Catherine the Great and the 30 maidens
Most probably a “fairy tail”. Chaterine The Great was not known for loving borzoi! You can read more about her here: Chaterine
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Biography & personal stories
The Borzoi in Western Europe (Part 4)
Part IV [Conclusion] By Ursula-Vera Trueb, Malleray [Switzerland] Translated from “Der Windhundfreund”#131, February 1983 by Jean Vandongen [Editor’s Note: This is the conclusion of the article which describes development of the Borzoi breed in Europe through major kennels and their influence. The integrity of this article has been kept as true as possible, including sentence
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The Borzoi In Western Europe (Part 3)
Part III Link to Part 4 By Ursula-Vera Trueb, Malleray [Switzerland] Translated from “Der Windhundfreund”#131, February 1983 by Jean Vandongen [Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of the article which explains the development of the Borzoi breed in Europe through major kennels and their influence. The integrity of this article has been kept as true
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The Borzoi In Western Europe (Part 2)
The Borzoi In Western Europe Part II Link to Part 3 By Ursula-Vera Trueb, Malleray [Switzerland] Translated from “Der Windhundfreund”#131, February 1983 by Jean Vandongen In 1909, another line was added to all the fine imports into Germany that in the beginning was hardly noticed, yet it was destined to give the entire breeding of
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The Borzoi In Western Europe (Part 1)
The Borzoi In Western Europe Part I Link to Part 2 By Ursula-Vera Trueb, Malleray [Switzerland] Translated from “Der Windhundfreund”#131, February 1983 by Jean Vandongen Germany, The Netherlands, England and France were the first countries of Western Europe to be interested in the Borzoi. Now and then, a few representatives of the breed had found
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Kennel “Van de Sabatchnaja Izba”
By Jo Heller Translated from “Der Windhundfreund” by Jean Vandongen, August 1976 When I was still living in England I had already heard about Mr. H. van Erp in Holland and his ‘real Russians’. The name Van de Sabatchnaja Izba is known all over the continent. Now, as I live in Holland, when I get
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D.M. Dudley’s Ukrainia Borzoi
By Sue E.A. Vasick [originally published in the Spring, 1992 issue of Borzoi International magazine] All Rights Reserved. In England, Dorothy Dudley’s interest in Borzoi began in the 1930’s and continued to her demise at a ripe old age. Her first Borzoi were bitches, these being Iza, Zwogezdi and Zwogezdi’s dam, Icy Lass. Zwogezdi
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Interview with Reg Bassett of Colhugh Kls.
The Borzoi Quarterly Talks with Reg A Bassett, COLHUGH BORZOI A collection of Colhugh borzoi (link to more photos) This inteview was conducted in the home of Mr Reg A Bassett on July 25 1984 by O W Roamer-Horn How and when did you get started in dogs? I didn’t start in dogs, I was born
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Interview with Jo Heller
Interview for the French Borzoi Club by Jean-Luc Tournier with; Jo Heller of VORENOFF Borzoi Kennels. –Do you remember the first time you saw a Borzoi? Oh, yes, of course. When I came home from school in one day, a car with a removable hood, overtook me. In the back seat was a lady with a
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Jo Heller at the IBC conference in Macon
Jo Heller about the conference in Macon The fourth conference of the International Borzoi Council was held this time in Macon, France in the famous and beautiful wine region on October 12 and 13, 1989. It was the first time for me and I’m glad I went. The previous conferences were held in Sweden 1981,
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