my roses 

my roses again

my garden during springtime

little guests

My very first dog came into my life one month before my birth; I grew up with Till, an english setter descending from the well known Crismani's bloodline; after Till came Lampo della Marciola, another english setter. I had so much fun with him and I remember many wonderful  afternoons I spent with him and my father to teach him how to catch.

Finally, my first borzoi appeared into my life when i was ten years old; I still remember and take into my heart as a precious memory the first sight he gave me, that little puppy looked at me as all borzoi do, full of love and a bit curious of the young girl I was.

Zar died at ten years of age and after his loss I dreamed a long time about another borzoi. It has been mostly the destiny working for another appointment... I was studing for my last exam to graduate in a spring day on 1991 and suddendly a borzoi puppy appeared running under my window...to make short the story, I graduated and with the first money I earned I bought this puppy's litter brother.

I called him Sacha; he was not a show dog, but he made me  more and more involved in the breed and I started studing and looking for as many information as possible about borzoi. That was not easy, the world wild web was still a bit far and looking for books or for contacts with breeders was taking lot of time.

Sacha died early for a car accident and after him arrived my foundation bitch, Irina del Marchese di Rhieti and some months after my unforgettable BIS MCh. Rajalinjan Iceman.

In a first time I had no plans about breeding, I was only wishing enjoing this wonderful breed and sharing my life with....but, thanks to the precious support of a wonderful friend as Minna Saarinen, I bred my first litter out of Iceman and Irina and after that I realized I liked breeding!!

Other litters came, nice wins at dog shows too and I became more and more enthusiast.

On 2002 my kennel has been officially approved and registered by Italian Kennel Club and by International Cynological Federation, but I dot consider myself as a breeder. In my opinion a breeder is a person who has built his own bloodline during the years, whose dogs are easily to determine because of fixed qualities and even faults, I'm still enough far from.

Anyway, after I decided about breeding borzoi I moved to the country side to have more space for my dogs; actually all my dogs live in strict contact with me and part of my home is only for them. They also have a fenced area of about 2000 mq where they can move, running and playing daily.

My ideal borzoi starts from a good temperament, I would never admit an aggressive, nervous, or shy  borzoi into my breeding program nor into my life.

Then comes function: borzoi is a hound dog and he must be able to run fast and to catch, that means good body lenght, angulations, good neck, functional topline.

I'm very strict about borzoi head; borzoi head has a function too, it has to be aerodynamical that means good proportions.

Last but not least, living in the country made me descovering I like so much gardening.. I love english roses and syringa ( lilac) and guess what? .. Granduke Nikolai Nikolaievitch has been also a successfull lilac hybridator.. let's say it's a matter of casualness....

       

       the fenced area for my dogs

        Cabiria in the field

     Cabiria running

    Ati having fun in the snow