Shamsi was my first dog and my first saluki and came to me in 1983. Her originally name was Wenarja's Yad-Rafta. Shamsi's kennel name "yad-rafta" is Persian and means "forgotten, the forgotten one, gone from the memory". Shamsi is Arabian for "my sun". She was a typically saluki, self-willed and stubbern. She stole all the food she could and never listened when I called her. She ran away on our daily walkes, but I couldn't resist letting her run for free. 

Shamsi became 12 years old and lived together with my other saluki, Zala for two years. When Zala came to me, Shamsi became kind of young again, in spite of her age of 10 years. 

Shamsi had the colour brown grizzle and she will always have a special place in my heart, as my first dog.