Yes, they are.
Whippets are sight hounds.
Most Dog's have very good eyesight, but Sight Hounds such as Greyhounds, Whippets, Borzois, Salukis and Afghan Hounds were bred to hunt on sight alone - rather than using scent.
I would say that whippets are easy to train but considering that they are sight hounds, they get distracted easily.
Absolutely. Neville was one of Washington state's most decorated service dogs. Rescued from certain death in Ontario, Canada, Neville was trained as a bomb sniffing dog and excelled. He only recently retired. If you Google Law Dogs, you'll find out more about service pit bulls.
Sight and scent both affect taste.
The hounds chased the fox for miles, but lost his scent when he crossed a stream.
This is a pretty open-ended question because there are hundreds of recognized breeds and thousands that span the world. They can be hounds (sight or scent), working, toy, sporting, non-sporting and many in between.
they can scent out coon trails at night
Hound dogs "bay"--aaarrrrrrOOOOO! That's the best I can do. Most hounds are the product of many generations of cross-breeding and in-breeding to produce certain hounds with certain qualities. Some hound breeders do not consider the dog a true hound if it doesn't bay. There are scent hounds (Bloodhound, Catahoula, Walker, Blue-tick, Plott) and sight hounds (Saluki, Borzoi, Greyhound) and some bay, some don't.
German Shepards, Golden Retrievers, and Labrodor Retrievers are most likely to do it.
A Beagle is a scent hound.
In order from fastest to slowest: Greyhounds Salukis Borzoi Whippets Afghan Hounds The speed range is 33 to 45 mph.
by sight and scent