SOCIETY FOR THE PERPETUATION OF THE DESERT BRED SALUKIS NEWSLETTER vol. 12 #2

Winter 2004/2005OFFICERS- Warren Cook, Chairman Herb Wells, vice Chairman Ken Stahli, Treasurer Denise Cook, Secretary Elizabeth Dawsari, Registrar Directors Gerd Andersson Lois Kincaid

Monica Stoner Linda Fowler Carla Wykoff Gertrude Hinsch Jim Green Julia Holder Sir Terence Clark

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From the secretary- These is our new slate of officers as per the recent election. 101 ballots were mailed out. 63 were returned. 50 Yes, 5 No, 1 abstention, I with no return address and 6 undeliverable.

Eugenia Kissinger. On Jan. 21,2005 Eugenia Kissinger, Founder of the Society For the Perpetuation of the Desert Bred Saluki passed away. The SPDBS will be honoring the life and times of Eugenia in the spring issue of the Newsletter. Friends and associates are encouraged to submit articles and pictures to be included in this issue to editor. GWH

From the registrar- Spdbs generation three crn-registered salukis Ajuz HL Naduah B CRN 00393-000-3 Ajuz HL Tasura D CRN 0395-000-3 Ajuz HL Tsatua B CRN 0394-000-3 Ajuz Noconoa of Shalom D CRN –384-000-3 Ajuz TSH Toohkano D CRN 0389-000-3 Asaala ibn Sadeeki D CRN 0387-000-3 (deceased) Bishaara bint Sadeeki B CRN 0388-000-3

Chubasco Barracooda D CRN0415-002-3 Greendale Arrian D CRN0417-002-3 Greendale Ashan D CRN 0367-999-3 Greendale Esh B CRN 0377-999-3 Greendale Gachlilit b CRN 0369-999-3 Greendale Getz D CRN 0366-999-3 Greendale Krystia B CRN 0418-002-3 Greendale Lahav D CRN 0399-001-3 Greendale Timra B CRN 0368-999-3 Greendale Zik D CRN 0365-999-3 Hadeem ibn Sadeeki D CRN 0397-000-3 Kahayla bint Sadeeki B CRN 0382-000-3 Reema bint Sadeeki B CRN 0398-001-3 Sedeki Imani D CRN 0432-003-3 Shiraako ibn Sadeeki D CRN 383-000-3 (deceased) Tallahamra Carl jr O’hare D CRN 0390-000-3 Tallahamra Tara O’hare B CRN 0392-000-3 Tallhamra Tipraite O’hare D CRN 0391-000-3 Targui de Hamadan D CRN 04388-003-3 Tsh Callie’s Lily B CRN 0435-003-3 Tsh tok’s Pharlap D CRN 0434-003-3 Tsh Tok’s Wizzen by D CRN 0433-003-3 Tsh Wyvern’s Zev D CRN 0431-003-3 Yamadan’s Duhma Kanz B CRN- 0440-003-3 Yamadan’s min Mica B CRN 0443-003-3 Yamadan’s Tali Da’Raisiini Dafiinah B CRN 0439-003-3

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Desert lancer Comelightly D CRN 0360-997-3 Merlin Hawk D CRN 358 Obi-wan Jadziyah Comelightly B CRN 0359-997-3 TSH Eveninghawke of Abaqero B CRN 357 TSH Field N’Sea Kittyhawke B CRN 356 TSH Field N’Sea Nighthawke D CRN 355 TSH Grassland Cooperhawke D CRN 354 TSH Summerhawke B CRN 353 Salukis recently registered with the society El Baz Oma Oasis B CRN 0446-004-2 red sable feathered Thonotosassa, Fl. April 20 2003 by Kosamadhan’s Emir of El Baz CRN 0426-003-1 X Tamarisk al Khirniq of El Baz AKC HM879161/02 Breeder- Gertrude W. Hinsch Owners Debra K. Bumbaugh and Jillaine butler El Baz Oma Onur E Tamarisk B CRN 0447-004-2 red sable particolor Thonotosassa , Fl. April 20-2003 By Kosamadhans’ Emir of El Baz X Tamarisk al Khirniq of El Baz. Breeder=-Gertrude W, Hinsch Owner-Joanne Klova El Baz Oma Oroarrah B CNR 0448-004-2 Whelped April 20m 2003 in Thonotosassa, Fl. by Kosamadhan’s Emir of El Baz X Tamarisk al Khirniq of El Baz

Breeder- Gertrude W. Hinsch Owner-Celeste M. Johnson. El Baz Phnoenix Pnoe D CRN 0449-004-2 red sable, feathered Feb. 3, 2004 in Thonotosassa, Fl. by Kosamadhan’s Emir of El Baz CRN 0426-003-1 X Menjab Mokhlisa CRN 0421-002-1 Breeder- Gertrude W. Hinsch Owner- Lane A. Bellman El Baz Oma Odet B CRN 0450-004-2 red sable, feathered April 20, 2003 in Thonotosassa, Fl. by Kosamadhan’s Emir of El Baz X Tamarisk al Khirniq of El Baz AKC HM 879161/02 Breeder/Owner- Gertrude W.Hinsch El Baz Oma Omar D CRN 0451-004-2 red sable particolor, feathered April 20, 2003 in Thonotosassa, Fl. by Kosamadhan’s Emir of El Baz X Tamarisk al Khirniq of el Baz AKC HM 879161/02 Breeder/Owner- Gertrude W. Hinsch Davijoya Menjab Habla El Baz B CRN 0452-004-2 red sable, feathered August 28, 2002 Whelped in Tonopah, Az. By Menjad Zafar al Baida FCM CPRD1312-A X Aza Kaidea Comelightly AKC HM568776/01 Breeder= Joy Randel Owner= Gertrude W. Hinsch

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El Baz Phoenix Peyote of Amani D CRN 0453-004-2 red sable, feathered Feb. 3, 2004 in Thonotosassa, Fl. by Kosamadhan’s Emir of el Baz X Menjad Mokhlisa CRN 0421-002-1 Breeder- Gertrude w. Hinsch Owner- Carla Bell Hye katu’s Na’amah takhouhi B CRN 0454-004-0 Black and tan, feathered June 20, 2004 Whelped in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia by Jamil (Bahrain) X Shareeta (Saudi Arabia). Breeder- David and Paula Owen Owner- Jonneth and Michael Santschi.

BRAGS- Ch. TSH Wyvern’s Zev- First of the CRN-AKC salukis to have finished his championship.

Hlynn’s Laredo, CC aka Sadeek

Best in Match

El Baz Oma Osiris-Ra. CRN- 0445-004-2 Penobscot Valley KC match, Oct. 2004.

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FROM THE WHELPING BOXES

Yamadan- whelped Nov. 4, 2004 Sire= Sayyad De Hamadan (Bahrain/AKC reg) X Yazi (gen 2). These pups will be gen 3 and thus AKC registerable once they have completed the critique process.

From Linda Fowler- Hadeem X Star, litter- whelped 20 Dec. 2004 Smooths and feathered

These pups are gen 1.

FromDeb Baumbaugh- Whelped Feb. 11, 2005, 5 males, 4 females El Baz Oma Osiris-Ra (gen 2) X Ch. Eden’s Kalisha Adah. These pups will be Gen 3. They are ¼ COO X ¾ AKC.

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EXPORTS- To Canada- Kenneth and Kim Hooke. El Baz Phoenix Pharaoh and El Baz Phoenix Pilsener (Ben and Jerry).

Ben and Jerry are being raised to hunt with their falcon.

Though we have no stories of their adventures at this point, we present an e-mail from Frank Morris with his permission.

Hunting with ravens. Since the company shuts down at this time of year I have 10 days off so Chime and Jazz get some extra running. Today we were out at the airport where we chase the jacks. Also the 2 {airport dogs were with us (a pitbull and an Australian cattle dog). Now here is the short version of things. The dogs are ganging up on a clump of bushes when the pitbull breaks out of the clump right behind a jack. Running order- jack, PB and then about 20” behind Chime then Jazz then Aussie. Chime blows by PB then Jazz does the same. Just for good measure Jazz does a go by on Chime. I look up at Jack and see a raven flying about 5” above it. Then raven dives down and makes jack wrench to one side. This goes on for a few hundred yards . They are

getting close to some heavy brush next to an old runway when the raven makes another dive and makes Jack turn 90 degrees to the left and running parallel to the runway- dogs gain a little ground. Raven dives again and makes Jack take a 90 degree right turn which takes him through the brush and across the runway with raven still right over him -dogs gained again with Chime now in the lead. Now Jack is on the other side of runway heading for real heavy brush and still being bothered by raven. Jack and raven go into heavy brush and continue their dance then Chime followed by Jazz go into the brush. The dogs lost sight of jack as soon as he hit the brush but the dogs kept going by watching the raven which couldn’t keep sighted too long in the heavy stuff. Jack made his escape, raven went on his way and my guys came back thirsty and tired (this was about their third jack of the day). A good day all around.

IMPORTS-

Dawidan’s Azadi-breeder-bitch- Gabriele Arthur, owners- Maunallen Gregory and Linda Deutsch , Turkish and Iranian whelped 3/31/04

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Dawidan’s Atef- dog- as above for breeder and owners.

Rasho Von Iransamin- dog, breeder Cyrus Sattarzadeh, owner Linda Deutsch. Whelped 8/12/03 Iranian. Additionally, there were several salukis, adults and puppies which have been brought in from Saudi Arabia. Seen in the following photo are some of those puppies.

The breeders and new owners of all these new puppies and imports should be encouraged to attend the SCOA National in Lexington in June where we can hold an organized critique so that each pup can be registered with SPDBS.

SALUKI COATS II-PATTERNS Gertrude W. Hinsch, rights reserved As stated in the last issue, coats may be either smooth or feathered. The smooth being the dominant allele. When one discusses coat, one must consider additionally that an unknown number of genes exist which determine coat pattern, color of hair, shade of a specific color. One should note that the skin color is different from the color of the hair growing from it. Length and density per cubic measure also differ. In general, black hair tends to be the most dense and produce the longest fibers. The physical appearance of any saluki is what one notices first and its what has been used for identification.

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Here we will discuss the patterns which are seen in coat presentations. They exist in a continuum from the solid dark coat to the solid white coat without additional color. In general, several patterns are recognized in order of their dominance through the recessive form. This progression includes : solid, Irish-marked, particolor, piebald. Many breeders/owners have created a system of their by definition but only if photographs or diagrams are used can descriptions be accurate. Solid- The body color is a solid black, red, cream or gold. A bit of white may appear on feet and chest area. In the AKC salukis, we currently do not have the solid black. White appears on the feet, neck area and chest in varying amounts in the solid dogs. The allele for solid coat is dominant so that but one allele need be present for the characteristic to appear.

Irish-marked- As color is a continuum, white will appear with increasing frequency. This will include increasing amounts on the legs, blazes on the face and cheeks and finally the formation of a partial to whole collar. Presence of the latter markings are usually indicative of the Irish-marked pattern.

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Particolor- Here again we have a continuum of changes. The beginning of the parti condition can be considered when the first white spot is seen in the body or saddle color. Big patches of color become separated from each other by white which in the continuum becomes the primary color of the dog. In general, the last spot of color on the body to be seen is that around the tail region. On the head, the white forms initially as a blaze which joins the white of the collar which also broadens. Eventually the last color spots on the head region are lost first from one or both ears, then from one eye until you have but a single spot on the entire body surrounding one eye as seen in the bull terriers. When registering a particolor, one need only check particolor and then the color of the spot(s). White need not be checked. Many particolors develop a flecking of tiny colored spots on other parts of their bodies and in areas between the patches of color. This is ticking and is not part of the particolor pattern. Particolored salukis exist that do not have any ticking. The presence of ticking on solid or Irish-marked salukis does not indicate that the animal carries the recessive particolor genes. Particolored salukis must acquire an allele for the particolor condition from each of their parents to be particolor. Particolor bred to particolor will produce particolors with varying number of patches.

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. Though black and tan is considered a pattern, it was not included as a pattern but rather under its more common usage as a color. Grizzles and sables were also included in pattern individually as well as in combination with Irish-marked and particolor. Under colors a list of those primarily found in the breed was formed. Owner/breeders thus chose a pattern and a color on the AKC registration form when they register individual dogs. Perhaps the most confusion has centered around the creation of the term sables as a pattern in the breed. Some owners have been upset that they can no longer register black fringed reds or mahogany. Others are adamant that their hounds are red grizzles. The two patterns are different from each other. Understanding the inheritance of each pattern can help a fancier understand what is behind the creation of their “rainbow” litters. The color of puppies produced is determined by the genes for color carried by each of the parents. There have been several articles written showing the pattern of color inheritance.

Grizzle to grizzle parents produce puppies which are grizzles or shades of golds and creams. This because the grizzle pattern is recessives. Black and tan bred to black and tan will produce primarily black and tans but grizzles and some creams and golds as well . They may produce pups which some would describe as red but those generally do not have the black fringes.

The sable pattern includes the reds and fawns with black fringes. It is with these you have the possibility of producing a truly rainbow litter. These reds/fawns may have either a black or chocolate overlay, the color of the lip and eyeliner matching that of the overlay. Sables when bred to salukis of other colors may produce almost any color seen in the breed. Thus the sable pattern is a dominant characteristic as opposed to the recessive nature of the grizzle pattern.

Saluki breeders often comment on their “rainbow” litters. What can one determine when one looks at newborn puppies in the litter box? COLOR. Black and tan puppies are such at birth though the tan is sort of gray at that time. The amount of white may be as little as a tiny spot on the chest and a few/no hairs at the end of the tail to large amount of white on extremities and tail tip. Chocolates are the recessive of black and tans and are chocolate at birth as well. Creams and golds may range from deep gold/red to almost white at the time of birth. These latter puppies may darken or lighten with maturity. Grizzles in general are born with their dark overlay and usually display their lighter face and extremity color at birth. The latter may darker or lighten with maturity.

Sables fit into a somewhat different category. At the time of birth they appear to be black and only show that their undercoat is lighter as they dry off or even days to weeks later. The face generally is black as well. As they mature many changes may occur to their coat beginning as early as the 14-15th day of life. At that time the dark hairs on the head and face begin to disappear so that there appears to be a slight line around the base of the neck and the face begins to lighten. Sometimes the black mask persists for months or longer. As the puppies continue to grow the amount of black in the overcoat begins to vary. Adolescents often will retain only the black in the fringes, some maintain this condition as an adult while others have the reestablishment of the dark overlay as the hound matures. The adult sable will have either a red or fawn undercoat with black fringes on its ears. Again there is a continuum in shading of the overcoat. At one extreme you

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have the saluki with only slight black ear fringes. At the other extreme you have the saluki who retains most of the black mask through life as well as the dark overlay.

Is there truly a difference between reds? One can test for this by looking into different breedings. As an example, a gold dog sired a litter by a grizzle bitch. A couple of the puppies in the litter were grizzles with the color of the extremities varying from the deeper gold/red of the bitch to very light. A couple of the puppies were a solid deeper red in color. None of these puppies had black ear fringes. I have in my kennel two bitches who are the same shade solid red. One is from the breeding mentioned above and lacks the black ear fringes. The other bitch is a red sable and has black ear fringes. Two black fringed reds bred to each other can produce about any color. If you breed a sable with sparse black overlay to a black and tan, you can often produce very dark sables who retain the dark overlay throughout their life. All the reds will have black fringes. Has this of any meaning to the breeder? From time to time breeders will be concerned about problems they have had with pigmentation. Some of the lighter colored salukis seem to develop lighter eyeliner and nose pigment as well. One of the frequent suggestions is that they go to a black and tan to acquire the necessary genes. However, I often recommend instead that they go to a sable with lots of retained black overlay. In my experience, these dogs always have dark heavy pigment and produce it in their offspring. Some of the black and tans when bred to each other can and do produce light colored dogs with reduced pigment. Sables are seen in other breeds. They do differ from grizzles. Those who wish to continue to call them black fringed reds can if their registration system allows…continue to register them that way. In the USA for now, they should be registered as sables. What is of primary importance is that the information associated with registration processes be information that can be used by future generations of fanciers. Reading for Saluki Lovers Contributed by Elizabeth Al-Hazzam Dawsari Shaikhdoms of Eastern Arabia / by Peter Lienhardt ; edited by Ahmed Al-Shahi. ISBN 0333948114 In this perspective analysis of the Arab sheikhdoms of the Gulf, Peter Lienhardt discusses the common social patterns manifest in their tribal structure, the relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns, and the complex relationship between the ruling sheikhs and their subjects. The advent of oil wealth radically altered the economic and social conditions of the region, but the sheikhs have continued to play an important political role in their modern states. Peter Lienhardt is a former Faculty Lecturer in Middle Eastern Sociology at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford. Ahmed Al-Shahi is a Senior Associate Member, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford. Ancient Persia / by Josef Wiesehofer. ISBN 1860646751 Of all the great civilizations of the ancient world, that of Persia is one of the least understood. Josef Wiesehofer’s comprehensive survey of the Persian empire under the

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Achaeminids, the Parthians, and the Sasanians focuses on the primary Persian sources—written, archaeological, and numismatic. He avoids the traditional Western approach which has tended to rely heavily on inaccurate Greek and Roman accounts. Part of the freshness of this book comes from its Near Eastern perspective. Josef Wiesehofer is Professor of Ancient History at the Institut fur Klassische Altertumskunde at the University of Kiel. Anubis : a Desert Novel / by Ibrahim al-Koni ; translated by William M. Hutchins. ISBN 9774248872 A Tuareg youth ventures into a trackless desert on a life-threatening quest to find the father he remembers only as a shadow from his childhood, but the spirit world frustrates and tests his resolve. For a time, he is rewarded with the Eden of a lost oasis, but eventually, as new settlers crowd in, its destiny mimics the rise of human civilization. Over the sands and the years, the hero is pursued by a lover who matures into a sibyl-like priestess. The Libyan Tuareg author Ibrahim al-Koni, who has earned a reputation as a major figure in Arabic literature with his many novels and collections of short stories, has used Tuareg folk-lore about Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, to craft a novel that is both a lyrical evocation of the desert’s beauty and a chilling narrative in which thirst, incest, patricide, animal metamorphosis, and human sacrifice are more than plot devices. The novel concludes with Tuareg sayings collected by the author in his search for the historical Anubis from matriarchs and sages during trips to Tuareg encampments, and from inscriptions in the ancient Tifinagh script in caves and on tattered manuscripts. In this novel, fantastic mythology becomes universal, specific, and modern. Ibrahim al-Koni was born in Libya in 1948. A Tuareg who writes in Arabic, he spent his childhood in the desert and learned to read and write Arabic when he was twelve. He studied Comparative Literature at the Gorky Institute in Moscow, and worked as a journalist in Moscow and Warsaw. William Maynard Hutchins has taught English, Philosophy, Arabic, and Islamic Studies in Lebanon, Ghana, Egypt, and France. Divine Creatures : Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt / edited by Salima Ikram. ISBN 9774248589 The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive offerings. For the first time, a series of studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt are drawn together into a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only about the fauna of the country and, indirectly, its climate, but also about animal domestication, veterinary practices, human nutrition, mummification technology, and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians.

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Salima Ikram is Associate Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis : Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture / by Walter Burkert. ISBN 0674014898 At the distant beginning of Western civilization, according to European tradition, Greece stands as an insular, isolated, near-miracle of burgeoning culture. This book traverses the ancient world’s three great centers of cultural exchange—Babylonian Ninevah, Egyptian Memphis, and Iranian Persepolis—to situate classical Greece in its proper historical place, at the Western margin of a more comprehensive Near Eastern-Aegean cultural community that emerged in the Bronze Age and expanded westward in the first millennium B.C. In concise and inviting fashion, Walter Burkert lays out the essential evidence for this ongoing reinterpretation of Greek culture. In particular, he points to the critical role of the development of writing in the ancient Near East, from the achievement of cuneiform in the Bronze Age to the rise of the alphabet after 1000 B.C. From the invention and diffusion of alphabetic writing, a series of cultural encounters between “Oriental” and Greek followed. Burkert details how the Assyrian influences of Phoenician and Anatolian intermediaries, the emerging fascination with Egypt, and the Persian conquests in Ionia make themselves felt in the poetry of Homer and his gods, in the mythic foundations of Greek cults, and in the first steps towards philosophy. A journey through the fluid borderlines of the Near East and Europe, with new and shifting perspectives on the cultural exchanges these produced, this book offers a clear view of the multicultural field upon which the Greek heritage that formed Western civilization first appeared. Walter Burkert is Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich. On The Medical Front A Guide to Hematology in Dogs and Cats, eds. A.H. Rebar, P.S. MacWilliams, B.R. Feldman, P. Meltzer, R.V. H. Pollock and J. Roche. Plants associated with congenital defects and Reproductive Failure. A. Knight and R. Walter. In: A guide to Plant Poisoning of Animals in North America. Eds. A. Knight and R. Walter Clinical Neurology in small Animals: Localization, Diagnosis and Treatment. Ed. C. H. Vite Neonatal viral infections of pups: Canine Herpesvirus and Minute virus of canines (Canine parvovirus-1). L. Carmichael in Recent Advances in Canine infectious Diseases ed. L. Carmichael.

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Epilepsy. M. Berendt. In Braund’s Clinical Neurology in small animals: Localization, Diagnosis and treatment ed. C.H. Vite Summary from the U. Florida Fl. Dog Owners and Breeders Symp. July 31, 2004. Prostatic problems. In general, 60% of male canines 5 years old have enlarged prostates. By age 9, approximately 100% have an enlarged prostate. This suggests that all health exams should include a prostate exam for males beginning at age 5. Males with prostate enlargement may walk with a stiff gait, present evidence of constipation and/or drop blood from his penis. In most practices it has been customary to treat in several different ways. However, it is currently suggested that these symptoms do not represent problems of bladder, large intestine or spinal nerves. Antibiotics were used to treat if problem seemed to be associated with the bladder or intestine. Pain killers were used for spinal nerves considered to be causing the limp, etc. Once these possible causes were ruled out, it was found that a swollen prostate was the cause of the symptoms. Canines rarely develop malignant tumors of the prostate similar to those seen in the human. An exception to this seems to be an increase in tumor development in males who have been castrated. In general, a diagnosis of a swollen prostate has led to the recommendation of castration. In a stud dog, this means its loss to the breeding programs unless semen has been collected and stored. Presently, treatment with finasterid can result in a reduction in prostate size with the disappearance of earlier listed symptoms. Treatment results in reduced prostatic fluids secretion but in instances of natural breedings, lack of prostatic fluids appears to have little or no effect in producing litters. Such treatment removes the need for surgery.

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