Chi-Whippet Mix: How Henry Found His Home

by Fran Self
(Caldwell, Idaho, USA)

I was driving home from work one evening, through the farm country of southwest Idaho near Lake Lowell, when I spied a little dog wandering back and forth across the blacktop.

I stopped, since I am an inveterate animal rescuer, and found a small, obviously famished, bony little tan-colored dog who looked like a miniature greyhound, with erect ears.

He was very weak and very hungry and thirsty. The next day, I took all the usual steps in an attempt to locate his owner: notify the animal shelter, put up posters, placed an ad in the "lost & found" section of the local papers, and took him to the vet to be scanned for a microchip.

No one came forward to claim him. He had not been neutered, was not house-trained, and was nearly dead from starvation.

I already had three rescued dogs, but something about this little guy was so elegant and unusual that my heart was drawn to him. When he got stronger and recovered from the weeks of neglect, I took him for an outing by the river and soccer fields near my home.

Then, for the first time, I saw him run. WOW! I had never seen a dog run like that, ever, in all my 50 years of dog admiration and ownership, outside a greyhound track! He was poetry in motion! He ran like a gazelle, and from his whole attitude you could see the sheer joy he took in running.

This piqued my curiosity. I don't have a lot of extra money to spend on frivolous stuff, but I was determined to find out what kind of dog this little guy was, so I paid the $60 for genetic testing, and guess what? Henry is half chihuahua and half whippet!

Many people in the area have chihuahuas and chihuahua crosses, but I know of no one in the immediate area who owns whippets, so I am puzzled as to where he originated. But I know he is a true little gentleman!

He was house-trained within a month, and now goes along splendidly on a leash. He has settled himself right into our household, and is the dearest, gentlest little dog you could imagine. But our real thrill in knowing him comes each time we take him somewhere he can stretch out and RUN!

He loves to snuggle under a blanket, and he plays like a cat with the cat toys. We love him!

Does anyone else out there have a chi-whippet cross?

Chihuahua-Whippet Mix

by Susan
(United States)

My dog of 13 yrs. just passed away.

We really never new what mix breed he was. We were sure he had chihuahua in him. The vet thought he was mixed with rat terrier.

I have been researching dogs lately and I was so excited when I saw a chi-whippet. It looks JUST
LIKE MY DOG!

We know now what it was. Best dog we have ever had. We can't find any for sale or any breeder.

Can someone please help us find this wonderful breed mix?

Whippet Mix: Our Dog "Happy"

by Kelly
(Philadelphia, PA)

My mom passed away Oct. 3, 2007.
I was and still am completely devastated.
3 days after burying my mom, I adopted from the Women's Humane Society in Bensalem, PA our Happy. They said she was a chihuahua, but after she reached 22lbs, we (my fiancee and I) kind of decided that she probably is not a chihuahua!
We also have an 11 year old rescue dog, named Q who we rescued at 6 months and now she is 11 years old. She is a cocker/beagle with the tongue of a chow.
And lastly we can't forget our cat Emma!
Anyway, Happy is pretty aggressive, I adopted her at 11 weeks and she'll be 2 years old in a few days and we are still having house training issues.
We'd love to hear your opinion as to if you think Happy is an Italian Greyhound/Whippet mix.
Give us your best guess, we are always trying to figure out what she is!