QASHANI

My breeding goal is simple but oh so difficult: to breed Salukis that look the same as desert hounds have for centuries and that hopefully can still perform their ancient task as hunters. Desert descent Salukis that look like their cousins in the native deserts and villages and that Tutankhamon, Moses, Alexander the Great and Saladin would recognize. I look for hounds from different, provenly functional desert lines on which wide genetic base I will try to build pedigrees based on the riches of the breed... I'm not afraid of heterotsygosity in the geno- or phenotype as I like many different types and my aim is not to create a uniform signature kennel type but rather to produce those true Salukis while at the same time creating outcross possibilities for others. I'm fascinated by the thought of breeding as an exploratory journey into the breed and its history. In a way it's like beginning anew since desert dogs' pedigrees are largely unknown. They have however survived for generations..