Whippet Snippets

Sofa So (Whippet) Good

Oh, all the funny links you get via Twitter.

Via @azulaco, Ribsy and Mirabel find out about a new sport: couch racing. Unfortunately they live in a 100% hardwood-floor house and their couch is pushed up against the wall and not in the middle of the room. So for now they'll have to speed vicariously through these manic racers.

Gentlemen, start your whippets!

Maxing Out

Meet Max.

Max is a sweet, handsome, older whippet who lives with his sporty people in the neighborhood. He's lost his teeth and he's walking a bit slower these days, but he always greets Ribsy and Mirabel with the most dignified nose manners and a graceful wag of his tail.

Ribsy and Mirabel just want to say how much Max rocks.

Loving Rivals

How is it possible that these two whippets can be so loving, sweet, and comfortable with each other at certain times, yet emit behaviors such as the following at others?

- Ribsy snaps at Mirabel if she touches him on the bed
- Mirabel scares Ribsy off the frisbee with a husky, manly "woof"
- Ribsy growls menacingly at Mirabel for daring to steal his new meerkat toy
- Mirabel attacks the slow-eating Ribsy for his dinner

Ribsy and Mirabel are no Romeo and Juliet. But perhaps they are the strongest love/hate relationship in all of whippetdom.

Farm Frolic

Off to Mapleton's for their irresistible organic ice cream...

...straight from the source.

Ribsy and Mirabel, meanwhile, busied themselves visiting the critters on the farm.

It don't matter if you're two- or four-legged

Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.

Wordless Whippet Wednesday

 

Whippets Who Twitter

Ribsy has noticed that there are many whippets playing on the big field known as Twitter. Here are some, if you're thinking of running with the lot of 'em there:

@santyclaws (pictured) - The beautiful, beautiful Santos who lives in Vancouver and can rock any style. She may be young but she's feisty. Just the way Ribsy likes them.

@brindlewhippet - Still kind of newish on Twitter, Zepher lives with his older brother Reggie (an Italian greyhound) and pack in Nevada.

@WhippetsNiaSofi - The whippets Nia and Sofia! Not only do these delightful girls write a blog, but they tweet too.

@Bacchusboy - Yis! A handsome black whippet who hails from Wellington, New Zealand.

@WillieWhippet - Still learning how to write and spell and all that grammatical kind of stuff, but he tries really hard with his tweets. An all-out whippet effort.

@Holly315 - A spritely girl who lives in Connecticut. She must be busy chasing critters (it is squirrel hunting season, Ribsy s'poses) because she hasn't tweeted in a little while. Hey Holly, get your paws on the keyboard soon.

@BluBijou - Skylar is a girl whippet who knows who she is (a princess) and knows what she wants (anything her heart desires).

@WhippetRescue - Good folks who rescue whippets and greyhounds across Australia. Their new website is coming soon; in the meantime, you can keep up to date on hounds in need via their Twitter account.

@Timbreblue - Timbreblue Whippets is a breeder in Virginia. 

@RetroRepublik - Another Californian whippet, Fast Freddy is the chief executive dog of Retro Republik and has an eye for great design. His own fine lines served as the inspiration for Santa Barbara Bikes To-Go's company logo.

@flick_summer - Dazzling whippet twins who live the sweet life in the OC. Also not tweeting as of late, but hoping her mom @sbonnin gives them a gentle nudge. 

Are there other whippets who are tweetin'? (Wheetin' twhippets?) Let Ribsy know.

Pop Whippet Quiz

People always remark on how Ribsy and Mirabel look alike, and are surprised when they learn that they're not related whatsoever.

Given that whippets can be all kinds of colors, from jet black to all white, and all brindles and reds and greys and blues in between, it really is remarkable that Ribsy and Mirabel appear to be cut from the same mould.

So here's a whippet-quick quiz for you then. Do you know who's who?

1. (kinda looks like Australia...)

2. (Suppose this would be more like New Zealand...)

Who's Your Daddy?

"Who's my daddy? Why, biologically speaking, Lord Henry," replied Ribsy.

"I heard he's quite fetching. I've never met him."

"What about me?" Mirabel whined.

Ribsy rolled his eyes. "I've met you."

"No, no, not that," said Mirabel. "I mean, the daddy thing. It's not as if I see my father either. Here's a photo of him. His name's Jasper."

But do either of them miss their dads? Nope. 

Really, to all the dogs out there without their fathers around. Take it from Ribsy and Mirabel...

It doesn't matter so much what's on your papers, but what's in your life.

Happy Father's Day, Boy.

Typical Whippet: Illustrated

A rainy Thursday has Mirabel surfing YouTube for whippet porn. What these videos all have in common is that they nicely illustrate some very typical whippet habits.  She shares a few of her favorites:

THE SPIN-O-RAMA: A spunky whippet shows off his moves, trying to entice his person into a play session. Shove over Gretzky! Whippets have got these darting doodles down to a fine art.

THE ARM KILLER: in this chilling capture, a whippet eats a human arm. OK, not really, but whippets love to play bite, instinctively hunting down moving 'prey' and in a pinch, a person's appendage will suffice.

THE BOOMERANG: Here's a young whippet sprinting back and forth between his Boy and Girl. This positioning often gets a lazy whippet running (ahem, Ribsy).

THE LUNGING LURK: Two whippets on leash demonstrate the slow, sneaky tip-toeing stalk leading up to a full-out charge at the squirrel. Bonus: includes the "Whoa!" of the owner as he's pulled off his feet.