The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
Italian Greyhounds
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black has produced 20 generations of Italian Greyhounds since 2004. The kennel is named after the Black Family in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series because Sirius Black is SilGathien's favourite character from the novels.
All Italian Greyhounds produced in the kennel bear the prefix 4461 and the suffix 'di Nero', which is the Italian for 'of Black'. I do not breed outside my own lines, although I do produce and breed dogs in conjunction with Dragonfyre #4936 at BlackAsh Kennel. Her prefix is ASHK and we usually end up having dogs with crazy numbers of prefixes and suffixes.
Italian Greyhounds are bred for agility (x4), litter size (lala), and health. They show aptitude in Frisbee or Flyball, and are not bred for colour.
Best of Breed
• UCFl Hosanna in Excelsis di Nero, lvl 51 (x 3)
• UCFl In Scientia Potestas di Nero, lvl 51 (x 3)
• UCFl In Scientia Salutis di Nero, lvl 55 (x 2)
• WCFr BlackAsh Song of Songs di Nero, lvl 55 (x 1)
• WCR Vermicella di Nero, lvl 55 (x 7)
• WCR Bernini di Nero, lvl 54 (x 2)
• UCR Fidem in Excelsis di Nero, lvl 57 (x 4)
• WCFr Fortis Fortuna Iuvat, lvl 72 (x 11)
• WCR Epincion di Nero, lvl 73 (x 9)
• UCFr Bosphorous di Nero, lvl 74 (x 3)
• WCR Ab Vita Scientia di Nero, lvl 73 (x 12)
• UCR Archimboldo di Nero, lvl 82 (x 7)
• UCFr Siracusa di Nero, lvl 82 (x 11)
• WCT Corona Borealis di Nero, lvl 77 (x 5)
• UCFr Sempronia di Nero, lvl 77 (x 5)
• WCA Fortuna Caeca Est di Nero, lvl 77 (x 1)
• WCFr Aurora Borealis di Nero, lvl 78 (x 14)
• WCA Sorrento di Nero, lvl 78 (x 3)
• WCA Allegrezza di Nero, lvl 79 (x 6)
• WCFl Valeria Messalina di Nero, lvl 67 (x 4)
• WCFl Arcadius di Nero, lvl 68 (x 3)
• WCP Marcus Junius Brutus di Nero, lvl 68 (x 2)
• WCFl Arcadius di Nero, lvl 68 (x3)
• WCFl Gaius Ummidius Quadratus di Nero, lvl 67 (x2)
• WCM Gnosia Stella Coronae di Nero, lvl 71 (x9)
• WCFl Claudia Octavia di Nero, lvl 68 (x2)
• WCA Corinna di Nero, lvl 67 (x10)
• WCM Gnosia Stella Coronae di Nero, lvl 71 (x9)
• WCFl Claudia Octavia di Nero, lvl 68 (x2)
• UCFl Uccello di Nero, lvl 85 (x1)
• UCFr Carpaccio di Nero, lvl 83 (x22)
• WCP Olicana di Nero, lvl 84 (x1)
• UCFr Piacenza di Nero, lvl 89 (x17)
• UCFr Onomacritus di Nero, lvl 85 (x1)
• UCFr Mauretania di Nero, lvl 88 (x3)
• ICFr Gloria in Excelsis di Nero, lvl 89 (x10)
• UCFr Consolatio di Nero, lvl 89 (x2)
• WCFr Vannuccio di Nero, lvl 85 (x1)
• UCFr Amor Sempiternus di Nero, lvl 90 (x1)
• UCFl In Excelsis Deo di Nero, lvl 90 (x21)
• ICFr Amor Fati di Nero, lvl 95 (x17)
• WCFl Justitia in Excelsis di Nero, lvl 90 (x2)
• WCFl Nicander di Nero, lvl 91 (x8)
• UCFr Incendium in Excelsis di Nero, lvl 91 (x2)
• UCFr Timocreon di Nero, lvl 91 (x3)
• UCFr Calabria di Nero, lvl 92 (x2)
• UCFr Temperantia in Excelsis, lvl 92 (x6)
• UCFr Amor Sustinet Omnia di Nero, lvl 94 (x2)
• ICFr Amor Suffert Omnia di Nero, lvl 97 (x9)
• ICFr Amor Sperat Omnia di Nero, lvl 100 (x27)
Total: 308
Best of Sport
• UCR Archimboldo di Nero, lvl 82 (x 7)
• ICFr Amor Fati di Nero, lvl 95 (x2)
• ICFr Amor Sperat Omnia di Nero, lvl 100 (x3)
Total: 12
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SilGathien
SilGathien is a 27 year old British female with a PhD in Medieval Literature at Cardiff University. Her pseudonym is (apparently) a translation of her actual name into Elvish from J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. She spends time on FP to avoid real life, and she also has two horses, a dog, two cats, and is still slightly obsessed by penguins.
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