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| Saluqihounds | Jan 9 2010, 06:18 PM Post #31 |
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It sounds like she has been left to fend for herself when with the Gypsies once she is regularly well feed I'm sure she will stop eating her catches. My first lurcher was like this when first got him but he soon stopped doing it. I hope it all goes well and you get her home to your farm, I'll look forward to seeing the photos. Is it only Hare they hunt? What are your thoughts on whether the mountain type Afghan Hounds/Tazi could kill leopards? Regards Mark |
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| Emirah | Jan 17 2010, 10:17 AM Post #32 |
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Yes, I also thought improper feeding was likely t be the cause. She arrived homelast week, infested with just about everything. After a thorough bath (her first ever), I had to cut off the dreadlocks that could not be combed or brushed through. There was alsoan infection in her left ear leather which was swollen with fluid. After vaccinatation etc, the vet recommended an antibiotic cream which seems to be working, the fluid is almost gone now. The ear feathers were cut off to facilitate treatment. She is better. Have a look at these pics and let me know what kind of dog you think she is. She measures square, & is 21.5 inches at the shoulder. According to the gypsies she was born in May 2009. Best, Ali.
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| Emirah | Jan 17 2010, 10:39 AM Post #33 |
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Sorry, forgot your comment on hunting leopards. I have read that's what the Afghans were bred to do, but leopard is now so rare in Baluchistan that its highly unlikely it would be hunted with hounds as in the past. There are leopards in the Himalyan foothills & mountains. In the summer we went up to Changla Gali (almost 9,000 ft) to stay at a friend's holiday home. It was out of this world beautiful. Lots of monkeys; we heard about long term residents keeping their pet dogs indoors at night because the occaisional leopard (who've have adapted to prey on monkeys,) will also take pet or feral dogs, being easier prey. Back in the late 1980's a friend in Karachi received an orphaned cub whose mother was killed by hunters near Karachi in the Baluch hills. I used to g over to play with the cub. We had raised funds through corporate sponsorship to raise & reintroduce the cub back into the wild in the Kirthar Park where Ibex etc is plentiful. My friend had successfully done this in Nepal. Sadly the cub suddenly died of parvo. She was a lot of fun to play with though :-) Most likely prey for these dogs is hare or ibex, deer, urial, etc. But mostly hare. |
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| Saluqihounds | Jan 17 2010, 02:00 PM Post #34 |
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Wow Ali she is wonderful, though I am certain she will look a lot better in time once she has had the full benefit of your care!! I think she is what we here in the west would call an Afghan Hound but without any of of the exaggerated coat or refinements now found in the show dogs here, I wonder whether you could acquire a male of this type? Did you take any photo's of her before you trimmed the mats off? It would of great interest to see how long/much coat she naturally had. Very little is known (here in the west anyway) about how many of these type dogs are still in the mountain what with all the troubles in Afghanistan. Thank you for sharing these photos and information, please keep the photo's and reports of her progress coming. Do you have ideas about how they might of hunted and dispatched leopards in the past, I am interesting in separating reality from myth as there seems to a lot of highly implausible stories of single hounds taken on and kill leopards. That was a shame that the cub died it would of been great had you of been able to reintroduce her to the wild, good that there are such parks and truly wild places where leopards can live free from conflict with people. Kind Regards Mark |
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| Emirah | Jul 29 2010, 09:11 PM Post #35 |
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Mark, here are some recent pics of Sonya.
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| Emirah | Jul 29 2010, 09:20 PM Post #36 |
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And another. i couldn't figure out a way of adding three pics :dumb: Back in February the hair on her left ear had to be trimmed to treat a topical infection. Its taking a long time to grow back; it will probably grow faste when the weather cools toward the end of the year. But the rest of her hair seems to be fine. Compare these pics against the earlier ones posted above. Best regards Ali
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| Saluqihounds | Jul 29 2010, 09:48 PM Post #37 |
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What a transformation!! She looks great even with one ear longer than the other, like you say come winter the ear hair will probably grow better. I'm hoping that my Nura will develop a fuzzy winter coat like she had when she was in the US. Sonya would ideal for my hunting here due to her size and coat. I'd love to see hounds of this type find there way to the west to show people what the real Afghan/Baluchi Tazi look like compare to the modern western show freaks. Best Regards Mark |
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| DeviodOvTalent | Yesterday, 3:57 AM Post #38 |
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She's gotten quite fuzzy! Has she had a heat since you got her? |
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| Emirah | Today, 6:46 AM Post #39 |
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Funny you ask. The pics were taken about 3 weeks ago; right now she's about to start the third week of her first heat. Do you mean the coat is connected to heat/maturity ? It probably is, as well as climate. She's bound to put on more hair as the weather cools into winter later this year - however mild it may be in Karachi. I've been trying to post pics of a fabulous little Afghan girl I saw in Quetta earlier this wee, have been frustrated by errors. Will keep trying .... Her owner is a Pashtun who runs an auto repair garage and is a mad keen hunter. Unfortuantley he intends top cross breed her with Greyhound mixes to produce a cocktail hound. But he confirmed to me that her type of Afghans are being bred in Pakistani Baluchistan so there is hope for these aboriginal breeds. He offered to obtain a pair of pups for me but if I returned home with TWO MORE dogs my wife would have killed me :boxing: Wait for the pics - she is called Pari which means fairy. Appropriate, she is just beautiful. Best regards Ali |
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| DeviodOvTalent | 45 minutes ago Post #40 |
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Even my very domestic Western Afghans lose a great deal of coat after a season. It'll be interesting to see how much coat she loses. She had little bit of longer coat on the stifles when you got her, I'm interested to see how long the coat will get. Westernized Afghans have a coat that never stops growing, very impractical. I am really looking forward to seeing pictures of Pari! I wish I were wealthy, you could just pop those pups onto a plane right to me! |
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