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Aurai Sighthounds

Aurai Sighthounds - exhibitor and breeder of versatile windsprites. We are located in the Finger Lakes region of central New York.

08/05/2024

Happy 1st birthday to the “Gamer Litter” co bred with Oluademi James-Daniel (Bravedew). We hope your day was filled with love and good things to chase!!

Aurai Calamity Brook “Peridot” x Tova’s Gooooal of Crystal Spirit “Cowboy”

Aurai Bolero of Fire at Bravedew “Milly”

Aurai Chocobo-Chocobo at Bravedew “Nigel”

Aurai Dawn Will Come at Bravedew “Haven”

Aurai Escape From The City at Bravedew “Sonic”

Aurai Lavender Town at Bravedew “Ghost”

Aurai Wild Pale Yonder of Bravedew “Harry”

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

07/22/2024

The Aurai Hounds did well last weekend at the IWC NY Summer 2024 Specialty Show. It was hot and humid so not ideal conditions, but we all kept it together!!

GRCH Aurai Defying Gravity “Newton”:
- 1st place Level 2 Sr. Vet, Fullhouse Agility 12”
- 1st place Level 2 Sr. Vet, Standard Agility 12”
- High in Trial Veteran Rally
- 1st Place Veteran Dog (Longhair) conformation class

CH Stone House Pierce Your Heart at Aurai “Aela”:
- 2nd place Level 2 Regular Fullhouse Agility 16”
- High in Trial Rally
- 1st place GrCh Bitch (Longhair) conformation class, and this was her third first place win in this class, which earned her the title of Grand Champion!!! She is the fourth of ours to earn this title, the others being Cricket, Newton, and Simon.

CH Aurai Angel’s Landing “Talus”
- Qualifying Score - Rally Level 1/Novice
- 3rd place - GrCh Bitch (Longhair) conformation class

Fairbairn’s Magic Hour “Honey” (owner, Claire Conklin),
-1st place Junior Bitch (longhair,12-18 month) conformation class
- Winners Bitch (longhair)
- Best of Winners (longhair)
- Best of Opposite S*x (longhair)

I’ll post more photos of our dogs at the show as they become available.

Thank you to Jamie Ohman for the agility photos of Newton and Aela.

07/11/2024

Happy 14th birthday to our National Parks litter, the “Devo” x “Cricket” puppies, born July 11, 2010.

Tova’s Devo Palermo x Tova’s Cricket Song of Ardmoor Farms.

This was our very first litter (co owned with Jean MacKenzie of Tova Sighthounds) ❤️ and has resulted in such a wonderful journey with these dogs and their descendants. Thank you Jean!

Maya (Tova’s Northern Lights of Aurai)
Icy (Tova’s Fire and Ice of Aurai)
Roxy (Tova’s First Light of Aurai)
Edy (Tova’s Mesa Verde of Aurai)

And those across the rainbow bridge:
Luna (Tova’s Touch the Sky of Aurai)
Bryce (Tova’s Canyon Rim of Aurai)
Journey (Tova’s Don’t Stop Believin’ of Aurai)
Nimbus (Tova’s Cinder Cone of Aurai)

07/06/2024

Happy 9th birthday to the “Greek Love” litter, born July 5, 2015 in Rochester, NY in the home of Tamara Munson and family!

Aurai Quantum Leap “Sadie” x Tova’s Dasher of the Hunt “Dasher”

Betty (Aurai Above All Else Agape)

Phil (Aurai Friend to All Philia)

Lia (Aurai Playfully Yours Ludus)

We hope your day was filled with good eats and fun times!

05/29/2024

The new Wisco pups (Tag x Bruno) have pup names - cheese, naturally ❤️

05/29/2024

We have exciting news to share from our friends and breeding partners Wisco Windsprites in Wisconsin!

Aurai LaClare Evalon of Wisco “Taughannock/Tag” gave birth in the wee hours of the morning yesterday to four healthy and nice sized puppies - three females and one male. The sire of this litter is Brikal Bruno “Bruno”.

Sadly pup number five was underdeveloped and still born. He was likely the pup who didn’t show up well on the x ray.

We are thrilled though to welcome four healthy pups, and that mother “Tag” is being the perfect mom!

These pups are all spoken for.

05/25/2024

Happy 9th birthday to the “Florida Islands” litter (Aurai Dark Matter “Stella” x Tova Stripes of Sitka “Tiger”) whelped and raised in the home of Hilary in Cape Coral Florida on May 25, 2015!

I’ll never forget the adventure of bringing five of you north in my Outback with the help of Emily and Claire!

Aurai Caesar Rock of Alayziah “Quidditch”
Aurai Caxambas Pass of Alayziah “James”
Aurai Hell’s Half Acre of Alayziah “Shiner”
Aurai Mangrove Maniac of Ayaziah “Archer”
Aurai Terra Ceia of Alayziah “Derrick”
Aurai Belle Vista of Alayziah “Auri”
Aurai Boca Chica of Alayziah “Lily”

Hope your day is filled with fun things to chase and yummy things to eat (but not the same things 😬).

05/24/2024

Tag/Taughannock (Aurai LaClare Evalon of Wisco) has been hard at work making five puppies! The sire of this litter is Brikal Bruno.

We can’t wait for their arrival next week!

This breeding is by our friends Margaret and Rich in Wisconsin.

They all have homes lined up.

05/16/2024

Four of the ”Orange Litter” pups (Aurai and Casa Laranja) are now in their forever homes!

Nemo (Aurai Nemo Fin of Casa Laranja) is staying home with Matt and Ana in Fishers, IN

Carrot (Aurai Carotene Reflection of Casa Laranja) is in his forever home with Marsha in Moravia, NY

Boudicca “Bica” formally known as Autumn (Aurai Autumn Blaze of Casa Laranja) is in her forever home with Emily and Jase in the Ithaca NY area.

Bandit formally known as Clementine (Aurai Sweet Clementine of Casa Laranja) is on the west coast (Berkeley CA area) with Kristina and Edward.

Last pup to go, Fanta, will be heading home in a couple weeks!

Congratulations everyone! We can’t wait to watch these pups grow with you ❤️

04/30/2024

The Orange Litter (Aurai Smoked Gouda of Wisco “Aya” x Sonata’s Jingle Bell Rock of Stone House “Rocket”) at seven weeks.

This litter is being raised in the home of Ana Bel Oliviera in Fishers, Indiana.

Thank you Rick Jones for helping me photograph these little guys and gals!!

04/19/2024

Yet another April birthday celebration!

Happy 7th birthday to Aela (CH Stone House Pierce Your Heart at Aurai) and the rest of the “Heart Litter”.

Aela is the daughter of Stone House Kyanite “Kite” and our “Simon” Aurai Treasure Island, and was bred by Sidney Hoblit (Stone House).

04/12/2024

Happy fourth birthday to the “Adirondacks” litter (Blue Mist Ben Solo “Kylo Ren” x Aurai Pierce Your Heart at Aurai “Aela”). These pups were born on April 12, 2020. This litter was a bright spot that spring.

Calyx (Aurai Gothics Arch)
Chyorny (Aurai Cloud Splitter)
Kohaku (Aurai into the Boreas)
Lark (Aurai Wild Air)
Peridot (Aurai Calamity Brook)
Tupper (Aurai Adirondack Wild)
Watson (Aurai Enchanted Forest)

We hope you have a great day today!

04/10/2024

The Aya x Rocket pups (The Orange Litter!) turned four weeks old on Saturday!

These pups are being raised by our co breeder Ana Bel Oliveira in Fishers Indiana.

04/07/2024

Update! Although the ultrasound was done a bit early (23 days), it appears that Tag is pregnant!!!

Exciting News! If all goes according to plan, these pups will be whelped at the end of May in the home of our friends Margaret and Rich in Wisconsin.

04/07/2024

It's a double Aurai birthday!

Wishing a happy 10th (!!) birthday to Simon, Maytag, Ruby, Aura, and Meg from the literature litter (Journey x Galloway)...

and a happy 3rd birthday to Tag, Luca, Aya, and Finn from the cheese litter at Wisco (Dilly x Simon)!

Simon thanks Luca for sharing a piece of his birthday cake ☺️ We hope you all had a lovely day!

03/11/2024

The Aya (Aurai Smoked Gouda of Wisco) x Rocket (Sonata's Jingle Bell Rock of Stone House) puppies have arrived! They were born in the late evening of Saturday March 9 in the home of Ana Bel Oliveira and her partner Matt. This litter is co-bred (Aurai Sighthounds and Casa Laranja Windsprites) and is the very first litter of Windsprites born in Indiana!

Five puppies, 3 males and 2 females (in birth order):
Nemo (M, fawn)
Carrot (M, fawn)
Clementine (F, fawn particolor)
Fanta (M, fawn)
Autumn (F, fawn particolor)

Mother and puppies are all doing very well.

03/03/2024

Update on our Aya x Rocket breeding (co bred with Ana Bel Oliveira). It appears that there are five pups due to arrive on or around March 8. Fingers crossed that all goes well and that I will be posting newborn photos soon ❤️

I believe that this will be the first Windsprite litter born in Indiana!

All pups from this litter are spoken for.

02/06/2024

This labor of love that = Windsprite breeding certainly has its ups and downs. Last Thursday we were sad to learn that the Lark x Rowdy breeding didn’t take, and despite our best efforts, Lark is not pregnant.

And then today, we got the wonderful news that Aya (Aya x Rocket) is expecting a nice sized litter. Nice to have some good news to buffer the bad ❤️. We will keep you all posted as things “develop”!

02/03/2024

We had a great day last Saturday (Jan 27th) at the 2024 IWC Keystone Winter Specialty.

Newton (Aurai Defying Gravity) placed first in Veteran Dog -Longhair

Honey (Fairbairn’s Magic Hour; 11 months) placed first in 9-12 Puppy Bitch and then went on to win Best Puppy in Show!

Aela (Pierce Your Heart at Aurai) placed first in GRCH Bitch - Longhair, won Best of Variety - Longhair, and then went on to win Best in Specialty Show! Very proud of my girl ❤️

Thank you Jim Petack for the lovely photos and thank you to Claire for handling Newton when I was in the same ring with Aela! Thank you also to Kim Wilson and Jackie Wright-Minogue for putting on this show. And last but certainly not least, thank you to judge Dr. A. Dwayne Butherus for your time, patience, and expertise.

01/14/2024

Spring will hopefully bring puppies to Aurai Sighthounds, in the homes of our co breeders Sharon McIntyre (Windward Windsprites) in Portland, Maine, and Ana Bel Oliveira (Casa Laranja Windsprites) in Fishers, Indiana!!!

We will keep everyone posted on news as it develops.

At this time we are not accepting new applications for pups from either of these expected litters.

Blue Mist Goose at Tova "Rowdy" x Aurai Wild Air "Lark"
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Sonata's Jingle Bell Rock of Stone House "Rocket" x Aurai Smoked Gouda of Wisco "Aya"
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01/04/2024

Happy Birthday (Jan 4, 2022) to the “Walk in the Park” Litter - two years old today!

Aela (Stone House Pierce Your Heart at Aurai) x O’Malley (Tova’s O’Malley):

Aurai Angel's Landing (Talus)
Aurai Cloud's Rest (Kainé)
Aurai Gumbo Limbo (Moon)
Aurai Kilauea Iki (Tonks)
Aurai Point Sublime (Huckleberry)
Aurai Queen's Garden (Riva)

We hope you are having a great day!

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Aurai Sighthounds, but most especially Simon, Newton, Talus, Aela, and Honey 🎄

10/16/2023

Yesterday we saw “Din” Aurai Bolero of Fire at Bravedew off on a big adventure to British Columbia with her new family Elli and Miquel.

Congratulations and safe travels ❤️

10/09/2023

Congratulations to Georgeanne, Toma, and wee William!

🏙️ Aurai Escape From The City at Bravedew, “Sonic” is going to have such a great life with the three of you in Portland!

Happy gotcha day ❤️

10/07/2023

Happy gotcha day to Caryn, John, and family in SE PA!

Aurai Chocobo-chocobo “Cloud (for now!)” will have Windsprite family in addition to his new human family, great great great aunt “Edy”, from our very first litter!

Congratulations from Aurai and Bravedew ❤️!

10/07/2023

The Peridot (Aurai Calamity Brook) x Cowboy Tova’s Gooooal of Crystal Spirit) pups are nine weeks old!

We managed one last set of “formal photos” of this litter before they go out into the world.

Co-bred with Oluademi James-Daniel (Bravedew).

10/05/2023

👻 Aurai Lavender Town at Bravedew, “Ghost” at eight weeks.

From the Aurai Calamity Brook “Peridot” x Tova’s Gooooal of Crystal Spirit “Cowboy” litter.

10/05/2023

🍃 Aurai Welcome Horizons at Bravedew, “Nook” at eight weeks.

From the Aurai Calamity Brook “Peridot” x Tova’s Gooooal of Crystal Spirit “Cowboy” litter.

09/18/2023

First formal photos of the Gamer Litter (Aurai Calamity Brook “Peridot” x Tova’s Gooooal of Crystal Spirit “Cowboy”.). These chunky pups are six weeks old! It will be fun to see how they change over the next couple of weeks. Visit us again to see seven week and eight week pics!

Peridot is co owned with Oluademi James-Daniel.

Thanks Donna Devoist for your extra “stacking hands” 🙂

09/05/2023

Fairbairn Magic Hour “Honey” at 6 months old! I can’t believe how fast she’s growing 🥰

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We had an exciting fun filled weekend at the 2023 Mid-Atlantic IWC show! I am going to dedicate one post to each of our Aurai hounds who competed. First off, I am so proud of young Talus (Aurai Angel’s Landing). At a ~16 months of age she was “first time entered” in racing in a field of 22 dogs. And she placed 4th just behind her momma. In her first race, she and another newbie noticed each other a few yards before the finish line and considered playing while another dog zoomed past! So she tied for second in that race. In the second heat she got it down and finished first of the four in her race. Then in the final heat she moved up in scored ranking to the group just before the high points race, and promptly won that race too!! In conformation Talus placed second in the 12-18 month Jr Bitch class. In the regular standard rally competition she earned a qualifying score of 194/200. And young Talus placed 4th overall in the triathlon competition with the 4th highest combined racing, rally (or) agility, and triathlon conformation score! A good weekend for our Talus ❤️ And a big thank you to all those who made this show happen; Sidney Hoblit, Claire Conklin, Jackie Wright-Minogue, Steven Beckerman, Donna DeVoist, Sara Webb, Joan Klinger, and Jim Petack. And thank you to Scott (didn’t catch your last name) for this great video of Talus racing out in front!

Newton and I having some fun at agility practice this evening!

Newton and I having a bit of fun on a cold Wednesday evening.

Off lead and loving it 🙂

Newton (Aurai Defying Gravity) and I had fun at a CPE trial today at Paws for Thought Farm. We earned a Q (second place) in Wildcard level 3 and a Q (first place) in Standard level 3. This is our standard run, a little bauble below the A frame but zero faults!

Tricia and Newton doing agility!

Claire and Simon, doing agility!

We would like to wish a happy fourth birthday to the "Physics" litter pups, Henle, Newton, Sadie, Scout, Stella, Tifton, and Vegemite! These last four years flew by faster than our dogs run!