Gratuitous Asian hounds again…

We have taigans as well as tazis and Arab salukis in NM. (courtesy of Shiri and the other LB) They still seem exotic. Taigans and tazis and salukis are relatives; all are Silk Road dogs, and, whether you think they came west or east they followed those tracks. Only 5 days to go, with about …

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“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 …

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Weekend Links

… good, bad, & strange. Bear with my light blogging for a couple more weeks please! First, good: Tazi pix! Right from the source, Almaty & environs– the bearded ethnic Russian guy is Konstantin Plakhov, who bred our Ataika, seen here as a pup at Kostya’s there and as a matron, here, below. Libby with …

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Gratuitous Dog Pic

The Riss in “full suspension gallop”: Scribble, scribble, 71 plus and counting, tick, tick, tick…

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…