Whippet Snippets

Running with whippets

When whippets play, it sounds nasty. You know, snarling complemented with teeth baring and neck snatching. They're not really killing each other. They're just enjoying each other's company. Really.

Statuesque

Images from The Viceroy in Palm Springs, designed by Kelly Wearstler. Modern and insanely cool, thanks largely to the whippet-inspired decor. What can Ribsy say - he knows he's the hippest cat - er, dog - around.

There's just a certain aura about whippets. They carry themselves with such grace and dignity, never slobbering nor mindlessly wagging their tails. They conduct themselves with the most deliberate of intentions. If a whippet doesn't want to play with you, it doesn't want to play with you. Leave him alone. You cannot change his mind.  But when they are playful, watch out...and stand still as they zoom about, dart and dash, turn and tease. Heads turn, jaws drop as onlookers marvel at the speed, the finesse of their gait. Even after years of whippet ownership, Boy and Girl never tire of seeing a whip at full tilt.

Indeed, they are sights to behold. No wonder they make great artwork!

Let it rain

Fall is definitely in the air. Can you feel it? Girl can't wait for rainy season (Ribsy can) - she's got new rain Welly boots that set the standard for durability, ruggedness and style. These Hunter Festival tall boots are going to be perfect for the chilly, muddy, wet dog-walking days ahead.

Bonesy

It's that time of year again. Ribsy can smell the goodness in the air. Canada's Largest Ribfest is about to descend upon Spencer Smith Park in Burlington! Once again sixteen ribbers will be vying for the titles of Best Ribs and Best Sauce...but who will emerge as Whippet's Choice? Last year, Ribsy was lickin' his chops over Camp 31 and Billy Bones, but for 2008 wants to give a fair assessment. That means sampling all the ribbers. With four days on the schedule - from Friday August 29th through Monday September 1st - it can be done!

Confessions on a dog park

Guest Blogger Girl writes:

So our local dog park's off-leash hours are insanely restrictive. From 6am - 9am in the morning, and from 730pm - 11pm in the evening. Right now it gets dark around 8pm, so essentially there's half an hour each evening where you can let your dog legally run off-leash. What ends up happening, of course, is that 30 dogs and their owners all cram into the one half of the non-fenced park where dogs are allowed to run free. Not a good thing. There's a lack of space for the dogs to run. There's also a lot of owners standing around (What's with that, anyway? Why don't they play with their dogs? Isn't that the point of going to the park?). So what you have is all sorts of dog sizes and temperaments and their people in one uncontrolled small space. It's not pretty. Nor is it fun anymore. Until then, I'm going to take the pooches during illegal hours (oooh, the criminality of it all!) because, at this point, I'd rather risk dealing with Animal Control than with 30 dogs and their owners...and I'm sure there are many owners who don't want to see me nor my dogs anyway!

The unflattering angle

Mirabel is snapped here sitting in a most unflattering position, while transfixed by the scurrying of squirrels outside the bedroom window.

Pas de deux

 When Mirabel is at her spunkiest she is an unstoppable whirlwind. So much so that it's practically like having two whippets - or in Boy and Girl's case, having three whippets.

Life with Two Miras? Unfathomable. Unless you plunk her down in front of a Photo Booth.

Synchronized whippeting

The sisters Mirabel and Daphne enter the final round of Synchronized Whippeting in first place. Can they hold onto their lead...and their frisbee?

Synchronized Whippeting from WhippetGood on Vimeo.

Love. Two. Sleep.

Two whippet peas in a pod.

Ribsy and Mirabel look so angelic when they're sleeping.

More whippet stuff

Now this is the 'stuff' that cute is made from. Whippet cute that is. You can get your own from eBay.