1990

Haalah's first saluki arrived from the Classicus Kennels, in England on March 8th, 1990. While visiting in England for 6 weeks, I attended Crufts and visited as many kennels as I could get to. I fell in love with an 8 week old "jumping bean" I later called Olivia. Her registered name is Ch. Classicus Hortensia. Olivia was the center of my life till her death in October 2002 at the age of 12 1/2.

For Olivia's first birthday, I gave her a playmate and husband, Ch. Dadaelis C'Ar Haazim. Haazim was out of the magnificent chocolate English import, Ch. Jeshins Arabis Haazim and Olivia produced my first litter of 7 pups in Feb. 1995. I kept the tiny elegant black bitch named, Ch. Haalah's Aeolian Drucilla, LCM.

1992

In 1992, Haazim's beautiful red littermate, Ch. Dadaelis C'Ar Jaeyme came to live with us. I bred Jaeyme to Tallahamra Mithras Perstare in 1995 and the Haalah Dadaelis litter of 7 color pups arrived in October. Tallahamra Mithras Perstare was a small black field champion with an incredible English pedigree which was quite old.

During the summer of 1992, I visited Finland and was able to see their Sighthound Specialty Show. It was then I fell in love with the dogs from the El Hamrah Kennel. I particularly was taken with International, Danish, Estonian, Finnish Champion El Hamrah Timirr-Khan. When Pirjo informed me he was being bred, I immediately reserved a male pup. I imported a male, Ch. El Hamrah Darizain Haalah in March of 1994.

1996

The third litter was a result of using my Finnish import, Dari on Leah Harrington's Canadian Best in Specialty Show Champion Firuza Francesca bred by Ingrid Romanowski. This co breeding with Firuza, Heathland and Haalah kennels produced 6 beautiful cream pups in April 1996. I kept Canadian Ch. Haalah Firuza Fauve Heathland. In 2001, Fauve was taken to Haazim and produced a litter of 9. Out of this litter, I kept a cream and a red bitch and a black tri male

2002

In the summer of 2002, I returned to Finland and visited with Veronica Margelin of the Asarafi Kennel. I fell in love with a tiny little bitch and imported her two months later.

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