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BISS MRBIS, UCI CACIB, UR01 UKC GRCH, ARBA/KCUSA SUPREME GRCH, ISWS CH, ALLAGANTE SAHARA STARFYRE ISWS LCM, EC2, SRCX,
ASFA FCH, LGRA SGRC, SSR, NOTRA JOR, ASCA RA, CD, ITD, CGC, THD
Therapy dog with Pet Partners/Delta Society affiliate group, the Animal Health Fnd.
 UCI Certificat d'Aptitude au Championnat International de Beauté (CACIB)

Labor Day 2016 Sahara became the 3rd female/15th Silken to earn her Supreme Gazehound Racing Ch!!!!
Sahara has been the #1 Silken Veteran in Canadian straight racing for the past 4 years!

194 dogs defeated #14 Lifetime/#5 Lifetime Female Amercian Sighthound Field Assn. Lure Coursing Silken!
* Sahara takes back to back Best of Breed in ASFA lure coursing at 9 years young (08/11/18 & 08/12/18) *


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Judge Diane McCormick kisses Sahara at 2009 Western Regional Specialty where she won Best Puppy in Show at 13 weeks of age. Photo by Ken O'Brien of O'Brien Photograhy.
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Sahara heeling pattern. Photo by OlyHillary.
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Sahara at the start of her figure 8 in obedience. Photo by OlyHillary.
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Yelena & Sahara! Photo by OlyHillary.
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Keith & Sahara by OlyHillary.
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All photos by Melanie of Fly Dog Photography, unless otherwise noted.
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Photo by Pupparrazi OC.
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All agility photos by Kathleen Kiely.

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     Sahara was born at Allagante Silkens, one of four in the desert litter.

     She is a delightful, confident puppy and makes friends wherever she goes.

     Sahara also has many interests but her favorites are at the opposite ends of the
     spectrum, running and cuddling.

     She is a talker who is very vocal in her demands.  When she plays, she sounds like
     a baby bear which tends to frighten those that don’t know her.

     Miss Sahara doesn’t quite have control of her tail yet and it happily goes every which
     way as she moves.

     She is a little sunbeam and we tell her every day that we love her and that we’re so
     glad she’s in our lives.

     Sahara has started entering Obedience and Rally-Obedience trials and received her

     first qualifying leg for Rally in her first trial with a score of 180.  ASCA Rally-O differs from AKC Rally in that honor stations are included in Novice and signs for more the advanced classes in AKC are included in ASCA's Novice classes.  Sahara earned her second leg in Rally Novice with a score of 197; her third leg earning her Rally Novice Championship was a perfect score of 200 on June 11, 2011.  On the same day she earned her first leg in Rally Advanced with a score of 187.  Sahara has since scored two more qualifying legs at the advanced level (all off leash) in rally and would have the Rally Advanced title but all three have been under the same judge, so she needs one more. She earned
her first leg in Novice Obedience on March 13, 2011. She earned her second leg on January 15th, 2012 and on March 31, 2012, under a tough judge, she earned her third and final qualifying leg.  Sahara then became the second Silken Windhound
to earn an obedience title (CD).  On April 15, 2012 Sahara became the first Silken to earn a Rally Advanced (RA) title.         

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Sahara's Statistics

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Sahara at 9 months - photo by Malinda Julien.
   Sire:  BIS, RBIS UKC GCh/ISWS Ch, ICKC/IABCA INT Ch Allagante Christian Dior, 
  ISWS LCM II, EC, ASFA FCh, SRC, CGC, Therapy Dog
  Dam:  ISWS CH, NAKC CH Allagante Luna Chiana
  Littermates:  Allagante Atacama, Allagante Mojave & Allagante Kalahari
  D.O.B.  07/24/2009
  Color:  Fawn With Trim
  Markings:  Self
  MDR1 Parentage Clear
  BAER tested normal 04/23/10
  CERF tested normal 01/31/11
  DM tested Clear
  CEA tested Clear
  Cardiac tested good

  Thyroid tested within normal range
  Full dentition certified

  
Multiple ISWS Best Puppy In Show
ISWS Best Puppy In Sweepstakes
5 pt major - Winners Bitch at ISWS 2011 Nationals 05/07/11
5 pt major - Winners Bitch at ISWS 2011 NW Fest 07/23/2011
5 pt major - Winners Bitch at NAKC 07/24/2011
Best in Specialty Show at the Western Regional Specialty 10/15/2011 under Judge Barbara Binder.
ISWS Championship attained in 11 weeks on her 2 year birthday!
Straight Racing Championship earned on 08/28/2011 at 2 years one month.

Straight Racing Excellent attained 08/17/2014
IABCA International Puppy Champion, 2 BOB Puppy, 2 Best Hound Group 
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Multiple ISWS/UKC Best Brace
 class with her father Dior

Sahara earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen at seven months of age
BISS at the 2011 ISWS Western Regional Specialty

Reserve Best in show at the 2011 UKC South Bay Kennel Club 11/13/11.
Winner of the ASFA Region 10 Invitational (Limited Division) on 11/06/2011.
#1 Female Silken in ASFA lure coursing in 2012; #5 overall!
#7 (tie) LIFETIME ASFA SILKEN WINDHOUND

#3 Female Silken in LGRA straight racing in 2012; #15 (tie) overall.
Three lure coursing Best of Breed earned on 07/25/2010, 11/05/2011 & 11/06/2011

Earned her Intermediate Courser title in four weeks

#9 on the American Sighthound Field Association's Lifetime Top Twenty 
Sahara has been in the top 20 Lifetime Silkens in ASFA since 2010, the first year she began lure coursing.  

Sahara got her CQ on her Birthday (07/24/2010) and won her first field trial the next day coursing with the big dogs!
In ISWS straight racing, she tied in 2010 for 32nd place and had only entered three race meets.
2011 Sahara was the #2 female and #12 overall in LGRA straight racing;  In 2012 she was the #3 female and tied for #15 overall.
2013 she was #3 female. She is currently sitting at the #2 female position for 2014 as well.
Sahara earned a five point major at our Nationals on May 7, 2011 at 21 months of age in her first show in the Open Class. 
She, with her Daddy Dior, also won Best Brace.  In addition, Sahara earned her lure coursing Field Championship at the Nationals on Monday May 9, 2011.  On June 11, she completed her rally novice title with a perfect score of 200 and earned her first leg in advanced with first place honors.
 Sahara is the second Silken to earn her Novice Obedience title (CD) - March 31,  2012.

Sahara earned her UKC Grand Championship on February 10, 2013.  


Sahara became a LGRA GRC on April 20th, 2013.      

Sahara became an ISWS Lure Courser of Merit on July 19, 2015.                         

                                         Pictured with Judge Patricia Murphy Sahara & Keith for Winners Bitch (five point major) and Dior & Sahara for Best Brace Class
                                                                                              at the 2011 SIlken Windhound National Specialty.  Photos by Dave Mills.
                                                    1st and 2nd row - 2011 Nationals - Sahara earning her lure coursing championship and a photo of her straight racing. Dave Mills photos.
                                                     3rd row - Us competing at the 2012 Rally Throwdown representing the Santa Ana Valley Kennel Club. Photos by Camera Animal.
                                                     4th row - Azure & Sahara pictured with all of the dogs on our Kennel Club's Rally-Obedience team.  
                                                     5th row - California's 2012 Top Dog Obedience competition:  My mother, Connie Hall, competing with her Aussie "Reba" & 
                                                     our Santa Ana Valley Kennel Club Obedience team.

02/28/16 Sahara's 1st time trying oval racing (at 6 1/2 years old) and she came in 2nd.  Watch out for when she figures out those Nascar turns :)

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All photos by Melanie of Fly Dog Photography, unless otherwise noted.
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Above photos taken at NWSWS North West Regional Specialty June 11-14, 2010 by Rick Steele of Scirocco Photo.
Sahara doing Rally-Obedience.  These photos by Dr. Debbie Baker appear in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Sight & Scent Magazine. Sahara was featured in
  Sight & Scent in an article in October 2010 and was most recently seen in July 2011's issue.  All Starfyre Hounds were featured in March 2011's issue.
Above video:  Sahara's first ASFA Field Trial Final w/ her boyfriend Jake.

Sahara at NW Fest 2010.

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Sahara at UKC Obedience Trials.  Re-call over the jump.

Westridge School Playdate: 
"Eowyn", Keith, "Dior", "Lincoln", Muriel, "Bella", Michelle, "Karma", "Sahara", Jolene, "Harley", "Celeste" & Susan.

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