Borzoi
- Height 74–81 cm 66–74 cm
- Weight 34–48 kg 27–39 kg
- Life span 9–14 years
- Exercise 40 min/day
The Borzoi is a large and athletic breed of dog that was originally bred in Russia for hunting wolves and other large game. They are intelligent, independent, and graceful, and make excellent companion dogs.
- Group
- Hound Group
- Origin
- Russia (17th century)
- Coat
- long · White, Black, Cream, Gold, Red, Tan, Brindle, and Sable
- Also known as
- Russian Wolfhound and Russkaya Psovaya Borzaya
- Recognized by
- AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC, NZKC
- Hypoallergenic
- No
- Id
0d84dcb0-2eb9-41fe-882a-29e140dd0822
Traits
- Energy
- Trainability
- Barking
- Grooming
- Shedding
- Drooling
- Good with children
- Good with dogs
- Good with strangers
- Apartment friendly
Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Borzoi. They are researched estimates, not measurements.
Researched from showsightmagazine.com dogbreedinfo.com pethelpful.com nylabone.com dogacademy.org
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This page, as API data
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See it in the reference.
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The picture itself also has an endpoint:
https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/0d84dcb0-2eb9-41fe-882a-29e140dd0822/image, which redirects
straight to the file. See it in the reference.