{"id":2348,"date":"2026-03-22T07:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/?page_id=2348"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:59:57","slug":"kristull-annunciata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.silken.windhound.com\/starcastlehounds\/kennel-starcastle-hounds\/imports\/kristull-annunciata\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristull Annunciata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nuna<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Kristull Annunciata<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

August 1 1997 – December 16 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristull York X Kridoni’s Bengala<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nuna arrived in Europe in summer 1998, together with Omni, Kristull Omniscense.
The two of them stayed in Germany for the 6 months required to become “EU-dogs” and avoid quarantine in Sweden.
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Nuna took me by storm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Nuna and Omni arrived at Arlanda airport from Germany, it was the first time I ever met a Silken Windhound in real life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I got down on one knee, peered into the gate of the huge crate Omni and Nuna came in (both dogs together, in a Borzoi sized crate) and stared into the eyes of Nuna, those eyes were the first (and only) thing I saw. I fell in love!<\/em>
That infatuation has never left me since.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The girls had stayed with Edith, a Borzoi breeder in Germany.
She came with them to Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we sat in my kitchen that evening, looking at the two bewildered girls huddling together in a corner, I thought to myself – why have I spent the last 15 years with the wrong breed? After all, I always thought Borzoi (my first breed) was the ultimate breed on the planet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, almost 30 years later, I have still not changed my mind, although I love Borzoi, they are no match to Silken Windhounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuna was not only a radiant beauty, but also the Sighthound personified.
Noble, kind and a formidable hunter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is how I remember Nuna, the Huntress, seeing everything, hearing everything,
never missing anything around her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately I lost Nuna much too young to AIHA, Autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
She was meant to be the center piece of the European breeding program, setting type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan was to breed Nuna the next time she came in season, now there was sadly never any offspring from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That mission was now to be secured by the “back up girl” Omni<\/a>.
See more about how the oldest line of European Silken Windhounds<\/a> still began in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I lost Nuna I said it would be the work of a lifetime to make the Silken Windhound breed a little more like her. Today they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there will never be another Nuna…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nuna in Sweden, 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna in Sweden, 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna as a puppy, in USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna as a puppy, in USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna in Sweden, 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna in Sweden, 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna, Christmas 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna in Sweden, 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna in Germany, 1998<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Nuna in Germany, 1998<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2190 Back to Imports<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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