惠比特犬
Whippet
A medium-sized, affectionate sighthound: lightning fast outdoors, quiet and cuddly indoors.
概览
- 体型
- 中型
- 肩高
- 公犬 47–51 厘米 · 母犬 44–47 厘米
- 体重
- 公犬 12–18 公斤 · 母犬 10–15 公斤
- 预期寿命
- 12–15 年
- 运动
- 每天 45–90 分钟
- 美容护理
- 每周一次
- 被毛
- 短滑毛, 短毛
- 毛色
- 大多数颜色
- 原始用途
- 视觉狩猎, 陪伴
- 原产国
- 英国
- FCI
- 第 10 组，编号 162 · 视觉猎犬
Kuldo 上的繁育者
- Kennel Vindhundegården (Odense, Fyn)
与该犬种一起生活
| 对家人亲昵 | 5/5 – 很高 |
|---|---|
| 与孩子相处融洽 | 4/5 – 高 |
| 与其他狗相处融洽 | 4/5 – 高 |
| 与猫相处融洽 | 2/5 – 低 |
| 对陌生人友善 | 3/5 – 中等 |
| 精力 | 3/5 – 中等 |
| 爱玩程度 | 4/5 – 高 |
| 需要脑力刺激 | 3/5 – 中等 |
| 易于训练 | 3/5 – 中等 |
| 捕猎本能 | 5/5 – 很高 |
| 警觉与护卫性 | 1/5 – 很低 |
| 吠叫 | 1/5 – 很低 |
| 掉毛 | 2/5 – 低 |
| 美容护理工作量 | 1/5 – 很低 |
| 流口水 | 1/5 – 很低 |
| 适合新手主人 | 4/5 – 高 |
| 适合公寓生活 | 4/5 – 高 |
| 适应能力 | 4/5 – 高 |
| 能独处 | 2/5 – 低 |
| 耐热 | 3/5 – 中等 |
| 耐寒 | 1/5 – 很低 |
这是 Kuldo 根据该犬种典型特征给出的参考。每只狗都是独特的个体，请与繁育者沟通。
这个犬种适合你吗？
非常适合你，如果你 …
- want a quiet, clean dog that enjoys cuddles
- can provide safe areas for free running
- live in a flat and still walk a lot
请三思，如果你 …
- have pet rabbits, guinea pigs or unfamiliar cats
- need reliable off-lead recall in open country
- live in a cold home without soft bedding
护理
性格
Gentle, affectionate and usually good-natured with people and dogs, the Whippet can be playful in bursts and then very calm. It is sensitive and does not cope well with harsh handling.
运动
A couple of walks a day plus regular off-lead running in a fenced area keep most Whippets happy. Lure coursing, racing and agility are popular outlets.
美容护理
The short coat needs only a weekly rub with a soft mitt and sheds lightly. A coat or jumper helps in cold, wet weather.
训练
Whippets learn well with positive methods and short sessions, but recall around fast-moving animals is a lifelong challenge.
健康
Whippets are a generally healthy breed, though heart murmurs from valve disease, some inherited eye conditions and deafness in mostly white dogs are seen. Ask the breeder for heart and eye results on the parents.
繁育者通常会做的健康检测
- 心脏
- 眼科检查
- 听力（BAER）
请繁育者给你看父母犬的检测结果。
关于该犬种
The Whippet developed in northern England in the 19th century, bred from small greyhounds and terrier-type dogs. Working people raced them on straight tracks and used them to catch rabbits, and the breed earned the nickname 'poor man's racehorse'.
Today it is one of the easiest sighthounds to live with. It is gentle, clean and quiet in the house and loves warmth, blankets and close contact with its people. Outdoors it needs safe places to run, as it will chase anything that moves. Its thin coat and skin mean it feels the cold and can pick up small cuts.
你知道吗？
In northern England Whippets were sometimes called 'snap dogs' for their skill at snapping up rabbits.