Hortaya borzaya

Ukraine, South Russia

Хортая Борзая, Hortaya Borzaya, Hortaya Borzaya, Hort, Horty

Males: 65-75 cm Bitches: 61-71 cm

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The Chortaj or more precisely Hortaya Borzaya ( Хортая Борзая, Russian for " short -haired greyhound ") is a not internationally recognized by the FCI breed from the former Soviet Union.

Origin and History

The Chortaj is an Asian dog breed which has evolved north of the Black Sea for centuries in the steppe belt after they slowly spread from the east to the west. Dogs of this type were held by different peoples of the region, which extends over today's Ukraine and southern Russia into the western regions of Kazakhstan. Therefore, one can assign to any particular nation or country the Chortaj also. To the east and southeast of its range it is connected to the Oriental or Central Asian greyhounds. In its expression in Ukraine, near the Polish border areas it is considered as a link to the western greyhound races. In 1951, a standard for the breed was established in the Soviet Union.

An international recognition by the FCI is not until now, but the race is nationally from FCI umbrella organization of Russia, the RKF, recognized, who also leads the breed standard. In the CIS countries the breed is so far partially supervised by the special operations units for hunting dogs, some of the relevant FCI regional associations. The owners of these dogs are mostly local hunters who live in remote villages in the desert and have little interest in exhibitions.

The Hortaya Borzaya one of the few greyhound races that were selected solely up to the present time about his hunting and hunting properties.

Description

The Chortaj is a 65 cm (females from 61 cm) large greyhound. He seems to have a resemblance to the Chart Polski, but differs from that in the bone structure, building, breeding methodology and in the hunting properties. There are at least 5 sometimes very different main strokes each with the same number of subtypes. This results in a large, the particular geography, climate and prey adapted variability.

The dense, short fur can have a wide range of wild colors, which can range from pure or brownish black over red, Fahl or gray in varying degrees of intensity, to red with black shading. The Chortaj may be brindle, solid or pied. Isabel with blue or light eyes are excluded from breeding. A typical gait is the light-hearted, almost flying trot.

The Chortaj is friendly, but clearly Asian embossed character. He's never sharp man, although occasionally vigilant. Thanks to its rigorous selection for the joint hunting with his owner, the Chortaj belongs to the embodied greyhound races with very good basic obedience and high intelligence. The breed is late maturing, very vital and durable. It is not uncommon that go from active hunting Althunde screened for the first time with 8 or 9 years healthy and not detrimental to the breed. Race -specific inherited diseases are still unknown.

Use

The Chortaj is in its region of origin is still a pure hunting greyhound. It is used for hunting anything in the steppe occurring wild, and in particular rabbits, foxes, wolves and antelopes. The Chortaj is extremely persistent. He is able to work from early morning until late in the evening.

In some countries of Central and Eastern Europe, for example in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but also in Germany, Finland and Switzerland, Chortaj are now also held by dog lovers, partly on land and partly in cities. Some of these dogs take on greyhound racing and coursing in part, because of the lack of recognition by the FCI, however, partly out of competition. First held in Western European Dog show to be also suitable for agility, mass sports and as a perennial riding companion dogs.