Cool Borzoi Photo Of The Week new post 54

[borzoimom]

Wow! That really is a beautiful photo. Are Borzoi's fast like a Greyhound? They look like they have very delicate necks. Do they? I need to do some research on the breed. I really dont know anything about them. They sure are a beautiful breed, thats for sure.

A grayhound is better at a sprint, like a whippet would be against a grayhound, but a borzoi can run for miles- .. They use to use them for races but stopped because of the coat care and longer races- less per time frame. The more racing heats the better.
As far as a delicate neck- no way- its incrediably powerful- they can run up along side a wolf or cougar, and grab the neck of the animal going over 35 mph and slam on the breaks and snap the animals neck, but strong enough they do not injure themselves. You have to watch them as babies as the muscles develope, but after two, they are much stronger than you could remotely guess. Not only is their speed like lightening covering massive ground, but they are so agile to twist on a dime. My tri Femka has treed two bears, the second falling on her with a broken limb, the bear smacked in the shoulder as I am screaming for my husband, - in lightening fast, she twisted and bite the tar out of the bears lip tearing it sending the 200 pound plus bear back up the tree again...