DOB: 1/12/99
Heart:
Thyroid Clear: BZ-TH374/110F-NOPI
Eyes Normal 5/6/08
Co owned with Mary Rodriguez-Sollitt
Above at 10 yrs, 9 months of age.
Touchet with our handsome boy Races, sire of her only litter.
As an almost 12 yr old veteran, Touchet doesn't look half her age. She spends the days teasing the boys with a lot of flirting, chasing her tail and sun bathing. A very sweet, one person dog, she is the retired queen of the yard. Unfortunately, like so many dogs who get altered, Touchet gained weight, so in an attempt to get her to exercise more, I've recruited her as Nanny-dog
As you can see, she's enjoying it
A few years ago, I realized that all the performance bred dogs I really liked, all went back to two recent sires. Knowing I could breed myself into a genetic corner, I approached my good friend Marie who was on the West coast and sent her on a quest: To find a lovely dog from performance lines, who wasn't closely related (Hopefully not related at all) to our dogs, which would thus benefit both of our breeding programs. She started seriously looking, spending months looking at dogs, but after prodding from Bonnie Dalzell, she headed to Pickle Hill Kennel. Marie spent a number of days there, spanning over about a month and finally sent me a series of photos of a variety of beautiful bitches and I picked out Touchet. It took some more time to get her here due to the heat embargo, but when she stepped out of the crate, I knew she was exactly what we both wanted.
Touchet sports the breadth of chest so many Borzoi lack, as well as depth of
chest. Her topline is just about perfect and she has a nice front, with
balanced front & rear. She also has gorgeous dark eyes, and nice feet, and a
thick, plush golden coat. Her pedigree is to die for, with so many dogs that are
legends in the OFC field and the lines are now hard to find. Her pedigree
is also a map of longetivity, with both her parents reaching the age of 12 and
her mom still going strong. She definitely does not act her age, often seen chasing her
tail and even catching it!
I'd change a few things about her, but not much.
Overall, I am EXTREMELY happy with this lovely lass, who has the silliest,
sweetest temperament in the world.
She whelped her only litter for us 9/04, sired by my
Races. These
pups are everything I could ask for and I'm very pleased with them. The pick
bitch from that litter was #1 LGRA Borzoi, #1 all breed bitch and #4 all breed
in 2007 and #1 Borzoi and #7 All breed in 2008.
I can not thank her co owner and my best friend Marie Rodriguez and her breeder Fern Lockrem enough for this lovely girl! What a lovely gift to receive!
This site is lovingly dedicated to the memory of Schatzi, Obie, Sushi, Cleo & all my other loved ones waiting patiently for me at the Rainbow Bridge