Photo: Sagaciousphil · CC BY-SA 3.0 dog breed · 927 on Animalso
Whippet
England
- Animal
- Dog
- Origin
- England
- Height
- 44 cm
About the Whippet
The Whippet is a British breed of sighthound. It closely resembles the Greyhound and the smaller Italian Greyhound, and is intermediate between them in size. In the nineteenth century, it was sometimes called "the poor man's racehorse". It is commonly kept as a companion dog, for competitive showing or for amateur racing, and may participate in various dog sports, including lure coursing, agility, and flyball. It has the fastest running speed within its weight and size range, and is believed to have the fastest idle-to-running acceleration of any dog.
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Photo credits8 photographs on this page
- Whippet — Sagaciousphil · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Bedlington Terrier — David Owsiany · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Black and Tan Terrier — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY 4.0 · file page
- border collie — Horacio Cambeiro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Bull Terrier — Lilly M · CC BY-SA 2.5 · file page
- Clumber Spaniel — Pleple2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- English Foxhound — Luna04 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- English Mastiff — Pleple2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
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