These dogs are usually scent and not sight hounds.

Salukis are "sight" hounds, which means they hunt by sight, run the quarry down, catch it, and kill or retrieve it.

Hounds: There are two types of hounds, sight hounds and scent hounds.

The hortaya is a sight hound of a large to very large size depending on breed type.

In its original habitat, the hortaya borzaya is still purely a hunting sight hound.

The association of a bird with a horse can also be changed to that of a sight hound.

A picture of a sight hound coming together with a picture of a legendary horse allowed for the word Tulpar to form, which is the kennel name.

Despite morphological similarities, mitochondrial DNA evidence shows that it is only very distantly related to other sight hounds.

Traditionally bred for poaching, with the speed of a sight hound but more obedient and less conspicuous.

The breed declined heavily in numbers because firearms made other hunting styles more popular and hunting with sight hounds became rare.