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Show The Afghan Bound The Afghan hound, a greyhound type of hunting dog, is said to be the oldest domesticated dog. Their images are found in Assyrian inscriptions in-scriptions made about 6,000 years ago, also on Egyptian, Persian and Greek sculptured They are called Greyhounds in the Bible, Proverbs 30-31, and are the ancestors of all dogs of greyhound type. The hair is long on the hind quarters, flanks and ribs and fore quarters. In color they vary; cream, fawn and black and tan are probably most common. They stand from 25 to 28 ! inches at the shoulder when grown ' and weigh about 60 pounds. |