Now she has been to Kyrgizstan and the shores of lake Issyk- Kul, where she shot this portfolio of the Kyrgiz herders and their hounds. I am delighted to see that they have not standardized and still retain their physical diversity, from near- tazis to "aboriginal Afghans".
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SUPERB photos! Request for a future post--one regarding the Chinese version of this "landrace" of dogs, with the distinct roman noses......L. B.
All I have are by Sir Terence Clark. When he gets back to England maybe I can put you in touch
....or have him do a "guest post"!.....L.B.
In its markings and its mid-gait posture, the last photo reminds me of an English setter. Any thoughts on whether there are sight-hounds in the setter's breeding history?
BirdsPa--I have never read anything specifically regarding sighthound ancestry in setters, but that is something I have thought seemed likely as well. I have been around many setters(English and Irish) that reminded me VERY MUCH of sighthounds in their temperament and mannerisms, and SPECIFICALLY were akin to SALUKI-like dogs. Certainly possible, but despite lots of reading on the subject, I've yet to find anything definitive supporting that. And it could just be one of those breeding/selection "coincidences".....L.B.
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