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Feverfew, I should have thought of her picking up from me but in my defence I knew it started with an outside event and just tended to assume the event was the cause of it continuing. Certainly they can pick things up we can not. One of our dogs I am sure knew my wife was pregnant before we did...

deka, to me it's simple, (well simply said but often hard to actually do). Always carry high value treats, start by calling her in a high happy voice if she looks at you but does not instantly start returning carry on with the happy call and start running backwards. When she gets to you plenty...

I agree with JoanneF, most Whippet race people are very friendly and happy to talk Whippet. Where do you live? There are a small number of Pedigree race clubs around the country and I know there are some non ped ones.

Hello all again, now I might be totally crazy but since my original post she has been slowly improving. I am not sure it's possible, but I am wondering if there was some negative feedback going on. It started with her being worried around the time that the fireworks disturbed her. I noticed her...

My Whippet amazed me often when she raced, (in her younger days), every now and again it was muddy so she finished up with quite a lot of mud on her. I simply put her in the car, (on the back seat that was covered), by the time we got home after about 1 1/2 hour drive she got out clean, it had...

I agree with JudyN, apart from odd breeds like Shih Tzu's or Yorkies that are kept in full coat there is no reason to bath dogs.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried Adaptil with no apparent improvement. I have tried taking her out, she was really slow, looking round with her ears up and not leaving me at all and it did not appear to reduce the time she was bothered. As to feeding I used to feed her about six but now...

Hello all, my lovely Whippet Folly gets worried every evening. It starts around five and she only relaxes about seven. It has been the same for quite a time and I think it is related to fireworks last November 5th, (though obviously I do not have proof of this). Does any body have any ideas...

Ken, my girl is like a lot of Whippets and thinks she should go through life without getting a paw wet. She either jumps over or 'tip toes' round any puddles, I think she would have a heart attack if she actually went in to water. By the way when I am using the scooter she does actually walk...

Thanks JoanneF, and JudyN no she has never been interested in balls and I have tried stopping and sitting there for a time but all she does is stick next to me. I get the impression she just has it in her mind she needs to 'look after' me. Fortunately so far I do not need the Scooter very often...

He all, first my Whippet is 11 and is fit and healthy. But unfortunately I have a problem with my ankle, most days I am able to take her out for her walks but every now and again it is very painful. On those days I could take her for short walks or use a mobility scooter to take her for a longer...

Folly is ten years old, in her life I have set a smoke alarm off twice. But whenever I cook something she gets a bit worried and if it's not raining she takes herself out to the garden, (getting wet is obviously worse though as if it is raining she stays inside). So I am guessing she will never...

My last Shelti that I lost at 18 1/2, always wanted to go out for her walks so I carried on taking her. But although we were out for around the normal length of time the distance we covered just gradually got shorter. Towards the end our hours walk covered about what would have been a ten min...

I do not know of clubs down south but I will say as far as I know all clubs are back up and running.

One time a group of Whippet owners were talking, all agreed that staying still when they run towards you is the best. But one lady that had a deerhound as well commented 'if you think it takes courage staying still with a Whippet heading towards you imagine it with a Deerhound at full speed...

One couple brought two Ferrets to the racing club once. All the Whippets there were interested but none appeared to be thinking 'Got to Kill it'. Mind the ferrets were used to living with Whippets so it's possible their manner helped.

In my experience, a male / female pair do not fight, ok their can be the odd disagreement but normally the male gives in to the female. a pair of males can fight but not normally hard enough to cause real damage. But a pair of females, if they decided they do not like each other tend to fight...

I tend to agree with Rinkydinktdo, provided that the burglars realize there is a dog in a property they will tend to try their luck elsewhere. Also your second post sounds a lot better to me than your first.

Thanks all, both my nearest neighbors have dogs themselves and as far as I know they haven't changed anything. I did have a thought initially that possibly something happened, possibly when I was out, say a car back firing or some other random loud noise that caused her initial worry and it's...

JudyN, as to time, she starts mid morning say about 10 it then it carries on till mid evening. I have tried switching the mains off a couple of days with no difference I can tell. I'm sure her appetite is fine, like tomorrow when we are at racing, during the brew break I know she will be trying...