For the umpteenth time, our site had been hacked, so I’ve moved it to a different server that better supports the ‘blogging’ software that this site is done in. You will find there are images missing, since the move has broken many of the links. We will, of course, be working toward getting those repaired, but it all takes time and I don’t have much free these days, so I’ll get to it when I get to it.
We had a rather disappointing 2013, on all fronts, with the loss of a family member, an infectious disease in my new heritage poultry business (necessitating a mass culling of all my breeding stock), and 2 failed attempts at a litter for Faridaat Dirah Talulah ‘Tula’, among other things. I wasn’t sad to see 2013 go, but this is a new year and we have high hopes. We are making 1 more attempt to breed Tula, this time to Faridaat Ghazal ‘Rahz’, who has matured into a lovely gentleman – masculine, but not coarse – and smooth too. I expect a very promising bunch of pups if it works.
If that doesn’t take, then we’re moving forward with another very promising litter out of Faridaat Eo Fantomah ‘Ginger’ (Santana Blackbird x Melik Gulshen), generation 3 desert descent from Saudi/Turkish lineage, by BiS, RBiS, SBiS Ph. Can. Ch. IROKI BLACK TIE AFFAIR F. Ch (Awn Firuza Gibran ex Ch. Iroki Camille, born July 2002.) bred by Roberta Pattison (Iroki) and owned by Catherine Hays (Bryn Mynstrel). Ali has had multiple wins as a youth and a veteran – both show and lure – and was the winner of the Elana Trophy, 2010. Ali is the ultimate gentleman, an accomplished show and coursing dog and his lines tie perfectly into the western side of my pedigree. Coupled with Ginger’s solid moderate conformation and coursing ancestry this should be a fabulous litter! Serious inquiries welcomed.
Faridaat Salukis 