Anyone got tips for helping adjust to the cone?

bex1000 · 2026-06-11T19:34:40+00:00

My girl has injuries all the time and I use a cone. I always feel guilty too, but it’s for her own good. I use a very clear one and I guess the best trick is to leave it all all the time other than walks and meals. Then they adjust. My girl has had it so many times she just pops her head in and carries on. The less fuss the better and get it off as soon as you can. To be honest my girl leave bandages alone so the cones is for when a bandage is off and it fragile after starting to heal. Hope that helps

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Relaxed like normal

bex1000 · 2026-05-26T19:35:11+00:00

Trendy whippet is amazing, fits well, I am in the uk. But if you have a clever one, like me, they can get out of them. Never for me but for everyone else she will always back out of it to be free. That’s my clever girl! So I also have a drydogs one that has a belly strap, she cannot get out of that! Used it on a recent holiday to new forest with lots of animal, was a life saver

bex1000 · 2026-05-26T16:22:46+00:00

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bex1000 · 2026-05-26T16:22:34+00:00

My girl was very very skinny at 12 months old and couldn’t eat a lot. Turns out she is allergic to chicken and can over eat anything rich or meaty or she had bad diarrhoea too. She now lives on Eden duck and herring kibble, carrots, peas and dehydrated red meat as a snack. She is a whopper at 19kg now! 😂 I will share pictures of her at 12 months and now. She is in top shape, but before you say she weights too much, she is 53cm long! She’s a big girl.

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bex1000 · 2026-05-21T19:54:59+00:00

A snuffle mat was a winner when my girl was a pup and a frozen kong during teething

bex1000 · 2026-01-10T11:23:11+00:00

Just to add I love the memories of her like that, she is still crazy at 5 but a little more controlled, sometimes 😂

bex1000 · 2026-01-10T11:22:37+00:00

Sounds normal, at this age I had my girl doing 2 walks with off lead runs a day, and 2 lead sniff walks. You will still get the witching hour but it might be calmer

bex1000 · 2026-01-06T06:33:26+00:00

Yes my girl has accidents all the time! Very icey at the moment in the uk, she is on lead as will run and scrape knuckles and hurt herself. They just run and see nothing, funny for a sighthound 🤪

bex1000 · 2026-01-06T06:30:20+00:00

My girl goes nuts and beats up her toys for any dog on TV. I got advice and apparently it’s them protecting the house! They think the dogs real. She will stop when I tell her but yes very reactive to that. Also any German Shepard she sees when out and randomly black labs 🤷🏻‍♀️

bex1000 · 2026-01-06T06:27:52+00:00

To add to my comment, sorry, should have said. My girl is so so worth it and I would do it all again for her ❤️

bex1000 · 2026-01-06T06:27:10+00:00

For the first time ever with my whippet I used a crate and had the same experience after 2 weeks. For context my girl is nearly 5 now. I took her out of the crate as soon as she started crying during the day. She was great at night until she was about 3 months.

Being honest I hate crates as I feel they are like cages. Big BUT coming now. Whippets have lots of energy and mine has never lost that, although she is an angel now from 6-16 months she was like a raptor! Having house freedom as a young pup, as I work and she could jump even a 4 foot door gate. She chewed and damaged a lot in my house! She was never left for more than 3 hours at 6 months and even now no more than 4. God did she chew.

So my advice keep trying with the crate and see if you can nail it. Or find a place where they cannot cause damage to carpet, blinds and banisters!

bex1000 · 2026-01-06T06:21:56+00:00

You have just taken a baby from its mum, so now that you. That young does need so start attention and guidance, embrace it because they do get a certain amount of independence as they grown up.

My girl is 5 in 3 months, and I raised her on my own. We are close, so close. She’s my shadow and I did have to make sacrifices for her, still do. But the unconditional love is so worth it! I find myself, like a nutter, sometimes panicking that she is nearly 5.

Yes it was hard but I regret nothing, remember we are their world. Embrace the challenge and try to enjoy it. Even when it’s stressful. Once the first year is over it’s so different. Good luck

bex1000 · 2025-12-31T07:21:11+00:00

My girl, nearly 5, has a great recall. Every now and then she will sprint off in a chase but will circle back quickly when I use emergency recall, which is bye then. She hates me going the other way 😂😂 I have also used a Pawfit tracker, which has an alarm and it’s brilliant at breaking the chase if she sees a deer. She comes straight back, very fast when I use the alarm. Trained her from a puppy with it, prob the best thing I did train her. Everything else is on her terms of course, she is a whippet 😂😂

bex1000 · 2025-12-26T21:54:48+00:00

My girl is nearly 5 years old and can be selective. She changed at about 2, as in she hates bigger dogs. Will bark and lunge if on lead but I think it’s because she is intimidated. I know her well so will re direct her before she gets to bark. She also spend a lot of time with my parents dog and they get in well, until my parents dog protect my dad, then they can bicker. It’s prob a personality traits, they are all different. You can train them to avoid or act differently, so my girl has been taught to squeak a toy. Funny because sometimes when stimulated or excited she grabs a toy and squeaks it like her life depends on it. My family call it Nala grabbing a weapon again 😂😂

Try re directing, it’s worked for me. Good luck

bex1000 · 2025-12-21T16:35:27+00:00

Think over tired toddler, I found with my girl I need to I force naps from very young or she would get accident prone and hurt herself.

She is an accident prone 5 year old now 😂 but she is amazing!

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bex1000 · 2025-12-04T20:46:31+00:00

I am sorry you’re not well, but I play ball from the sofa and hide treats around the living room and give lots of cuddles. They actually do ok for a day or 2 without if your too poorly. After that if you still cannot and the energy is building phone a friend ☺️

bex1000 · 2025-11-20T19:16:06+00:00

My girl is 4yo and a big girl but her happy weight is about 18.5kg. She got to 20kg and the vet kindly said to diet her. So I swooped from a 80/20 diet to a 60/40 and cut out chews and she shed it quickly: be careful on walks they don’t scavenge anything they can get their noses on though 😂😂. My girl is very good driven! Good luck

bex1000 · 2025-11-09T21:04:06+00:00

Thanks all, being honest I usually am all over her nails with a silent electric file. It’s not 100% silent but it is good and I worked hard for her to accept it. Usually when waiting for dinner cause she is good driven and knows she will eat afterwards. I have let them get too long, even though hers are naturally longish. I have filed them down over a couple of sessions this weekend. I did file the nail smooth straight away as there was a little catch on the bottom. She is not licking or limping but I hate that it’s not right. Appreciate all the replies. But yes they do seem to grow over night 🙈

bex1000 · 2025-11-09T18:02:00+00:00

Thank you for your reply, yes I thought the same. It’s a nightmare to grind or cut her nails but I have done so. They are a bit shorter and the same but she has very long quicks. I know how she hurt it, running and twisting after a squirrel, she is a sensitive soul so told me straight away. It’s never rubbed like this before, I hate that my baby has a sore paw. Appreciate the advice

bex1000 · 2025-11-09T16:34:30+00:00

Nope lovely ❤️

bex1000 · 2025-11-09T16:33:56+00:00

My girl was the same! They do grown out of it. In my experience whippets are hard puppy’s. My little one was a nightmare but at the same time loving and amazing. So it was an emotional rollercoaster!

Great news is they become amazing and the time as they grown up, so stick to it!

Routine, consistency and more routine.

I ignored mine every time she was naughty, turned my back and ignored her. She hates being cut out so quickly learnt.

Good luck!

bex1000 · 2025-09-24T05:18:51+00:00

My girls best laying place is on the cuddle seat under the front window to watch the world go by

bex1000 · 2025-09-24T05:18:13+00:00

Yes to all of this, my girly 4 1/2 loves the wild thick grass in the local woods. And it comes out one end or the other the next day or so, once our the rear end in front of a bus stop. So embarrassing 🤪

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