Naughty Whippet

[~Annie~]

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Chappie ... I have a dachsie with health problems for whom, of the low protein foods he can eat, Chappie is the only food he will eat, but as said keeping teeth clean is a problem ... nothing stopping you actually cleaning them for him with a doggie toothpaste though if you're worried.

Water ... one of mine loves it, the other will run through nettles to avoid it, although he is getting better, he actually ventured into the sea on holiday the other week.

Recall ... I think you maybe need to work on this - glad to give advice re. training methods if needed - as although whips will become deaf when chasing, for your dogs safety a good recall is essential. Mine aren't perfect but I'm pretty confident I could get them back if they were running into danger and I'm guessing that if you were similarly confident you'd feel able to free run Archie (?) more.

Annie

 

[jazad]

Hi

I hope you sort your issues out - I think you've had some really good advice here. My tuppence is re food. I have two pups. they are brothers and one was the fussiest eater, at one point he was having scrambled egg for breakfast, Butchers mixed with Pedigree Small Bite Mixer and grated cheese for other meals. We thought it would never end. Gradually when I realised how much this concoction was costing, and after getting sick of picking up gooey minging poos :x I started moving them onto Skinners which is a complete dry food. And I have to say they both absolutely love it. I had tried JWB and a couple of other dry foods but Huey was having none of it! I think the Skinners worked because the kibble pieces are tiny and it actually seems to have a high oil content which helps keep their coats shiny - but also seems to make the kibble more palatable. I think that was what switched me on to Skinners actually, the oil content - because their coats were always quite dull looking - but not anymore. If you look in the FAQs on here there's a ton of advice on fussy eaters - the grated cheese thing does work, what we started doing was burying the cheese under the kibble so he had to eat the kibble to get to the cheese. Oh and good quality kibble means less mining poos!

As for the exercise if we skimp on a walk their behaviour is ALWAYS a ton worse!

Good luck

zahra

 

[abbey07]

well yesterday i took a big step and took him to a park a little far to walk but have managed to find a spot that he can be off lead! and he went like a bullet! Poor chap ran soo fast that he stood on something and hurt his paw! poor chap after searching all over my area for a safe run of lead and he does that!

Archie was defo better for the off lead run so shall try doing it each day! we are defo thinking of another whippet in the future.

Have bought a bag of james wellbelved to mix gradually to see how he goes. I hate the smell of the chappie! but put that in his kong and he loves it! so he may chew that instead of the house!

Just wanted to say thanks again! Am gonna try the bike thing and see how that goes today.

 

[jazad]

You should find the extra exercise starts paying off almost immediately. The food thing took us months to sort out, but once you make the change it's a huge relief!!!

If he could read I'm sure he'd be glad to know that he now gets loads of extra running - and yet he could so easily lost his knackers...what an alternative!!!

 

[quintessence]

How about getting him a marrow bone. In addition to loving them, and being excellent for their teeth, gnawing on a bone is quite tiring. (not that I've tried it myself). Like children some whippets are very active and some are more laid back, my Sparky is famous as being the 'whippet from hell' but really he's a boy who loves people and life and that's just the way he is. Whatever happens in our house, Sparky is on the front line, he just has to be involved whereas Dylan just sits on his chair surveying the scene and weighing it all up. Good Luck with your little man.

Jenny

 

[Pimmscass]

Its great that you have bitten the bullet and started to let him off, like some of the others have said you will notice the benefits asap!

For recall I would reccommend having treats in your pocket, as you walk him to your off lead destination see if you can keep his attention and give him a treat from your pocket every so often. Once you let him off the lead keep calling him back every so often and rewarding him with a treat when he comes back to your call. Whippets are very greedy, so it wont take him long to catch on to the idea of coming back to you means something tasty...!

Good luck!

 

[kentishgal]

Glad he is getting better. My boy loves his JWB too!.We usually do 2 walks of 1.5hrs and .5 hours on average. TBH alot of the first walk is me chatting whilst Mathew zooms around with whatever dogs are around. I think the socialising wears him out as much as the exercise.

Other then a literary chewing habit (he likes to steal books off shelves and chew them, current book of choice-Wicked!) he is laid back. You just have to poke him to get him off the bed for another walk!!