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can you tell me anything else about the breed as you have been involved with them? do you think they can be trained outside?
Rachel

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We've owned 3 now and they are extremely cat-like and like Basenjis, I find they have retained their primal basic instincts so training them can be difficult as they are very independent. I've met many Salukis in pet homes but I've only known one breeder who has ever achieved formal obedience training - and they were smooths so maybe the smooths are more intellingent than the feathered! :- "

Peaches causes us no problems. She's deaf to us telling her to get off the furniture so we've given up. She only likes 2 particular chairs anyway so there's others spare for us.

We are mainly a whippet household, :thumbsup: but there's nothing more beautiful than watching a Saluki at lure coursing. Whilst we love watching the whippets run, Salukis are breathtaking and much smoother than a whippet.

However, I don't believe they are a breed for everyone. I find Whippets easier and more adaptable and suitable for all families whereas I find Salukis extremely sensitive, independent and somewhat stubborn, picky eaters and once there's something to chase, they're deaf to you calling them back. Also, I find they don't want to please you as much as whippets do.

Also, if you have a kennel of them, they 'sing'. My girlfriends Salukis break into song usually early morning and dusk. 20 Salukis heads up howling can be frustrating and noisy if you live nearby. Apart from that, they're particularly quiet.

But that's just my observation of the breed and other owners may have a different perspective.

Have fun with her.

Cheers

 

[oakmoorehill]

My friend does free run hers but she tends to do it were she knows they are secure. Luckily she has a friend that has a farm and the dogs can run and run through fields but can't get out .She just follows on behind as she knows they can't get out at the end.

A couple of years ago she was knocked of a motorbike and broke her knee she was in plaster from the top of here leg to her ankle and was in a wheel chair. The girls were only youngsters and she wanted them to continue in the ring but being salukis it was a problem as they don't take to strangers. Fortunately the girls took to Ben and he started showng them qualifying both for Crufts .People were amazed that they took to being shown by a child. At one time after she had her plaster of we were at ringcraft Ben hadn't gone he stayed at home to watch an England match with his dad and Qasa just kept looking for him and wouldn't do anything for her owner.

Qasa now has pups and my friend is keeping another bitch Sage and she has again asked Ben to help her to show them

 

[whippetgood]

can you tell me anything else about the breed as you have been involved with them? do you think they can be trained outside?

Rachel

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We've owned 3 now and they are extremely cat-like and like Basenjis, I find they have retained their primal basic instincts so training them can be difficult as they are very independent. I've met many Salukis in pet homes but I've only known one breeder who has ever achieved formal obedience training - and they were smooths so maybe the smooths are more intellingent than the feathered! :- "

Peaches causes us no problems. She's deaf to us telling her to get off the furniture so we've given up. She only likes 2 particular chairs anyway so there's others spare for us.

We are mainly a whippet household, :thumbsup: but there's nothing more beautiful than watching a Saluki at lure coursing. Whilst we love watching the whippets run, Salukis are breathtaking and much smoother than a whippet.

However, I don't believe they are a breed for everyone. I find Whippets easier and more adaptable and suitable for all families whereas I find Salukis extremely sensitive, independent and somewhat stubborn, picky eaters and once there's something to chase, they're deaf to you calling them back. Also, I find they don't want to please you as much as whippets do.

Also, if you have a kennel of them, they 'sing'. My girlfriends Salukis break into song usually early morning and dusk. 20 Salukis heads up howling can be frustrating and noisy if you live nearby. Apart from that, they're particularly quiet.

But that's just my observation of the breed and other owners may have a different perspective.

Have fun with her.

Cheers

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Thanks for the insight :thumbsup: you know its funny you should mention singing as Suki is very vocal sometimes i think she really is talking!!!

20 SALUKIS SINGING!!!!! SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL THING ) ) )

 

[pollyanna]

Have found this thread really interesting, as we suspect that the rescue my friend next door (Bea) got in October, through a thread on this board, is part saluki, part whippet.

There are a lot of things about him that just don't fit with a whippet - he is much more aloof (though he loves his 'mum' and me and always tries to round us up so we are in the same room with him) and is a very fussy eater. We thought at first that some of the differences were because he is blind and also has suffered a lot of trauma - we don't know much history, but what the rescue peole told us was not pleasant.

Comparing his looks and his behaviour and reading about salukis, then seeing pictures of saluki/whppet crosses in the general dogs section, we are more and more convinced that is what he is. He has longish hair in the places where salukis have feathers and his legs are longer and feet different. Haven't got a really good picture to show, but if anyone can tell from the attached if they think he might be part saluki, it would explain a lot about his behaviour.

Whatever he is, we both love him to bits and it is a joy to see him with his deaf 'sister'. Lily who he loves and who loves him, and with my own two whippie girls who also get on with him so well.

Here he is

 

[whippetgood]

Oh he is a lovely boy bless him )

 

[pollyanna]

Oh he is a lovely boy bless him )

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Do you think he has saluki in him? He is about 13/14, blind and almost deaf!! :wub: We've had him almost 3 months now.

 

[kirsty]

She is lovely :wub: i never realised you could even get smooth coated salukis :- "

 

[whippetgood]

Oh he is a lovely boy bless him )

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Do you think he has saluki in him? He is about 13/14, blind and almost deaf!! :wub: We've had him almost 3 months now.

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Well if you look at the saluki im looking after he does look a litttle similar especially in his body so you never know but hes absolutely gorgeous and the fact that he is blind and almost deaf makes him a really special boy ) )

Whats his name?

Heres Suki there is definitely similarities

 

[pollyanna]

Oh he is a lovely boy bless him )

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Do you think he has saluki in him? He is about 13/14, blind and almost deaf!! :wub: We've had him almost 3 months now.

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Well if you look at the saluki im looking after he does look a litttle similar especially in his body so you never know but hes absolutely gorgeous and the fact that he is blind and almost deaf makes him a really special boy ) )

Whats his name?

View attachment 52023 Heres Suki there is definitely similarities

Yes, there are definite similarities and as he came through a rescue place we have no history. They called him Willow and we've kept the name (though he usually gets called Wills)but he doesnn't hear well enough to answer to it. His sight is virtually nil and his hearing is only for loud or high noises. He was so thin when we got him, but he eats fairly well now and has put on a lot of weight. He is still very fussy, but we keep tempting him and he usually doesn't go more than a day without eating something.

He and his 14 year old sister, Lily, are a beautiful pair! They go everywhere together and seem to look out for each other. Lily is completely deaf but can see better than Willow -and she is a bossy boots. She loves to clean his ears and his willy!! (w00t)

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