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Mine wears hers all the time during the day but I take it off when she goes in her crate at night.

I am actually wiping the tears away as I look at this thread and I am a 43 year old bloke!! God bless the people who rescue dogs like Willow, you deserve our heartfelt gratitude.

Merril, can your dogs tell the difference between 'training mode' when they pull like mad on the lead and 'just walking down the street mode' when they walk to heel? Whippets were traditionally trained to pull on the lead when walking which is why the wide collar was developed to prevent...

But if you are walking along at a reasonable speed on the road, your whippet isn't walking is he, he's effectively jogging in order to keep up. And surely even top class sprinters don't do all their training by running flat out.

OK, here's what we'll do:- 1. Limit the sale of large 'display type' fireworks to those people who have some kind of certificate of competence administered by Health & Safety Executive. These fireworks not to be sold in ordinary shops. 2. Limit the sale of 'garden type' fireworks to those...

I know fireworks are really just small explosives but don't you think it's symptomatic of the mindset we seem to have that anything that is even mildly dangerous has to be stopped or controlled so tightly that any sense of excitement is squeezed out of it. I know kids get badly hurt every year...

I'm not in favour of the "if you don't like it, get it banned" culture which seems to be catching on in this country, but I do think that the sale of fireworks should be restricted to say 2 weeks before Nov 5th and the same at new year. Hotels etc could be limited to 4 displays a year. An...

Provisionally sold to Debs :) :thumbsup:

How about Tetley? :)

If anyone wants one of these collars in time for Christmas I have one that I bought for Florence when she was a puppy but unfortunately being a very delicate little lady she never grew into it! It's a plain one in antique brown, lined with suede and has only ever been tried on to see if it fit...

The reason whippets wear wide collars is that in the heyday of whippet racing, dogs were encouraged to pull on the lead to help develop their muscles, a wide collar helped to stop them damaging their neck.

Sorry to hear the news Mark, hope the others are fine.

Any news on the other pups Mark, the suspense is killing me. Hope everythings OK.

:sweating: Another two bitches needed Mark!! (don't care what colour!)

:lol: Maybe just the one!!

Blimey Mark that was quick!! I can definately see a fawn bitch in there!

How's Parkstone Sweet Dreams getting along Mark? 9 days to go now? I predict 7 bitches and no dogs! (giving yours truly plenty of choice!).

It's fairly quiet up here for grockles at the moment (I believe they call them Emmets in Cornwall) we get a bit of a pre-Christmas lull at this time of year. If you need an excuse to come up this way Mark you can always deliver my pup for me ;)

:) Thanks for the welcome everyone, I hadn't really thought about racing but if I can find somewhere localish (I live near Ambleside in the Lakes) I'll give it a go.

:lol: Thanks Mark (and Julie), I think you may be right!