Afghan hound - Afghann Hound

For his country is considered to Afghanistan, because there have been found for Europe. But even long before they were wonder in his homeland regarded as the most valuable assets of the rich and pauper. The former can be considered for the nobility, antiquity, beauty and strength, the latter as an important help in obtaining food. Already around the year 1100 nl sent Malik Izz-ud-Din Huseein, ruler of the area Ghuru, each year several of these dogs in the Court seldzuckeho Sultan in order to tightening of relations between them. For a simple but not easy to residents to buy an excellent hunter, because the price for him often exceeded their ability, but if you acquired a dog, and increased their social prestige and recognition. Dogs other than wonder they were unclean, and only for theft taziho threatened the highest penalty.

Afghanistan is very large and clenite territory. For life in the mountains or in the wilderness had to adapt to people and animals, so i wonder is different, the most in its exterior.
From Afghanistan comes plateaux mountain type, later named Ghazni: is smaller (55 to 65 cm height), less robust and because of the local living conditions richly feathering. Mountain type had to be obratnejsi while in motion, to stand on the rocky slopes, had to have strength and flexibility in jumping, while the speed mattered too. Fishing mostly wild mountain goats.
This lowland and steppe type, later called the Bell Bura, had to meet quite different demands: to be able to develop in the short term the highest possible speed necessary for sedition gameis higher (60 to 70 cm), longer and lighter, with less uhlenymi legs, with short hair, which is longer on the ears, the bottom of the chest, at the rear of the legs and tail.
In addition to these two basic types, there still exists a range of about 10-11 varieties.
The Afghan hound as it looks today outside his homeland, is the result of exposure to English breeders who have given to Afghanistan late 19th century, when Anglo-Afghan wars. It is no wonder that the wonder-officers immediately approached the nobles, who at home on their estates for many years held various race as a social pastime.
Probably the first Afghan hound (which is still called Barukzy Hound) came to England with Major McKenzie in 1880 and soon followed by others.These were the beginnings of farming in Europe. Legend has become the type of mountain dog Zardin. He was admired at many shows, initially in a special class, but soon also in their own. Just because Zardinovi was recognized as a separate breed, and only because it was in 1912 appointed the former breed.
Unfortunately, the new breed of successful start on the 1st break Vol. war. If, after Zardinovi descendants remain there, not zadokumentovani, and other breeding or practically non-existent.
The second stage started after the development of the breed in 1920, in two lines.
Mainly family Bell-Murray was brought to Scotland 12 Afghani stepniho type: came from the lowland areas were less feathering, they were fast. This type later became known as a Bell-Murray and the successful representatives identified dogs names Baluch,Begum, Kane, Pushum ...
The second line was close to Kabul, where in 1919 he discovered major Amps dogs who are similar to the legendary Zardinovi: came from the mountain areas and have therefore a rich coat. Even in Afghanistan to set up a breeding station Amps of Ghazni, and when they returned home, several promising dogs took with them. One of them, Sirdar, was considered a sort of second Zardina, but were successful and Khan, Danenda, Zarif and Shireen.
Initially, the two different types so that talking about two different breeds, and the winner is always talking in this context, what type of dog is. Later they began to be stirring in farming, were imported from Afghanistan next wonder, creating a new kennel.Base farming was and is sufficiently wide, even though (according to our information) is already present in the export of prohibited dogs from Afghanistan. On 14 9. 1948 UK Kennel Club has approved the new standard, valid FCI standard is dated November 2004.

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