Silkenswift Borzoi

23/10/2024

There are a few poems I have written. This is one of them:

• Ballad of the Puppy Grendel by Bonnie Dalzell 1977�
It was the puppy Grendel, came bouncing o'er the green.
�Fleetfooted puppy Grendel, the fairest ever seen.
�All striped as the tiger, his flowing tail held high.
�It was the puppy Grendel, bouncing 'neath the summer sky.
�The joyous puppy Grendel, a looking for a chase.
�Boldly puppy Grendel dared the wind to a race.��Up to the puppy Grendel a worn old hound did come.
�"Wait! puppy Grendel. You are to young to run!"
�Wide grinned the puppy Grendel."Oh ancient hound", laughed he
�"How can you look upon me and say what's not to be?
�How can you look upon me, my legs so slim and strong,
�And say I am not ready to course the wind along?"��Up spake the ancient hound again, and many a course he'd done,
�"Oh wait you puppy Grendel, the wind's the hardest run.
�The wind will stay before you throughout the day so long.
�The wind will stay before you though you run the night to dawn."��So wait you puppy Grendel, course now the wolf and deer,�
And play with fellow Borzoi while the sun sits high this year.�
The wind's the final quarry that all fine coursers run

For when it lies before you you'll not see another sun.��The wind's the final quarry. It flies before you still�
You'll follow it through dark of night past every earthly hill.
�It's granted to the Borzoi when his limbs grow stiff and old
�To finally take the challange, again to run as bold
�After the only quarry that truely tests his skill
�So wait you, puppy Grendel, before you seek that kill."��Through this the puppy Grendel sat with a wondering eye�
And then he turned quite quickly and glanced up to the sky�
"Oh wait you then, you ragged wind, oh wait you by and by�
For I will course you down some day, that's neither dream nor lie!�
But I shall go out now and play beneath the summer sky."

18/09/2024

Here are two resources on oxytocin to enhance relationships with dogs.

https://time.com/7021635/how-to-improve-relationship-with-dog/

Book Puppy kindergarten

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667964/puppy-kindergarten-by-brian-hare-and-vanessa-woods/

When dogs make eye contact, the interspecies love soars.

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