Aurai Sighthounds

08/06/2025

One day late- apologies!!

Happy 2nd birthday to the “Gamer Litter” pups, born Aug 5 2023!

Aurai Calamity Brook “Peridot” x Tova’s Gooooal of Crystal Spirit “Cowboy”

Co bred with Oluademi James- Daniel of Bravedew

Aurai Bolero of Fire at Bravedew (Milly)
Aurai Chocobo-Chocobo at Bravedew (Nigel)
Aurai Dawn Will Come at Bravedew (Haven)
Aurai Escape From The City at Bravedew (Percy)
Aurai Lavender Town at Bravedew (Ghost)
Aurai Wild Pale Yonder at Bravedew (Harry)

I hope you all had a great birthday!

08/03/2025

Ten weeks ago (May 25, 2025), we welcomed seven little Mars Rovers into the world. It seems like yesterday. Yet today we just sent off the last Rover to her new home in Oregon with daughter Emily and her partner Mike. Full circle as Emily is who was responsible for getting us deeply into Windsprites, back in 2008, with great great great grandma Cricket.

Aurai Angel’s Landing “Talus” x Sugar Rush Sneaky Little Houseguest “Mouse”

In the order of their leaving us to begin their new adventure;

Esa, now Tortellini > Charleston SC
Curio, now Shellbow > Myrtle Beach SC
Truth, now Suki > Ithaca NY
Mana staying Mana (!) > Dryden NY
Percy, now Narvi > Reading PA
Zhu, now Echo > Nesconset, NY
Oppy, now Chickadee > Corvallis OR

We absolutely could not have asked for better forever homes for these very special pups ❤️

07/28/2025

The Mars Rovers (Aurai Angel’s Landing “Talus” x Sugar Rush Sneaky Little Houseguest “Mouse”) turned nine weeks old yesterday. This is the last weekend they will all rove together 😞 and the last such post I will be able to do for this litter. They begin to disperse to their new homes this week with the last one leaving us next Sunday.

I hope you all enjoyed watching these littles grow into themselves as much as we have. I will post updates through their new families.

As most of you know, this is an F1 litter (racing line whippet x Windsprite). These pups are registered with the IWC and can be shown in the “smooth” classes in conformation. When they are bred to a (coated) Windsprite the resultant pups each have a 50/50 chance of being longhaired or short haired.

I don’t have all their Embark results back yet but of the five I do, their genetic COIs are record low, as expected. Three have a 6% genetic COI, one is 7%, and one is 8%. Six will be kept intact for breeding (2 males, 4 females), helping to lower the overall average genetic COI in the breed, which is now at 21%.

Several of them will be in attendance at the IWC show this fall in NY. Keep an eye out for them!! And for “gotcha” day photos!!

As with every litter, this has been an awesome journey for us. Thank you for being a part of it 💕

Special thanks to Claire Conklin for taking all these wonderful photos for the last nine weeks and for microchipping all seven yesterday!!

07/21/2025

07/21/2025

These wonderful Mars Rovers were born eight weeks ago yesterday. Our time with them is starting to shorten but I’m excited to watch them grow in their new homes. They begin to leave us one by one in a little over a week.

They LOVE the lure and are learning that a click = an earned yummy treat 😉. To-date they have interacted closely with ~30 different people with more to be met in the coming week. As those who have met them can attest, they also LOVE people ❤️

Sugar Rush Sneaky Little Houseguest “Mouse” x Aurai Angel’s Landing “Talus”.

07/14/2025

The Mars Rovers (Talus x Mouse) - seven weeks old and doing great!

07/11/2025

Fifteen years ago we welcomed our very first Windsprite litter into the world. The “Devo” x “Cricket” puppies were born July 11, 2010. This first litter, whelped at our house (co owned with Jean MacKenzie) sent us very happily down the Windsprite rabbit hole ❤️

I am beyond thrilled that two of these lovely ladies are still with us in the world, and at the same time sad that others have since crossed over the rainbow bridge. How wonderful though that Journey, Bryce, and Icy live on through their offspring, including the seven young pups in our home right now (great great grandchilden of Journey)!

Maya and Icy - I hope that your day is extra special ❤️ ❤️

Maya (Tova’s Northern Lights of Aurai)
Icy (Tova’s Fire and Ice of Aurai)

Roxy - RIP
Edy - RIP
Luna - RIP
Bryce - RIP
Journey - RIP
Nimbus - RIP

Tova’s Devo Palermo x Tova’s Cricket Song of Ardmoor Farms.

07/07/2025

Six weeks old! And full of s***k 🙂
The Rovers were a challenge to stack yesterday as (1) they were tired from much outdoor play and (2) we were tired from much outdoor play 😂.

They are spending lots of time exploring outside. The flirt pole is a huge hit as well as “click and treat”, but they are not a big fan of collars 😃

07/06/2025

Wow I almost missed this! How could a decade slip by so quickly?

Happy 10th birthday to the “Greek Love” litter, born July 5, 2015 in Rochester, NY in the home of Tamara Munson and family!

Aurai Quantum Leap “Sadie” x Tova’s Dasher of the Hunt “Dasher”

Betty (Aurai Above All Else Agape) in CT

Phil (Aurai Friend to All Philia) in WA (and Vancouver)

Lia (Aurai Playfully Yours Ludus) in Austria

I hope you all had a very special day ❤️

06/30/2025

Five weeks old already — really?

We are having such fun with these pups. They absolutely love racing around our fenced in yard.

Mars Rovers (Sugar Rush Sneaky Little Houseguest “Mouse” x Aurai Angel’s Landing “Talus”), DOB 25 May 2025