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Procedure for testing hunting borzois

By courtesi of  Olga Zilberman Pictures from: Архив Кудрявцевой Н.Г. PREPARED All-Union Canine Council of Agriculture of the USSR  APPROVED Order of the General Directorate of Nature Reserves and Hunting of the USSR Number 25 on July 26…

Pyenot Borzoi kennel, a short film

Queen Alexandra’s pets

Having been granted rare access to see Queen Alexandra’s pets, including Her Royal Highnesses’ beloved Borzoi Alix, at the Sandringham estate Sarah A. Tooley published the following article in 1901. I I am publishing these articles in The Borzoi Encyc…

Rasswet Borzoi kennel (1924-1959)

So recently (1959) the Flag bearer for the German Borzoi breeders, the “Rasswet” kennel owned by Robert and Grete Kerler, Memmingen is ended. Until after the Second World War, “Rasswet” was the oldest active borzoi kennel in Germany. Unfortunately, th…

Rasswet’s Jo

Rasswet’s Jo was just one bitch in a line of quality Borzoi to come out of the important Rasswet kennel in Germany. Like so many from this kennel, she was a deep red sable with white trim in color, whelped April 7, 1929. She was bred by R. Kerler and…

Regina Maria of Romania

             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 Pri…

Remarks on the borzoi awards in Kassel by General Georgi K von Meyer

When, at the request of Dr. A. Wegener, I took over the judging of borzoi (Russian sighthounds) at the exhibition in Kassel, I was most anxious to see how the type and conformation of our Russian borzoi bred in Germany had progressed and how our beaut…

Report from Skokloster 1988 with a Video

Robin Searle of Francehill

Robin Searle with Minder, a very naughty Smooth Fox Terrier Helen Davenport of OUR DOGS talks to Robin Searle Robin, If it is not too rude a question, How old are you? I was 66 y…

Rudolf Fedorovich Frenz

Catherine Estes has given us this beautiful article about one of the most famous and skilled painters of hunting scenes in the old Russia. Born to a modest German shopkeeper and his wife in Berlin, Rudolf Fedorovich Frenz entered this world on October…

Ryazan

THE HISTORY OF RYAZAN BORZOIS The Ryazan homepage My introduction to the breed came in 1965, when I was still at school and hoping to become a veterinary surgeon. I arranged some work experience at a local veterinary practice and it turned out that th…

Sabaneev on borzoi

Book by Leonid Sabaneev Extremely peculiar breed of dogs, undoubtedly bred by Russian hunters, as one of the most beautiful dogs, had no equal in speed at short distances. All this obliges us to trace in detail the history of hunting with greyhounds i…