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The following will need little comment, but it is unusually illustrative. The little red tazi with the gray face is Larissa, an Almaty dog in origin, Ataika’s daughter and we hope the next mother- to- be. The cream male is Tavi, the intended father, a mix of Kazakh genes and Russian. What to notice is …

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Doggage

More relatives; Daniela’s boys in part, Shunkar, showing the permanent damage the rattler did; thank God he did not lose an eye. Then, Monnie’s new pups, from John B and Vladimir; sweet Kyra, Tigger’s daughter, with her GSD protector Eden, and (the little red)  feisty Aeris, Taika’s neice and already a tiny tyrant who knows …

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More images; Tazis east of Turkey

If  (as I think) “Tazi” and “Saluki” are linguistic rather than biological distinctions, reflected where Arabic turns to the Turkic and Persian tongues, the title is redundant. The pics are not, and even clinal change admits some differences. Iranian tazi, stolen weeks ago, returned to its horse archer partner this week, a friend of a …

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Lahav RIP

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 …

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Tigger’s Pups #1

Courtesy of John Burchard, who bred them, and Daniela Imre, a co- “grandparent” of the human species: the wonderful rainbow litter of Tigger, bred here, and Prince. Multicolor, smooth and feathered, Kazakh & Arab; all progenitors hunters: the ultimate Silk Road US litter! I am tempted by the little brindle girl and the feathered tri(s?), …

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Say it again, John

Dr John Burchard on “Oriental sighthounds” (and breeds in  general): “I think we have to remember that the breed subdivisions within the “oriental sighthound” group are to some considerable extent a Western artifact which does not accurately reflect the reality on the ground. On the ground there are several regional populations, each with a considerable …

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