixes of colours.

Lifespan
12–15 years
Weight
12.5–13.5kg
Height
44–51cm
Colours
Black, white, red, fawn, blue, cream and brindle. They may also be a combination of these colours with spots, blazes and patches
Size
Medium
Kennel Club group
Hound
The need-to-know
  • Dog suitable for owners with some experience
  • Extra training required
  • Generally healthy breed
  • Enjoys vigorous walks
  • Enjoys one to two hours of walking a day
  • Medium dog
  • Minimum drool
  • Requires grooming once a week
  • Chatty and vocal dog
  • Barks and alerts to visitors/anything unusual
  • Generally friendly with other dogs
  • May need additional training to live with other pets
  • May need additional supervision to live with children
  • Needs a small garden
  • Can happily live in the city
  • Can be left occasionally with training
Generally healthy breed

The Whippet breed can be prone to: 
- Mitral valve disease which is where the heart valves become diseased and don't work properly.

Priority Kennel Club health schemes and testing: 
None but there are several recommended schemes that the Kennel Club recommends which can be found here.

Personality

The Whippet is a gentle, patient, tolerant and affectionate dog. Although they are competitive when on the chase, they are adaptable and quiet dogs. They can be highly strung and need understanding from their owners. Loving to their family, they make rewarding companions in the right home.

Did You Know?

  • While similar to the Greyhound (the fastest dog on earth), the Whippet, being lighter built, has got better acceleration, and over very short distances will be able to beat them.
  • Whippets can reach top speeds of up to 35mph.
  • This breed has very little body fat, so they’ll need to have a good dog coat for the winter.
  • Whippets are super quiet dogs and some owners say theirs doesn’t ever bark!
  • A Whippet was supposed to star in Alien 3, but they were deemed too cute for the part.