Little Lobito Caipirinha
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*02.05.2002 Ahnentafel / pedigree
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Cai's first Coursing (by Steve Garth) Cai had his first official hunt yesterday. I was unsure how well he would perform. He loves running in the hills here with Sunny our lurcher but I wasn't sure whether he would focus on hunting the jack rabbit or his fellow hunting dogs. (The jack rabbits here are about the same size as hares (hasen) in Germany. They are a lot faster but less agile. However the fields here are much bigger than in Germany). We usually have two runs a day. In the first Cai was last out of the slips but soon took the lead and pressured the rabbit all the way. He eventually turned it into the blue dog, a saluki, which got the kill and Cai assisted. The 3 rd dog was a whippet. The hunt lasted 2.5 minutes, a long hunt. In the second hunt Cai was running with 2 saluki's. Again he took the lead and was turning the rabbit all the time. He ran into a low depression and stopped dead. The other two dogs did the same. The judges were unsighted and couldn't see whether Cai or the others had killed the rabbit or whether it went down a hole somewhere. Each time after the hunts Cai came straight back and was panting only a little. I knew he had a lot of stamina and agility but I didn't know he had the kind of speed that he displayed on Sunday. He is an incredibly fit and powerful dog now. And the winner on the day was……………. Cai!!! He got best in field and 3 rosettes, First place, Novice (the first time he had ever run) and Assisted Kill. Everyone was so impressed with his performance as I was . They had never seen Galgo's perform before. I was very proud of him. More importantly he really enjoyed it so I'm going to do a lot more with him. I run Cai and Sunny with the TCC. It's a small club and they are a very good bunch of people that always have a lot of fun. I'm going to try and get Cai registered with NOFCA. This is a much bigger club but very slow. Galgo's are not registered as an acceptable rare breed with them. That means I have to submit an application, they review it in their spring meeting and then vote on it in their summer meeting. If I submit now then he could be running with them this time next year. |
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