Jhobe's Monkey Puss "Monkey"

Akaba's Funny Girl "Barbara" 

Akaba's Blue Bijou "Bijou"

My name is Rachel Irvin and I have been involved in dogs for many years.  I obtained my first Afghan Hound in 1967 while I was in grade school. 

Her name was Jhobe's Monkey Puss and she was a grandaughter of the famous Ch. Shirkhan of Grandeur.  Her bloodlines were half Akaba/Grandeur and half Tajmir/Crown Crest, all very influential kennels of that era.  Monkey was 3 years old when she came to us and although she was not going to be a great show dog she was quite beautiful with exquisite breed type.

I definitely wanted a show puppy and was fortunate to get Akaba’s Funny Girl (Ch. Akaba’s Brass Cinderfella X Ch. Akaba’s Royal Treasure) who was a full littermate to the top winning Ch. Akaba’s Blue Bonnet of Sandina.  Lois Boardman and her famous Akaba Kennel had recently been devastated by a fire and despite losing many of her beloved hounds had somehow managed to save a litter of babies. “Barbra” was the puppy bitch she had kept for breeding from the “Fire” litter and I was fortunate to get her. She was only bred once to Ch. Dynasty's Wild Goose Chase producing Akaba's Funny Lady who went on to become an all time top producing Canadian dam.

A couple of the other dogs I started with were Dynasty’s Blackmail and Akaba’s Blue Bijou.   

After graduating college and starting a family I took a long hiatus from the show ring only to return again after meeting my current friends and partners, Jerry Klein and Ken Tippie of Sebring Afghans. My foundation bitch is Ch. Sebring Elan who was tied for number 1 Brood Bitch for 2001.  Ella has produced 8 champion offspring including group winners, specialty winners and is the double grandmother of the most recent Afghan Hound Club of America National Specialty Sweepstakes winner, Elan Sebring Legally Blonde.  

Ch. Akaba's Brass Cinderfella

Dynasty's Blackmail "Dyja"

Ch. Sebring Elan "Ella"

Ch. Xandali Red Sun "Sunny"