Daniela Imre’s Lahav, one of the greatest dogs I have ever known, is dead at 15. He was her constant companion, a coursing champion, a hunter, a defender and guardian. He distrusted most male humans and would threaten them for their presumption if they got near Daniela. She called him the Munchkin: I, “The Muncher …
Tag: Coursing
Great Granddoggery
Shiri’s photos of ornithologist and falconer Octavio Cruz, artist Melanie Keithley, a friend, and at least two (or one two- headed?) great granddogs. I will let the younger folks sort out who is who other than Tavo & Melanie, but these dogs are WINNERS. On a sad note, I hear Dutch Salmon just lost a …
Plummer lurcher: March 1 1999- Dec 13 2012
My old dog Plummer is gone. He was born (bred for us, a Hancock designer NM blend of greyhound and bearded and border collie) in David Hancock’s kennel in an England that still allowed hunting with dogs, and died in his bed in his home in New Mexico. Once the greatest single- hand hare dog …
Another granddog
Dan & Margaret’s 7- month old Hilda, from a Lashyn- Plum descendant at Dutch’s and their Galgo Sandia. Pretty girl!
“Dirtwinger” videos
Warren Spencer, seen here at the wedding below, has been putting up videos of our falcon- tazi- lurcher teams at “Dirtwinger”. Most if not all dogs here bred by us or “granddogs” of our stock… Here are two of them of Warren’s breeding (we own all grandparents) with Terence’s late Gyr- Prairie tiercel Cog on …
Karen Wetherill & Terence Wright Wedding
A brilliant, beautiful entomologist, reigning expert on the wild bees of NM… …marries a longdogger… … and a fine celebration follows. One amazing thing was the amount of “dog relatives”– I think everyone in the photos but one has a descendant of our hounds, plus many others present–!
Riss Intent
Larissa like her mother is sure coyotes should be dealt with summarily. More heart than brains on this one– they are too small, and likely to be ganged up on. I am always relieved when they come back after looking like this on the runout…
Still standing
And above all still hunting: two over- sixty writers, houndsmen with Parkinson’s: Dutch Salmon and me, wearing out some younger hunters, with our hounds last February near White Sands…
Adventure dogs
From Shiri: Tazi Tavi Lane Bellman’s taigan Rustam
Birds and Dogs on YouTube
Walter Hingley sent an interesting if rather relentless clip of a 40 ounce white gyr tiercel taking down a 15 pound Canada goose. The tenacity of the “little” falcon shows why eastern cultures, who appreciate a good fight as much as they do a good flight, prefer gyrs and sakers to peregrines. Browsing in the …