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http://silkenwindhounds.org List of Photos: introducing the silken windhound Front Cover: Female age 4 years Page 11: Male age 3 years; Male, age 6 years Page 12: Male age 2 years; Male age 2 years Page 13: Male age 13 months; Male age 2.5 years History Page 14: Male age 1.5 years; Male age 3 years Page 15: Female age 1 year; Female age 15 months Page 16: Female age 1 year; Female age 3 year The Silken Windhound is a modern sporting sighthound of American Page 17: Female age 2 years; Female age 3 years origin. It is a moderately sized and elegantly coated breed. Page 18: Female age 6 months; Female age 4.5 years Page 19: Male and Female age 16 weeks; Male age 7 weeks The Silken Windhound originated with Francie and Chuck Stull at Kennel Page 20: Males age 5 weeks; Males age 7.5 weeks Kristull in Texas during the 1980’s with the selective breeding of founda‐ Page 21: Male and Female age 7 weeks; Male age 14 weeks tion bloodlines until true‐to‐type offspring were produced. The three Page 22: Female, Female and Male age 3 years; Male aged 4 years; Male breeds represented in the foundation of this breed are (B), Whip‐ and Male aged 3 years pet (W) and a longer coated ‐style (LHW) developed by Page 23: Male age 1.5 years; Male age 2 years Windsprite Kennels. Page 24: Male age 6 years; Male age 4 years Page 25: Female age 15 months; Female age 2 years The first true Silken Windhound (SW) litter was whelped in 1985 when a Page 26: Male age 7 years; Female age 3 years breeding of (LHW) Windsprite Autumnal Zenon to (B) Stillwater Kristull Page 27: Male age 2 years; Male age 1.5 years Peacock resulted in (SW) Kristull Decadence and Kristull Darque Page 28:Male age 5 years; Male age 3 years Decision. Page 29:Males age 4 years; Male age 4 months Page 30:Female age 2 years; Female age 4 years Through a process of refinement from the original foundation , with Below: Male age 3 years; Female age 8 weeks a focus on selection for type, soundness, health and temperament and in a breeding program spanning several decades, the Silken Windhound Photographs contributed by Joyce Chin, Rick Steele, Dave Mills Photo‐ has emerged as its own breed. graphic Arts, Crystal Buckey, Eero Juhola, Teri Timm‐Miller, Michelle Smith, Karen Fink, Jay Cusker, Alison Ruhe, RLynn Shell‐Whitlock, Cyndi Dell, Jay Berenblit , Donna Winton, and Kemp Photography The club

The name Silken Windhound was officially adopted in 1998. The Interna‐ tional Silken Windhound Society, based in the U.S. and chartered in 1999, maintains all pedigrees and DNA verified registrations for the breed and sanctions all regional and international clubs and specialty events. The breed standard was ratified by ISWS in 1999.

The International Silken Windhound Society has established a unique registration system based closely on the AKC’s registration process. All breeding Silkens are DNA verified with the assistance of the Veterinary

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Genetics Laboratory. Additionally, the ISWS has incorporated an extra step with its two‐tiered registration system allowing breeders the opportunity to assess and upgrade their puppies to breeding status with the ISWS when they reach maturity. The ISWS also sponsors health testing for the breed and stages health testing events.

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The breed standard was originally adopted by the ISWS in March 2001 and revised in December 2005.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: The Silken Windhound is an elegant, small to medium‐sized sighthound with a moderately long silky coat. Its classic lines and athletic build are the hallmark of a true dog. When viewing a Silken Windhound, one has the impression of grace, balance, and strength integrated with exceptional running ability.

SIZE, PROPORTION, SUBSTANCE: The accepted measurements for Silken Windhounds are 18.5 ‐23.5 inches (47‐60 cm) at the withers. Dogs over or under the ideal shall be penalized to the extent of the deviation. In proportion, Silken Windhounds are approximately square or slightly rectangular. Silkens that are excessively longer or shorter than they are tall should be penalized according to the extent of the deviation. The build of the Silken Windhound is sleek, through a balanced combination of fine bladed bone and smooth muscle, and never looks frail. Heavy, round, or coarse bone is faulty.

HEAD: The Silken Windhound's expression is alert, friendly and intelligent. Eyes are rather large and dark, almond‐shaped and set somewhat obliquely. Pigment around eyes is full and dark. Ears are small and fine in texture, folded and lying back along the neck when

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The head is well chiseled, skin dry and tight, with noticeable veining. The nose is dark, and may be slightly down‐turned at the end. Lips and flews are tight, in keeping with the dry head. Pigment on lips is full and dark. Jaws are strong to accommodate the teeth, which are large for a dog of this size, with full dentition and scissors bite. Missing teeth should be penalized.

NECK, TOPLINE, BODY: The neck is long and slender. It is slightly arched, well muscled and powerful, never ewe necked. The neck is free from dewlap or throatiness, widening gradually and symmetrically into the shoulder. The topline rises gradually from slightly behind the withers, with the highest point of the arch being over the last rib, flowing smoothly over the muscular loin, carrying through and falling gradually over the long croup.

The back is short and the loin moderately long, wide, muscular and arched. It is important that the loin be flexible to sustain and drive the double suspension gallop, which Silkens exhibit when running at top speed. A flat back with steep croup is not a loin arch and should be faulted. The chest is deep with moderate spring of rib. A barrel shaped or slab sided body is faulty. The brisket reaches as nearly as possible to the elbow, with a graceful upsweep to the tuck‐up; this creates the distinctive underline of the Silken Windhound.

The tail is long and flexible, falling in a sweeping curve, free of kinks and reaching past the hock. When carried, the tail should not Borzoi Male and Silken Windhound Male size comparison

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rise above the back. A tightly curled or gay tail is faulty.

FOREQUARTERS: The shoulder blades are well laid back and are long and smooth with flat muscle. Fine withers are preferred. Good return of upper arm is desirable, bringing the legs well under the withers. Elbows turn neither in nor out. The forelegs are straight and strong, with pasterns straight or slightly bent, but never knuckled over. Dewclaws on front legs are acceptable. The feet are well knuckled with tough, thick pads. Both the hare foot, with its longer middle toes; and the cat foot, with its shorter middle toes, is acceptable. Hare foot is preferred. Nails are strong and of moderate length.

HINDQUARTERS: Hindquarters are well angulated, with a long second thigh and well developed thigh muscles. Viewed from the rear, the hindquarters are slightly wider than the front, well muscled, without any suggestion of cowhocks. Stifles are well bent, and hock joints broad and strong. Hocks are short. Rear dewclaws may be removed. The feet are well knuckled with tough, thick pads. Both the hare foot, with its longer middle toes; and the cat foot, with its shorter middle toes, is acceptable. Hare foot is preferred. Nails are strong and of moderate length.

COAT: The coat is soft, and silky in texture. In no case should the coat be woolly or profuse enough to obscure the outline of the Silken Windhound, nor so long as to interfere with the function of a coursing . The coat may be straight, slightly wavy, or curly. There is longer feathering along the back of the forelegs, the brisket, hindquarters, around the neck, and tail. Coat on the face, feet, front of forelegs and hocks are naturally short. Feathering that frames the ears and face adds to the dog's expression, and should not be trimmed. The Silken Windhound is shown in a natural coat with minimal trimming.

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COLOR, MARKINGS: All colors and markings are acceptable.

GAIT: The Silken Windhound moves with a smooth effortless trot, which has good reach in front and good drive from the hindquarters. Restricted or wasted motion of the legs or body, when viewed from the side, is faulty. Paddling, hackneyed gait, toeing in, and toeing out are faults in front movement. The hocks should not roll in or out when rear movement is viewed. While the hind legs are wider apart than the front, the feet, both front and rear, seek a center of balance closer to the centerline when the dog moves at a fast trot. Movement which is too wide, or too narrow, or which does not converge towards a centerline, is faulty.

TEMPERAMENT: The Silken Windhound is an intelligent hound of balanced character. While this breed exhibits strong prey drive in the field, they are gentle, affectionate, devoted companion animals in the home. An unwarranted show of timidity or nervousness, or any sign of hostility towards people or dogs, should be penalized. Acceptable Colors and markings

Silken Windhounds are registerable in the following standard colors:

Black Fawn Black And Tan Fawn Brindle Black And Tan Brindle Gold Black Brindle Gold Brindle Blue Brindle Mahogany Brindle Blue Fawn Red Blue Fawn Brindle Red Brindle Cream Silver Cream Brindle Silver Brindle

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And the approved alternate colors are: Blue Liver And Tan Brindle Liver Brindle

Chinchilla Red Sable

Cream Sable Seal

Gold Sable Seal Brindle Liver Silver Sable

The approved markings are:

Extreme White Spotted On White

Irish Marked Spotted On White; Masked

Masked White Trim Sabled White Trim; Masked Saddled

Performance and conformation history

Silken Windhounds are competing successfully in performance events alongside LGRA, CWA, WRA, NOTRA and ASFA clubs around the country.

Straight Racing The International Silken Windhound Society (ISWS) sanctioned a straight racing program paralleling LGRA rules in 2005 with the first Straight Racing Champion (SRC) awarded the same year. Currently 221 dogs are registered with the ISWS straight racing program and are listed in the grading guide. As of June 2009, there are 17 SRC’s, 6 SRCX’s, and 1 SRCXIII.

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Lure Coursing The International Silken Windhound Society (ISWS) sanctioned a program paralleling ASFA rules in 2007. The first Lure Coursing Champion title (LCC) was awarded in 2008.

Oval Track Racing The International Silken Windhound Society (ISWS) sanctioned an oval racing program paralleling NOTRA rules in late 2008. There are dogs close to their championships in this performance arena as well.

Conformation Shows Silken Windhounds have been showing in the Hound groups in the U.S. and abroad. In 2004, Slovenia accepted Silken Windhounds as part of their National Kennel Club, where they show in Group 10, section 1, with the long haired or fringed . In 2005, the first Solvenian Championships were awarded.

In the United States, Silken Windhounds have been exhibited in confor‐ mation with Rarities/NAKC since 2003, IABCA since 2005, and NCA since 2005.

Since 2000, the International Silken Windhound Society (the Silken Windhound parent club) has sanctioned both National and Regional Specialties, featuring both conformation and performance events. In addition to the National U.S. specialty show and the regional U.S. spe‐ cialty shows, the ISWS has sanctioned specialty shows held in Germany, Sweden and .

Many Silken Windhounds now hold championship titles in multiple venues. Silken Windhounds have garnered their share of BIS and RBIS awards and group wins as well.

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Breed Development The International Silken Windhound Society encourages breed aware‐ ness and growth through many means, utilizing both traditional venues as well as modern technology.

The ISWS Public Relations team is dedicated to finding new opportuni‐ ties to educate the dog world about our breed by providing content to internet, books and magazines and by maintaining, updating and ex‐ panding Silken Windhound websites.

Silken Windhounds are seen as service dogs, in pet therapy, in . agility, in , in and in rally. ISWS regional breed clubs have also regularly had breed booths at regional pet events with information and dogs of the breed for people to meet.

Silken Windhounds are now found throughout the United States as well as Austria, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, United Arab Emirates, the Union of South Africa, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Litters have been bred in the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Japan, New Zealand, Ger‐ many, the Netherlands, and Slovenia.

University research

DNA parental marker verification (done through VGL) of all Silken Wind‐ in the breeding pool has brought Silken Windhounds to the attention of the scientific community. Silken Windhounds have been actively participating in DNA research with University of California at Davis and University of Pennsylvania veterinary colleges since 2004.

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The many activities Silken Windhounds have participated in, as well as the presence of the breed on the internet and in several books and magazines, has resulted in its ever increasing popularity and growth. The members of the ISWS anticipate that by joining the ranks of AKC breeds, the responsible growth of this breed will continue.

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