Benita & Carolina Holstensson

Carolina
I was born in 1983 and have lived with dogs my whole life, mostly Golden Retrievers but also and Afghan Hound.
I decided early that I would have a Golden but this all changed in 2004 when I met some Salukis for the first time.
It was a very special moment for me that I will always remember. Shortly after this I got my first Saluki, Shaamroc Silver Shadow
"Muscot" and 1 1/2 years later his cousin Shirin Roya Zaxire "Timjan" moved in. In the end of 2009 we had our first litter and I kept a bitch, Zandirah's Within Temptation "Lilja". I have a huge interest in the breed which takes a lot of my time. I live in Fagersta with my boyfriend Peter and our three Salukis. I spend most of my free time with my dogs and my family. I like to be outside and go on long walks.
Other big interests are books, webdesign, movies and music.

Benita
I was born in 1962 and got my first dog in 1982, a Golden Retriever named "Bobby". After him I've had two more Goldens, "Wilma"
who passed away a couple of years ago and "Zally" who is now 8 years old. I've also had an Afghan Hound, "Wiktor". I fell in love with Salukis at a dogshow in 2004. It was a very special moment for me aswell. In 2005 I got my first Saluki Al Khabara Darrah "Darrah" who we imported from Estonia. One year later Badavie Irresistible Girl "Jessie" moved in. Our latest family member is Zandirah's Woman In Black "Mandy" , also from our first litter. I have a big interest for the breed but leaves the showing to my daughters. I have four children, Carolina 27, Emma 25, Frida 19 and William 8. I live in Fagersta with the two youngest ones.

In general..
Our dogs are first and foremost beloved familymembers but we also like to show them, and occassionally go to lurecoursing and trackracing. We feel that breeding ourselves is a very natural development of our big interest in Salukis. Our goal is to breed elegant but still moderate Salukis with good temperament in a very small scale. We will only have litters from combinations we really believe in ourselves and if we aim to keep at least one puppy. We recently had our first litter so they are still too young to evaluate, but so far we are very happy with them and are very much looking forward to continue following them through life.