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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 and until 1936 was known as the Russian Wolfhound.
Related: Compilation of Dog Dad’s Reaction to His Borzoi’s Gifts Is Beyond Cute. Chattman has decorated a regular white tube sock with a black nose and a pair of googly eyes. When he puts the ...
In full stride, he is a princely package of strength, grace, and glamour flying by at 35 to 40 miles per hour," the American Kennel Club shares. But, this dog breed is very similar to cats.
Dog (domestic dog) The Chortai , sometimes spelt Chortaj , is a breed of sighthound from Ukraine . 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.
[4] [5] Thought to have the same ancestors as the Hortaya Borzaya and Borzoi, the Polish Greyhound was originally bred to hunt great bustards and wolves. [6] The Polish Greyhound was considered the favorite dog of the Polish nobility. [7] The impact of World War II in Poland led to reduced numbers of Polish Greyhounds. [8]
He's so good to her.
[4] [5] In contrast, dogs bark in many social situations, with acoustic communication in dogs being described as hypertrophic. [6] While wolf barks tend to be brief and isolated, dog barking is often repetitive. [7] One hypothesis for why dogs bark more than wolves is that dogs developed vocal communication as a result of their domestication. [7]
Many Russian adjectives can be used as nouns, in the same way that "Christian", originally an adjective, has become a noun; it has an implied head-noun of "person". I'm wondering what borzoi means as an adjective, and what the implied noun is. It can't be "dog" because that's not masculine in Russian. ACW 14:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)