The Whippet is a sporting hunting dog and can only be classified as a medium-sized dog among visual dogs. Whippets can run long distances with simple movements, which is an excellent trait for a hunting dog. Whippets give people the impression of having beautiful lines and strong body muscles. The perfect streamline shape gives the Whippet excellent speed, allowing the hound to hunt quickly and accurately. Whippets are native to England, and some are also found in Russia.

1. Whippet IQ

The Whippet’s IQ ranks 51st, which happens to be a dog with a medium IQ. In normal training, repeating the password about 20 times can make it clearly understand how to do the action. Reaching a very satisfactory state requires more time and more repetitions, and requires trainers to have a certain amount of patience, discover things in the dog's emotions in a timely manner during training, and adjust the dog's state in a timely manner. Inexperienced dog training can leave people feeling at their wits' end. Under the strong training offensive of the owner, the dog will quickly form some tacit understanding with the owner. As a pet dog, it's pretty good.

2. Whippet characteristics

The Whippet was a medium-sized dog used by poor people in England for fun about 100 years ago. It was a cross between several dogs. It was extremely fast and was loved by many poor people at the time. In the mining areas at that time, whippets were used for competitions and were very entertaining to watch. It has a gentle and obedient character, is affectionate in life, and is very loyal to its owner. It is a good companion dog and guard dog. Its bloodline has greyhound genes, so it also has strong disease resistance and a relatively long lifespan. Whippets need a certain amount of exercise every day, love family life, and can live in harmony with family members.

The best height of an adult male Whippet is 48.26cm-55.88cm, while the best height of a female Whippet is 45.72cm-53.34cm. Anything over 1.5 inches is considered bad, and the distance from chest to hip should be equal to or greater than shoulder height. The Whippet's expression looks quite alert. The two eyes are large and energetic. The color is dark and the color of the two eyes must be the same. There cannot be yellow or light-colored eyes. The Whippet's ears are relatively small in size and very fine in texture. They usually have their ears pointed back when resting. The mouth is long and the upper and lower jaws are very powerful, which can effectively cause huge damage to prey. The Whippet's neck is long, neat, and well-muscled. The color of the hair on the body is not fixed and has no particular color. A whippet that conforms to the standard in body structure is considered a good whippet.

3. Are Whippets easy to raise?

Whippets are dogs that prefer to eat meat. Their food should contain 350g-400g of meat, plus vegetarian food such as cereals of the same quality. The meat should be cooked and minced,Mix with vegetarian food and mix well before feeding to the dog. The amount of food provided should be appropriate, not too much and not too little, eight minutes full is most appropriate. Too much is a burden, too little is not enough. Make sure you have clean water every day. Whippets do a lot of exercise and consume water quickly. Dog hair is short, so just comb it every other day. After combing, wipe it with a soft dry towel, which can effectively remove dust and dirt from the outside of the body. Bathe your Whippet regularly, more frequently in summer than in winter. Clean ear and tartar once a week and wash your eyes with warm water.

4. Whippet training

Whippet training is divided into three aspects: speed, strength, and behavior. Speed ​​is an important and essential characteristic of the Whippet. Strength training, moderately increase the body load, fully exercise the body's muscle groups. Overcome elastic resistance training to increase strength and speed. Jump training, high-altitude object lure to achieve the goal. Among them, load training should be carried out step by step to ensure that the dog's body can bear it. After a certain training foundation is established, the weight will be increased. Now after being raised as a pet dog, you need to pay more attention to the training of daily behaviors, so that the dog can develop good habits, not to grab things at home, control the meal time, fix the place, and fix the place where the dog excretes.

5. Whippet Price

Whippets are not expensive in the market. Generally, the price of a small dog is around 500 yuan. They require vaccinations and related health checks. The price of buying it from an individual is about 2,000 yuan. There is generally not a lot of guarantees here, and it has something to do with the previous owner's breeding method. If you buy it from a breeding farm, it will be a little more expensive. The price is about 3,000 yuan per dog. The prices mentioned here are the prices for family pet dogs.

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