Whippet Snippets

Wordless Whippet Wednesday

Flesh and Mud

 

"Oh good," thought Mirabel. "I'll just sneak off to the muddy beach with Boy and Girl way back on the path. This is quite lovely spring weather. Must take advantage of the fleeting wet conditions to imprint my sassiness."

Ribsy dutifully followed his pesky sister.

Prime time whippet

First, an almost-best-in-show at Westminster, and now this: a starring role in a TV commercial. Alongside a basset hound, this whippet shows you what a wonderful, mainstream dog it makes as it romps in the backyard, speeds up the stairs, shops at Petsmart and eats dry kibble without a fuss.

Thanks to Ribsy's Vancouver pal Santos for posting the video!

Rainout

Mirabel waits for the rain to go away, while Ribsy decides to just sleep through it all.

Wordless Whippet Wednesday

Mirabel, Montreal & Moneymakers

Mirabel loves Montreal. Along with Ribsy, she was constantly festooned with attention while hanging out in the hotel lobby and walking around the streets during their quick roadie this past weekend.

She simply couldn't get enough of the city. Here she is, soaking up the atmosphere. Or maybe she was just sniffing out the smell of smoked meat outside Reuben's.

She dug that there was an off-leash dog park a few blocks away. Ribsy delivers his most menacing look of intimidation to throw his pesky sister off her game.

The next day the pack strolled shivered around the quaint streets of Old Montreal, where much to Mirabel's delight, was littered with pigeons. Squirrels with wings!

Ribsy, meanwhile, found that the cobblestoned streets formed a nice backdrop to his stylish DogGoneChic mocknecked BodyShirt and his graceful whippet lines.

 
 

Mirabel would like to thank a certain ageless moneymaker-shakin' wonder and his band for providing Girl with a perfect excuse to take them to Montreal. Please come back soon.

 

Whippet Flashback Friday

The first and last time a whippet won the Westminster Dog Show was in 1964. That's a whole lot of years in dog years.

Until a whippet emerges triumphant again (you were so robbed, Chanel), you can re-live the excitement with this archival video:

Is this our new brother?

 

"This new whippet looks like us, but he doesn't seem to like to run..." observed Ribsy.

"He weighs more than me!" an astonished Mirabel interjected.

"...which makes him an UnWhippet," concluded Ribsy.

Wordless Whippet Wednesday

Wolf dog

Ribsy comes face-to-face with a menacing wolf. Or, to be more precise, Boy's souvenir t-shirt from Ketchikan, Alaska.