Getting Another Whippet?

[alilemur]

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Just after some opinions really. We are thinking about getting another whippet to keep Willow company. She is coming up to 7 months old and is very sociable when we go out for walks, but I can't help thinking she is missing out not having a canine friend. She is rather over-bonded with me :b and follows me round like a shadow for a good part of the day when I am home. She is destructive and messy if left alone, so as a consequence is 'babysat' if we both need to go out. We are in the process of trying to make our house less able to be eaten so we can gradually leave her for longer periods than 2 minutes.

Does anyone think that having another whippet would help, as she hates being alone? Also, I had thought about an older whippie up to, say, 2 years old, but I have heard different opinions on this. I think maybe another puppy would make Willow even more feisty! Also, I have heard conflicting opinions about which sex. I thought about another girl, but 2 people have said a boy is better as 2 females would be scrapping all the time. Any ideas as I am now very confused. I know there is a lot of experience on this forum.

Many thanks in advance,

Alison.

 

[OEH]

Our Tess was exactly the same as Willow, and we got Nana when Tess was about 9 months and Nana was a year- sorted out all the problems :thumbsup:

I have 4 bitches, one of whom (Nana) is spayed, and we don't have any real fighting problems, they play fight tons, but nothing serious. :teehee:

 

[Janimal]

There are probably loads of other K9-ers with more experience than me. But We got Kobi when Oscar was around 10 months old.

They are two entire males and I got lots of advice from people on here about getting another whippet companion. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it dosnt.

Fortunately for me - my two get on like two littermates, yes they do have the odd scrap and charge around like idiots - but on the whole they get on very well. Sometimes they sleep together- sometimes they dont - depends on how they feel.

For you it will probably be easier to get another bitch, there will always be one or two problems but they usually sort themselves out in most cases. I know a lot of others on here keep bitches together.

Good Luck with what you decide. :luck:

 

[alilemur]

Thanks for the advice so far :thumbsup: . If it helps, Willow has been spayed, so I guess another spayed bitch would be OK?

Alison

 

[Whippets Rule]

Hi

there are no rights or wrongs in this situation,just depends on the individual dogs involved.

I had Badger my whippet and then fostered Woody when Badger was nine months old,Woody was ten months.

They got on fine together.Badger was already neutered but at first Woody wasn't.

We added more dogs over the years and now have five.

To cut a long story short...........

Badger used to follow me around the house all the time when i just had him.Now Badger,Woody and Parker(my beagle)follow me round the house.I can't go anywhere alone,I'm like the pied piper :- "

One thing to be aware of is that if your dog is destructive,there is a chance you could end up with two destructive dogs :angry:

One thing we noticed when ours were younger is that if we confined them to one room when we went out,they were destructive but when we gave them the run of most of the house they were as good as gold.Since they were free to go anywhere when we were at home they seemed more relaxed when we left them with the same freedom.

Hope i helped and didn't just confuse you with my babbling :b