i am trying to train my 15 month old whippet to come every single time called. i know it is especially hard for sighthounds since they are distracted so easily, but does any other whippet or sighthound owner have very helpful tips that they've used to train the recall on their dogs?

ive read several articles about recall training, but i'd like to hear specifically from other sighthound owners on how they have achieved near perfect recall.

A: My Lurcher was a working dog (used to catch rabbits and hares) (i would then take them home and skin them for my dogs and cats to eat, before anyone starts on me for that)
and if i didn't want him to chase something i only had to change the tone of my voice when calling his name and he would stop (obviously had to be done BEFORE his was chasing, when he was looking at the prey), you could see his body shake with excitement and his instinct pulling him towards the chase but he...

I know they were the poor mans greyhound years ago, but can't help thinking they had something to do with the mines in England.

A: They were bred to chase/hunt rabbits and hares.
"Greyhounds were crossed with small terriers, (including possibly the Bedlington Terrier), to produce a small, swift hound capable of hunting rabbits and other small game. During this era, the whippet belonged mainly to the working class people of England. These were factory and mine workers in Northern towns near Manchester and Liverpool, who worked hard and lived simple lives."

can it harm u in anyway? I think it kills brain cells.... but is there any bad effects u can get from doing it?

A: Wow there's a lot of cr*p being talked about here isn't there.

Nitrous oxide is not harmful to you at all unless you either have some strange reaction to it OR inhale ONLY it - and no oxygen until such time as you run out of oxygen.

If it was "frying your brain" do you really think it would be used as the drug of choice in dentists and childbirth wards the entire world over? Entenox is nothing more than nitrous oxide along with enough oxygen to...

At halftime of The Battle of the Brandywine last night, Downingtown West and Downingtown East were knotted 7-7 in a pressure-cooker.

West was fortunate.

The Whippets had fumbled twice in the first half and given East great field position, but Downingtown East's offense - averaging 33.4 points entering the game - could account for just one touchdown.

That made Downingtown West's story of the first half its defense, but that didn't compare to its second half.

The Whippets' defense intercepted Downingtown East junior quarterback Trey Lauletta five times in the final 24 minutes, including