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The Salukis

October 4, 2018 by SWestfall3

streamer

One week ago today, Jenna and I went to Pittsburgh to pick up some puppies at the airport. We found ourselves at some desolate warehouse place, but yes, they had our delivery from Albuquerque.

They loaded the shipping box into our van. Zoom, the old whippet, raised his head to watch the proceedings, and out of that crate rose of cacophony of primitive puppy barks.

The barker was the brindle named Streamer but called “Baz” at his breeder’s home. He had gone through enough moves and jostles, and to be face to face with that short-eared dog was the last straw.

Jenna quickly got both pups out of the crate. Streamer glowered at me from the passenger seat, but the other puppy, the cream and white Mango, stared up at me with abject suspicious. “You’re not gonna eat me, are you?” his eyes seemed to ask.

And I drove them home. Mango decided that I was his safety, and he began to follow me from room to room. Streamer, a hot-blooded Arabian stallion of a pup, decided to snap at the old whippet on the sofa, and he received a muzzle snap for his impudence..

Thus began my journey with an even more different sort of dog.  I should add that these are not normal AKC salukis, but they are a cross between a tazi with ancestors from Kazakhstan and Middle Eastern or “desert bred salukis.” Their sire is Tavi, a dog that has been featured on the Qurencia blog many times. Their mother is brindle and white, and thus controversial to the saluki purists. Both live with Shiri Hoshen in New Mexico, and this is the first litter produced between the two parents.

Mango is not ours. He will be going through a vaccine and titer regime over the next few months before he will be send to live with a good friend of this blog in Australia.

But right now, Mango is just learning about this foreign land, where the grass is green and spongy, and the rain drops from the sky regularly and make the air cool and crisp.

He is learning about wolf-like dogs with prick ears and intense eyes, and drop-eared almost Saluki-like things that carry things in their mouths. He will need much socialization to be made ready for that long trip Down Under.

But he has the softest, brownest eyes I’ve ever seen on a dog. He will be a great dog. I just hope to do him justice.

mango

Streamer will be staying here, and I hope will be reformed into a nice high status dog.

/And so I will learn a new breed once again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted in dog breeds, Uncategorized | Tagged saluki, tazi | 4 Comments

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  1. on October 7, 2018 at 4:43 pm Paul

    Hi, this has nothing to do with what you’ve written, but I don’t know where to post it elsewhere.

    I just wanted to give some news, but if you don’t find it interesting or if it’s not the right place, please let me know.

    I don’t know what is happening this year, but after hundreds of years of absence, wolves suddenly seem to “pop up” everywhere in western Europe.

    A few weeks ago, it came out that Naya, our first official belgian wolf, is not alone. On a picture from a camera trap, there is another wolf with her. Since he’s somewhat bigger, it might be a male and if they both survive, we’ll probably have our first wolf litter in 2019. These two wolves still live in the same area near Leopoldburg. I’m curious to see how the situation is going to evolve in this densely crowded region.

    Around the same time, a third wolf has been filmed in the High Fens, a nature conservation area near the place I live, and there might even be a fourth individual in another region.

    Finally, I wanted to share a documentary I watched today. It’s about the life of a wolf pack established in Lower Saxony (Germany). The interesting thing is that two of the many cubs that where born over the years (“Punkti” an his brother “Kurti”) showed interest for humans. They approached cars on several occasions. Punkti even tried to play with a walker (who filmed this) and ran through a town at daytime. He finally was killed by a car. Kurti, who showed similar behaviour, was first caught and radio-collared but had to be shot later on after he had attacked the dog of a walker.

    The documentary exist in german or french. I found a version with an english subtitle. I know the english is awful, but maybe it will help a little.


    • on October 17, 2018 at 9:38 pm retrieverman

      That is such a great documentary. I am fascinated with the return of European wolves to much of their range, as well as the spread of the golden jackal in Europe. Very similar things are happening in North America, with wolves popping up in places where no one expected them, and coyotes live in every state but Hawaii and almost all of Canada.


  2. on October 24, 2018 at 5:45 pm Paul

    There is less information about the spread of the golden jackal than about the wolf. I think that people (and media) feel less concerned about the jackal.

    Another reason is it’s small size (smaller than an american coyote). I guess that someone who sees it could easily mistake it for a fox, especially in regions where jackals have never been present in historical times. In western Europe, people just don’t know them.

    Here is an interesting link to an article from a magazine dedicated to hunting (in german). You can see pictures of a golden jackal, a fox and a wolf taken by the same camera trap and there is also a map of Germany and surrounding countries with the places where golden jackals have been spotted:

    Click to access 2018_WILDundHUND016_022_Goldschakal_0618_1.pdf


  3. on October 30, 2018 at 8:09 am Daniëlle Termijn

    Hello Paul nice to notice that you shared this documentary. I came across it a month ago it was shared at the Facebook group what has recently a new name and is called in Dutch Wolvenplatform Nederland. I also appreciate it and it is a fascinating development what we also now in the Netherlands experience. Sadly we see the same vibe and negative actions as you can read in history books from the past in relation to the wolf. I assume our species will never learn although that is many times my feeling. It repeat itself in all certain matters and although I like to follow some groups many post are not accurate and brings only a certain movement. Looking forward to 2019 if there will be come a litter and just as you mention how this all will develop in the environment. What I guess will be give the most hectic is the sightseeing, we will see…….



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