What Makes Up A Cricket
This is an exercise that Lee asked us all to do. I really enjoyed it and actually learned quite a bit about Cricket in the process.
Originally, we called Cricket a LabX but after a couple of Whippet owners and Whippet Mix owners said that she looked like she had Whippet in her we started calling her a Whippet/Lab Mix. So, I grabbed some breed info from Wikipedia and am going to compare it to what I know about my Cricket.
Whippets are generally quiet and gentle dogs, content to spend much of the day sleeping
. Kent and I are continually amazed at how much Cricket sleeps. She is like a cat.
They are not generally aggressive towards other animals, and although especially attached to their owners, they are friendly to visitors. They are not prone to snapping, so they are good with young children.
Cricket is great with the kids, loves all my friends and never bothers or even pays attention to my cat, Jellybean.
They may or may not bark when strangers arrive, and are not suited to being guard dogs due to their trusting and unsuspicious nature.
Cricket is not a big barker. She never barks around the house but will bark at the park or if I’m running the track and have her tied to the fence. Hopefully, we will get her over that one.
Their coats do not provide the insulation to withstand prolonged periods of exposure to the cold. Their natural attachment to people makes them happiest when kept as housepets. They are most at home in the company of their owners, in their lap or lying next to them on the lounge.
It is true that she will start shivering pretty quickly if we do not keep moving, in any temp below 45 degrees. I can’t imagine how she stood it, alone in that pen, with nothing but those other dogs, all winter. However, the lying next to me is not the case with Cricket. She is just as happy lying in the laundry room on a pile of beds as she is lying next to me on a pillow.
As to what she is mixed with…who knows. She is not fast but can run for hours. She likes to chase other dogs, squirrels, birds but not balls or frisbees. She will sniff the ground as if she is tracking something. She does not like water enough to swim in it but she will stand in it to cool off. I had thought maybe Lab but she really does not show any of the characteristics of the breed. So, your guess is as good as mine!
Originally, we called Cricket a LabX but after a couple of Whippet owners and Whippet Mix owners said that she looked like she had Whippet in her we started calling her a Whippet/Lab Mix. So, I grabbed some breed info from Wikipedia and am going to compare it to what I know about my Cricket.
Whippets are generally quiet and gentle dogs, content to spend much of the day sleeping
. Kent and I are continually amazed at how much Cricket sleeps. She is like a cat.
They are not generally aggressive towards other animals, and although especially attached to their owners, they are friendly to visitors. They are not prone to snapping, so they are good with young children.
Cricket is great with the kids, loves all my friends and never bothers or even pays attention to my cat, Jellybean.
They may or may not bark when strangers arrive, and are not suited to being guard dogs due to their trusting and unsuspicious nature.
Cricket is not a big barker. She never barks around the house but will bark at the park or if I’m running the track and have her tied to the fence. Hopefully, we will get her over that one.
Their coats do not provide the insulation to withstand prolonged periods of exposure to the cold. Their natural attachment to people makes them happiest when kept as housepets. They are most at home in the company of their owners, in their lap or lying next to them on the lounge.
It is true that she will start shivering pretty quickly if we do not keep moving, in any temp below 45 degrees. I can’t imagine how she stood it, alone in that pen, with nothing but those other dogs, all winter. However, the lying next to me is not the case with Cricket. She is just as happy lying in the laundry room on a pile of beds as she is lying next to me on a pillow.
As to what she is mixed with…who knows. She is not fast but can run for hours. She likes to chase other dogs, squirrels, birds but not balls or frisbees. She will sniff the ground as if she is tracking something. She does not like water enough to swim in it but she will stand in it to cool off. I had thought maybe Lab but she really does not show any of the characteristics of the breed. So, your guess is as good as mine!
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