I’ve been hunting one of these pups for ages, ever since Autumn and I saw two of them wandering down Franklin Street in Pacific Heights a couple of years ago. I finally found one, and it turns out it was almost certainly one of those very dogs, two years and half a city away.
They’re so elegant. They make me think of the Russian nobility. You know. Minus all the blood and, uh, weirder bits.
![Ah, such a lovely day to bask in the sunlight! (Read this in a Russian accent, naturally!) Borzoi, aka Russian Wolfhound](https://dogsofsf.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CIMG3506-600x476.jpg)
Borzoi are also known as Russian Wolfhounds. They make the Irish ones look awfully scruffy and giant and clumsy... although, let's be honest: if I was up against a wolf, I know which one I'd want on my side.