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My Whippet is not a whippet but what is she and should she be as skinny as she is?

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D0oinMeCleanin · 17/04/2012 10:23

Because I am getting worried about my Dad's repeated attempts to smuggle her out of my house under his jumper (yes, she fits under there and allows this to happen Hmm) because he is 100% certain that we are not feeding her.

If we are feeding her, we are not feeding her enough or we are letting the terrier steal it from her.

It is glaringly obvious that she is not, in fact, a whippet. She is some sort of lurcher. She is far too teeny to be a whippet.

This is her next to an average sized greyhound for comparison purposes, see NOT a whippet, no?

She is a cat. An odd cat. A very skinny odd cat.

Seriously though what could she be crossed with and how can I fatten her up a bit? She eats constantly.

I've just changed her off kibble and back to Nature Diet trays because she seems to do better on those but she always looks too skinny.

She is wormed, regularly. She has 6 monthly health checks, during which we are told she is too skinny and offered Hills (what else?) prescription foods to fatten her up (she won't eat it and even if she did, I won't buy it) but they can't find out why she is so skinny. She is otherwise healthy, shiny, alert and full of energy, well as much as you can expect a whippetty-cat thing to be energetic.

If I can get her to stand upright and in one place long enough (upright is for running purposes only) I'll try and add another photo later on. She has a feathery tail, like a Saluki if that helps, but she is definately not one of those either.

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bochead · 17/04/2012 20:57

Our whippet is only 10kg -she's from working lines (so bred to hunt not KC show bench).

I reckon your lil darling is at least 50% Italian Greyhound with perhaps a whippet or Saluki Grandparent somewhere? Either way she's totally gorg!

Purebred IG's with KC papers are a minimum £1K so do ensure she's microchipped, and wears a visible tag saying she's neutered. Sorry to sound horrid but dogs like this sometimes get stolen to order by the puppy farmers : (

DogEared · 17/04/2012 21:01

I have an Italian Greyhound, your dog looks exactly the same. DON'T SPOIL HER- Ours has been babied and is now a nightmare. Cute, though! And very loving.
Re. the skinny thing... Mine lost a lot of weight recently, his bones stick out and his ribs are very visible... But the vet says this is normal and that this is just how they look!

D0oinMeCleanin · 18/04/2012 09:45

Don't baby her? So don't carry her around like a newborn, hand feed her chicken and nickname her baby waby and actively train her to lick people's faces ?

It's too late for that. And at this point I would like to add as much as I adore her, she is not my dog. My dog is treat like a dog. A very spoilt dog, but a dog none the less.

She belongs to dd1 and DH.

She's already chipped, booked in to be spayed at the end of May (she's just her first season) and is never left unattended.

I am very aware that she is desirable. We've had several less than savoury looking characters ask about or offer to buy her from us. There was one point when I walked to my mum's instead of going home with her because they appeared to be following me and I didn't want them knowing where she lived. They reckon she would be good for hunting or racing because she could 'turn on a sixpence'. They didn't believe me when I told them she is scared of rabbits (true) Grin

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JaxTellerIsMyFriend · 18/04/2012 14:05

ah, dooin that is because a 'lurcher' type dog is the dog of choice for those kind of people. Be wary.

unicorn72 · 18/04/2012 20:35

So sweet i have a whippet cross corgi she is skinny can curl up on a cushion like a cat do gets looks though frm other dog owners to what she is though :)

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