Talk:Borzoi

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Moved text posted here by User:148.177.161.211 to article page. Elf | Talk 20:44, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Removed some links
Removed three useless links that didn't pertain to the article-A link to a girl's stickam and youtube accounts, calling herself 'the borzoi'. Watch out that she doesn't post these again, guys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.60.91.25 (talk) 08:17, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Which photo to use?
An anon user switched out this photo: and replaced it with this one: Although the 2nd one has a cleaner background, it's not as complete and clear (and larger original) an image of the dog. I think the first one shows the breed better. What do other people think? Elf | Talk 04:55, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I can't see the first image, but the second one looks okay to me. RandomEcho 14:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I can see both, and I agree with Elf's analysis. Either one will do while we hope for a third photo with the clarity and size of the first, and the uncluttered background of the second.  I wouldn't mind seeing an example of an Art Deco representation, as well, and I'd put one up myself if I had yet mastered the intricacies of doing so. -- Lisasmall 22:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't like the first photo much, it's a nice dog but it isn't standing up properly so looks a bit like a rather depressed camel. The problem with putting up Art Deco is copyright of the images. I'm not game to tangle with that. Autangelist 23:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

More Photos for consideration
I've just uploaded 5 new images for consideration for use in this article.

Please discuss or change with existing article pictures if you strongly prefer one or more of these. --Cunnington A 23:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Borzoi v. Borzois
I struggled to put in references and apparently did it incorrectly, more than once, and after wrangling all day, I give up. Here's what I was getting at.

Capitalization: The Times (of London UK) Online Style Guide, in their entry titled "dogs," says borzoi should not be capitalized in a sentence; but Borzoi people routinely do so, and it is capitalized throughout the Wiki article.

Plural v. Singular: The American Heritage Dictionary says the plural is borzois, which I have never, in eons of dogshows, heard used; the webmistress of Borzoi Central answered my query today: "Well....in my opinion the accepted plural is Borzoi and it seems to be the most common usage that I see," but she noted that there are some Borzoi people who fervently favor the "s" and that the debate can get "quite heated" at times. She is a professional breeder of Borzoi as well as BC's webmistress. I think it's appropriate to note both plurals here without taking sides. -- Lisasmall 22:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Same-Day Update: I have just received this via email:The Borzoi Club of America, Inc. has determined that the plural of Borzoi is Borzoi. Regards, Barbara O'Neill, President Borzoi Club of America, Inc. Consistent with providing the most accurate expert info possible, versus that which can be found in a general purpose reference such as a dictionary, I'll leave note of the two plurals in the article, but will edit the article's own plurals to the simple borzoi form. -- Lisasmall 23:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Etymology of borzoi
It would be nice for the article to give the Russian meaning of the word borzoi. I can tell from my college Russian that it's an adjective, in the masculine singular form. Many Russian adjectives can be used as nouns, in the same way that "Christian", originally an adjective, has become a noun; it has an implied head-noun of "person". I'm wondering what borzoi means as an adjective, and what the implied noun is. It can't be "dog" because that's not masculine in Russian. ACW 14:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

"Borzaya" is the Russian word, which means "quick". I've also seen it translated as "swift". "Borzaya" means any of the sighthounds found in Russia, it's a generic term in the same way that "Greyhound" can be. I guess your college Russian is right, it's an adjective which they've simply used to name a certain type of dog. "Russkaya Psovaya Borzaya" is the Russian designation for the dogs we call Borzoi - the longhaired variety. In Russia they are commonly called "Psovoi". I think the "Psovaya" part has something to do with the region where longhaired borzaya originally came from. (That's my understanding of it anyway - I'm not Russian and have never been there.) I've added this into the article. Autangelist 23:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

"Psovaya" as opposed to other ways of writing this word is depending on gender of the word it attaches to. In this case "Russkaya Psovaya Borzaya" it's female "Russia". "Psovaya" means "longhaired", just as "Hortaya" means shorthaired. More sightdog breeds are e.g. "Stepnaya Borzaya" (from the steppe), called "Stepnoi" or "Krimskaya Borzaya" (from the Krim), called "Krimskoi". So the actual system by which Russians over the ages named their sightdogs was a series of describing terms, not actual names, which makes the use of Borzoi for the Psovaya actually a mistake made by the first importers of the breed. Hortaya 06:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "Psovaya" is adjective word means "apply to dog", not "longhaired". "Longhaired" translate on russian as "длинношерстная" (for animal) or "длинноволосая" (for humans). There is noun "Пёс" ("Pyos") (en:"male dog")--Валерий Пасько (talk) 12:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

history
''Tradition says that Saluki type sighthounds were originally brought to Russia from Byzantium in the south about the 9th and 10th centuries and again later by the Mongol invaders from the East. Although this might be true, the imported sighthound stock was crossed with different Russian spitz type hunting dogs to increase their speed and gain an ability to catch wolves. This was an important part of a hunting dog's work in the past, when wolves were more common.''

So sorry, but most of this is not correct, neither was the prior version correct.

That the Saluki is the forefather of all oriental/asian sightdog breeds is quite simply a myth. This may come down heavily on some, but now that the archeological archives and research results of the former USSR are open to scientists, it has become quite clear that this primal sightdog type evolved between the lower Kazakhstan part of Altai and the afghan plains, and that the earliest actual sightdog breeds were the plains Afghans and the Taigan.

These breeds then migrated south (founding the Tazi/Saluki branch) and west (founding the Stepnaya, Krimskaya and Hortaya branches) to develop into breeds adapted to those regions. Thus there never was any need for sightdogs to be brought to the Russian plains from the South, they naturally simply migrated West from the Kazakh and Afghan plains. Mongol invaders had very little to do with the migration, which happened slowly, gradually and through normal spreading of trade (with the silk and spice trade via the Silk Road being the prime vector).

The Psovaya Borzaya was largely founded on Stepnaya, Hortaya and the Ukrainian-Polish version of old Hort (not modern Chart Polski), there were also imports of western sightdog breeds to add to the height and weight. It then was crossed with the Russian Laika (not a variety of different spitzes) specifically and singularly to add resistance against northern cold AND to add a longer and thicker coat than what the southern sightdogs are equipped with.

All of them - Tazi, Hortaya, Stepnaya, Krimskaya and Hort - were already capable of hunting and bringing down wolves. Not so long ago the excellent Hortaya stud male Blesk completed twice (!) a 3rd degree hunt trial alone (which means that the brought down a wolf without any help of other dogs, hunting all by himself). Wolf trials are a regular part of hunting diploma for all Russian sightdog breeds of the relevant type, either singly or in pairs or triplets. Thus wolf hunting already is part of the abilities of the southern Russian sightdog breeds which founded the Psovaya without any need to add it through the Laika, who also very certainly is a much slower dog than a sightdog. You can't increase the speed of a sightdog by mixing it with Spitzes.

I would have changed the text, but prefer to leave this to the original author of the Barsoi entry who did some wonderful work there, my compliments! Hortaya 18:02, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Phew, it's more than a year since I looked at the page and look what I've missed! That part of the History section was there already when I did my revisions of the article; I knew it was wrong (and my friend who has bred Borzoi for forty years simply laughed at it) but didn't have the knowledge to replace it. When I get time I'll do the update with your material. Thank you so much. Autangelist 21:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Why the long face? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oklollmao (talk • contribs) 14:00, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Capitalization
From Talk:Greyhound

"Greyhound or greyhound?[edit] A convention for many years in cynological literature is to name a "breed" of dog with upper case, to name a "type" of dog in lower case. For instance, Deerhound as opposed to deerhound. With reference to the English greyhound it would be better, i.e. more related to past history and the abundant reference material on the breed to name it: "Greyhound", when not using its region of origin. Other sighthound "breeds" have in the Anglophone tradition often been named "greyhounds" of their specifc region i.e. Spanish greyhound, Polish greyhound, Persian greyhound etc. Conversely other languages use a similar generic for sighthound(greyhound) such as lévrier, galgo, chrt etc. I would respectfully suggest that the first letter of Greyhound should be in upper case. That would promote clarity here & on other Wiki breed pages, and I believe it would be more consistent with historical use.--Richard Hawkins (talk) 15:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)"

Again I would respectfully suggest that we follow the cynological convention and name breeds as a proper noun with a capital: Borzoi instead of borzoi, see the AKC, KC, FCI literature. Richard Hawkins (talk) 15:10, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * An editor seems to have recently been going through a number of dog breed articles changing the capitalisation. left a note on their talk page about it that hasn't received any response. As it doesn't appear to have been discussed anywhere, I don't think there would be a problem for you to change them back - we have already reverted on a few articles.  SagaciousPhil  - Chat 15:26, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I completely agree with . Move please this discussion to the right page, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dogs. Hafspajen (talk) 15:44, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2016
The text "The borzoi is also known as the "Stilt beagle"" and "Stilt beagle" under Other Names is vandalism and should be removed. The Borzoi breed has never been known by this name. You can read about the breed's history at these websites: http://www.borzoiclubofamerica.org/about-bcoa.html http://judgesl.com/Borzoi/history.html http://www.borzois.com/zoi_info/borzoitimeline.html

And specifically referencing common names for the breed: http://www.russiandog.net/russian-wolfhound.html http://www.akc.org/akc-dog-lovers/great-borzoi-controversy/ http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/borzoi/

Bandizoi (talk) 01:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ as there is no Reliable source. A Google search gives just 87 matches, almost all to Wikipedia mirrors, and blog comments on these - Arjayay (talk) 08:58, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

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"Until 1936 it was known as the Russian Wolfhound"
By whom? This seems an odd statement unless it means very specifically "by breeding associations" or something, as certainly Borzois are mentioned by name in the stories of Saki, written in the first decade of the 20th century. 92.17.102.14 (talk) 20:08, 30 March 2022 (UTC)


 * An episode of "The Avengers" (British TV series) "The £50,000 Breakfast" (1968) consistently calls these dogs "Russian Wolfhound". Clearly the term was still in use at that time. Although they also use "Borzoi". Durgadas311 (talk) 01:57, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Fella?
I and everyone I know calls this breed of dog a fella, what range of usage is needed for it to be considered common? Quinnktm (talk) 16:32, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello! You can't just rely on your friends' usage, but if it's verifiable, you can probably include it no matter how common it is. Just be sure to cite a reliable source. See also: Help:Referencing for beginners.
 * There is a limit to that (see WP:INDISCRIMINATE) but generally I'd expect an alternate name to be notable. Ductwork (talk) 20:26, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Regarding the section "Internet fame"
Please do not revert that again, Justlettersandnumbers. The fame is literally unnoticable if you go onto a site like YouTube. Poodle23 (talk) 21:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No,, I'll wait for someone else to revert it this time. What exactly do you think you are likely to achieve by WP:edit-warring over it? Per WP:BRD, if your edit has been reverted, your next step is not make the same edit again, but instead to reach consensus on the talk-page for reinstatement of your edit. Which, for the record, I strongly oppose – the Borzoi has been famous for 100 years or more, there is absolutely no reason to add that kind of moronic trivia to our page (which already has quite enough problems as it is). This is an encyclopaedia, not a social media site. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:04, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure Mr. I think everyone should hail me because i'm an admin. Also, do people really consider reverting 1 edit that reverted your edit on this platform as edit warring? If so everyone here should get an attention span greater than 5 microseconds XD Poodle23 (talk) 22:09, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Should we add a section about the memes?
Sometime this year, borzoi dogs became somewhat of a meme. Should we add this information to the article, or no? LocalOhioCitizen (talk) 23:26, 13 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I believe we should, a "popular culture" subsection, just like many other articles. 50.45.189.192 (talk) 22:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Dogs unfit
Actually I also own one of this kind ,she is actually not healthy,she is been dripping blood from almost 2 months and not even conceving ,Can someone suggest something regarding 2407:D000:D:9246:B4C5:12FF:D674:A0C1 (talk) 23:39, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Kennel Club Standards
At some point, several of the kennel clubs recognizing Borzoi were removed from the article, leaving only the FCI standard. Missing are the AKC standard, the CKC standard, the (English) KC standard, and the ANKC standard. Perhaps these should be added back? Bandizoi (talk) 13:31, 10 October 2023 (UTC)