Borzoi

Galgo Russian or Borzoi had its moment of Maxima glory in the cut of the Czars where he was bred with great masters to use it in the hunting of the Siberian wolf. Optimal hunter also of small animals, is an affectionate and obedient dog with the master but extremely distrusted with the strangers, until the point to get to bite. Like all the galgos, also one adapts to live in the house on condition that to have ample spaces where to be able to move with great freedom.
It descends presumably from lebrel Egyptian and precise data are not had on their appearance in Russia. Nevertheless it is known, by writings dated in 1200, that already was used for the hunting of the hare and other greater animals. During centuries it has been the dog of the families of the nobility and the czars.
It can say without doubt, that Great Duke Nicholas was the greatest criador of this race and used to have in the perreras around a hundred of these magnificent dogs. The fall of the Czars and the Russian nobility, was the cause of the almost total disappearance of this race of its country of origin, but nevertheless, enough it is spread in Europe and America. His first appearance in England took place around ago a century, when the Czar Alexander II him gift a pair of Borzoi to Reina victory.

Between all the galgos, the Borzoi is certainly ?more noble? as much by its characteristics as by his to walk. Place setting by a splendid layer of waved hair, moves with great distinction and elegance. It exists in all the colors although the most appreciated they are white the uniform one, the target with gray, red and atigradas spots. Unlike other races, the white spots do not have to have limits very defined, but to disappear gradually with the other colors.

Raised to the cross. Males of 70 to 82 cm., the one of the females are smaller in approximately 5 cm. Also is admitted the one raised greater one, whenever the symmetry is not it jeopardize.
Head. It releases and it narrows, very lean. Black Trufa with nasal graves that exceed the inferior jaw. Long, narrow and lean, nonpointed snout, with a small arc before trufa. Long and narrow skull, in proportion with the rest of the body. The tie point between the skull and the nasal cane, forms a very obtuse angle.

Eyes. Quite next, equidistant of the end of the skull and trufa. Of oblique form and dark color, located level with the head.

Ears. Very movable, of high birth and finished in end, folded backwards on the neck. The dog has them raised when he is kind.

Neck. Of medium papada length, devoid of.

Previous extremities. Flat shoulders, not too oblique. Perfectly straight extremities with flat and lean bones. If they are watched front seem narrow, however of flank, they appear wide towards shoulders, diminishing gradually towards the feet.

Body. Narrow although exceptionally deep thorax that descends until the elbows. Flat ribs and slightly abarriladas. Gradually bent back, more in the males than in the females that even, can have it flat. Enough back-lumbar zone long, very muscular, grupa release and wide. Reserved belly.

Later extremities. Flat thighs with very wide bone and muscles very developed. Metatarsos short.

Feet. Lengths with closed fingers.

Tail. Very mullida and it releases, with scimitar form.

Coat. Length, nonwoolly, with silky reflections, wave and with great curls. Smooth in the head, the ears and the forcebody of the extremities. Long plumes in the later part of the previous extremities and the thighs, in the thorax and the tail. Color: white, white with yellow, orange spots, red unicolor, atigradas, gray.

FEEDING. The necessities, calculated in ration of maintenance, have been established around 1,900 - 2,200 Kcal. daily. Much attention must be put in the provision of mineral-vitaminic complexes in this dog of great size, as much during the phase of growth like in adult age.

DAILY CARES. The aspect of the coat, that reflects the state of health of the dog, improvement remarkably with the daily use of the brush. For galgo Russian it has much importance, as much for his psychic development as physical, to have the possibility of living in very ample spaces.

DISEASES. The Borzoi, like other dogs of medium and great size, can suffer the Moller-Barlox disease, an affection that appears preferredly in the puppies of sixty to one hundred twenty days and that characterize by pain and tumefacción of the average part of the long bones, with difficulty when walking. Some authors maintain that the cause resides in an excess of vitamins To and D, however for others, a deficiency or an excess of vitamin elimination C or one difficulty are in its assimilation. The therapy is with vitamin C in addition analgesic glucocorticoids and.

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