Our whippet, a very small female, lived to be 17 years old. Between the ages of 7-13, she annually joined us on a long (20-25 km / 6.5 hr) hike on rugged terrain. This was the longest of about 13 loops (average trail length 9 km) that we would hike every fall as part of a hiking challenge held at our local wilderness park in Ontario, Canada. After two months of hiking, she would have added 3 pounds of muscle to her normally 19-lb frame. One year she even ran that longest loop in less than 5 hrs!
I live in Scotland, and luckily in a rural area with beautiful woodland and hills. I've had my whippet Kermit for 4 montgs now, he's just a youngster at 6 months old. We normally walk 5 to 8k a day over fields and tracks. He copes ok with this ok but I dont know if he'd manage a 5hr hike tho. Kudos to Freddie!
Your whippet is built similar to mine, they are great dogs in and outside the house. Never underestimate the Whippet I say. like everything great, they were built in the North East of England 🏴
Thank you for this video I got my 1st whippet he 3 months old always had dogs for 60 years but never had a whippet just wounder what best to use while walking lead on collar or round the their tummy
45 years ago my mom was a whippet breeder , and she did it for about 30 years, I live in Holland borned there , weve got a labrador , but next week we go to a breeder , shes gone have puppies around the end of februari, ive got my wive nearly as far , fingers croosed , I said to het I also love labradors , but the Whippet is amazing , its nearly a dog for lazy people hahaha, ( by the way , ive got a welsh tatoo on my arm dragon and feathers haha) So hopefully she gone decied yes for the whippet , I am busdriver with unregular shifts and I am a runner , my lab now 9 years to old for long distances, so after 8 months hope to make beautiful runs with him,hope my spelling went good have a nice whippet life
Our whippet, a very small female, lived to be 17 years old. Between the ages of 7-13, she annually joined us on a long (20-25 km / 6.5 hr) hike on rugged terrain. This was the longest of about 13 loops (average trail length 9 km) that we would hike every fall as part of a hiking challenge held at our local wilderness park in Ontario, Canada. After two months of hiking, she would have added 3 pounds of muscle to her normally 19-lb frame. One year she even ran that longest loop in less than 5 hrs!
He was an absolute trooper! Took it like a brave Prince 🥹 xxx
I live in Scotland, and luckily in a rural area with beautiful woodland and hills. I've had my whippet Kermit for 4 montgs now, he's just a youngster at 6 months old. We normally walk 5 to 8k a day over fields and tracks. He copes ok with this ok but I dont know if he'd manage a 5hr hike tho. Kudos to Freddie!
Freddie’s zoomies with the mountain dog had me laughing
Haha thanks for watching. The mid mountain zooms had us in shock. Unsure where it came from! 😅
Your whippet is built similar to mine, they are great dogs in and outside the house. Never underestimate the Whippet I say. like everything great, they were built in the North East of England 🏴
This is so true. I myself underestimated him. But he did amazingly. Very proud!
Thank you for this video I got my 1st whippet he 3 months old always had dogs for 60 years but never had a whippet just wounder what best to use while walking lead on collar or round the their tummy
45 years ago my mom was a whippet breeder , and she did it for about 30 years, I live in Holland borned there , weve got a labrador , but next week we go to a breeder , shes gone have puppies around the end of februari, ive got my wive nearly as far , fingers croosed , I said to het I also love labradors , but the Whippet is amazing , its nearly a dog for lazy people hahaha, ( by the way , ive got a welsh tatoo on my arm dragon and feathers haha) So hopefully she gone decied yes for the whippet , I am busdriver with unregular shifts and I am a runner , my lab now 9 years to old for long distances, so after 8 months hope to make beautiful runs with him,hope my spelling went good have a nice whippet life