Here are the Salukis I live with :)

My Western bred bitch Asheerah:



Farha, Bedouin bred in the Negev desert and dam of my H-litter:



Muhafhaf, son of Bahraini imports:



Lublub from Qatar, dam of my N-litter and hopefully pregnant as we speak:



Basma from Syria, dam of my T-litter:



Khattaf from Syria, who hopefully will sire a litter with Lublub this summer:



Nujaima, bred by myself, daughter of Lublub and Israeli import Rafiq who is co-owned by me:



Tayra, bred by me, daughter of Basma and another Syrian import, Barak:

:jawdrop: They are stunning hounds, I love the Nujaima and Tayra colour/markings. I wish I had the funds to bring in some COO bred Saluki/Tazi's, not That I am in anyway unhappy with my UK coursing bred Salukis but some good strong COO blood is sadly needed here my own Saluki's all closely bred.

Thanks, they're my pride and joy :)

Here are pics of Nujaima's sire Rafiq, whom I co-own with friends that he lives with. He's from Israel. In addition to being the sire of my N-litter, he just sired the first COO x Western litter ever bred in Finland. These pups, bred by kennel Larelinan, are a week old :)





Here is Safi, Israeli import, owned by friends and the sire of my H-litter:



And this is Susi Muehlemann's Syrian import Barak, who lives in Switzerland and is the sire of my T-litter - 10½ years old in the pictures:

Some pics of the parents of my COO Salukis :)

Farha's parents in the Negev desert:





Muhafhaf's Bahraini import mom, who lives in France (unfortunately I have no pics of the sire):

Lublub's parents obtained from Saudi Bedouins and now living in the US:






I have no pics of Basma's parents unfortunately, but this pic I took in Syria is possibly of her sister:



Khattaf's parents in Syria:

Rafiq's parents in the Negev desert:





And one more pic of Lublub's sire when he was still in Saudi Arabia:

All wonderful hounds and such diversity of type. I often wonder which area produce the best all round hunting saluki's on the whole. For me feet is one of the most important thing as it tends to be damaged toes that brings about the end of Sighthounds hunting days, it is the Salukis ability to run over rough terrain without injury and of their stamina that first attracted me to them. I wonder if the Salukis from very sandy areas ,Saudi perhaps? Lack the strength that those salukis which run over rubble strewn plains like in T Clarks video's must have.

Having Saluki's from different areas what are your experiences with regards to feet and gaits etc linked to terrian?

I've found no difference, neither Syrian nor Saudi feet have had any trouble running in our terrain, which is dense forrest, fields and rocky slopes. All seem to work fine and without injury.

In Syria I saw different kinds of feet - some tight with arched toes, others quite flat and not quite so tight. Since all were working hunters and on the same terrain, it seems both work okay.

By the way, when we were in Syria, rich Saudis were buying up good hunting hounds to bring back to Saudi - among those hounds were Khattaf's parents.

Farha and my Western bitch Asheerah:

Gotta introduce the latest addition to my pack: Qashani Shadid al-Sham, bred by me this summer. His sire is Khattaf and is dam Lublub. I got 5 males and one bitch - 3 smooth pups, 3 feathered.

Shadid at 6 months:







I placed his sister Qashani Shasara al-Sham on breeding terms wth a friend. Shasara's nickname is Ilo:

Gotta show you the rest of the litter

Shahin, called Valo:



Sirhan, called Papu:



Saroukh, called Sasu:



Sukham, called Heetti:

I simmply love that little white.

And his look of eye hohoho...

you have some nice Salukis with lots off carma.

Stevo.

Thanks :)

Wonderful photos - any updates?


As a newcomer to the site its brilliant way of spending a wet morning looking at photos of all your hounds.(with my two stretched out on my lap dreaming of running)

Thanks all!

stunning pics ;)

WHANT ONE! :jawdrop:

Is that henna on the dogs feet in the photo? I have seen it mentioned in my travels that they use henna on the feet of the dogs by way of protection from the heat of the sands?

Sorry not to have replied sooner, I've been offline for a while :)

Yes, that's henna on the feet and tail, used both to protect/harden the feet and for decoration.

I have some new pics, will post in a sec :)

My Tayra is nearly 2 years old by now:





Shadid will be 1 year old next month:





Shadid's sister Shasara aka Ilo:



Their brother Saroukh aka Sasu:



Another brother, Shahin aka Valo:





Yet another brother, Sirhan aka Papu:



No new pics of the 5th boy Sukham aka Heetti.

Some more pics of my Salukis...

Basma:



Nujaima:





Khattaf:





Shadid and his sire Khattaf:

Wow that is an impressive pack!!
Would love to see more pictures of Valo?

Thanks :) Valo doesn't live with me, but as soon as his owner sends new pics, I'll post them. And I'll see him in a month or so which will be fun, I haven't seen him since I visited them when he was 8 months old. He's beautiful animal with a fun personality - he loves everyone :)

To clarify, Valo, Heetti, Papu, Ilo, Sasu and Shadid make up my Qashani S-litter (Khattaf x Lublub). Of those only Shadid lives with me. I co-own Ilo with a friend of mine whom he lives with, and I've sold the others to good people on breeding terms, so that I can choose from the lot if and when I breed on from this litter :)

I love the pictures of Nujaima: beautiful. But then again they all are.....