Your Whippet and Other Dogs

Should you give your whippet other dogs as companions? Which would be the best choice?

Whippets love to have company. Loving humans are at the top of their favorite friends list, next are other whippets then sighthounds and finally other dogs.

More often than not my dogs enjoyed the company and a good game of catch with other whippets and sighthounds, while their relationship with other breeds is less predictable.

whippet dogs They favor non dominant, easy going dogs. Especially my Zippo, as he likes to think himself the ruler of our canine world, won’t put up with any bossing and the encounter with dominant, rough mannered dogs often ends in a melee and a collection of assorted cuts and bruises for him.

whippet dogs Same sex companionship works for some whippeteers but it was a rather bumpy ride for me. My two male whippets completely stopped fighting only after they were both neutered.

Adding a dog of the opposite sex to your household is the safest choice and probably the most appreciated by your whippet.

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