We watched a video of you guys picking up Jasper back in Dec.2019 when we were on our way to pick up our Blue Whippet Casper. They look and act so alike 💕
Marie Slabbert yeah we really wanted to let him off but decided it wasn’t a sensible idea as there was a lot of people and other dogs around. We sometimes take him to a training field to run around which I’ll be posting a video of soon.
Whippies are not that good at recall, being sight hounds, noticing everything. Not good dogs off lead, unless they have some recall and it's not busy and is safe. Run or walk in the opposite direction telling them to "come this way" if he won't come back, which usually causes whippies to run to you. They get over excited and just run like nuts. They decide what's in it for them, haha. They spin, bottom down when they want to pay or run in excitement. Very loving, dignified dogs that love beds. We love Whippies, He's a lovely boy!
Our whippet loves to run! We've treat trained him to respond to the word "come" plus a hand signal, and a whistle that all mean the same thing..."come on back". I can call him out of a group of dogs or from the far side of a foot ball field. He's only on leash in high traffic areas. I hope Jasper gets the freedom to run sometime...it's what they're built for and it's a joy to watch.😄 Finnigan comes to work with me 3 days a week...basically he goes every where with us. He's an "adventure dog"...you should check out Stormi Dennis's training video's. Cheers from one Canadian whippet!
Susan Welden I wish ours was like that. Believe me we have put soooo much time and effort into training him but when he’s outside he has no interest at all in treats. He’s very ignorant at times and not having a garden means Being out in general is still a novelty to him. It’s tough.
Hi Lee. You are doing the right thing. I have exactly the same problem with my whippet so until he respects the commands I cannot let him off the lead in public areas or in areas which are unsafe.@@skatepark02
You can always use a long line whilst still working on recall we do this with our 6 months old GSD. When he was much younger we had him fully off lead as he was clingy but now he feels more independent so we'd rather be safe especially as we have a big breed. The long line can just trail on the floor you don't need to hold it and it means you can get control back in the case of an emergency until they're past adolescence and have iron glad recall. Ignore any Internet experts and do things at the pace that best suits your pup you know him best. Also ours use to have awful car sickness and now he only does on really windy roads thankfully!
Thank you for the kind comment. As it happens we have currently resorted to long lead training now and as you've already mentioned the freedom makes him more well behaved. It also helps the recall as the way we do it is to let him have his distance (the max length of the lead) and try to encourage him to come to us without having to give him an encouraging tug. he sometimes runs circles around me which gives him a chance to burn some energy almost naturally.
You are doing a great job with your whippet. It's not easy with a sighthound to let them run free but you have a great balance there. I get really uptight about letting mine off the lead because there is so much wildlife around where I live. Luckily I have a field which is totally fenced off. With the car and travelling, I had my whippet on the front passenger seat for while in a mini dog seat until he got used to the movement. Once he had, we put him in the back of the car and all is well.
@@skatepark02 Lee, I am sorry I forgot to mention this. As a long time dog owner (including greyhounds!) - some dogs just never do well in the car. Two things help: first, get one of the high seats for dogs, and you put him in that so he is high enough to look out. Keeps them from getting ill. Keep fresh air coming in the window. PLUS (I'm a licensed veterinary nurse btw) give him a little Benadry (Diphenhydramine) about 20-30 minutes before you leave in the car. The canine dose is 2-4 milligrams per kilo of the dog's body weight, up to 3 x daily. If he is about 12 kg, you would be looking at a dose of between 25-45 mg at a time. (Note: this IS indeed higher than a human dose; barring other health issues, dogs do quite well with it. They don't even get drowsy.) Benadry helps with motion sickness / allegies like to grass or insect bites / and mild sedation for a stress situation. I just wrap it up in a little bread and pop it right in their mouths.
Jasper is gorgeous, the way he was on the lead as you entered the beach (all skippy and doing 360's) is exactly how my whippet was. she is 11 months now and has been off the lead since she was 5 months, i was so nervous letting her off for the first time but took a squeaky toy and treats with me, the squeaky toy worked wonders. you can buy the squeakers on there own so i leave them in all my dog walking jackets now. that would be my biggest advice when letting Jasper of the lead, a squeaker toy,
Colin Morgan MTB sorry for the late reply. It’s been very tricky to get him used to being off the lead as we don’t have a garden and there aren’t any enclosed spaces very close by. He has been let off a few times on our country walk and he has been great! However lately he’s started to lose his recall training for some reason. I never seems to be interested in treats or anything else when he’s outside but I really like your squeaker idea. He’s destroyed so many toys (as I’m sure yours have) and I’ve kept some of the squeakers so I will have a go at using them. Thanks for the advice :)
@@skatepark02Yep must be hard not having a garden, i'm no expert but try a chopped up sausage as a treats, smelliest you can find. you know the type? Northern already cooked from the supermarket that make your fingers smell :) they love it. They make great pets and i'm sure he will crack it. if you ever need advise whippets UK Facebook is a good place to start. good luck look forward to a video of Jasper on a good run off the lead.
Have you tried natural car sickness tablets for him? another thing I would try is not letting him move around or look out the window when he is in the car, if he fits put him in the footwell and keep him there. looking out the window normally makes sickness worse
Assistance Dog Loki thanks for the advice. I’ve never seen natural cat sickness tablets. He seems to be improving as he’s gotten older abs he seems quite happy with his head out the window. But I will try what you suggested if he feels sick again (which I’m sure he will). Thanks
Ruben J Rush haha I’m glad I’m not the only one. We put so much effort into training and constantly ask ourselves “what are we doing wrong?” But I’m starting to realise it’s just a whippet thing.
One reason a dog vomits in a car is because they are too warm. Never forget that dogs are about 99% wolf. They thrive in cold temperatures and hate the heat. Just a thought. Enjoyed your videos.
That’s one of the nicest comments I’ve had, thank you. Sadly my content is pretty sub standard and I don’t upload enough in all honesty. Maybe if I could put more time in I could get around 1000 subs. 1 million is a dream. Thanks so much for watching.
It's beautiful to see his tail up instead of between his legs. Btw don't forget to clip the thumb nails, because he doesn't walk on them they keep growing.
Hey thanks for watching! We got the harness from amazon, it was about £50 ish. Heres a link to the one we bought. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N10H776/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B01N10H776&linkCode=as2&tag=eethomas-21&linkId=cb464230ae16db88e08868e482ad582b
It's a very nice harness. But not something you want him to wear all the time. At least take it off when he sleeps. A comfortable, close-fitting martingale collar can stay on him.
We try to remove it whenever we can. Every time he was in the tent we took it off. It looked like he slept in it in one of the scenes but it’s where we took him out for potty and he still had it on after.
Hey mate... What a good lookin pup nice one... I have an Italian greyhound.. He has the exact same features.. Looks.. And everything I have seen.. But tiny in size.. I saw that he picks up things from the ground... It's the same for MOE my pup.. Just be careful out of all the things to worry about.. As I have had to go to vets a few times cos he has swallowed.. Little sticks. Pebbles.. Etc.. Just be careful anything you drop they will some how hide in there beds etc etc also little insects and another is bird poo MOE got really sick from eating bird poo when he went outside to go to toilet... Just thought I would let you know my side with these sort of pups... Hello from Oz..
Having that chicken in front of him is not a great idea, Whippets are great with other pets other than smaller things like bunnies/rabbits/mice and I can only imagine chickens as well. They’re bred to chase and kill small animals, him seeing that chicken probably was invoking his primal respond to chase and/or kill.
Yeah that was the resident campsite chicken. Which is strange because it was a dog friendly site. Jasper was kept on a tether whilst in the camp grounds. Luckily he’s quite a docile whippet and never seems to be interested in other animals
has jasper had a hearing test ? Just asking because he seams disturbingly un responsive to your voice or any other sound. sorry to ask and maybe worry you but it is quite obvious …..love the vids, keep them coming thankyou. Bri
brianfindsall hey, I’m glad you mentioned that as we often feel the same way. He hasn’t had a hearing test but he does respond to things very well most of the time. It seems to be more of a case of selective hearing and general ignorance at times. We’ll get the vet have a look on his next check up though, thanks for the tip. And thank you for watching! We’ve got a nice video coming this week hopefully.
J. Mahoney because it was his first time at the beach and there are a lot of other dogs and kids around. He’s currently not trained well enough to be off the lead in public and it would have been irresponsible and potentially dangerous for him if we had done. However, in part two of this Vlog (as yet to be finished) he does get let off the lead for the very first time and he absolutely loves it!
@@skatepark02 How old is he? surely he can run around the beach no training needed to run free surely not, I'm an experienced Dog owner, and the owner of two Bedlington Terriers I can see your Dog is busting a gut to be set free.
J. Mahoney It is very dangerous for a Sighthound to be off lead when not trained well. They have an extremely, extremely high prey drive and can be off in a flash with no hope of you catching them. They also pay no attention to danger when chasing. They are not like other breeds of dogs. I know more than a few sighthounds lost and hit by cars from being off lead. It takes time to train a Sighthound as they tend to be extremely independent minded and full of conditional love. It’s smart to play it safe. In the meantime, off lead in enclosed fields/parks to help with training.
@@bartwilson2513 I've owned and Bred and hunted Lurchers plus I have also outcrossed my pure Bedlington Dog many times with purebred Whippets, so I know quite a lot about sighthounds, and what you say makes no sense most Whippets are very sociable and the sooner you let them off the lead and get them well socialised the better, all the Whippets and sighthounds I know with problems are the ones that have been kept on the lead far too long and they become frustrated and quite aggressive that hard to reverse listen too me leave your Dog off the lead.
@@j.mahoney1178 . I agree completely, I have a Beddie and they're very much like whippets in that they can be hard to train. However the longer this poor dog goes from lead to lead, the harder they are making it for themselves. If he's allowed to run free every day then it won't be such a "novelty" as they called it. It will be a dog enjoying what it is meant to do naturally. This dog is going to explode with frustration soon. The only way you can train a dog to be off lead, is to LET IT OFF THE LEAD!
Very laid back Whippet
I like his calmness
We watched a video of you guys picking up Jasper back in Dec.2019 when we were on our way to pick up our Blue Whippet Casper. They look and act so alike 💕
That is glamping at it's finest. Look at that tent!
He is too cute. He wanted to run on the beach. Perhaps you should find a space where he can run freely more often.
Marie Slabbert yeah we really wanted to let him off but decided it wasn’t a sensible idea as there was a lot of people and other dogs around. We sometimes take him to a training field to run around which I’ll be posting a video of soon.
Whippies are not that good at recall, being sight hounds, noticing everything. Not good dogs off lead, unless they have some recall and it's not busy and is safe. Run or walk in the opposite direction telling them to "come this way" if he won't come back, which usually causes whippies to run to you. They get over excited and just run like nuts. They decide what's in it for them, haha. They spin, bottom down when they want to pay or run in excitement. Very loving, dignified dogs that love beds. We love Whippies, He's a lovely boy!
Our whippet loves to run! We've treat trained him to respond to the word "come" plus a hand signal, and a whistle that all mean the same thing..."come on back". I can call him out of a group of dogs or from the far side of a foot ball field. He's only on leash in high traffic areas. I hope Jasper gets the freedom to run sometime...it's what they're built for and it's a joy to watch.😄 Finnigan comes to work with me 3 days a week...basically he goes every where with us. He's an "adventure dog"...you should check out Stormi Dennis's training video's. Cheers from one Canadian whippet!
Susan Welden I wish ours was like that. Believe me we have put soooo much time and effort into training him but when he’s outside he has no interest at all in treats. He’s very ignorant at times and not having a garden means Being out in general is still a novelty to him. It’s tough.
Hi Lee. You are doing the right thing. I have exactly the same problem with my whippet so until he respects the commands I cannot let him off the lead in public areas or in areas which are unsafe.@@skatepark02
You can always use a long line whilst still working on recall we do this with our 6 months old GSD. When he was much younger we had him fully off lead as he was clingy but now he feels more independent so we'd rather be safe especially as we have a big breed. The long line can just trail on the floor you don't need to hold it and it means you can get control back in the case of an emergency until they're past adolescence and have iron glad recall. Ignore any Internet experts and do things at the pace that best suits your pup you know him best. Also ours use to have awful car sickness and now he only does on really windy roads thankfully!
Thank you for the kind comment. As it happens we have currently resorted to long lead training now and as you've already mentioned the freedom makes him more well behaved. It also helps the recall as the way we do it is to let him have his distance (the max length of the lead) and try to encourage him to come to us without having to give him an encouraging tug. he sometimes runs circles around me which gives him a chance to burn some energy almost naturally.
Gorgeous dog!
My favorite band comes out of Cornwall
Thirteen Senses
Jasper is beautiful, show dog beautuful
So good what a sweet boy
You are doing a great job with your whippet. It's not easy with a sighthound to let them run free but you have a great balance there. I get really uptight about letting mine off the lead because there is so much wildlife around where I live. Luckily I have a field which is totally fenced off.
With the car and travelling, I had my whippet on the front passenger seat for while in a mini dog seat until he got used to the movement. Once he had, we put him in the back of the car and all is well.
Whippets get crazy on sand :) Wish we had beaches here in Slovakia. Our newest whippet girl Sisi is the same colour like Jasper :)
I think maybe Jasper is more of a hotel sort of guy. 😂 Tents are beneath him.
Haha! I couldn’t agree more!
@@skatepark02 Lee, I am sorry I forgot to mention this. As a long time dog owner (including greyhounds!) - some dogs just never do well in the car. Two things help: first, get one of the high seats for dogs, and you put him in that so he is high enough to look out. Keeps them from getting ill. Keep fresh air coming in the window. PLUS (I'm a licensed veterinary nurse btw) give him a little Benadry (Diphenhydramine) about 20-30 minutes before you leave in the car. The canine dose is 2-4 milligrams per kilo of the dog's body weight, up to 3 x daily. If he is about 12 kg, you would be looking at a dose of between 25-45 mg at a time. (Note: this IS indeed higher than a human dose; barring other health issues, dogs do quite well with it. They don't even get drowsy.) Benadry helps with motion sickness / allegies like to grass or insect bites / and mild sedation for a stress situation. I just wrap it up in a little bread and pop it right in their mouths.
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Jasper is gorgeous, the way he was on the lead as you entered the beach (all skippy and doing 360's) is exactly how my whippet was. she is 11 months now and has been off the lead since she was 5 months, i was so nervous letting her off for the first time but took a squeaky toy and treats with me, the squeaky toy worked wonders. you can buy the squeakers on there own so i leave them in all my dog walking jackets now. that would be my biggest advice when letting Jasper of the lead, a squeaker toy,
Colin Morgan MTB sorry for the late reply. It’s been very tricky to get him used to being off the lead as we don’t have a garden and there aren’t any enclosed spaces very close by. He has been let off a few times on our country walk and he has been great! However lately he’s started to lose his recall training for some reason. I never seems to be interested in treats or anything else when he’s outside but I really like your squeaker idea. He’s destroyed so many toys (as I’m sure yours have) and I’ve kept some of the squeakers so I will have a go at using them. Thanks for the advice :)
@@skatepark02Yep must be hard not having a garden, i'm no expert but try a chopped up sausage as a treats, smelliest you can find. you know the type? Northern already cooked from the supermarket that make your fingers smell :) they love it. They make great pets and i'm sure he will crack it. if you ever need advise whippets UK Facebook is a good place to start. good luck look forward to a video of Jasper on a good run off the lead.
@@skatepark02 just uploaded a few Videos of our Rita, i filmed her first time off the lead on my phone th-cam.com/video/f921Fb40ZZw/w-d-xo.html
He is gorgeous!
Have you tried natural car sickness tablets for him? another thing I would try is not letting him move around or look out the window when he is in the car, if he fits put him in the footwell and keep him there. looking out the window normally makes sickness worse
Assistance Dog Loki thanks for the advice. I’ve never seen natural cat sickness tablets. He seems to be improving as he’s gotten older abs he seems quite happy with his head out the window. But I will try what you suggested if he feels sick again (which I’m sure he will).
Thanks
@@skatepark02 No problem, hope it helps!
Oh I thought looking out of the window makes it better, people have told me to because I get car sick bad too 😂😂 but maybe for dogs.
"Jasper come here... here... whistle.. click.. Jasper... here" AArgh it's too real! My whippet Heidi just looks at me like I'm an idiot
Ruben J Rush haha I’m glad I’m not the only one. We put so much effort into training and constantly ask ourselves “what are we doing wrong?” But I’m starting to realise it’s just a whippet thing.
One reason a dog vomits in a car is because they are too warm. Never forget that dogs are about 99% wolf. They thrive in cold temperatures and hate the heat. Just a thought. Enjoyed your videos.
1.53 That snoot! 😄
Haha! Thats a combination of using a wide angle lens and just his whippity face :)
How do you not have 1mil subs yet
That’s one of the nicest comments I’ve had, thank you. Sadly my content is pretty sub standard and I don’t upload enough in all honesty. Maybe if I could put more time in I could get around 1000 subs. 1 million is a dream.
Thanks so much for watching.
It's beautiful to see his tail up instead of between his legs. Btw don't forget to clip the thumb nails, because he doesn't walk on them they keep growing.
Hi lee! Can u tell me brand/model of the harness? (beautiful whippet btw) :)
Hey thanks for watching! We got the harness from amazon, it was about £50 ish. Heres a link to the one we bought. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N10H776/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B01N10H776&linkCode=as2&tag=eethomas-21&linkId=cb464230ae16db88e08868e482ad582b
the brand is Ruffwear, they have their own site where you can look it is a very high quality brand:)
Sorry.... typo....Stonnie Dennis. Finnigan was born June 27, 2018.
It's a very nice harness. But not something you want him to wear all the time. At least take it off when he sleeps. A comfortable, close-fitting martingale collar can stay on him.
We try to remove it whenever we can. Every time he was in the tent we took it off. It looked like he slept in it in one of the scenes but it’s where we took him out for potty and he still had it on after.
Hey mate... What a good lookin pup nice one... I have an Italian greyhound.. He has the exact same features.. Looks.. And everything I have seen.. But tiny in size.. I saw that he picks up things from the ground... It's the same for MOE my pup.. Just be careful out of all the things to worry about.. As I have had to go to vets a few times cos he has swallowed.. Little sticks. Pebbles.. Etc.. Just be careful anything you drop they will some how hide in there beds etc etc also little insects and another is bird poo MOE got really sick from eating bird poo when he went outside to go to toilet... Just thought I would let you know my side with these sort of pups... Hello from Oz..
Let the lad of the lead
BIG DAWG we did in part 2
Nice one lovely dog 👍😀
Having that chicken in front of him is not a great idea, Whippets are great with other pets other than smaller things like bunnies/rabbits/mice and I can only imagine chickens as well. They’re bred to chase and kill small animals, him seeing that chicken probably was invoking his primal respond to chase and/or kill.
Yeah that was the resident campsite chicken. Which is strange because it was a dog friendly site. Jasper was kept on a tether whilst in the camp grounds. Luckily he’s quite a docile whippet and never seems to be interested in other animals
you should let him off lead to have a proper run
The beach wasn’t very safe as there were too many people and other dogs around. If you watch part 2 we let him off in a field for the very first time.
has jasper had a hearing test ? Just asking because he seams disturbingly un responsive to your voice or any other sound. sorry to ask and maybe worry you but it is quite obvious …..love the vids, keep them coming thankyou. Bri
brianfindsall hey, I’m glad you mentioned that as we often feel the same way.
He hasn’t had a hearing test but he does respond to things very well most of the time. It seems to be more of a case of selective hearing and general ignorance at times. We’ll get the vet have a look on his next check up though, thanks for the tip.
And thank you for watching!
We’ve got a nice video coming this week hopefully.
Almost 20 minutes of video with less than 1.5 minutes of Jasper on the beach. Boo hoo, want more beach time.
Do not tell him rabiit
Poor dog looks throughly fucked off!
Why is he on the lead not to let him run is cruel.
J. Mahoney because it was his first time at the beach and there are a lot of other dogs and kids around. He’s currently not trained well enough to be off the lead in public and it would have been irresponsible and potentially dangerous for him if we had done.
However, in part two of this Vlog (as yet to be finished) he does get let off the lead for the very first time and he absolutely loves it!
@@skatepark02 How old is he? surely he can run around the beach no training needed to run free surely not, I'm an experienced Dog owner, and the owner of two Bedlington Terriers I can see your Dog is busting a gut to be set free.
J. Mahoney It is very dangerous for a Sighthound to be off lead when not trained well. They have an extremely, extremely high prey drive and can be off in a flash with no hope of you catching them. They also pay no attention to danger when chasing. They are not like other breeds of dogs. I know more than a few sighthounds lost and hit by cars from being off lead. It takes time to train a Sighthound as they tend to be extremely independent minded and full of conditional love. It’s smart to play it safe. In the meantime, off lead in enclosed fields/parks to help with training.
@@bartwilson2513 I've owned and Bred and hunted Lurchers plus I have also outcrossed my pure Bedlington Dog many times with purebred Whippets, so I know quite a lot about sighthounds, and what you say makes no sense most Whippets are very sociable and the sooner you let them off the lead and get them well socialised the better, all the Whippets and sighthounds I know with problems are the ones that have been kept on the lead far too long and they become frustrated and quite aggressive that hard to reverse listen too me leave your Dog off the lead.
@@j.mahoney1178 . I agree completely, I have a Beddie and they're very much like whippets in that they can be hard to train. However the longer this poor dog goes from lead to lead, the harder they are making it for themselves. If he's allowed to run free every day then it won't be such a "novelty" as they called it. It will be a dog enjoying what it is meant to do naturally. This dog is going to explode with frustration soon. The only way you can train a dog to be off lead, is to LET IT OFF THE LEAD!
Oh oh, critical wife 👎