Daniela tells us that Blaze is not coursing marmots; he is just diving off a steep slope– an arroyo?– in hot pursuit…
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Daniela tells us that Blaze is not coursing marmots; he is just diving off a steep slope– an arroyo?– in hot pursuit…
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Looking at this picture, do you think it is a pup of Tazi origins?
Just curious. The picture was taken in Tajikistan or Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor this past summer.
Lynda
Oh, I don't know…
My Uhlan certainly courses groundhogs. The buried electric dogfence gives the prey a border of refuge, and the contest seems pretty evenly balanced.
When I open the cabin door, up on the small rise, the tazi "stands on" for a moment, like a hawk, trying to spot a deer or groundhog in his front-field domain, before launching like a rocket.
Tazi or taigan (mountain, Kyrgiz variant). I have seen pics of Taigans in the Wakhan Corridor and in caravans in Tajikistan.
Unseen arroyos can be killers for greyhounds or whippets in hot pursuit of a rabbit.
Don't we know it– our Irbis was laid up for months after his compound fracture, which he got running down the side of one and possibly getting his foot in a hole.
But if a dog KNOWS the arroyo (or other obstacle) they can use them to launch some incredible acrobatics.