Our Puppies
Discover our process, what’s involved, and how we ensure each puppy is carefully matched to suit your home and lifestyle.
Versatility & Adaptability
Breeding whippets that embody the breed standard while thriving in modern lifestyles. From the show ring to the field or as beloved companions, our dogs are versatile, elegant, and adaptable to a variety of roles.
Understanding & Supportive
We’re committed to your success with your dog, which is why we take the time to understand your needs, preferences, and the lifestyle you envision. This helps us match you with the perfect puppy that fits your life and goals.
Matching to the Right Puppy
By understanding our dogs, their unique traits, and the needs and desires of our buyers, we strive to match each puppy with the ideal family. This has been the mark of our success since the beginning. If a puppy isn’t the right fit for you, we’ll always be honest.
What Does A Puppy Cost?
Our puppies are priced at $4,000 AUD. To secure your spot, a fully refundable deposit of $1,000 is required once the puppies are born and we’ve confirmed their numbers and sexes. This deposit will be deducted from the total price, leaving a remaining balance of $3,000, which is due once your puppy has been allocated.
Puppies are sold on a first-come, first-served basis, determined by the timing of both the completed questionnaire and deposit, with the latter date being used to establish priority. The deposit secures your place for your preferred gender, with puppy assignments finalized after they reach 7 weeks of age.
What's Included With Our Puppies?
Each puppy goes home with a carefully curated puppy pack, or it will be mailed to you if you’re interstate. Our packs include special items that smell like us and the mother to help with the transition, along with a variety of surprises to spoil your new addition one last time before they leave.
You'll receive all veterinary paperwork and ANKC pedigree papers for your puppy. Pedigree papers are mailed directly to you by Dogs SA after we submit the registrations, which happens once all puppies are assigned to their new homes. If there’s any delay, let us know—we’re happy to follow up with Dogs SA on your behalf.
Finally, I offer lifetime breeder support. My priority is helping you and your puppy build a strong bond and ensuring your success together. I’m always here to provide advice, guidance, or solutions whenever needed.
How Does Selection Work?
We take a thoughtful approach to puppy selection, ensuring that every puppy and family are perfectly matched. Rather than allowing families to choose a puppy at birth, we carefully assess each pup’s individual personality and traits alongside the specific needs and lifestyles of their future homes.
By the time our puppies are ready to meet their new families, we’ve spent weeks observing and understanding each one. This process enables us to make well-informed placements, taking into account your preferences while prioritizing the puppy’s well-being and potential.
Our breeding program is dedicated to advancing the Whippet breed, with each litter carefully planned to meet the highest standards. We always consider keeping a puppy from every litter to continue our mission of improving the breed. By seven weeks, we’ve usually identified our “keeper,” and by eight weeks, the puppies are ready to join their new families, each one lovingly matched to its forever home.
Our Committment To Health & Quality
Every litter is bred with careful consideration. Our sires are chosen to complement our girls in health, temperament, conformation, and instincts. All of our dogs are fully health tested, and as new genetic tests become available for the breed, we ensure our dogs are tested. Our goal is to produce happy, confident, intelligent, and healthy Whippets that excel as versitile companions.
We are committed to giving our puppies the best possible start in life. All of our puppies are raised following Puppy Culture protocols, which guide positive socialization and enrichment activities tailored to each developmental stage. These protocols help build confident, well-rounded, and adaptable Whippets.
Our Puppy Raising Protocols
At Ashsinhalt Whippets, we follow the Puppy Culture protocols to give our puppies the best start in life. These include:
Days 3 to 16:
Each puppy undergoes Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) and Early Scent Introduction (ESI). These practices enhance cardiovascular health, strengthen heartbeats and adrenal glands, improve stress tolerance, and build greater resistance to disease.
After 2.5 Weeks:
We begin potty training, introduce the "Shaping Emotional Responses" protocol, and expose the puppies to daily sounds. This helps familiarize them with various noises they may encounter later, such as traffic, airplanes, door knocking, fireworks, and more.
From 4 Weeks:
We introduce the puppies to people and other animals, encouraging frequent visits from their future owners and friends with pets. This ensures plenty of socialization before the puppies' first fear period at five weeks. At this stage, we also begin teaching manding behavior and clicker training using the "Communication Trinity" protocol, which helps them start to process and respond to commands.
From 6 Weeks:
Daily obstacle courses become part of the routine. These courses include wobble platforms, shallow water pools, ball pits, tunnels, climbing obstacles, and mazes. Each course ends with a meal as a positive reward, encouraging problem-solving and confidence-building. By this age, we can identify individual personalities and begin matching puppies to their future homes.
From 7 Weeks:
We take the puppies on outings to expose them to various environments. This includes car rides, busy parking lots, meeting people, exploring scent trails, and visiting pet-friendly stores like pet shops, Bunnings, or even the river. These experiences help each puppy develop confidence and adaptability, preparing them for their new homes and the big world beyond.
Why We Follow This Protocol:
Our approach fosters self-assurance and emotional regulation in our puppies, encouraging them to think critically and adapt to their environment.
Learn more about our puppy-raising protocols here.
Nutrition:
All puppies are weaned onto a raw diet that includes a wide variety of foods to promote good gut health and robust bacteria. Read more about our extensive raw diet here.
Puppies Available
Visit our "Available Puppies" page and see which of our adorable puppies are ready to join their perfect forever family.