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About
Rusalka
As a child I had Lakeland Terriers. I saw a Borzoi at the
Ox Ridge Kennel Club Show and knew that some day I’d have
a Borzoi of my own. I acquired my first Borzoi in 1979 and
was soon “head over heels” for this most beautiful and aristocratic
of breeds.
I spent several years researching the breed and obtained my
foundation stock. The first Rusalka-bred litter was born in
1983, and although I had a small-scale breeding program, I've
had the good fortune to have owned or bred USA National and/or
Regional Specialty Best In Show, Specialty point winners,
Sweepstakes, Award of Merit, and Hound Group winners. Three
Rusalka-bred Borzoi completed the requirements for their ASFA
Field Championship.
In 1998 our first Whippet, Ch. DenGayle's Do The Locomotion,
joined the family. "Julian" finished in six shows,
owner-handled. Not long after we obtained the bitch who was
to become our foundation, Ch. Windigo Rusalka Moonraker.
Our
first homebred litter produced three champions, two of whom
were multiple group placers, owner-handled. Since then I've
turned my attention to working with this versatile, medium-sized
sighthound and anticipate many more years of enjoyment with
the Whippets.
I’ve had the privilege of judging seven Borzoi Sweepstakes
and one Whippet Sweeps competition over the years. In 2004
I had the honor of judging the Borzoi Club of America National
Specialty Futurity competition.
Although
I'm no longer engaged in an active Borzoi breeding program, I have supported the breed and the Borzoi Club of America as the former BCOA Member Education Chair and the
BCOA web site administrator and AKC Gazette Borzoi Breed columnist from 1995 through 2005.
I am a Life Member of the Borzoi Club of America and a member of the American Whippet Club.
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