plumcrazy

I've been intrigued by Afghan Hounds lately, so imagine my delight when a fellow kennel club member, Judie, enlisted my assistance to dogsit her pack over the long weekend!! The pups were dropped off at my house on Saturday evening, and they'll be headed back home tomorrow night. Judie's pack consists of two adorable shelties and this handsome fellow!!







I'm pretty sure there's an Afghan Hound in my future (to go along with my next Arreau standard poodle puppy!!) I'm not in the market for any puppies currently - four dogs in my house is plenty for now, but it's very fun to dogsit for a few days and learn more about this amazing breed!

He's tall enough to look over the top of my fence without lifting his head, and he can also countersurf the same way - his chin is inches above my countertop when he stands next to it!! He's definitely on the taller side of the breed - which is why his breeder sold him to Judie, he was a little too tall to show (and win) so they found a good pet home for him.

He's been a doll and well behaved with all my dogs AND my cats, which was a concern for me since Afghans generally look at small fuzzy creatures as prey. I'll surely let Judie know that I will dogsit for her when she has any future travel plans!!

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Keithsomething

Apollo is stunning Barb!! I've had a thing for afghans forever, a friend of the family use to breed and show them MANY moons ago and she has a glorious domino bitch she kept from her last breeding...-sigh- their hair looks more daunting than a standards though!!

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Chagall's mom

Apollo is my idea of the perfect guy; tall with good hair! I'd have a hard time returning him to his owner, he sounds like my kind of house guest. I love the look of the Afghans. Every so often I find myself driving behind a white Honda Accord that appears to have a tall woman with nice hair in the passenger seat. I laugh each time I get up next to that car and see it's an Afghan riding shotgun!

ArreauStandardPoodle

He is gloriously handsome Barb, and you my dear, look phenomenal!

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plumcrazy

Actually, I've enjoyed combing/brushing Apollo while he's been here. I've heard there are "good" coats and "not-so-good" coats - sort of like poodles, too! The good coats are silky and strong and the not-so-good ones are more cottony and tend to mat more. Apollo's coat seems silky to me - although I have nothing to compare him to, yet.... I spray a little anti-stat or conditioning spray on my pin brush and it just glides through his coat - if I don't use the spray - I can tell the static starts to build immediately. His coat is less dense than our poodles' coats, so the brush slides through easily, while with the poodles, because their coats are thicker and tend to be more curly unless freshly blown out; the pin brush or comb doesn't just glide/slide through without a bit more effort... it's definitely different, but not harder (at least with the type of coat Apollo has!)

When I decide to start looking for my own Afghan, I'll enlist help from my new Afghan Hound Club friends to find one with the potential of a good coat. I've thoroughly enjoyed having Apollo at my house - I wish his owner would extend her vacay!!

I'm thinking of ways to break it to Judie that he "ran away" or something! Of course I'd never actually DO it, but it's nice to daydream about! As much as I'm loving him visit - my dream Afghan is a pretty bitch I may be able to show. Someday... someday...

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Countryboy

Not bad, Plum . . . not bad....

....for a Sighthound.

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tokipoke

So majestic! Maybe that'll be my next dog, when my cats are gone. When I went to the dog show, I was looking for all the poodles but all I saw were Afghans! Maybe it was a sign. I found this on Youtube and thought I'd share (it's a hair straightener commercial featuring an Afghan):

plumcrazy

I have four cats and Apollo (at 2 years old) was a perfect gentleman with all of them. My cats are all indoor cats and are extremely used to all sorts of dogs since I dog-sit, foster and rescue quite a bit, so they never act skittish or run from dogs. I'm not sure if that's why Apollo wasn't interested in them, or what - but we had a very nice, peaceful weekend with an adult prey-hunting sight hound and 4 cats!!

I've also noticed (at the last 3 or 4 dog shows I've been to at least) that the Afghans far outnumber the poodles... Even at the show in Cambridge, MN in June - which was the Twin Cities Poodle Club's poodle specialty, there were about 3 times as many Afghans as there were poodles through the whole weekend. They're rather hard to miss!

I had to give Apollo back to his owner last night - I told her I was trying to find a way to tell her he "ran away", but I don't think she would've bought that! We had a lovely time and I've given her an open offer for any future dog-sitting services! My daughter loved using him as a big, hairy blanket!!

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LEUllman

Now that is a tail!

Midge0413

Is the blue wrap for marking?