I want to buy a whippet puppy- but can't find one!

[NotYourHolidayDick]

Rhino skin is on.
Hard hat is on.
I'm going in!

So, I want to find a male whippet, preferably white with blue/brindle patches. Ideally 8-9 weeks.

I can't find one anywhere that I'm comfortable with.

Or that isn't trying to charge a gazillion pounds.

Can anybody point me in the right direction? Please?

[Whatdoyouknowwhenyouknownowt]

Whippet people.

I know this is a bit of old thread resurrection but I was intrigued about what happened.

I'm struggling to find a whippet companion for my wee dog, after losing our other whippet. Obv the pandemic has stopped inessential travel, so it's all quite difficult. I wouldn't mind a dog that's been run on, so not just a puppy. I'm going to wait until the restrictions lift, as long as it takes but if anyone has any recommendations, I'd be grateful.

Very conscious of puppy farming & want a decent, ethical breeder. We were in touch with the breed rescue before they stopped rehoming but few whippets are rehomed.

[Wolfiefan]

Not two puppies. Risk of littermate syndrome.

[NotYourHolidayDick]

longtom thank you for looking.

I've spoken to, or left a message, at every single one of those today.

None of them have anything suitable, sadly. Nothing at all 😢

I'm on lots of Facebook pages for the breed. Everyone there is a fucker and telling me to buy two!!

[longtompot]

That said, there are some on champdogs, though not sure where you are www.champdogs.co.uk/breeds/whippet/puppies?ht=&ct=England&wk=2&sex=&new=&tx=&pc=&distance=&sf=

[longtompot]

I'd also reccomend champ dogs website, it was how we found our girls mum.
Would joining a breed specific facebook group help? I'm on several for my dogs breed, and some allow people to let people know if they have pups for sale? Some don't though. Just might be worth a look.
Its not worth rushing into buying a puppy right now just because you want one. As the saying goes buy in haste repent at leisure, and you can be sure as hell if you get one that has some issues, it will live forver!

[NotYourHolidayDick]

I don't want a lurcher. I just love a proper skinny long legged pointy face. I'd have a grey in a heartbeat but you just dont see them as pups. Iggys are ££££ and too delicate. So a whippy it is.

[NotYourHolidayDick]

I'm not really fixated on a purebred whip. I love the breed but care not for breed standard.

[InTropicalTrumpsLand]

There are some tests OFA recommends that could shed some light: www.ofa.org/recommended-tests?breed=WP

I'm curious, if you don't care what the pup will look as an adult, why are you so fixated into a purebred whippet?

[NotYourHolidayDick]

She's like a big old scruffy lurcher. I love her 😁

[Wolfiefan]

Here’s my girl. I adore her. Trust me it’s worth the wait. I know exactly where her parents are and her breeders have become friends. So much better than the alternative.

[NotYourHolidayDick]

Your breed is far more complicated than mine 😁 I need to Google Wolf hound. ..

[NotYourHolidayDick]

STOP BEING SO BLOODY REASONABLE AND ADULT

[Wolfiefan]

You’re not just paying for a puppy. You are paying for the time and energy and expertise of the breeder. With wolfhounds puppies must be shunt tested and breeders will stay with the pup and mum 24/7 for a month to avoid accidents. There are many costs involved in breeding and raising puppies properly.

[NotYourHolidayDick]

Yes, a few litters planned and people who have been more than happy to allow me to have one of their pups. But they are silly money, and I can't see why their pups are any better. They are mostly from show or working stock, but I literally don't care what my pup looks like as an adult. They keep going on about show winners etc but I just.don't.care. I just want a happy hound. I don't see how these breeders dogs who live in packs of 6+ and bred 3/4 times are better off. And I have to pay £800 for the privilege.

[PolkadotLollipop]

Ah, sorry. Generally Champdogs only advertise litters from health tested parents (or at least where one parent has been health tested). Good to know whippets are a hardy breed.

Any joy with your search?

[FirstTimeDogParent]

Ask your vet for local recommendations
Breed shows
Champdogs
Breed specific club (they usually have a puppy register of upcoming or planned litters)
Breed specific shows


If you are going off the kennel club list, please do a bit of googling before you ring them. Do they have an online presence? Facebook? Website (what kind of website & FB?)? Reviews? Any chat about them on forums? Mentioned in any breed specific stuff like online write ups for shows, competitions or gatherings? Google earthing the addresses is a great idea, gives you a feel for the set up. You aren’t daft, you know what’s what.

[NotYourHolidayDick]

polka that's not true. Literally just this moment got off the phone to a breeder on champdogs. Highly regarded breeder. 2 litters on the go, 9 puppies available. NO health testing. Whippets just don't seem to need them.

[PolkadotLollipop]

Champdogs is excellent. They only advertise health tested dogs though, so OP may find that an obstacle. Whippet pups on there are going for around £700-£800.

[PolkadotLollipop]

That’s what the puppy farmers and very commercial breeders rely on. A combination of buyers who haven’t done due diligence and those buyers who know what the set up is but still buy in the name of ‘rescuing’ puppies. Don’t do it. As others say you are just creating a vacancy which the unscrupulous shitbag ‘breeder’ will fill with more overbred, undersocialised puppies from mothers who are living horrendous lives and who are being put at risk with every pregnancy.

Unfortunately there are unethical breeders on the KC site. It isn’t a guarantee of anything other than a pedigree bloodline.

[Catgotyourbrain]

This might keep you going:


www.thewhippetclub.com/category/events/
"The Whippet Club Single Breed Open Show, Saturday 28th September

29 CLASS UNBENCHED SINGLE BREED OPEN SHOW Held under Kennel Club Limited Rules and Show Regulations Benson Parish Hall, Sunnyside, Benson, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 6LZ SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2019"

[LochJessMonster]

@BlueKarou many breeders use Pets4Homes to advertise for a waiting list. Nothing wrong with that. You just have to do you research which it seems the Op has. Its Scumtree that is the real devil.

[Catgotyourbrain]

Second Champdogs. My whippet was from them after visiting the breed club show.

The whippet club has an annual show around autumn half term at the Kennel Club showground in Warwickshire. This is what I went to - and found and chatted to lots of breeders. I found my breeder via talking and looking at Champdogs. That way the breeders can vet you in person and you may get a puppy that has been returned or someone changed their mind about....

[BlueKarou]

There's a similar crisis with a ferret rescue I know of - they go to the horse fairs where the poor creatures are kept in buckets for the duration of the fair and then sold off for barely anything. The rescue think they're doing good by going in and buying up any ferrets left at the end of the day, but what they're actually doing is encouraging these people to breed more for the next fair.

Is Pets4Homes really so awful if you've spoken to the breeder and they're doing everything else right? If they tick all the boxes of ethically raised pups and family pets as parents, then does the website count against them that much?

[LochJessMonster]

@NotYourHolidayDick Get the farmers puppy. It is highly unlikely the puppy you want is going to end up in a rescue centre anyway, so you are going to end up paying a breeder either way.
The farmer will have another litter or he won't. You buying that puppy will not change that. But you will have given it a lovely home and got the puppy you wanted.

[Wolfiefan]

Kennel club just means pedigree. That’s all.
I started with the breed club and went to shows to meet breeders and chat to people. I found it really helpful.