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Kiren

I have added the Rajapalayam to the list of sighthounds, the Rajapalayam is an Indian sighthound, you may look it up on its wikipedia page.

Gräoid?

"sighthounds are gräoid shaped dogs" - what does this word (gräoid) mean? Sounds Swedish! Is it an esoteric cynological term, or a typo? Google only points to this page. Muad 04:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Esoteric" perhaps, "cynological" certainly. There are precedents, particularly in Continental European languages, for example quoted in Arrianus de lange jacht en lurecoursing Hawkins, Jansen & Waidman, 20004 Eburon Academic Press, Delft. Also quoted in an (English language) article to appear in 2007 in the Performance Sighthound Journal (USA) titled "Sighthound Identity", Hawkins. Quote <<gräoid: denoting greyhound body-type, derived from greyhound>> compare to another footnote, same article <<brachoid: denoting scent hound body-type, derived from rache/brachet Anglo-French for running hound of the harrier scent hound type, recognizable in some modern European languages as brak = scent hound>>--Richard Hawkins 04:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i added the pov tag

The article is written mainly for readers interested in showing dogs. Worse, there isn't context provided for readers who can't imagine this point of view. Best wishes,Rich Peterson75.45.97.146 (talk) 06:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strange comment. The page certainly could be improved. However, it appears to me that most of the content refers to the original function of the sighthound, not to the showing of sighthounds. If you would like to initiate a dispute it would only be fair of you to defend your point of view in a more substantial way than the above, or make some significant contribution to the page which would rectify your perception of its lack of neutrality. Otherwise I can only presume "i added the pov tag" is a form of vandalism.--Richard Hawkins (talk) 14:37, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

whoa dude. assume good faith.Strange presumption.75.45.106.99 (talk) 01:18, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I needed to step back for an hour. I now realize I should not have responded to you as "dude', and maybe not have said "assume good faith", according to WP:Good faith. I didn't mean to step on your toes, I'm sure you've put a lot of work into this article. I do think quite a bit of the article is related to Kennel societies, which in my mind were (possibly wrongly)the same as dog show clubs.Perhaps I have a lot to learn.But kennel societies are rather alien to my point of view, which (was)my point.So from your point of view, I made a strange comment, and from my point of view, since I put my name to the comment, it's strange to presume it's vandalism. Peace.Rich (talk) 03:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

no mention of greyhound being considered the "prototypical" sighthound

Just a thought - but, the greyhound is considered to be THE prototypical sighthound from which others are assumed to have decended. Perhaps that's worth mentioning 143.159.94.184 (talk) 14:09, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

By whom and on what evidence?

There is currently no zooarchaeological or genetic evidence that "the Greyhound" gave rise to "the Saluki" or vice versa, etc. Richard Hawkins (talk) 15:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]