Hyperbole and a Half has a new dog that appears to be a whippet who is, shall we say, adorable.

She didn’t understand, but she knew she was supposed to do something, so she just started frantically doing things because maybe – just maybe – one of those things would be the right thing and the magical wizard cup would let her know where the treat went.

Jason has new bling.

4 whippets and a greyhound

Blogging in my backyard on my day off. Now that’s service!

Nursery Dog

Benjamin likes going on long driving trips with us.

Whippet Snippets went hunting…

Jason is pretty good at hiding under the covers in the morning.

Jaxx and Amica enjoy the life in Santa Cruz

Bonus: Don’t miss @djeffs’ little ball of whippet today.

Jason enjoys a beautiful day at Pt. Isabel.

We think we might have found some of Benjamin’s progenitors.

Teddy is a grandfather.

As is CH Surrey Hill’s Strike the Gold, or as he’s better known, Striker.

Penny is Teddy’s Mom, and thus is Benjamin’s great grandmother.

And here we have the irrepressible Timmy, Benjamin’s Uncle. Uncle Timmy!

He’s a cutey.

I did some research and found Jason’s parents.

It’s exciting!

This is Rion, also known as CH Karasar’s Orion at Jaama JC, also known as the “Dad”.

This is Dotty, whose longer and more formal name is Windsong JJ Stars in my Eyes, aka “Mom”.

Man, these are some beautiful parents that Jason has. Who knew? He could have been a champ, he coulda been a contenda.

We’ve had him a year now. He seems to have settled in nicely.

Benjamin and Jason are famous! Paula Wirth has posted their photos on her flickriver stream.

Finally, Dogs 101 has done a segment on whippets, and it goes by fast…

Unfortunately they don’t let you embed the video, so you’ll have to click the link.

And an older Animal Planet video on whippets from Breed All About It.

Bundled up for the coming storm.

In Houston

Chanel wins hound group at Westminster. She beat out a greyhound named Erasmus. Apparently the last time a whippet won grand champ at Westminster was 1964. This year a scottish terrier seems to have won. Ridiculous!

Photo: Ch. Starline’s Chanel. Credit: Henny Ray Abrams / Associated Press

That is one gorgeous bitch. She seems to be looking right at me in that photo.

The one thing Benjamin just can’t seem to manage is getting those ears flat back like that. He has very expressive ears.

Jason!