It was about 1976 when I registered the name of my kennel: "FORTUNATUS" in The Polish Kennel Club - the title came from the name of my first bitch: FORTUNA.

          I only ever thought that I would have a kennel of Afghans, but then I discovered a new, beautiful breed which was so wonderful,this was the Saluki In days gone by, literature about dogs in Poland didn't exist but by chance I was told about a magazine called "WINDHUND" which introduced me to this new and exciting breed. The Saluki had big, beautiful eyes which I couldn't resist and I had to have one. I wrote lots of letters over a two year period to different
breeders and finally chose a bitch from Holland called INDIRA from the Gamara kennel. She, I hoped, would become a Champion and she proved me right, she would become the first of many!

         So that was how it begin: a new Saluki came to me, I started to organize the first races of dogs from the group 10 Class.

MY HUSKIES...

         In 1990 I traveled to Brno in Czech Rebublic to see the World Dog Show and there I bought a silver& white bitch with beautiful different coloured eyes: her name was DANINA Vevelóv Dum, for my son Tomek.

Danina gave us a lot of joy and happiness and showed us how Huskies could be specific and independent animals, quite the same as the Saluki.

          In 1991 Blaquejac's ERYK FORTUNATUS arrived in our family from the USA with the help of Małgosia Supronowicz, a famous dog judge.
          Eryk bacame the one of the best male Huskies in Poland and fathered more than 15 Champions! He was also the leader of my sled team, and won a lot of sled races. At this point in time my family and I were members of a Club which organized the First Sled Dogs
Competitions in Poland.
          Along with other owners of northern hemisphere dogs we organized the first race in Szczypiorno near Pomiechówek and later in Stara Miłosna - this went on to become a yearly event.

First we ran in the "scandinavian" class, which means one dog, one person and the dog pulls a small load. Later we bought and bred more huskies so we could train them in teams (more...) and to take part in dog shows of course!(more...)

         So eventually our FORTUNATUS kennel became a huskies kennel. We took pride in ourselves knowing that from our first couple: ERYK an DANINA were born one of the first husky litters in Poland, 11 puppies! In this litter a bitch called FIRST LADY Fortunatus was
born who had the tattoo number: "A 001"!!!

          In 2002 and 2003 our last Saluki's died. Ch.Pl. NEFSANA Fortunatus died when she was 16 and Ch.Pl. PUSTYNNA KSIĘŻNICZKA Fortunatus was 14.

Now the Huskies with their excellent temperament fill our life with happiness.

           One of our targets in breeding is to rear dogs which are not only for shows but also for racing. Huskies are dogs which are used for numorous tasks,for example, people use them to track wild animals and after special training can be used to work with expeditions, to work with children and even guide dogs for the blind and disabled people. Loved Huskies and well educated Huskies are universal dogs.

          Please visit our website where are lots of interesting photos and information on our dogs.