Silkenswift Borzoi

08/04/2024

29/03/2024

As some of you may have heard we have a ship hit bridge disaster in the Baltimore harbor. I have lots of good links to factual articles. I discovered that there Maritime websites with non political definitive articles.
There is a discussion going on among politicians about wether the federal government should bail out Maryland for the multibillion recovery cost. This accident does not just have local effects. Baltimore is the main import export for the automobile industry among other trade items.

Well what I saw in mainstream news is no discussion of the fact that these cargo ships are insured and that according to this linked article most if not all of the damage should be covered. So the federal and Maryland government will be repaid for short term relief money. Includes bridge, cost of freeing up ship and economic loss to businesses and individuals. Marine insurance seems pretty awesome.

Britannia, the insurer of container ship the Dali, is working with the vessel's owner and U.S. authorities on the investigation into…

17/03/2024

Our tenantbin the tenant house has a landscaping business. Yesterday he, his partner Mike and 5 employees showed up with chainsaws , a chipper and a dump truck and. Nowvtge sorucebis a pile
Ofbsoruce chips in the upper pasture. The drive way is swept clean of spruce parts and needles. Mike’s estimate came in at 1/3rd of the estimate from the tree company. Wow. Still have a bit of fence fixing to do.

Anyone in Maryland who wants Mike’s contact info - let me know.

14/03/2024

The kennel business phone line gets LOTS of spam and phising calls because I can’t set it to ignore numbers not in my phone book. It is a business number and new clients may call. Recently I have been getty many calls for “ Cheryl” about updating the service contract on her 2015 Mercedes. We are not Cheryl and the only Mercedes we ever had was in the early 200’s. It was a lemon, had a problem that triggered a recall and we traded it in on a Hylander long time ago.
So when this morning’s call came for Cheryl, I told the real person
“Cheryl died in a car accident that totaled the Mercedes. “
Caller said “Thanks I will update the account”. And hung up rather than trying to get me to buy a service contract on some other car I might own.

😆

04/03/2024

For my fellow Maryland residents:
The Presidential Primary Election day is May 14, 2022 from 7 am to 8 pm .

This ia a link to the official Maryland government web site for election information and how to find polling place and obrtain absentee ballots. You should check because polling places can change. Ours have changed several times over the years.

The State Board of Elections provides all eligible citizens of the State convenient access to voter registration; provides all registered voters accessible locations in which they may exercise their right to vote, to ensure uniformity of election practices; to promote fair and equitable elections; a...

25/02/2024

Individuals wishing can directly copy the ASAF hall of fame nomination form and send their comments to asfa about inducting him in Hall of Fame

You all can download the Asfa form “hall of fame nomination form”
From ASFA website and post individual nominations. After filling it out take pic of page with your phone and mail to Ping Purrung

[email protected]

You can find the link to the HOF person nomination form on this page

Www.asfa.org/hof/index.htm/
You will have to click on “nominations” button and then select “person nomination form”

I cannot get the browser to display the entire link.

19/02/2024

Yesterday I was told that Leigh Litttleton, a long time Borzoi owner and a person very important in ASFA lure coursing passed away. I knew him and his wife Vickie for a long time. I would like to assemble remembrances of Leigh to send to Borzoi and Lure coursing social media and to be presented at the ASFA convention
and to give to BCOA.
Any remembrances posted that I have permission to use will be fully credited to their authors. Pictures of Leigh and his dogs would be appreciated.
Leigh was an intelligent and gentle person who loved Vickie and his Borzoi and I am sorry that my house fire followed by covid caused me to not see him in the last few years.

16/02/2024

I have trouble doing a video of this We do a lot of ear skritches of the Zois lately I am seeing a behavior “cell phone jealousy”.
The dog (especially Argo) sees me typing on the cell phone and so he comes poking his head between the cell phone and my hand so I pet him rather than the cell phone.

29/01/2024

Friend brought me chocolates from Russia in this store bag. I discovered that iPhone photo ap not only extracts text from photo butnalso translates it. 😮

10/01/2024

Argo pretending he is not going to try and sneak the piece of hamburger bun that is on my lap.

05/01/2024

Bruce on his EZ-Boy chair.

05/01/2024

Three Zois asleep.

16/12/2023

Teela the Elf Zoi. From Patrick with permission.

24/10/2023

Interesting info graphic on screening dog foods and treats about origin in China.
Remember the disastrous addition of Melamine as a protein supplement in the earlier 2000’s.

Many pet owners have concerns about dog food made in China. Should you be worried? Find out the facts and all the information you need to know.

13/10/2019

Due to lack of time I have been posting a lot of my Borzoi related posts to my Bonnie Dalzell page. There you can see many pictures of Puppy the Bruce.
https://www.facebook.com/bonnie.dalzell.5

07/03/2018

We have a 2 yr old big neutered male looking for an experienced home. No cats or children, and he's too active for city life. You must be close enough to come visit and interact with him a number of times. Very sweet boy, but needs someone willing to work obedience with him.

Note: please note that you must be close to come visit with the dog. It is a requirement. If you can't, we can gladly refer you to breeders in your area

07/02/2018

Joy in the future of Silkenswift. Born at dear friends Janie Mead Vila and Santiago vila due to our home burning down.

Ch Borzowski's Magical Mirage x GCH DC Mielikki Liaison Officer Ziva David SC SGRC

Check OFA for health tests

3 girls, one boy.

04/01/2018

Bonnie is unable to access the Internet via computer by now. Call her with questions

Thank you to everyone who has offered their homes to foster some of the oldsters. This is FC Silkenswift Bright Focus FCH, SGRC enjoying the home of Lisa jurist.

02/01/2018

The gorgeous home of Silkenswift Borzoi burned down 12/31. The dogs and people are all safe, but the house is deemed a total loss

If you would like to help
Dog Food Donations for Bonnie

This is the pet food distributor contact information for dog food donations.

R.H. Rohrer & Sons Inc.

Se-ara Marinelli

[email protected]

717.786.3372

Payment options:

Credit card over the phone.

Check mailed to
R.H. Rohrer & Sons Inc.
16 E. State Street,
Quarryville, PA 17566

Or cash delivered to their office.

If you write a check, note on it who the payment account it is for. The account is under Bonnie Dalzell.

Do not request to buy a few bags and have it delivered to her house. They are taking monetary donations that will go towards Bonnie's feed account. When Bonnie is ready to order her next order of food, everything will be ready and paid for. By doing it this way, the food will not spoil and it helps since the storage space for it is limited.

Thank you everyone that has expressed an interest in how to help.

You can also PayPal her at [email protected].

Mark it friends & family

Gift cards for sears, tractor supply and/or target for clothes is welcomed. Food gift cards also!

Thank you to the huge amount of support that has come out in the community

03/11/2017

Recently we have purchased various vet supplies from Revival Animal Health. They also have periodic health messages such as this one:
27 Things Not to Give Pregnant Dogs
Once your female is pregnant, what's in her diet is even more important to keep an eye on. Using certain substances during a pregnancy can result in defects to the puppies. A couple of them surprised me such as the ear medicine Mometamax.

Revival's Director of Veterinary services, Dr. Don Bramlage, DVM recommends avoiding these substances during pregnancy:

Aspirin
Ciprofloxacin
Steroids
Diethylstilbestrol
Doxycycline
Enrofloxacin
Estradiol
Excess Vitamin A
Excess Vitamin D

Gold
Grieseofulvin
Metronidazole
Oxytetracycline
Pentobarbital
Streptomycin
Sulfa's
Tetracycline
Warfarin

Certain topical products can also cause defects. Those are:

Carbaryl
Dexamethasone Ophthalmic
Gentocin sprays

Mometamax
Ophthalmic with steroids
Pennyroyal

Rotenone
St. John's Wort
TriTop ointment

https://www.revivalanimal.com

Home Page | Leading experts on pet care and source for pet supplies online. Health supplies for dogs, cats and other animals. Online pharmacy for prescription pet meds

20/10/2017

This is a set of frames from a highspeed old style video of multi-tilted Silkenswift Blaze of Chaos at a full gallop. In his day a top lure coursing and racing Borzoi. I do miss him a lot.

05/09/2017

Sept 4, 2017 is the 40th anniversary of Silkenswift Hilary Halfboot, LCM finishing her field championship.
Hilary was the first Silkenswift Borzoi Field Champion.
It was a 3 day event at Dean Wright's in PA, Hilary was the first ASFA hound to begin coursing and finish her Field CH in one 3 day weekend. I went to the field trial in Hanover PA yesterday to celebrate this anniversary and give out small presents to everyone who wanted one (prints of my artwork). Silkenswift Cobol Frecklefoot finished his AKC Field Championship yesterday.
Here is her Pedigree:
http://borzoi-pedigree.batw.net/pedstore/s/SilkenswiftHilaryHalfboot.html

15/04/2017

We have two terrific young men who work for us caring for the Zois and the boarding dogs. Both are named Nick. Nick Barragon and Nick DiNucci - or shorter Nick and tall Nick. Today was a beautiful day with time to snuggle Borzoi puppies (13 and 11 months old). From left to right: Tall Nick with Sirius, a son of PH Snow Princess x Renee's Duckie, Shorter Nick with Renee's Libby and shorter Nick with Libby and Sirius

25/02/2017

Album in Honor of Tilly, Pickle Hill's Huntress, a Borzoi and one of the foundation dogs for the Silken Windhound breed. Tilly passed away Jan 30, 2017, two days short of her 16th birthday.

09/02/2017

23/09/2016

Silkenswift Sirius Black is a son of Renee's Duckie and PH Snow Princess. He is off to some shows this weekend. Got back his DM certification. He is a normal NN no gene for Degenerative Myelopathy. Pics next week.

19/09/2016

Boarding at the wedge is a small, county licensed and inspected dog boarding facility with indoor/outdoor kennel runs and a fenced field for dog exercise.

07/08/2016

We are the largest all canine VOLUNTEER blood bank dedicated to saving lives.

15/07/2016

Sadly, Pickle Hill Gatzby passed away in his sleep last night, July 15, 2015. He was born May 7, 2004 so he was a bit over 12 years old. He was an especially sweet dog who never got in any conflicts with the other dogs. He had started to suffer from movement problems in the fore quarters 3 years ago or so but he got around and came in to beg for pets and treats when ever we were in the kitchen. There was no sign of disturbance when I found him this morning, he was in his normal sleeping place and in his normal sleeping position. Jim let him in and out for his midnight potty session last night at midnight. He is greatly missed by all who knew him.