Poet is an exceptionally beautiful purebred Afghan Hound dog.  He was 5 years old on August 8th, 2003.  He is mature, and as the Afghan Hound is usually a late maturing dog, he's just into the prime of his life. He is trained and very well mannered in the house.

He hasn't shown much prey drive at all, so Poet will probably never be a lure courser.  He is often allowed to run loose here on our 300 acre farm, as he is very well behaved, and we live far from roads.  He has never bothered our barn cats, nor our chickens, and he even comes in when called! (unusual for this breed : ).  He will get along with small dogs, so long as they aren't overly aggressive toward him.

He gets along well with all our other Afghan Hounds, except for our most dominant male.  Poet is very calm & laid back.  He never starts anything - but he won't take any 'stuff' either.  His best buddy here used to be one of our other males, Moses.  He & Moses would always share our Lazy Boy love seat, play with toys, and even both get into our largest crate (door open all the time) and nap together.

Poet has been wonderful with our four children who are still at home (we have 6).  Of course, they treat him with respect.

Poet's color is called 'silver blue brindle', also sometimes called 'oyster shell' brindle.  He's a very light cream/nearly white, with stripes of gray ('blue').  Although not rare, it's not a common color either.  He is not clipped, and there's no reason (on his part) he couldn't still be a show dog.

He loves to play with stuffed squeaky toys (or the ones that 'grunt'!), lie on the couch, go for walks, and have his ears 'mooshed'.  The ideal person for him is someone who will love and spoil him, and take pride in his gorgeous looks.