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A brief history of breed

Like in many other breeds there are a lot of theories of their origin.

History and origin are still a mystery.

For a long time, the most popular theory was that the breed was between one hundred fifty years old and two hundred years old, and had been bred dawn from Greyhounds with Terrier blood.

In Second theory the whippet had been bred dawn from greyhound and Italian greyhound.

From another theory is whippet a modern breed from start of twenty century and another that the whippet exists around 1300 and for the evidence is used Giotto's painting from 1305.

The fact is that whippet was a dog of English colliers which used the dog for chasing the rabbits. Whippet is a great hunter; fast and quiet.

Because of the whippet speed he became a racing dog.

Today the whippet is a almost family and show dog.

The London Kennel Club entered the breed in his books in 1892.

Some interesting facts

Whippet is the fastest dog on short runs (150-200m), the dog can reach 70km/h.

Whippet is a dog wich hunts with eyes not with nose.

Living with whippet

When some one ask me how is living with whippet I hardly answer the question.

Whippet carry in his own unpredictable nature.

The dog is very lazy and like a cat he leis down on the sun and from a high position observing the world around him apparently indifferently. But he is a great hunter which can't stand his nature and that is right.

Whippet je hrt in kot ostali hrti ima s svojim lastnikom, oz. “sostanovalcem” poseben odnos. Je pes, ki se svojemu človeku zazre v oči, ki se nasloni na noge, ko hoče pokazat pripadnost. Z svojimi ljudmi uspostavi posebno komunikacijo.

Whippet je inteligenten pes, ki hitro osvoji osnove poslušnosti, seveda če ta poslušnost temelji na zaupanju in sodelovanju z vodnikom.Vendar na vprašanje če je whippet poslušen pes odgovorjam, da zna naredit vse kar ga vprašam, če je seveda pri volji. On namreč pričakuje, da se z njim obnašamo kot s hrtom in ne labradorjem;)

Je izredno gibčen pes, ki hitro skoči na okensko polico ali kuhinjski pult, zato se pri nas obnašamo, kot bi imeli mačko in hrane ne pušÄamo na njegovem dosegu.

Šport in druženje

Whippet je pes, ki zaživi v svojem bistvu v lovljenju plena in divjanju s sebi enakimi. Zato je moj nasvet ta, da mu skušate nudit čimveč druženja. To ne bo užitek samo za vašega psa, ampak tudi za vas. Pri dirkanju in igranju pride do izraza vsa njegova eleganca, hitrost in gibčnost nad katero ne morete ostat ravnodušni.

V Sloveniji je dejaven klub za hrte, ki občasno prireja coursinge.Hrti na teh dirkah tečejo za umetno vabo, ki je pripeta na vrv. Proga je različno dolga in poteka na travnati podlagi. Za vse info se obrnite na klub.