While all dogs are special, once in awhile that extra-special one comes along.  I've had a few, and Flame was one of them.   She was my first Pharaoh Hound.  I had never seen a Pharaoh Hound except in a magazine before she came along.   I was told that Pharaoh Hounds were dumb and barked all the time. 

Totally untrue!  Flame was extremely intelligent and hardly ever barked.  I immediately started training her for obedience.

Flame excelled at obedience.  She scored in the high 190's for her CD and was good enough to qualify for the Gaines Regionals.  Since they were being held close by that year, I entered.  I was thrilled to be going and looked forward to meeting other sighthound people.  Ha!  Most of the dogs there were Border Collies, Shelties and Goldens.  There was only one other hound entered -- a Bassett!  Flame qualified in all three rounds, although she did do one down-stay more or less on her back.   She scored in the low 190's and high 180's.  Not too bad at that level!

I trained her for open and showed her several times.  She never earned a CDX  leg though, as she developed a serious bug phobia.  If she even perceived a bug anywhere near her person, she was gone, history -- outta there!