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Melik Salukis
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Our History
My journey with Salukis started when I was 11 and saw the Guinness Book of World Records. At that time the Saluki was pictured as the world's fastest dog. I was fascinated and started to find all I could on this intriguing breed. In 1973 I obtained my first Saluki from Karen Usry, about 15 miles from where I live now. I have not been without a Saluki since. I have bred 11 AKC Champions based on my crossing of Melik's Dancing Alika F.Ch. to Sedeki Mazuri Vaz. The SCOA National Specialty in 1984 proved to be the turning point in the Melik Kennels breeding program. This was the first time the fancy saw Tek Kulak Tazi Var trailing along behind Janet Jones, I was captivated and my life changed. Janet returned to Turkey the following year and returned with the character Tek Kulak Acik Gos. In 1988 they produced Var's only litter of eleven pups. In 1988 my first COO Saluki entered my life as a result of that breeding and the following year I married George Rogers. One of those girls was Tek Kulak's Pafta of Melik who is the foundation for Melik Kennel's COO breeding program. ..::l::..
The Kurdish Saluki George has a been a rock of support as I walked this new and sometimes difficult path. Initially, the hounds were registered through FCI in Puerto Rico and we found ourselves somewhat isolated in our desire to maintain the Kurdish Saluki. The advent of the internet allowed us to make contact with Germany on a regular basis and our world started to open up. The easing of restrictions on the Kurds in Turkey allowed me to go to Var's home village of Biriman with Janet Jones in 2005 and that trip provided a solidification of what we believed in, the beauty of the Kurdish Saluki and his value in his home land as well as in the Western world. The Kurdish Saluki has been thriving in Germany through the efforts of Cyrus Sattarzadeh, Monika Dahncke and Iraj Sattarzadeh. I would recommend a visit to any or all of them to anyone in the Hamburg, Germany area. It is through their efforts that the western world has this wonderful resource available today and without them we would not have been able to enjoy the success we have achieved to date. ..::l::.. Never forget A Saluki’s function is to be an effective hunter. A Saluki is beautiful because of his function. To deny this truth is to deny the Saluki.
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Dr. George and Mary Beth Rogers
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