Danielle Laurent-Faure has supplied this excellent article. Opposite: somewhat caricatural portrait of the Grand Duke Nicolas Nicolaïevich. The caption in Russian is as follows: “His Imperial Highness the Grand Prince Nicolas Nicolaïevich, on one of his hunting horses at Perchino, during a wolf test (sadki) to test the borzois in the capture of the beast. […]
Excerpts from a story “Small memories of a borziatnik” by V.F. Péléchevski, published in the “Hunting Magazine” in January 1876. The name and first name of the General cited in the story are not specified, but it is almost certainly that of the famous Borzoi breeder, General Alexander Vasilievich Jikharev (1790-1881) (Zhikharev) who lived in the village of
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“Chris Amoo writes “two great dog people, Ahmed Husain and Reg Bassett” and that looks like Camiknickers to me.” I think the statement should be updated to “three great dog people”. From the left the photograph features Chris Amoo very successful in both Afghans and more recently Irish Wolfhounds and a member of The Real
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As is known, Count Mengden was one of the few Russian breeders of Borzois, who, after the revolution, emigrated to France and continued to engage in dog breeding there. He has repeatedly judged at exhibitions. An interesting proof for Count Mengdens great interest in Borzois, during his time in France, is illustrated with the photo
Count Dmitry G. Mengden, a show report from Brussels / by Andrus Kozlov Read More »
Marie, Queen of Romania Granddaughter of Queen Victoria (UK) and Prince Albert. Known as “Missy” she was the eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (UK) and married to Ferdinand, King of Romania. Her Mother, Marie, was a Princess of England but born a Grand Duchess of
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Tarek was not only a passionate hunter and breeder of Borzois, he also trained animals for Russian Cirkus and acted in several Russian movies. He was a most interesting man. I wont forget my meeting with him in Moscow 1982. ( I was driven around Moscow in an old Volga car by him and his
Tarek Gabidzashvili- a great man. Read More »
It´s part of the deal that, as a judge on a Borzoi-Special, you are expected to sum up your impressions and the decisions you make during the assessment. afterwards. This year I was invited to judge BorzoiRingen Västra’s Tånga Hed show, which I happily accepted. I will come back to that. Having reached the years
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“LIFE WITH BORZOIS” Margaret Manning of Manitias Kennels I have had dogs and horses all my life and have always been interested in all animals. The first Borzois I saw was well over 40 years ago. Mr. Ernest Guy arriving at Tiverton Railway station with his Borzois going to the Tiverton Agricultural Show in Devon.
Louis Dobbelmann (1837-1901) was the owner of a tobacco factory. Even before buying his first borzois, Dobbelmann kept the Eldee kennel, where he had various breeds of dogs (St. Bernards, pugs, spaniels, mastiffs), but his Great Danes were especially famous. In 1892, Dobbelman exhibited borzois: a male named Malakoff, born in 1891 (Nagrazhdai I Nemirovsky
Louis Dobbelmann, a pioneer in Borzois. Andrus Kozlov material Read More »
