ABOUT US
Joyful. Cuddly. Fast. Beautiful. Elegant. Magical.
I met my first silken windhound in the mid- to late 2010's somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, and finally got Sterling from Alison at Tangaloor in 2020. I fell completely in love with the breed and was hooked.
A pandemic later, we've relocated to Petersburg, NY, about an hour from Albany International Airport, two hours from Hartford, CT, and three hours from New York City and Boston. We are a small hobby farm on a few acres in the woods, with the dogs, some chickens, and a room full of frogs, geckos, and orchids.
In 2023 and 2024, we finished two silkens in UKC - a GCH and a CH, and my dogs have gone Altered Best in Specialty Show and won Best Veteran, Best Stud Dog, and an Award of Merit at the National! Buster and Mila have completed health testing. I'm so thankful to their breeders for entrusting these special dogs to me.
Flash came to upstate New York from Borzoi Oxota in New Mexico in 2022. His breeders are Leonore Abordo (Oxota) and Karla Ruth Smith DVM (RiverRun). He won a Best in Field in May 2024, at his first AKC trial, and then again in September 2024 on his fourth day running in competition. Flash was lucky enough to be picked out of a competitive class to go Winners Dog and Best of Winners in the show ring earlier this winter, and we are looking forward to the Fall 2024 / Winter 2025 show season! Flash is fully health tested and has his OFA CHIC number. Huge thanks to his breeders and the greater borzoi community for all their support and guidance so far. What a journey!
I aim to be a great home for dogs from preservation breeders, where you can count on me to do my best to raise dogs to reach as close to their full potential as possible.
About Silken Windhounds
If you want to know more about the breed, please visit the International Silken Windhound Society (ISWS)'s website, Facebook group, or the website of the breed founder. I am a member of ISWS and the East Coast Silken Windhound Society (ECSW), and also post events in the Northeast Silken Windhounds Facebook group.
About Running Sports
We are a member of our local ASFA & AKC lure coursing club, Gazehounds of New England (GONE), and love our New England LGRA racing friends at Granite State Greyhounds (GSG) in NH. We also regularly attend LGRA racing and coursing events throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Thank you to all the clubs who put on events so our hounds can run!