tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post2937250881141576800..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: They knew it then...Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-41083125921158835222011-08-07T20:35:37.369-07:002011-08-07T20:35:37.369-07:00"Great variation in type due to wide geograph..."Great variation in type due to wide geographical area of origin. There are both feathered and smooth varieties."<br /><br />They enshrined it in the standard.<br /><br />Florence Amherst apparently did not consider dogs from India and the Steppes of Siberia to be Salukis. She called them Khirgiz Greyhounds and thought they shouldn't be bred into the Persian Greyhound. Judge for yourself:<br /><br />http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zz39lIHAfQA/TKfpIGAYwNI/AAAAAAAAD0o/hhfRXa7fLXw/s1600/Salukispratts.png<br /><br />If you read old accounts by British soldiers and travelogues, you will often find that Salukis and Afghans were lumped together under 'Persian Greyhound.'<br /><br />I have been collecting old photos of Salukis lately and there is a wide variety of type from compact little dogs low on leg to very tall leggy looking dogs. People are very, very selective in their perceptions. Very entertaining from an outsider point of view. Of course, a great deal of the 'it's not a Saluki' has to do with the people who own the dogs, and not the dogs themselves.Jesshttp://desertwindhounds.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-16876014777289257022011-08-07T16:39:48.498-07:002011-08-07T16:39:48.498-07:00A lot of the early books really illustrate how peo...A lot of the early books really illustrate how people changed in the way they view dogs from types to individualistic breeds.Davehttp://littleheelers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com