by Marina Bruce | May 13, 2016 | Madinat Zayed, Personal Blog, Salukis
Our lovely dog was lonely, so what to do? First of all a lonely hearts advert on my fb page We had lots of likes for the post, and one person sent me a link for a saluki puppy which was currently being fostered at the Australian Vets in Abu Dhabi. I picked her up the...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 28, 2015 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camels and Domesticated Creatures, Liwa, Offroad, Salukis
This morning I woke up in the desert, just a few minutes after 7, in time to enjoy a beautiful sunrise – although not quite as beautiful as the sunset last night Overnight, at 2am to be precise, we had a shower of rain, quite heavy at first, reminiscent of many...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 7, 2015 | Liwa, Offroad, Salukis
The UAE celebrated it’s 44th National Day on the second of December and most people had a five day break. We opted to go to Liwa with friends and had a rather magical time in the UAE desert, with campfires, starry skies and sightseeing. Here’s our trip...
by Marina Bruce | Nov 12, 2015 | Salukis, Uncategorized
I have not had much time to blog lately as I have been busy house training and walking our lovely new Saluki. I had been planning acquiring a rescue Saluki later in the year and so had signed up on rehoming sites as well as touching base with some of the main people...
by Marina Bruce | Oct 7, 2015 | Salukis
The Desert Diva Meets the Magnificent Arabian Suluki I first encountered the name “saluki” in the context of a beauty contest at ADIHEX back in 2008. “Shoo hatha” I said, or would have, had I known, way back then, that this was Arabic for...