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April 13, 2017 5:07 PM   Subscribe

A New World Record! Toby set the record at the YMCA in Calgary on his 9th birthday as he frantically ran around and used his teeth and paws to pop the balloons while Springs cheered him on.

Faster than a white tailed deer, they are the ferrari of the dog world, whippets have the highest running speed of breeds their weight: 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) and even challenge greyhounds for top speed. Whippets are, however, the fastest accelerating dog in the world.
posted by shockingbluamp (15 comments total) 6 users marked this as a favorite
 
Toby is my hero!
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 5:30 PM on April 13, 2017


This is like a curling match sped up 100x
posted by GuyZero at 5:59 PM on April 13, 2017 [1 favorite]


That dog is going to be pooping yellow and blue for days.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:14 PM on April 13, 2017 [1 favorite]


Is there a word for something that makes you really delighted and really anxious at the same time?
posted by neroli at 6:17 PM on April 13, 2017


Is there a word for something that makes you really delighted and really anxious at the same time?

Yup!.
posted by shockingbluamp at 6:23 PM on April 13, 2017 [1 favorite]




That's the prior record holder, Twinkie.
posted by linux at 7:18 PM on April 13, 2017


I can't help but be a wet blanket and worry about the chance of trauma to the dog's eyes and face as well as the bad things from eating all the rubber...
posted by Samizdata at 8:03 PM on April 13, 2017


Is there a word for something that makes you really delighted and really anxious at the same time?

Yup! .

Mods? How do I flag misleading information? That video was not about words, and I feel the link should be removed as it left me linguistically unenriched.
posted by Samizdata at 8:06 PM on April 13, 2017 [2 favorites]


How many birthdays has that dog ruined?

Just kidding...good boy! Good boy!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 8:31 PM on April 13, 2017


Whippet good.
posted by radwolf76 at 11:19 PM on April 13, 2017 [1 favorite]


Not very sporting, because those balloons are restrained. Give them a chance!
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:18 AM on April 14, 2017


Yay Toby!

(I am adopting and bringing home my new pup today - currently named Dolly, soon to be Olive - and Toby's exuberance made me tear up so I guess it's going to be that kind of day!)

Yay dogs!
posted by minsies at 7:42 AM on April 14, 2017 [3 favorites]


Olive is super cute! Congrats on your new dog friend, minsies.

I watched Toby first and then [re]watched Twinkie...it was interesting to see the different techniques/mannerisms between the whippet and the Jack Russell terrier. The whippet was faster but needed to be guided; the JRT was a tiny bit slower but extremely focused and methodical (which absolutely fits the JRTs I have known).
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 10:46 AM on April 14, 2017 [1 favorite]


Yeah I was surprised this was a whippet. Terriers have tons of drive, but I rarely see a highly enthusiastic Whippet in, say, agility competition. Toby is a bit of an anomaly, I suspect. But he's a GOOD DOG.
posted by suelac at 3:36 PM on April 14, 2017


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