Blink once and these fast little pups are gone. Learn more about the spunky English racing dog. 1. THEY’RE SUPER-SPEEDY. Whippets are the fastest domesticated animals of their weight. They can get up ...

Whippet dogs are an energetic breed who love to be outdoors. Whippets are small sighthounds (also known as gazehounds) that rely on sight and speed to capture their prey. Although they resemble ...

The greyhound and the whippet look so similar that it's only their height and weight that make it easy to distinguish between the two. And it's not surprising they look so alike, as the whippet is ...

The Whippet is a British dog breed of medium size. They are a sighthound breed that originated in England, where they descended from the Greyhound. Whippets today still strongly resemble a smaller ...

Spitfire excels at the curious sport of dock diving, or, in other words, jumping really, really far. That skill has landed him and his owner, 13-year-old Sydney Mackey, five world records—and counting ...

Bourbon the Whippet won this year's competition after placing second the year before. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...