(Afghan Hound Database and Breed Information Exchange)
FULL CIRCLE  By Steve Tillotson Afghan Hound Breed Information Exchange, March 1999 Updated March 2010 Page 2 Shown below is the pedigree of the Firang and Rose litter. This pedigree reflects the history of the Branwen breeding programme and contains the ancestor links to the original Grandeur Afghans which formed the foundation of the Branwen's. Diablo of Grandeur is in the fourth generation, the Branwen foundation bitch Kushtar Of Grandeur is off the pedigree as she is back in the fitth generation.
Before we move onto more modern times, let us look at some of the ancestors and relatives of many of the Afghans in this pedigree
Returning to the Firang/Rose litter, three littermates are of particular interest: Branwen Sheen Kismet - went to Chahcheran in the UK/France, Branwen Sheen Kabuli - went to Sumahari in the UK, Sumava Branwen Kazak - went to Sumava in Spain Here's a couple of photographs of two from this litter
Photo right by Bev Ward (Chahcheran) of Branwen Sheen Kismet) The French breeder, Mrs Bev Ward (Chahcheran) originally established her kennel in the UK and then moved to France in the late 1980's taking several of her hounds with her. Prior to moving to France, Mrs Ward had obtained Branwen Sheen Kismet At Chahcheran and had incorporated these Branwen lines into her breeding program. The littermate Branwen Sheen Kabuli At Sumahari was obtained by Mrs Sue Virgo (Sumahari, UK). Mrs Virgo also imported the Spanish bred dog Sumava's Hdjab At Sumahari who was a grandson of Kismet's sire Sumava Branwen Kazak. Before Mrs Ward moved to France, she also incorporated Hdjab lines into her breeding programme, thus reinforcing the Branwen bloodlines Mrs Ward mated her Sumava/Branwen linebred dog Chahcheran Rivesaltes with her outcross bitch Chahcheran Aigle Royal (Swedish Import Alphaville's Sweet Talking Romeo at Chahcheran x Branwen Sheen Kismet At Chahcheran) which produced the dog Chahcheran Inditu. Three puppies from two seperate litters sired by Inditu were exported to the USA early in 1999. At this point it might be helpful to view a pedigree to illustrate the connections between Chahcheran, Sumahari, Sumava and Branwen as well as revealing the back pedigree of Grandeur;
The interplay between Sumahari, Sumava, Chacheran is apparent in the above pedigree, with Branwen bloodlines being entirely pivotal to the development of all three kennels. The third littermate Sumava Branwen Kazak is of additional interest. Kazak was mated with the bitch R'Faraz De Tchekara and this produced Sumava's Firang Souvenir, an important Afghan in the development of the Spanish Sumava kennel. A mating of Kazak with Shahrana of Grandeur (Branwen breeding back into Grandeur lines) produced the bitch Sumava's Sheen Shahzak Of Grandeur which appears in the Jatabe pedigree behind one of the recent exports to the USA. This same breeding produced Turkhana Of Grandeur who is the dam of the influential dog Triumph Of Grandeur which we mentioned earlier. Let's move on to the third page and learn about the latest generation of Afghans arising from the Grandeur/Branwen circle.. |
Copyright(c) 1999 Steve Tillotson
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