What is the difference between a Borzoi and a Silken Windhound, apart from size?
Size honestly is the biggest physical difference between the two breeds. Unless the two dogs are juxtaposed, you may be hard put to tell the difference. There are other difference, of course, mostly seen in the head of the dogs because of the addition of Whippet (long-haired and smooth) blood. In a Borzoi, the head length, when you measure from the front corner of the eye, is roughly the same as the distance from the rear corner of the eye to the back of the skull. In Silkens, the front portion of the head seems to be longer than the rear. There also tends to be a slight gradual dip in Silken heads immediately after the eyes going into the nose. On a borzoi, this “dip” or “stop” is not apparent and in some can be reversed; some Borzoi heads are a bit convex in this area. Backskulls also tend to be a tad larger in Silkens than in Borzoi. Some eye shapes on Silkens are rounder than a Borzoi’s eye shape, and overall, Silken eyes tend to be a bit larger. Ears on a Silken seem to be a bit l
