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This year has been inexorable, relentless. I'm rarely one to eschew hope, but since the pandemic, each year has been wor...
01/01/2026

This year has been inexorable, relentless. I'm rarely one to eschew hope, but since the pandemic, each year has been worse than the last in many ways. Perhaps, if I abandon all expectations for 2026, I may find myself occasionally and pleasantly surprised.

There was good in 2025. There are twenty-eight beautiful puppies in the world being enriched and enriching my life and the lives of their families.

The dogs had some of the most diverse experiences this year. Conformation, racing, scent work, weight pull, swimming, hiking.

And after a ten month battle, Korai got to stay with his family. Of all the good, that may have been the biggest relief.

There are people who enrich my life - longtime friends and family. I am eternally grateful to those people in my life.

There are many people who do not enrich my life, and while I've long since resolved to leave them in my past, that doesn't mean it hasn't been harrowing.

We've been rewatching/catching up on Doctor Who and we just watched Vincent and the Doctor, which is a striking, moving portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. The ending of the episode has always stuck with me - "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don't always spoil the good things and make them unimportant."

That's the sum of where I sit. We shall see what 2026 brings. I hope (there I go, speaking of hope when I said before I'd abandoned it), perhaps, that my pile of bad things is smaller in 2026.

As of Monday, we have the youngest champion we'll likely ever have. At six months old and two days, Bakari finished his ...
31/12/2025

As of Monday, we have the youngest champion we'll likely ever have. At six months old and two days, Bakari finished his UKC Championship on Monday.

Bakari was the male we placed locally and retained breeding rights on. He lives with Teri and Wade who have done an amazing job with him. Just not their first Azawakh but he is their first show prospect.

We asked a ton of Bakari (and Firefly) this weekend and he absolutely rose to the occasion. He went into the ring 13 times this weekend (not including Winners and Breed) and he got better every single time he set foot in the ring.

He ended the weekend with 4/6 Best of Breeds, including adult Champions which means he'll end the year at #3 Azawakh in UKC. He closed out his weekend with a Group 2 in a beautiful lineup and we passed in the Group ring in Show 2 because he was so tired.

We had really knowledgeable Azawakh judges this weekend for the most part, some of which have known the breed since long before they were recognized. They all absolutely sang the puppies' praises.

I'm very proud of what this boy and so thankful his others brought him out and trusted him with us for the long weekend.

We will see in a year or two how he's matured and maybe get him back out in the ring. We firmly believe it's important to assess dogs as adults as well as when they are puppies.

Bakari
UCH In Stride's Fortunate Son

Pictures by Lexi D Photography.

We love a versatile Azawakh ♥️Miss Drama came back to us in May of last year (she was 10 months) with some pretty seriou...
31/12/2025

We love a versatile Azawakh ♥️
Miss Drama came back to us in May of last year (she was 10 months) with some pretty serious accusations about her temperament. Since she's been back she's blown us all away

This year alone she's finished four champion titles in four different venues: a conformation championship. She is the third AKC Field Champion in the breed (my first bred-by FC) and is currently #1 in AKC Lure Coursing. She finished her amateur straight racing championship and is high up in the rankings in that venue as well.

And to cap off a phenomenal year, she became the first Azawakh to finish her UKC Weight Pull Championship. Her last pull of this weekend she pulled 980 pounds (just under half a ton) which is over 25 times her 38lb body weight.

Drama is handled in conformation, lure coursing, and racing by a twelve year old and by my partner in with pull.

Koraidon x Czerny puppies are 6.5 weeks old and doing amazing! These babies took a lot to get started but they're such s...
24/12/2025

Koraidon x Czerny puppies are 6.5 weeks old and doing amazing!

These babies took a lot to get started but they're such sweet, snuggly babies

They had their structure evals yesterday (we tend to find between 6-7 weeks gets us the most accurate assessment).

Little Persist, our puppy who fought very hard to stay alive, is staying here until she's four months old to get bloodwork done to make sure her health all checks out.

Our male pick is staying local and the female pick will be headed home with Czerny in a couple weeks along with two of the boys through January. We have another girl staying local and a couple with long voyages ahead.

We're very very happy with these babies

Belated but I am so proud of Yufen (Tabiri x Amidi) and her human for finishing Yufen's Nosework 2 title recently. Yufe...
11/12/2025

Belated but I am so proud of Yufen (Tabiri x Amidi) and her human for finishing Yufen's Nosework 2 title recently. Yufen is the first Azawakh to earn a NW2 title. She also Canadian Detection Sport Association DS1 titile - also a breed first!

I want to quote Yufen's owner who explained her accomplishments beautifully:

"At this [Nosework 2] level, she had 5 searches - this trial had 2 interior searches, I vehicle search, 1 exterior search and 1 container search. The container search has 4 distractors. There is an inaccessible hide in at least one search and hides where she has to work out convergence between them.

Each search had 1-3 hides ( you’re told how many at the briefing) She has to be perfect all day and pass all 5 searches.

I’m very proud of her work ethic - she tried and kept working despite her inexperience. ❤️

She has also passed all of her nose work trials on her first try. ( I’m not expecting our ‘no mistakes streak’ to continue necessarily but I’m happy we’ve made this happen so far! )

Her ‘resume’ to date all starting in 2025 :
-Odour Recognition Test ( 4 container searches and prerequisite to enter NACSW trials)
-NACSW NW1 trial ( 4 searches in 4 elements)
-Canadian Detection Sport Association ( CDSA) Detection Sport 1 trial ( DS1 Junior)
-NACSW NW2
Such a good girl!! 😀❤️ So fun to start a new partner, new breed for me and to get back into trialing 😀"

Photos my Campfire Photography

Nina had her maternity photoshoot with her co-owner last week. She goes in for her puppy count X-ray shortly. She is due...
09/12/2025

Nina had her maternity photoshoot with her co-owner last week. She goes in for her puppy count X-ray shortly. She is due on Friday.

Koraidon x Nina puppies will likely have good drive and beautiful format.

Pictures by Alexa McLaren

Koraidon x Czerny babies are getting bigger. They turned four weeks yesterday. Everyone is still doing great.They're lea...
08/12/2025

Koraidon x Czerny babies are getting bigger. They turned four weeks yesterday. Everyone is still doing great.

They're learning about coats and crates and car rides and more.

I'm sorry... What??? Lady (Koraidon x Czerny) has opinions.
04/12/2025

I'm sorry... What??? Lady (Koraidon x Czerny) has opinions.

We haven't updated about the Koraidon x Czerny litter, which is a collaboration with Czerny's owner at Denebus.Czerny's ...
30/11/2025

We haven't updated about the Koraidon x Czerny litter, which is a collaboration with Czerny's owner at Denebus.

Czerny's labor stalled and she needed an emergency c-section. Most of the puppies were on the low side of average though we had one 8oz puppy. 5 of the 8 puppies took 60-90 minutes to revive and get breathing well.

Czerny had a really rough recovery from her c-section regarding both pain and milk production. This made her caring for the puppies extremely difficult. Thankfully, Birdie was at the end of false pregnancy and had milk and was happy to take on the puppies

The puppies were on the smaller side to begin with and 3 days into life both the puppies and Birdie developed gastric distress. Our little 8oz puppy who had gained to 12oz lost all the way back to under 9oz.

Thankfully, they've all made it to 3 weeks old and are gaining very well. However we're still cautiously optimistic about their ultimate outcome.

Amalu got to show for the first time since March 2023 this weekend. She's a bit rusty but it was great to see her back i...
07/11/2025

Amalu got to show for the first time since March 2023 this weekend. She's a bit rusty but it was great to see her back in the ring.

She couldn't let her children have all the fun. She went Reserve Best in Show Altered in show 1 on Sunday.

Alu is-
RBISA UGRCH Ahimana Amalu JC CGCA CGCU TKA VHMA FITS SPOT ATD JOR GRC AVP

Though she's already gone very grey, she's looking great at six

Photo by Lexi D Photography

Stacking the good news today!My vet saw six on Nina's ultrasound today. Heartbeats looked great. If you want a Nina pupp...
07/11/2025

Stacking the good news today!

My vet saw six on Nina's ultrasound today. Heartbeats looked great.

If you want a Nina puppy speak now or forever hold your peace.

Czerny Update- day 60!Czerny had her x-ray today, and was confirmed to have eight puppies in there.After a minor spook t...
06/11/2025

Czerny Update- day 60!

Czerny had her x-ray today, and was confirmed to have eight puppies in there.

After a minor spook this week, it was so good to see that all puppies’ heart rates sound healthy and happy, and Ernie is doing well, eating and going on her walks. Because of how good everything is looking, we are still hoping for a smooth free whelp! She is officially due Sunday.

Please send all the good vibes, crossed fingers, thoughts, and prayers that everyone makes it out safely.

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