dog advice needed about whippets?
I am thinking about buying a different breed of dog.My last dog was a german shorthaired pointer;passed away. And two particular breeds I found interesting was the whippet and the wirehaired fox terrier. But the problem is, I think the whippet would escape through my fence, by jumping right through the holes in the fence. I have cattle fence ( live on an acreage). And since these dogs just run, i think it would be a disaster waiting to happen, if i purchased a whippet. the same for the terrier. And also what dog would be easier to train.
I had sighthounds with cattle wire. I put a line of electric fence tape just below the top of the cattle wire, and it only took once for each hound to learn the boundary. For a smaller dog, you would just run the tape at his chest level.
Each of those are great dogs. The whippet will think more independently, so it depends on what you are wanting to train.
The fox terrier will learn trick/tasks easier. The whippet will learn the things that interest him, such as frisbee.
Whippets are quieter, calmer, not destructive, and easily housetrained. Terriers need a job to keep them out of mischief.
It just depends on which best fits your lifestyle and needs.
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