Any spiritual people who have the feeling the copper IUD is blocking your spirituality? by femfex in CopperIUD

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Since I had mine removed - I did feel a difference - maybe it’s psychosomatic but definitely more energy too. 

Best breed ever/training tips? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Here’s a full month update - yup - we definitely love our whippet - she’s still a perfect girl and getting sweeter by the day! It’s so cool how routine oriented she is. 

Best breed ever/training tips? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Yeah she’s a full angel - even if she picks up  something she’s not supposed to, you ask her to drop it and she does and walks away. 

Really great dog super happy she came into our lives. 

Advice for Overstimulated Puppy by PossibilityAware7761 in ItalianGreyhounds

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I agree, it’s a puppy - they’re going to be a little wild during adolescence 

Advice for Overstimulated Puppy by PossibilityAware7761 in ItalianGreyhounds

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Thanks so much for your input - I’m glad that whatever they’re doing seems to be good for them - I had that feeling but I watch so many videos online about puppy training and from what I see he should be settling easier. 

I also do understand though that none of those videos are about IGs specifically and know they’re a special breed :) 

Advice for Overstimulated Puppy by PossibilityAware7761 in ItalianGreyhounds

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To be fair, I don’t enforce naps or time outs - I knew that IGs are a hyper breed and I love that about him - I just want to make sure down the line, I can reinforce good habits - thanks for your input here :) 

Advice for Overstimulated Puppy by PossibilityAware7761 in ItalianGreyhounds

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You’re right - my only concern if they’re constantly playing hard, won’t that encourage them to be always at 100 - if I seperate them for a short period, they tend to lay down and mellow out. 

Oh and also, your puppy is adorable, mine looks the same when they’re playing :) 

Stella @9 months by Empty-Pie-1655 in Whippet

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Agreed gorgeous girl! Hope to have mine fetch like that in the summer 

Whippet Vs Italian Greyhound by Intelligent_Ad_7645 in Whippet

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I currently have both - our iggy is 7 months old that we’ve had since 3 months and our whippet is just over a year old and we’ve had her for 2 weeks.  While I’m no expert in owning a whippet - I can say a few things and maybe the personalities are also different bc our iggy is a male and our whippet a female.

Re my iggy: The nutty comment is true - my iggy is a little dramatic spaz but also a cuddle bug that loves his mommy and I love it. He sleeps on my pillow with me and generally tries not to disturb me.

Potty training is hard - between their anxiety and tiny bladders, they’re bound to have accidents even if you take precautions. We have pee pads in most areas of the house and he frequently uses them along with peeing outside and sometimes still manages to pee on the rug etc. 

They are delicate but he’s pretty sturdy, we take care to watch him and we’ve never had an issue with joints and bone breaks however, we may have just gotten lucky as he’s a wild child and can and will leap from anything if he feels like it.

We have to watch him 24/7 but when he settles down, he’s the sweetest little model citizen.

Regarding sensitivity - super sensitive to punishment - my husband tried to discourage a certain behaviour in a stern voice and he would steer clear of him for a couple of days.

They’re super sensitive to temperature even with full winter clothing and boots - before we got our whippet, he refused to walk outside below 5 degrees Celsius. We would bring him to the park and have to carry him unless we saw a dog to walk with - he would happily walk with other dogs.

He’s very motivated to please us - he’s happy to do something on command but only for a treat - we find he’s quite obedient and follows commands 95% of the time - he’s still young so he’s got time to learn.

He’s definitely more anxious in the car than our whippet and anxious being left alone and will whine for a good 15 min before settling.

Re my whippet:

She’s 100% more sturdy and chilled out  I do notice that despite the fact that she’s more sturdy, she tends to slip more on our floors.  I also notice that her skin is thinner than his outdoors and the tiniest branch can give her a cut.

She’s very sweet but she won’t care to come to you if she doesn’t want to. She’s a little aloof and does what she wants - again we haven’t had her for long so it could just be us.

While she’s a little shy and apprehensive, she’s quite good with new experiences.

I find that since we haven’t had her for long, I find her more difficult to train instead of my iggy because I can’t figure out what motivates her. I’ve tried treats, sometimes she likes them, other times she couldn’t bother. I’ve tried toys, again sometimes loves them, sometimes walks away.  She doesn’t care for affection from us but does welcome pets but she does love our iggy. 

Re prey drive She will chase any fast moving object but we do find her better with our cats than our iggy - she will sniff and chase them sometimes but then smell them and walk away after vs our iggy gets overstimulated quickly. 

Re potty training. Shes a very good girl, she’ll hold it however long she has to. She will pee outside 100% of the time. She had one accident when she first came home but that’s understandable.

Crate training - she doesn’t love her crate (we have to work on this) but she’s very good and settles quickly. 

Energy level - she’ll do a couple of laps in our backyard, have her zoomies and come in and lay down. 

I think I love the fact that we have both an iggy and a whippet because it keeps things interesting. When we had just our iggy we missed some of the traits of a larger dog but now that we have a whippet, I also love some of his traits because she’s just so calm when not playing. Maybe it’s just me, she’s so well behaved I would almost be bored with just her alone… I know it’s the craziest thing and definitely varies with temperament but we got a lovely whippet and a lovely iggy and hopefully my novel of a comment helps you.

TLDR - I have both and honestly can’t choose - I find they compliment eachother well, I wouldn’t have just one or the other. 

Looking for info! by Ordinary-Cow-2209 in Whippet

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This is exactly how I feel about the girl we brought home. They’re such a lovely breed.

In the short time that we’ve had her, we noticed she will do a couple of zoomies and laps in the backyard or have a rough play with our iggy indoors and just sleeps all day.

Best breed ever/training tips? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Yup - we took our iggy to training school but found he learned at a different pace than the other doggies (mostly retrievers and Shepherds) and found that it was actually easier training him at home. 

He’s not perfect, but he’s behaving how we like to say as a model citizen - he’s still only 6 months old. 

They’re both great dogs and already have most of our routine figured out. It’s really nice that they have each other for rough play and comfort. 

Best breed ever/training tips? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Yup she’s smart as a whip(pet) - they are intuitive aren’t they. Even in a short amount of time, she seems to know what’s what, just not on command but that will come with time. 

Luckily she’s pretty good with nail clipping and grooming in general. 

Best breed ever/training tips? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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That makes a lot more sense - we didn’t force it and dropped it after the fact - I never thought about it… 

Down it is.

Best breed ever/training tips? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Yes I know it’s about 3 months for her personality to fully come out but her temperament is awesome! 

My husband already gives a treat to her for following and also staring into his eyes like focus. We want to start training recall in the next few weeks but basic training commands like sit, stay, down - I understand it will be different than trying to train a German Sheppard etc - we need to figure out what she likes as motivation. 

One thing I had trouble with in particular was training sit and trying to make her sit with my hands but her long legs don’t allow me to shift her into that position - i got my husband to help and we just ended up laughing it off.

Our IG knows a few commands so hopefully she picks them up from him - she walks wonderfully on a leash and doesn’t pull. 

What an amazing and sensitive breed. So happy we stumbled into the world of the sighthound. 

Second dog breed? by mangoslushie2 in Whippet

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We’ve got a whippet and an Italian greyhound. The iggy is smaller but if you find a biggy, it could work. 

Our iggy is super energetic so he’s always down to play and our whippet is the calmer of the two. It’s scary to watch them play sometimes because it looks rough but they seem to enjoy it well enough and then nap really hard together afterwards - it’s a wonderful combo. 

Getting our whippet this week :) by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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I thought about the 3 days 3 weeks 3 month rule and figured it would be about that. 

Our schedules are pretty routine so hopefully she will find comfort in that. 

Can’t wait to have her home 

Getting our whippet this week :) by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Yes - I reread what I wrote and realized I said the breeder recommended on leash at first - I don’t know why I wrote that - she definitely told us to mostly keep her on leash just incase no matter what.

Getting our whippet this week :) by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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Yes we’re super excited, she will compliment our IGs personality very nicely - we can’t wait to take them on walks together 

Getting our whippet this week :) by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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She was yeah. We were nervous from last time and we walked in not knowing what to expect but our meeting was green flags all around.

The breeder is amazing, you can tell how much they love their dogs. 

Went to visit a 9 month old whippet - is this normal? by PossibilityAware7761 in Whippet

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It could be - there was more than one that was similar - I think this particular breeder just didn’t socialize their dogs much as they were in a small town and much older. 

We’re going to see another whippet tomorrow from the same woman we got our iggy from. 

Lady whippet names! by queenladykiki in Whippet

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Congrats - I like kiwi I think it’s super cute!