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Okay - make an offer tomorrow and bring her home, then we can see some pictures 
She sounds just lovely
She sounds just lovely 
Tell me about Saluki/saluki crosses
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MurphysMinder
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Well I know nothing about salukis or saluki crosses, but I reckon from your posts that she will shortly have joined your family
PolarSkye
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None of you are helping .
Will update you when I have spoken to youngster who "owns" her . . .
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.Will update you when I have spoken to youngster who "owns" her . . .
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2Greys
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There's quite a few saluki lurcher owners on lurcher link forum. A lady we met off there does agility & flyball with her saluki x's.
If pups in poor state & I wouldn't be paying much & potentially supporting a dodgy breeder to carry on. Then I'd take pup get it healthy & try to rehome it via rescue if it wasn't type for me.
If pups in poor state & I wouldn't be paying much & potentially supporting a dodgy breeder to carry on. Then I'd take pup get it healthy & try to rehome it via rescue if it wasn't type for me.
diamonddogs
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I lost my gorgeous Saluki X last spring at the age of nine (good going for a sighthound).
He was a beautiful looking dog, who we got as a puppy from the RSPCA. He was the easiest dog I've ever had, having kept Dobermanns for years. Quiet, very easy to train and exercise was a simple matter of taking him to the field, letting him off the lead for a sprint, then taking him home for a lie down!
Sighthounds are the wimps of the dog world - a simple thing like having his nails done you'd think he was being murdered. Generally they have a highly developed chase instinct (originally bred for hunting gazelle, I heard) so I wouldn't want to introduce an adult to cats - ours was introduced to our two as a puppy so grew up with a healthy respect for cats.
As someone has already said, they're house dogs and feel the cold, so a coat is essential for winter walks.
I'd have another in a heartbeat, but OH says no more dogs.
He was a beautiful looking dog, who we got as a puppy from the RSPCA. He was the easiest dog I've ever had, having kept Dobermanns for years. Quiet, very easy to train and exercise was a simple matter of taking him to the field, letting him off the lead for a sprint, then taking him home for a lie down!
Sighthounds are the wimps of the dog world - a simple thing like having his nails done you'd think he was being murdered. Generally they have a highly developed chase instinct (originally bred for hunting gazelle, I heard) so I wouldn't want to introduce an adult to cats - ours was introduced to our two as a puppy so grew up with a healthy respect for cats.
As someone has already said, they're house dogs and feel the cold, so a coat is essential for winter walks.
I'd have another in a heartbeat, but OH says no more dogs.
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mainpower
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I have two Saluki/Greyhound lurcher bitches and they are both excellent pets but with very different characters. Lily was a rescue pup, she was the runt of the litter and was destined to be "slapped between two bricks" when I got her. Her siblings were huge brindles (mum was a brindle ex racer and dad a black/tan Saluki/Greyhound) and she was a tiny blonde thing, with splayed out hips. She dragged herself around for the first few weeks but has grown into the most beautiful speedy girl with really good recall. She is very "posh" though, couldn't possibly demean herself by eating raw food or chewing a bone!
Sophie was left behind by travelers, "rescued" by the local batty dog woman who used her to babysit when she went out and couldn't be bothered to take her baby with her. She is very nice but dim...has selective deafness, eats anything and everything, and does a good impression of Scooby Doo's gulps! Unfortunately her recall is occasionally defective, and broke a leg chasing a horse. She had it amputated and had the shoulder blade removed but will still beat Lily for speed in a straight line, and hops 5 bar gates like they're the height of a trotting pole.
I'd fill my house with them if I could!
Sophie was left behind by travelers, "rescued" by the local batty dog woman who used her to babysit when she went out and couldn't be bothered to take her baby with her. She is very nice but dim...has selective deafness, eats anything and everything, and does a good impression of Scooby Doo's gulps! Unfortunately her recall is occasionally defective, and broke a leg chasing a horse. She had it amputated and had the shoulder blade removed but will still beat Lily for speed in a straight line, and hops 5 bar gates like they're the height of a trotting pole.
I'd fill my house with them if I could!
Spook
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After some of the recent replies I do wonder???? get a grip for gods sake. These are highly strung difficult dogs and NOT for the faint hearted ....... if at all in doubt do much more research before getting one, if you do good luck!!. The dog could get you into deep ****.
Nicnac
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Have you got her yet PolarExpress? If not, what are you waiting for! Life's too short to be rational - she needs you. Pics!!
PolarSkye
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Ha ha . . . calm down . . . she's at the yard . . . I need to have a convo with the appropriate people . . . but I will keep you all posted
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diamonddogs
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Maybe I was lucky with mine then, because I found him really easy. Maybe my personal baptism of fire came with the Dobes - now they ARE hard work as youngsters
Irishdan
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We have five pure Salukis - working dogs and pets, not show dogs. Like every dog they need the correct owner/life style but IMO if you have had experience with a lurcher before you will have absolutely no bother with a wee Saluki cross! Look forward to seeing the pics
Ours currently!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/lazylurchers/dogsbed_zps6083d807.jpg
Clodagh
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Lévrier;12232314 said:Seriously? Swap your OH, that is an amazing feat
I expect there was at least a whole days work there, if not 2. We never saw so many again as she wiped out the hare poluation on the farm. They are now making a comeback thank goodness.
Can't wait to see your new puppy pics PE!
Clodagh
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To add... she didn't give the hares a decent start, she put her head down and quartered the stubble like a spaniel, always from the right end for the wind direction, clever to watch and she did have amazing stamina but she wasn't Superlurch!
baileymoo
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I have a feathered saluki dog, he's very tall altho I haven't measured him. I didn't have any experience of the breed before I got one and it did shock the hell out of me. I've never known a puppy so destructive and hell bent on ripping the house to shreds. He is an opportunist, will steal any food not 7ft out of reach and doesn't even try and hide the fact. On walks I barely see him, he spends most his time hunting in woods and I would say he is fairly robust but if he stands on a stone he's lame for days. The crap that gets stuck in his ear and tail hair when he goes bush trekking is a nightmare and he cries like a child when I try to remove it. He is ignorant, constantly making noise, disobedient and has a huge separation anxiety.
However, he is the most beautiful creature, so noble and full of himself and i am stopped every time I am out by adoring fans. He is the softest dog I've ever met, they barely smell, he sleeps in my bed, he has never ever shown aggression of any form to anything, he loves kids, his antics are absolutely hilarious and he is literally always up for a cuddle. Yes he hunts, however he doesn't harm our cat and they love together in harmony. You do tend to have heart failure on walks when they bolt (if you can ever find anywhere big enough to let them off!) but I've learnt to relax and enjoy the countryside! They tend to pick a person, and of you are that one person you have a best friend for life. I always said never again however we have just got a greyhound/saluki pup as we are so in love with my saluki.
Can't post photos on my phone but will when I get home. I'd say go for it!
However, he is the most beautiful creature, so noble and full of himself and i am stopped every time I am out by adoring fans. He is the softest dog I've ever met, they barely smell, he sleeps in my bed, he has never ever shown aggression of any form to anything, he loves kids, his antics are absolutely hilarious and he is literally always up for a cuddle. Yes he hunts, however he doesn't harm our cat and they love together in harmony. You do tend to have heart failure on walks when they bolt (if you can ever find anywhere big enough to let them off!) but I've learnt to relax and enjoy the countryside! They tend to pick a person, and of you are that one person you have a best friend for life. I always said never again however we have just got a greyhound/saluki pup as we are so in love with my saluki.
Can't post photos on my phone but will when I get home. I'd say go for it!
Alec Swan
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It's that bumping form of canter isn't it? That controlled pace which is almost "collected" when the dog is sweeping all before it, and then as puss sets off, that release almost as an arrow, such a turn of foot, when within three strides, the dog's flat out. Such elegance, and such power, and all rolled in to one.
When a dog gets the hang of it, and without sufficient law, they can mop up hares to the point where carrying them can become a chore!
Alec.
cremedemonthe
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I have a saluki x whippet, no recall when younger at all, she has now though ONLY if there's nothing to distract her.
She is VERY playful to the point of being a thug with my other two dogs (boys).She rules the roost, not them.
She has the inherent “SALUKI DEATH STARE” which she dishes out and can stop either or both of the two boys in their tracks, even stopping them entering the same room as her!
Her prey drive is strong, there’s either “play mode or hunting” and nothing in between.
Endless amount of energy but equally can be a couch potato and not go out if the weather is bad, thin skinned and will need a coat.
When younger she had a foot/feet fetish and no sock, shoe, boot, slippers or sandals were safe. You’d frequently find your shoes or slippers in a heap in the middle of your bed like a statement, although what that was I don’t know, bored perhaps?
She thrives on raw meat and bones has no chemical wormers either.
She has Diatomaceous Earth and coconut oil in her diet everyday.
She came from a rescue that was shut down and owners put in prison for neglecting/abusing the inhabitants so we had a great deal of work to get her right, she was in a very poor state.
She broke her femur a few months after we got her, she now has a plate rod and pins in her leg but can still run like a rocket and out run whippets on the flat (distance)
So far only a greyhound has been able to overtake her.
Tendancy to have tongue sticking out when at rest which can be very funny to look at!
We would not be without her and I would have another one in an instant, now I know how to handle them and train them and what their weaknesses (selective hearing) are.
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She is VERY playful to the point of being a thug with my other two dogs (boys).She rules the roost, not them.
She has the inherent “SALUKI DEATH STARE” which she dishes out and can stop either or both of the two boys in their tracks, even stopping them entering the same room as her!
Her prey drive is strong, there’s either “play mode or hunting” and nothing in between.
Endless amount of energy but equally can be a couch potato and not go out if the weather is bad, thin skinned and will need a coat.
When younger she had a foot/feet fetish and no sock, shoe, boot, slippers or sandals were safe. You’d frequently find your shoes or slippers in a heap in the middle of your bed like a statement, although what that was I don’t know, bored perhaps?
She thrives on raw meat and bones has no chemical wormers either.
She has Diatomaceous Earth and coconut oil in her diet everyday.
She came from a rescue that was shut down and owners put in prison for neglecting/abusing the inhabitants so we had a great deal of work to get her right, she was in a very poor state.
She broke her femur a few months after we got her, she now has a plate rod and pins in her leg but can still run like a rocket and out run whippets on the flat (distance)
So far only a greyhound has been able to overtake her.
Tendancy to have tongue sticking out when at rest which can be very funny to look at!
We would not be without her and I would have another one in an instant, now I know how to handle them and train them and what their weaknesses (selective hearing) are.
Here she is:
NO ROOM ON SETTEE FOR US (note tip of tongue just starting to creep out)!
OR ON MY BED!
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minesadouble
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We recently lost our lurcher (at the grand old age of 15), he was out of a collie bitch by a Saluki x Deerhound dog. He was very highly strung, hyperactive, tended to be nervous aggressive when he perceived a threat and was a VERY destructive puppy!
However, he was a stunning looking dog, a total athlete with amazing jumping ability, brilliant recall, very loyal and protective of his family and was brilliant with my small children. No idea which breed his various personality traits came from but overall we feel privileged to have had him as part of our family for so many years.
Good Luck whatever you decide
However, he was a stunning looking dog, a total athlete with amazing jumping ability, brilliant recall, very loyal and protective of his family and was brilliant with my small children. No idea which breed his various personality traits came from but overall we feel privileged to have had him as part of our family for so many years.
Good Luck whatever you decide
Clodagh
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Cremedementhe what a stunning bitch, a lot like Sash but smoother haired. Sounds similar too!
Sash has never stolen anything from the table or worktops, anytihng lower is fair game. She usually steals and buries things, she isn't really very interested in food itself. When we have Pony Club Camp here she steals everything and hides it. This summer they had a fire alarm drill and the children left doughnuts out, she took 30 which we found hidden under the hedge!
Alec, watching her work is a privelige, her best pal was an old Harrier bitch we had here, together they were very bad news.
As she came from travellers she is well socialised with dogs and people.
My OH says (apologies for upsetting anyone)
'You can take the dog out of the ***** camp but you can't take the ***** out of the dog.'
Ah well it won't upset you all as is starred out but is similar to crikey!
Sash has never stolen anything from the table or worktops, anytihng lower is fair game. She usually steals and buries things, she isn't really very interested in food itself. When we have Pony Club Camp here she steals everything and hides it. This summer they had a fire alarm drill and the children left doughnuts out, she took 30 which we found hidden under the hedge!
Alec, watching her work is a privelige, her best pal was an old Harrier bitch we had here, together they were very bad news.
As she came from travellers she is well socialised with dogs and people.
My OH says (apologies for upsetting anyone)
'You can take the dog out of the ***** camp but you can't take the ***** out of the dog.'
Ah well it won't upset you all as is starred out but is similar to crikey!
twiggy2
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my lurcher bitch is a terrible thief, but she eats it all not just hides it.
It is awe inspiring to watch a lurcher run and to work too, mine was a demon when it came to hares (she did her cruciate and she has taken time to adjust but is coming back to form)-she always finds them even though I try to avoid walking where I know they are, she is a far better ratter than both my terrier and German hunting dog put together, she is a nightmare with cats BUT has NO hunt/kill instinct with ferrets (not trained by us just a natural thing for her) the odd thing is that if there is a stoat or weasel amongst rabbits (lots round here) she bypasses the rabbits to kill the stoats and weasels.
She has been really hard work in many respects but has always had a reliable recall, is great with people and other dogs she is also very devoted to me and in many ways a one person dog.
Edited to add mine has no saluki in her but the chap that bred her wont keep anything without a recall and wont entertain saluki crosses as they are seen to be aloof and self hunting by many working lurcher men although their stamina is sought after by many
It is awe inspiring to watch a lurcher run and to work too, mine was a demon when it came to hares (she did her cruciate and she has taken time to adjust but is coming back to form)-she always finds them even though I try to avoid walking where I know they are, she is a far better ratter than both my terrier and German hunting dog put together, she is a nightmare with cats BUT has NO hunt/kill instinct with ferrets (not trained by us just a natural thing for her) the odd thing is that if there is a stoat or weasel amongst rabbits (lots round here) she bypasses the rabbits to kill the stoats and weasels.
She has been really hard work in many respects but has always had a reliable recall, is great with people and other dogs she is also very devoted to me and in many ways a one person dog.
Edited to add mine has no saluki in her but the chap that bred her wont keep anything without a recall and wont entertain saluki crosses as they are seen to be aloof and self hunting by many working lurcher men although their stamina is sought after by many
cremedemonthe
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Thanks, you have reminded me, mine's a thief too, think all Lurchers are to be honest as my previous Lurcher (whippet x jrt) was also an adept thief.
The current one, Daisy, was abandoned on a travelers camp to fend for herself and was nervous of men when we got her.
One particular incident of thieving that sticks in my mind is, we were trying to sell our house, it was clean,tidy and presentable. As presentable as you can get with 3 dogs in the house.
My friend had been fishing and gave us a 9lb trout, I'd gutted it and had taken the head off and anyone who has dealt with large cold dead fish knows how slippery they are.
I picked the head up which promptly flew out of my hand and bounced across the kitchen floor straight into the gob of Daisy who had been standing patiently watching my every move.
She ran off out in to the garden and chewed it up, several minutes later she appeared with no fish head, I thought she'd eaten it all.
About 2 weeks later (this is in June when it's hot) we had yet another viewing of the house by a possible prospective buyer.
I took them out in the garden followed by Daisy, as I was showing them the lovely garden pond and the flowers, Daisy was off round the back of the pond and started digging.
I pretended to ignore it as you do.
A minute later she re appeared carrying the most rotten, smelly, blackened fish head and promptly ate it completely right in front of the people viewing the house, they left and we never did hear anything else from them.
She likes her food "seasoned"
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moppett
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Baileymoo this post could almost have been written by me with my Ibizan hounds! they both have a tendency to head off after something (deer, hares, rabbits) but not seem to be clever enough to catch me up or find me again on a walk! But for all the downsides there are as many upsides!
lme
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We've had 3 salukis and I love them. Our current saluki, the runt of a litter of show champions, has been with us for 10 years. He failed his puppy training course, never quite got the hang of recall or house training but suits us perfectly as he fits in with our fairly unstructured lifestyle.
Salukis are not like other dogs. They are difficult to train, independent minded, love to chase. bond very closely to 'their' humans and prefer to sleep on a soft sofa (or next to a human). I don't find them difficult but the reason I like them is that they are not like other dogs. In many ways, owning a saluki is more like owning a cat than a typical dog.
Our current saluki rarely goes for walks (he is happy snoozing on the sofa with the occasional gallop around the garden) and only ever goes out on the lead. If he were off the lead and he saw something to chase, he would just take off and get into trouble. He views any food within reach as fair game and has even been known to snatch a sandwich from someone's hand. He is incredibly affectionate, loves to be with people and brilliant with children.
Salukis are not like other dogs. They are difficult to train, independent minded, love to chase. bond very closely to 'their' humans and prefer to sleep on a soft sofa (or next to a human). I don't find them difficult but the reason I like them is that they are not like other dogs. In many ways, owning a saluki is more like owning a cat than a typical dog.
Our current saluki rarely goes for walks (he is happy snoozing on the sofa with the occasional gallop around the garden) and only ever goes out on the lead. If he were off the lead and he saw something to chase, he would just take off and get into trouble. He views any food within reach as fair game and has even been known to snatch a sandwich from someone's hand. He is incredibly affectionate, loves to be with people and brilliant with children.
PolarSkye
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This made me both LOL and nod with recognition . . . our previous lurcher Tilly (staffy/whippet) was an unrepentant thief - could spring onto the kitchen counter from a standstill and would help herself to anything she could find, her snack of choice being a whole block of butter. More than once she found "seasoned" cadavers while out walking . . . the most memorable being a deer carcass in which she had a really good roll and then helped herself to the smorgasbord of putrifying entrails, etc. She had REALLY bad diarrhea for about a week after that
.Tilly was very definitely a one-person dog - she attached herself to my youngest daughter Julia - had NO recall once she was on the chase and, as someone else has described, once the chase was over would have run so far (probably after multiple prey) that she would be disoriented/get lost and it might take her hours to find us again. We stopped walking her off lead in all but the most secure places after we lost her for three hours one day. She could take birds out of the air (usually fledglings trying out their wings in our garden, but still) and more than once came back to me with a mask of bright red blood around her face having caught a small furry (rabbit, squirrel) out in the woods.
I wouldn't have said she was aloof at the time . . . but she most definitely had an air of independence about her - liked to do her own thing and was very, very difficult to train . . . but she loved her creature comforts and could always be found either on the sofa (preferably on a human's feet), next to a radiator (squished right up against it), in a patch of sunshine or in her crate on a pile of blankets.
Oh, and she once swiped a piece of pizza clean out of a visiting child's hand . . . without a flicker of guilt or shame.
I haven't seen the lad who owns the little pup since NYE, but will approach him when he's next there. The pup seems quite quiet at the minute and is the most submissive of the three living in their little "den" - the other two are jrt crosses and are both older and more boisterous - they keep knocking her over in their exuberance.
Watch this space
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cremedemonthe
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This made me both LOL and nod with recognition . . . our previous lurcher Tilly (staffy/whippet) was an unrepentant thief - could spring onto the kitchen counter from a standstill and would help herself to anything she could find, her snack of choice being a whole block of butter. More than once she found "seasoned" cadavers while out walking . . . the most memorable being a deer carcass in which she had a really good roll and then helped herself to the smorgasbord of putrifying entrails, etc. She had REALLY bad diarrhea for about a week after that
Tilly was very definitely a one-person dog - she attached herself to my youngest daughter Julia - had NO recall once she was on the chase and, as someone else has described, once the chase was over would have run so far (probably after multiple prey) that she would be disoriented/get lost and it might take her hours to find us again. We stopped walking her off lead in all but the most secure places after we lost her for three hours one day. She could take birds out of the air (usually fledglings trying out their wings in our garden, but still) and more than once came back to me with a mask of bright red blood around her face having caught a small furry (rabbit, squirrel) out in the woods.
I wouldn't have said she was aloof at the time . . . but she most definitely had an air of independence about her - liked to do her own thing and was very, very difficult to train . . . but she loved her creature comforts and could always be found either on the sofa (preferably on a human's feet), next to a radiator (squished right up against it), in a patch of sunshine or in her crate on a pile of blankets.
Oh, and she once swiped a piece of pizza clean out of a visiting child's hand . . . without a flicker of guilt or shame.
I haven't seen the lad who owns the little pup since NYE, but will approach him when he's next there. The pup seems quite quiet at the minute and is the most submissive of the three living in their little "den" - the other two are jrt crosses and are both older and more boisterous - they keep knocking her over in their exuberance.
Watch this space
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lol, yes this sums up sight hounds and especially Saluki crosses perfectly!
Cluny
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Lovely to see a thread about Salukis (and crosses). I've had a few saluki lurchers over the years, all rescues, and all quirky in their own way! I now have a saluki x sloughi rescue Lurcher who is very firmly bonded with me but is pretty straightforward as long as managed correctly and I also have a pure bred saluki, who we bought direct from his breeder, who was extremely careful with the bloodlines she chose and the rearing of the pups.
Our boy is a sweetheart but extremely sensitive, he doesn't like change and hates going in the car, on the other hand is fantastic with my two toddlers, very affectionate and a joy to watch running and jumps lie a stag.
Salukis (and quite a few crosses) are definitely not beginners dogs and are definitely an acquired taste, but I wouldn't be without mine.
Our boy is a sweetheart but extremely sensitive, he doesn't like change and hates going in the car, on the other hand is fantastic with my two toddlers, very affectionate and a joy to watch running and jumps lie a stag.
Salukis (and quite a few crosses) are definitely not beginners dogs and are definitely an acquired taste, but I wouldn't be without mine.
cremedemonthe
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PolarSkye
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JosieB
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always lots on dragon driving pups on there atm
twiggy2
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I thought all saluki' had feathering