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3 Tricks You Can Teach Your Whippet Today

3 Tricks To Teach Your Whippet
3 Tricks To Teach Your Whippet

To teach your Whippet tricks, even the simple ones, you need to always have some of his favorite treats, teach him in a remote suitable place and manage to keep the coaching sessions to under fifteen minutes or your Whippet will begin to get bored. Remember when he gets something correct offer him great deals of praise and a reward treat, though take care not to get him excessively excited or he might lose focus.

Teach your Whippet to offer you his paw

To train your Whippet to offer you his paw, initially

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Buying a Pet Identification Tag for Your Whippet

How to Pick an ID Tag for Your WhippetChoosing a pet identification tag for your Whippet is like purchasing an insurance policy – you do it with the devout wish that you’ll never need it. The “possible price” of not having a pet ID tag is more expensive than the “actual price” of buying the pet tag itself.

The kind of pet identification tag that you buy is important, so take 5 minutes or so to consider it. Impulsively picking a collar tag just because it’s inexpensive or cute usually ends up being foolish, long-term.

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Building a House for Your Whippet

Build a House for Your WhippetOver 50% of the population permit their Whippets to stay inside and sleep on their couch or in the bed. For those of you all who are interested in how to build a dog house for your Whippet, to follow are some easy rules to follow when deciding the type of house you want to provide for your Whippet.

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Teach a Whippet Jumping for Agility

Teach Your Whippet to Jump for AgilityThis article is about how to teach the Whippet jumping for agility. We are often asked, “What number of jumps should I start with?” You can never have enough single jumps to learn agility. One good starting place is four jumps. This is the absolute least number of jumps suggested.

How to Teach Your Whippet jumping: Start with Four

You can teach a Whippet a plethora of skills, drills, and exercises with four jumps. Four jumps will allow you to develop on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can position a “box” with your jumps and work on handling, collection, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your Whippet jumping left and right. You could be out of the box and send your Whippet or you can handle from within the box. Your jumps could be staged in a horizontal row, so you can practice serpentines and threadles.

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Is The Whippet Puppy Right For Your Family?

Should you get a Whippet puppy?Sooner or later, every parent is going to hear: “Daddy, may I get that Whippet puppy?”

Instead of dodging the question, parents should think about whether the family is prepared for a new puppy, and even moreso a Whippet, according to Sharon Bergen, senior vice president of education and training for Knowledge Learning Corporation, the country’s foremost provider of early childhood education.

When considering “should the family get the Whippet” Bergen advises the parents ascertain the benefits and drawbacks of adding the Whippet to the household before giving in to a kid’s request. “The Whippet can teach your children responsibility and be a wonderful addition to your family-or it can become a burden,” she is quoted as saying. Bergen advises parents think about the following before committing:

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Taking Care Of Young Whippets

whippet care tipsOwning dogs, in particular taking care of the whippet, is nothing new for people. Some historians believe that dogs were first domesticated sometime between twelve thousand and 25,000 years ago—and that dogs evolved from wolves. Since those days, we have selectively bred more than four hundred different breeds, which vary in size from four-pound teacup poodles all the way up to Irish wolfhounds, whose 3-ft stature has earned them the distinction of tallest dog. However, the most popular pooches are the non-pedigree dogs—the one-of-a-kind dogs known as mutts. The whippet is another popular pick among canine owners. Some owners are unaware, however, of some of the most common whippet care tips.