My Whippet is a snob!

There, I've said it. My whippet is a snob. For some reason he only like other whippets. Any other breed of dog is just a dog to him. And he doesn't like dogs. We can walk along in the park just fine and everyone is calm and happy. But if another dog passes by and it's not a whippet, he lunges and barks. Managed to grab some fur off a little black dog the other day. He was just sitting very nicely and we were talking and laughing and in a blink of an eye, he almost pulled my arm out of it's socket to go after the little dog.

Another time I came around a corner at the same time another couple did with their two Great Danes. He did the same thing! Crazy stupid whippet. Thank goodness those Great Danes were well trained as they did not try to eat him. He could have killed them you know. Would have gotten stuck in their throats and choked them!

But around other whippets we have absolutely no problems. He's happy to be around other whippets. How he can tell I have no idea? We are getting another whippet soon. A female. I hope he gets along with her.

I Got Squidoo-ed!

That sound just awful doesn't it? What the heck is Squidoo? I thought the same thing. Can't remember how I even found out about it. But I did and saw something that said, "Create a Free Lens" and "Takes just 5 minutes!" I thought, what the Hell do I have to lose? So I started my first lens on my favorite subject, Whippets. Have a look and see: Whippet Lens on Squidoo

Okay so I did that. Did some reading up on tips and tricks and this and that about how to make a good Squidoo page. Looked at my ranks in the Squidoo world. And in less than a week, my Whippet page made it to number 36 in the Animals section and 618 overall! That's huge. I mean there are over 400,000 lenses out there and I got up with the big fish. Excuse the pun.

Well, I can't stop there. Then came my Whippet Angels Lens to honor the whippets that have crossed over to Dog Heaven or the Rainbow Bridge or whatever you want to call it. A spot for people to visit for rememberence and support. Have a look: Whippet Angels on Squidoo

And of course I just had to make a lens on my WhippetTalk Cafe Press and Zazzle Shops. So far just the CafePress but I'm going to work on a separate lens for Zazzle. See the CafePress Whippet Gift Shop on Squidoo.

Hopefully all the hard work I put into it (okay, it was fun) pays off with lots of visits and some people learning interesting things about whippets.

I opened a new Whippet Gift Store

I found a great place through all the searching and networking with my new Squidoo lens called Zazzle. And although I do have a CafePress Store for Whippet Merchandise and gifts, I liked what I found at Zazzle because they have a few items that CafePress does not. I am espcially fond of the customized postage stamps and many color selections and sizes for coffee mugs. They even have coffee mugs that are black when cold and as you add your hot coffee, the black fades away to show your pattern. How cool (or hot) is that?

I hope to generate a few bucks from my online stores to help me with costs associated with running my website and forums as well as to help with donations to Whippet Rescue and Placement. Have a look. Never hurts to just window shop.


create & buy custom products at Zazzle

See also my Squidoo Lens - Whippets and my Whippet Gifts Store at CafePress.