r/Whippet

Hello! My partner and I have a 10 month old whippet and he has seriously regressed when it comes to sleeping in his crate. He’s been sleeping in his crate ever since we got home at 12 weeks old. We trained him and he was doing very well up until the 8 month old mark. It is my understanding that whippets enter a phase around this age. However, for the last two months he has been waking up hours before usual and whining endlessly, lol. He has ruined two crates, three beds and we can no longer keep a cover on his crate because he destroyed his last one. We have toys in there for him however he never turns to those when he wants to bite or destroy something. We take him out to go to the bathroom sometimes and then put him back in to support our original sleep schedule, but he still goes bonkers. We reward him anytime he interacts or goes into the kennel as well. We just don’t know what to do after two months of trying to let home whine it out, hoping he’d learn.

I could really use some advice on this as it’s stressing me out so much. My puppy is determined to eat poop. I have successfully trained him to no longer eat his own (something he used to do when we first got him) by training him to come inside and get a treat as soon as he poops. However, on our walks he will sniff out other dogs faeces and eat it. I have been working on “leave it” and “drop it” commands and he will sometimes do that for a high value treat, but sometimes he’s so fast I can’t stop him in time. I walk him on an extendable lead in our local country park and people are terrible about picking up after their dogs round here. It drives me mad at the best of times but now I’m extra worried he’s going to pick up some hideous parasite or illness from eating shit. Walks are becoming quite stressful as I’m on high alert all the time watching in case he picks stuff up.

Does anyone else have any experience with this who successfully trained their dog out of it?

Hey fellow whippet owners,

Me and my bf decided to get a dog for ourselves. We live in a pretty big apartment and I am usually at home every afternoon - i work only in the mornings from 8-12, my bf has a 9-5 job.

We are not sure what should we go for, because there are a few breeds that we find absolutely adorable, but the top 2 are whippets and cocker spaniels.
We are really social people and like going on walks but cuddling and staying at home too.

What would you recommend to us? What is the best time to get a dog and how can we prepare for that?

I’d really appreciate your helpful answers!!🫶🏻