I have had whippets for over 20 years and they have cost me very little . They are usually very healthy and do not suffer from the hereditery disorders some breeds do .
They are happy to eat whatever you feed them and I have never had one which was fussy .
Running so fast and not having a protective coat they are prone to getting skin tears and mine have had these occasionally especially when they were young .
Two of mine died last year age 14 and 15 and were healthy all their lives .
There are some really nice coats on sale for them and I must admit to buying one or two the same with collars .
If all dogs were as healthy as most whippets vets would be going out of business
My advice to anyone thinking of getting a whippet is go for it the only thing is they are addictive so be warned
Pretty soon you will be wanting another !!!!!!!!!!!!

Good post!

I think the article is a load of twaddle.

Any dog can cost loads. One person can have a dog that hardly sees a vet it's whole life, someone else could have a dog of the same breed and have all kinds of problems health wise. As for £99 a year for food, I could maybe just about do that and I pay trade prices.

The OP has omitted a "9" from the food bill. It should be £996.67 per year. Here's the article:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-the-bank.html