ABOUT PHAETON
The way the story goes, in my family, is that when I was just an infant, my mother was pushing me in an old fashioned baby carriage on the streets near our apartment in New York City, when she spotted a fashionably eccentric woman walking a small pack of incredibly beautiful dogs. My mother had had a mutt as a child and then a toy poodle as a young woman but was not particularly knowledgeable about the various breeds — but she was so captivated by the sight of these dogs that she began hurrying after the woman, pushing me in the carriage in front of her. The woman began to run herself, thinking she was being chased by a crazy person — but eventually my mother caught up with her and convinced the woman, whose name was Judith Rothschild Myrer, that she was harmless and only wanted to know about the dogs. This was my introduction to salukis.
Current Salukis
At present we live with three salukis.
MBISS GChS Phaeton Kallalily of Heafen, JC DCAT — Lily — born July 1, 2018
BISS GChB Haefen Phaeton Kaspian — Kaspian — born July 1, 2018
GCh Phaeton Nightingale of Allihan, JC DCAT — Kyra — born March 8, 2022
Our dogs live with us in our house. They are not kennel dogs. We divide our time between our home on the east end of Long Island, where we have a large fenced in property and direct access to the beach, and New York City, where we are well-known in our neighborhood for our long walks in all sorts of weather! It is important that our dogs adjust, relate and interact with different environments — both off leash, at full speed or at play — and on-leash, where they need to pay attention and be mindful. I like to think that this arrangement echoes, to a degree, the way salukis lived centuries ago with the Bedouins — where they hunted over vast desert expanse and learned to settle into the crowded confines of a tent.
I have mostly focused our competitions toward the conformation show ring, though the two girls are both excellent and titled coursers and super fast sprinters. Other salukis that I have bred or co-bred have made their mark in the open field, lure coursing and in the agility ring. But the most important wish we have for every Phaeton Saluki is that they are fully loved and embraced, provided with opportunities to run like the wind and to cuddle, and get to become their best.
MEET
Our Dogs
“The whole appearance of this breed should give an impression of grace and symmetry and of great speed and endurance coupled with strength and activity to enable it to kill gazelle or other quarry over deep sand or rocky mountains. The expression should be dignified and gentle with deep, faithful, far-seeing eyes.”
KASPIAN
BISS | GchB
Haefen Phaeton Kaspian
LILY
MBISS GChS | JC DCAT
Phaeton Kallalily of Haefen
KYRA
MBISS GchB | JC DCAT
Phaeton Nightingale of Allihan
