In a message dated 1/1/2005 7:32:01 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jennifer: Unless you actually LIVED THERE and were THERE in THAT TIME, you will never know the exact truth about our wonderful hounds. *** Jonneth: I totally agree!!! Though I think DNA testing is getting us closer... but I am also excited to see what new science may bring to the mix. *** Jennifer: I don't belive that the Greyhound was on the tombs in Egypt (more like a Saluki, Pharoah, Basenji... not that perticular breed but of that TYPE). ***
Jonneth: And those of us who own or adore a particular type (I like your word better than *breed*) of sight hound may always have a partiality towards saying "*my* dog type was on that tomb!" Though some of the breeds do look different -- IMO, Pharoah's are much different and look a lot more like Doberman than they do like Saluqi -- but their genetic codes should be more like Saluqi than Dobies. *** Jennifer: WHo's to say what other breeds have become extinct (like the Russian Boar-hound which helped create the Borzoi). I don't belive that the Greyhound is the oldest breed either- only because of the introduction of the terrier blood in them in the 1500's. I think the Chart Polski is the 'true' "Greyhound" as the Greyhound was BEFORE the introduction of *** Jonneth: What an interesting point! And what about the Armenians and Jews, who travelled and lived as merchants from the Russian steppes, through the Levant, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi, and down to Egypt -- and even out to India? How influential could that have been to the cross-breeding? This is my particular pet theory -- being Armenian and all I think I may be biased. Hehe. Jonneth [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
