This section of the website is specifically for the healthy and care of your whippet, we cover topics such as grooming to help you know how to correctly care and maintain your whippet.
A whippet that is extra clingy with its owner and doesn’t want them to leave can be an annoying problem to have. There are many possible reasons behind the behaviour and trying to find out why your whippet is clingy can help you work out how to manage it. If you have a whippet that …
Whippets, like most dogs in the sighthound family, have thin and delicate skin. Whippets in particular seem to be more prone than other breeds to developing skin problems such as allergies and infections. Whippet skin problems can come from a variety of sources including parasites, viruses, bacteria, and fungal infections. Whippet skin allergies often result …
If you’ve noticed that your whippet seems to be having stomach problems, don’t worry. You’re not alone. Whippets, like many other breeds, are known to suffer from stomach problems. Whippet owners often notice that their whippets have a sensitive stomach. Whippets will often eat out of the food bowl much more quickly if they know …
Like humans, our beloved whippets can become stressed too. There can be many causes, from poor diet to lack of exercise and everything in between. As the owner of a stressed whippet, it is important to know what can cause stress in dogs. Sadly our whippets cannot tell us when they are stressed. They depend …
Whippet car sickness (WCS) is a very common problem whippets face when travelling in cars or sometimes trains. It’s something whippet owners often worry about during journeys – you may not even realise there are steps you can take to prevent the situation from occurring, or make it better if it has already begun. This …
Whippets are a sighthound breed, meaning they hunt by sight instead of scent. Their spectacular speed makes them the fastest dogs in canine history – capable of reaching speeds up to 48 kilometers per hour! Whippets are elegant and athletic, with long legs and powerful muscles through their thighs. They have very fine bones, which …
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Kennel cough is a condition that a lot of dogs experience at some point in their lives. If you start to experience your whippet coughing, then you’ll want to know how to combat this nasty illness. Kennel cough is the common name given to infectious bronchitis in dogs. Also known as canine infectious respiratory disease, …
Nobody likes a stinky whippet, least of all their owners. Whippets are dogs that love nothing more than to run around fields playing with other pets. But all of this running around can leave them looking, and smelling, well…not so great. In this post we’re going to go through how to bathe a whippet, ensuring …
In this post we are going to go through everything you need to know about whippet breeding, to help you better understand and care for your pet when she’s pregnant. If you are going to breed your whippet, ensure that if you have a female, she is at around two years of age, or if …
A question we get asked regularly here, why is my whippet having fits or seizures? This is most often because of epilepsy, a disease that is very common in dogs, and especially in the whippet breed. Epilepsy is a chronic condition that affects the brain, causing your dog to experience seizures. Even though it is …
