Lapis update

​Happy 4th birthday to Lapis!

The first Whippet of the family, she really turned us on to this breed. She’s such a wonderful dog. She is the picture of stability in all ways and is the easiest dog to be around! She gladly works for anyone, never has met a stranger dog or human, has so much enthusiasm and energy for things like training, play and of course hunting but she’s also the biggest couch potato and is more than happy to sleep in all day. She loves puppies and is a great nanny dog. She is so sweet and light hearted. She gets excited to meet people and say hi then settles right down into her usual lovely home body ways. She’s great in public, unshakable by the environment, and only ever reactive to small and furry - as any Whippet should be! And boy when she’s on a hunt, she is a sight to behold. It’s like she turns into a different dog, she becomes like a machine with only one goal in mind. And even in the heat of those hunts, she’s never not came back to us when called or after the chase is done! Lapis is a fabulous dog and everyone could use one of her. I could use 10 more myself!

Happy birthday little Whippet.

09/13/22
​Lapis is always such a consistent energy in the house. You can always bank on her to be resting on the couch, running roughshod on the other dogs or hopping around them as they wrestle, rummaging in the pantry for dropped kibbles, or if you have food she's never far away. She always gets excited when people come over & she zooms around briefly, jumps up once or twice, then is pretty much over it. She likes to sniff your nose & mouth but rarely gives kisses. She loves to sleep under the covers at night with her head out on the pillow like a human. She loves to play & race around the house with a toy in her mouth, jumping to the couch from halfway across the living room.

Lapis is my first Whippet & without her I probably never would have fallen for the breed so hard. Aside from Border Collies, I had a few breeds on my list to potentially own but there's a good chance I never would have branched out & actually got a non-BC. My partner Daniel is the one who took the leap! She was a very challenging puppy, she was hard to crate train, she would jump onto counters, she screamed whenever I would get another dog out to play or train with & she was always running Calypso down & making her cry. They were the closest in age for a long time! Calypso was about 10 months old when we got Lapis. They both spent a big portion of their adolescence growing up during vanlife which may sound hard but it was actually a great time & such a cool way to socialize our young dogs.

It's very interesting to see the differences in drive within different breeds. Lapis is very high drive for things like hunting, food, & sometimes play but not for everything like my Border Collies are. She has great focus & she knows a lot but some things do have to be on her terms! Lucid is already proving to be quite different in a lot of ways but so very similar in others. I can't wait to have more Whippets & to see puppies out of Lapis! I couldn't even tell you how many inquiries for Border Collies I get & think to myself... you actually want a Whippet. 😂😅