WHY IS IT THAT IF A SALUKI IS INTELLIGENT, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TRAIN TO A STANDARD THAT WOULD NOT STRAIN A STREET CUR? VERY DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE, AS AN INCIDENT THAT I
SAW AT A SHOW WILL PROVE. A FRIEND OF MINE OWNS A PUREBRED SALUKI OF DESERT BREEDING THAT HE HAS TRAINED TO A HIGH STANDARD. AT ONE SHOW IN THE NORTHWEST A FEW YEARS BACK, HE WAS ACCOSTED BY A KNOWN PERSONALITY OF THE LURCHER WORLD. " A PURE SALUKI IS IT? " HE WAS ASKED, WHEN HE REPLIED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THE WELL KNOWN PERSONALITY STATED "OF COURSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LET IT OFF THE LEAD, WILL YOU?" AS A