Advice Needed On Whippet Play

[chessington]

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My whippet Jack growls and nips the other dog when he is playing. Usually the other dog is quite tolerant of this. Some even join in and growl as well,but recently I have been out walking over the fields with Jack off the lead and . He has run twice to another strange dog to play, and the other dog has not understood and has become angry with Jack. I have seen other whippets and hounds nipping when they play, but is this normal behaviour??? He is so fast, there is no way I could stop him nipping when he is playing off the lead. The only thing I can do is catch him and put him on the lead again, but I should like to know if whippets do nip when playing together. I have read that some play so roughly, it sounds as if they are fighting, but of course they are only playing. I should like advice on this.

 

[masta]

My whippet Jack growls and nips the other dog when he is playing. Usually the other dog is quite tolerant of this. Some even join in and growl as well,but recently I have been out walking over the fields with Jack off the lead and . He has run twice to another strange dog to play, and the other dog has not understood and has become angry with Jack. I have seen other whippets and hounds nipping when they play, but is this normal behaviour??? He is so fast, there is no way I could stop him nipping when he is playing off the lead. The only thing I can do is catch him and put him on the lead again, but I should like to know if whippets do nip when playing together. I have read that some play so roughly, it sounds as if they are fighting, but of course they are only playing. I should like advice on this.

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100% normal :thumbsup:

 

[controversial]

sounds like a whippet to me (w00t)

 

[Lisa S]

My boy does this as well but usually only when another dog is quicker than him and I think he gets quite narked about it :angry: It worried me too at first as I thought other dogs would think he was attacking but there had never been any fights or bother, they seem to know it's OK for some reason.