Sabrina
About 3 years old • Staffy X Whippet
Medium Sizelow Energy
3 rescue Whippets are available for adoption across Australia right now, listed by Animals in Need Brisbane, Dogs' Refuge Home, Monika's Doggie Rescue. Every listing links straight to the rescue.
About 3 years old • Staffy X Whippet
The Whippet is a medium-sized dog with medium energy needs. Those two things — the space it needs and the exercise it expects — matter more day to day than the breed label itself, especially with rescue dogs, where many are crosses.
Shelter breed labels in Australia are usually a visual guess rather than a DNA result, so a dog listed as a Whippet may well be a cross. That is worth knowing before you rule a listing in or out: temperament and the individual dog's history tell you far more than the name on the card.
Right now Whippets in Australia are listed by Animals in Need Brisbane, Dogs' Refuge Home, Monika's Doggie Rescue. Applications, home checks and adoption decisions are handled by the rescue directly — LocalPetFinder brings the listings together so you do not have to check each rescue separately, and does not take a fee.
As of September 2026, Whippets are uncommon in Australia rescue — only 3 are listed right now across 3 rescues on LocalPetFinder. They are usually adopted quickly, so it is worth applying early or setting an alert. Currently listed by Dogs' Refuge Home, Animals in Need Brisbane, Monika's Doggie Rescue.
LocalPetFinder lists Whippets available for adoption from rescues right across Australia, in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria. Right now the rescues listing Whippets are Animals in Need Brisbane, Dogs' Refuge Home, Monika's Doggie Rescue. Every listing links straight to the rescue that has the dog, and the application is handled by them, not by us.
Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every Whippet here comes from an Australian rescue rather than a breeder or a classified seller, and the adoption fee already covers desexing, vaccination and microchipping. That fee is typically a few hundred dollars, against often several thousand from a breeder with none of the vet work done. If you searched "whippet for sale", adopting gets you a vetted dog for a fraction of the price.