For information on How To Subscribe . . . Whippets always attract attention in public. People often assume the dogs are young Greyhounds. In fact, the Whippet is very much like his cousin, the Greyhound, in both body and spirit. But in a smaller, more convenient package.
Whippets are graceful, affectionate, mild-mannered and easy to care for.
It was my admiration for Greyhounds that led me to adopt my first Whippet in 1982. I was living at home with my parents at the time. A co-worker moved into an apartment which didn't allow dogs and offered Barbie to me. I had never heard of the breed, but when she was described to me, I jumped at the chance to own her. Barbie had been born as a show-dog hopeful, as most Whippets are, but she was placed in a pet home when she was about a year old.