Katrin Raie

Talinn

I have loved dogs as long as I remember. Unfortunately my family

didn't share my interest so I had to wait until I was 18 when I got my

first purebred dog. Since then I have shared my life with various

breeds like German Shepard, Doberman, Labrador retriever and a Poodle.

But only after meeting with my Afghan hound in 1995, my fate was

sealed. It was clear that my true love were the sighthounds. In 1997 I

bought my first Italian greyhound from Finland and in 1999 a Greyhound

from Norway. After that there was no turning back - being a member of

the Estonian Sighthound Union, we made the regulations for lure

coursing and a new type of dog-sport got started in Estonia. Getting

my lure coursing judge's license was a natural next step. In 2004 FCI

approved my kennel name "Dragonhunter" and the first litter of Italian

greyhounds was born. Since then I have bred around 28 litters and

imported dogs from Finland, Russia, Norway, Great Britain, Sweden,

Latvia, Italy and Germany. In 2010 I got my dogshow judges license for

Italian greyhounds and in 2014 got the right to judge the whole group

10. At the moment I'm qualified to judge also Great Danes and

Continental bulldogs from Group 2, all Dachshunds Group 4,

Mediterranean breeds and laikas from group 5, Estonian hound and all

rare breeds from group 6, Irish red setters and all rare breeds from

group 7 and Chihuahuas from Group 9. I have judged in Scandinavia and

in most European countries. I am a member of the Estonian Lure

Coursing judges Assembly and the Estonian Show judges Assembly. I

share my home with 6 Italian greyhounds and 2 English pointers. 

So it is quite clear that I love dogs.