Jutta’s dancing dogs, Nhubia the tazi and Taalai the taigan, are back..
Tag: Taigans
Doggage
It is spring in Germany and I have been neglecting Jutta’s girls. But the Nhubia (tazi) and Taalai (taigan) show is revving up with spring energy. I THINK Nhubia is eleven or twelve, and I know she is over ten. You would never know it.
Central Asian Dogs and Falconry
First, a wonderful film from Kyrgizstan– in English! Next, an amazing album of photos by our friend Jutta, who traveled there this spring. I have already posted a few of her photos. Another film, from Turkmenistan. Notice the smaller Sakers there, more like Prairie falcons than Gyrs. The style of hunting is much like ours, …
More taigans from Jutta
Doesn’t the big black one look like a “psovoya” borzoi? (Russian wolfhound in the west. “Borzoi” in Russian means sighthound– we have “tasy- borzois”, “Angliskaya borzois”– greyhounds– and so forth). UPDATE: See the whole collection here
Taigans!
Jutta Rubesam lives in Germany and has been a constant presence here through her Nhubia and Taalai, the two talented canine dancers who often grace our Weekend Doggage. In times past she visited New Mexico and took some of my favorite photos of my own dogs. Now she has been to Kyrgizstan and the shores …
Still more gratuitous dog images
For the end of the year. Jutta’s girls in Germany once again, on a bright windy day… An end- of- the- day game painting Jonathan found in a museum in Brussels, with greyhounds. And Princess Ataika, who can find a throne anywhere… at home or on the road, in this case Jim and Penelope Caldwell’s …
Spring Puppies?
Larissa and Tavi are dancing for joy and have made (at least one) tie. But as they say, wait, there’s more! If Lane has indeed bred her fine taigans, Rustam and Ooly, we are about to have the first of this more exotic variation too. Can’t wait– I am sure they will be the first …