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The Borzoi [a] or Russian Hunting Sighthound [b] is a Russian breed of hunting dog of sighthound type. It was formerly used for wolf hunting ; [ 1 ] : 125 until 1936, the breed was known as the Russian Wolfhound.
The population of Borzoi is made up of descendants of various Chechen societies, including Tumsoy, Merzhoy, Chinkhoy, Keloy, Shiroy, and Khildehara. In 1944, the village of Borzoi was renamed Alpiyskoye and settled by people from neighboring Dagestan, following the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush and the abolition of the Chechen-Ingush ...
The Chortai, sometimes spelt Chortaj, is a breed of sighthound from Ukraine and Russia.. The Chortai is said to resemble a cross between a Greyhound and a short haired Borzoi, being a quite heavily built running hound but nevertheless displaying typical sighthound features.
Sep. 15—TUPELO — In August, 14-year-old Kirbie Allen got an unexpected invitation. She and Salt, her Borzoi, were invited to Kannapolis, North Carolina, for American Kennel Club Fastest Dogs ...
Silken Windhounds were founded and developed in Austin, Texas, by Francie Stull, a successful breeder of show and performance American Kennel Club Borzoi and Deerhounds, using her favored Borzoi and Lurcher bloodlines.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (/ k n ɒ p f /) is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. [1] Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends.
Samoyed, circa 1915. The progenitor of the Samoyeds was the Nenets Herding Laika, a reindeer herding spitz commonly used throughout northern Siberia, especially the Nenets people who were pejoratively referred to as Samoyeds at that time.
The FCI recognized Croatia as its country of origin, citing several historical sources. [ 4 ] [ 37 ] The first known written reference to a Dalmatian dog is from 1375, when Peter, Bishop of Đakovo , mentions a hunting dog principally found in Dalmatia, with short white hair and black round spots on various parts of the body, naming the breed ...