In fact, many, if not most pet health concerns can be addressed by helping your pets to live a healthier lifestyle. While it has its place, conventional medicine for animals and ‘modern technology’ have failed our pets in many ways. According to pet expert and author CJ Puotinen, most holistic veterinarians and animal health care professions list annual vaccinations and commercial pet foods as the major contributory cause in the rising rates of chronic illness in pets today. This has led many veterinarians to search for alternatives and to espouse more holistic methods of keeping our pets healthy.
The first Afghan Hound to attain championship status in England was Buckmal, a blackmasked, wheat-colored beauty owned by Jean Manson of Bell-Murray Kennels. The event occurred in 1927. An heir of Sirdar, Ch. Badshah of Ainsdart was the first Afghan to win Best in Show in the United States. By 1963 over 4500 Afghan Hounds had been registered in the studbook of the Kennel Club of England. The first black champion female was Netheroyd Turkman Camel Thorn. She was the dam of famous Ch. Turkuman Nissim's Laurel, the black Afghan Hound specialty show in the United States after being exported. He then went on to win in the Westminster Kennel Club's Hound Group in 1950.
In the United States, 15-25 percent of the Afghan hound breeding is founded on the Bell Murray strain and 20-30 percent on the Mary Amp's famous Ch. Sirdar of Ghanzi. The first United States registration of a litter bred in the country was made by Valley Farm Kennel's in September, 1928. The dam's parents came from Miss Manson's breeding. Early in the 1930's, comedian Zeppo Marx imported two Afghan Hounds to appear in a movie. One of them, Asara of Ghanzi, eventually went to Shaw McKean, one of American's first enthusiasts. Asara whelped more than 70 pups before her death, to help establish the breed in the U.S.
Another famous dog in the pedigree of many United States Afghan Hounds was Int. Ch. Rudiki of Pride's Hill, owned by Marion Foster Florsheim. He was 15 times Best in Show winner, 27 times Best American Bred in Show, 40 times Best Hound and 77 times won Best of Breed a remarkable record. He was a carbon copy of his grandsire, Ch. Sirdar of Ghanzi,and he sired over 200 puppies. His name appears in many of the better pedigrees. He died on Christmas Eve, 1947.
In 1954, Champion Taejon of Crown Crest won the Afghan Hound Club of America's specialty
show. This black-masked silver, owned by Mrs. Kay Finch of Corona del Mar, California, had 19 Best in Show awards, four specialty show wins, 49 hound group firsts and 72 Best of Breed wins before he was retired at the age of six. He was undefeated for 3 years in the breed at all-breed shows coast to coast. An all-time winning record in the breed was set in the 1960's by Ch. Crown Crest Mr. Universe. He was the black-masked golden who won three best in shows, four specialty shows and 100 hound group firsts.
At Westminster in 1957, the dog which caused every fancier nationwide to take notice was the Ch. Shirkhan of Grandeur. He was the Afghan who took honors over 2500 dogs in competition, and was the first Afghan to win this event. It was also the first time that a hound had gone to the top position at Westminster. Shirkhan was co-owned by Sunny Shay and Dorothy Chenade. After his win, the Afghan's popularity increased greatly in this country. Interestingly, his owner had originally sold him, since she still owned his sire, Ch. Blue Boy of Grandeur, and was planning to repeat the breeding. Sadly, Blue Boy was killed by a car while attempting to rescue a poodle caught under the wheels. Weeks after the incident, however, the couple who had bought him returned Shirkhan after deciding he could never win.
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