Is there down-side to owning a Whippet?
I love whippets, but how suitable they are for you depends on your life style. Whippets are lovely, affectionate, docile dogs which need minimal grooming, but they are quite energetic, so you need to make sure you’re able to give them enough exercise. While it’s true that sighthounds have a tendency to have a high prey drive, it’s not true that none of them can never ever be let off the lead. All dogs are individuals; some are less “keen” (inclined to chase) than others. If you get a whippet, you need to learn about its individual personality and it’s tendency to chase, and make your judgment based on that. Of course you also have to train a careful recall but the same is true of any breed of dog. I have owned a greyhound, a saluki, and a currently own a whippet cross, and all have been fine off the lead. Sighthounds are very into their food, so this is a great motivator for teaching recall. Edit: “Any sighthound who does not have prey drive like that is not a good sighthound” It depen
