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        After being registered Saker was taken to                 The lure coursing was supposed to be
        various dog shows. He has been granted                    another big test for Saker. I thought he
        various CAC’s and he has completed his Polish             would never chase a lure after having
        champion title despite his morphological                  hunted in the desert. One day he got his
        features differing from the show Sloughis                 muzzle and mantle on, was put on the
        seen mostly in Europe. In fact, it was a bit of a         track and at once saw a lure.
        challenge to mold a desert-bred, adult male to

        be shown in the rings. But he was open and                He looked amazed, made some unsure
        happy when he was getting attention.                      steps but decided to run. He appears to
                                                                  be quite a good lure courser having won
        Once when training in the ring and showing                the Polish Racing Championship Winner
        him to a friend, I managed to make all the ring           2023 title, which has been granted for the

        figures with Saker without having him on                  first time ever as so far there have not
        leash, he happily followed me step by step. In            been enough Sloughis to fulfill the
        regular shows he surprised the judges with his            conditions to grant such a title.
        openness. He might be touched easily by the
        show judges (or the assistants), he might even
        ask for more.






































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