Since I was talking about Egypt yesterday I started wondering what kind of dogs are in Egypt. Mom told me that she saw lots of stray dogs when she was last there. (Perhaps people there are not encouraged to spay and neuter their pets?) She told me she was sad when she saw a dog with her puppies at the Step Pyramid in Sakkara. The puppies seemed fairly healthy, but being so far away from anything, she thought they would have a very difficult time surviving. She said they were cute, but not as cute as me of course!!!
Mom and I did a little research on the Internet and we found that the Pharaoh Hound is thought to originated in Egypt in about 3000 BC. They like to hunt rabbits, and they are now the National Dog of Malta. (It's thought that the Phoenicians took the breed to Malta.) The American Kennel Club (AKC) didn't recognize the Pharaoh Hound as a breed until 1983. That seems strange since they have been around for so long. But the AKC recognized my breed (Cairn Terrier) way back in 1913. Go figure!
Other dogs that are thought to have originated in Egypt are the Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Saluki, Besenji, and Whippet. I have asked Mom to be on the look out for these breeds when she goes back to Egypt in January and take pictures for me so I can post them on my blog for everyone to see.
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