A little about how we raise our whippet puppies
Timbreblue whippet puppies are raised in our home, thoroughly socialized, and guaranteed for health and temperament. By the time they go to new families, they have had car rides, met lots of people and dogs, and been handled and snuggled many times daily since they were born. Our whippet puppies arrive trained to snuggle! Although whippets seem pretty talented at snuggling right from the start. That’s part of why we love them!
Our whippet puppies are reared literally underfoot. The whelping box is in the “puppy room” (which used to be the guest room?) and we spend our days there when we have puppies. As they begin to climb out of the box, we extend their world with a large pen attached to the box, with plenty of toys and activities. They are litter trained from the time they can walk. And boy, whippet puppies can run almost before they can walk!
At about five weeks, our whippet puppies begin trips outside to play for an hour or so at a time, always attended by their mama as well as their human “daddy.” At six weeks, we all pack up and move downstairs to the doggy den, where they meet and mingle with the other whippets. Here’s when we start real housebreaking, though it will have to be completed by their new owners. Though owners can be trained to prevent most accidents through careful supervision and really good timing, no puppy is really reliably housetrained till six months or older – whippets or any other breed. They’re just not able to “hold” it for very long until then!
Weaning time is determined by our whippet puppies’ mother. We don’t take them away from her. She stays with them as long as she can stand them! Depending on how much patience she has, she usually continues nursing at least a little through seven weeks, sometimes even longer.
Mom and our other whippet family dogs have a lot to teach a puppy before he’s ready for the demands of a new home. We’ve found that keeping the pups till ten weeks is optimal, though there’s no harm in having them here longer. Whippets bond with new owners at any age. But young pups learn important bite inhibition and manners from their littermates, Mom, and the other adult whippets.
If at any time for any reason, a whippet of our breeding cannot stay in his original family, he is welcome to come home to us regardless of age or condition…no questions asked. And we’ll always refund at least a portion of your purchase price.
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