| Frank X. Morris |
04-01-2008 10:13 PM |
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Originally Posted by Botnst
(Post 1810429)
Frank, back in the early 1980's I worked in the high desert, east slope of the Andes in Argentina (south of Malargue). I may have mentioned this to you previously, if not I should have.
Anyway, a herder who lived near where we were encamped had large dogs with a conformation like yours on your webpage. They were hip tall on me -- say about 3 ft or so. The herder used them to manage his goats I guess, but also to hunt rheas -- a large land bird that runs extremely fast (we chased a flock cross-country in a Toyota 4x4 pickup at probably 30 or 40 mph -- hard to tell when your head is banging on the roof). I understand that the dogs hunted in a small pack - 4-5 animals. Though I never got to see them hunt, I did eat the rhea!
At the time I thought they were a cross between an afghan and a greyhound. Think it was your boys?
B
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Howdy Bot,
I don't think it would be a Saluki, at least a pure-bred. Some kind of cross. It could just be a long legged dog that is specific to that area that they have been breeding for a long time which gives them enough animals to keep a breeding stock so they breed true to type (which makes it a breed. You just need a name) When you say "hip high" do you mean the head or their shoulder came to your hip? Salukis usually are between 23-27" at their shoulder. Although I had one that was close to 29". There is the chance that they could be coated Peruvian Inca Orchid, a sighthound from Peru. They can get up to 23" at the shoulder. The hairless PIO is what most people are familar with but these dogs can't go outside for very long because they sunburn. |
