"The Cirneco Club of Canada"
Cirneco dell' Etna (Cheer-Nay-Co) and (Cheer - Nay - Key) plural.

NEWS UPDATE:

A litter is planned in 2010. Email us to be in the waiting list.
Please read first about the breed.
Then email our club to receive our questionnaire at: cirneco@live.ca

Bed warmer and primitive hunter

The Cirneco is an active, ancient breed who is eager to please and loves to be alongside you at all times. Infact, he/she will be your shadow!
The Cirneco is small (can be smaller than whippets and bigger than Italian Greyhounds), 
hardy (VERY HARDY BREED)
and loves to hunt- they will react when a cat or squirrel passes by.
The Cirneco is curious and playful while also being vigilant and dominant.
Cirnechi need the protection of fenced running areas.  Only trained cirnechi can be trusted off leash and then only in "safe" areas far from roads and highways. 
Your tone of voice and a firm NO! will quickly let your Cirneco know who is the pack leader.
The Cirneco loves nothing more than to crawl under the covers at the end of a long day.
These are extraordinarily special companions. Cirnechi are a very healthy breed.

The Cirneco is very special, there are only a handfull in Canada.

The president of the Canadain club of Cirnechi is a breeder.

More info about them on the BREED INFO page.

The Cirneco Club of Canada was formed in November 2007 by enthousiasts of the breed.

The club is now registered and our goal is to introduce the breed into the miscelaneous breeds in Canada. Our mission is to educate the Canadian public and the clubs and judges about this magnificent breed.

Thank you to Mrs. Resmond Sylvie from Elevage de Percyval in France, for her stunning photos.

Thank you to Mrs. Jane Moore for the wonderfull and very informative notes.

Thank you to Laura (About Time Design) for the fantastic job crating this website.

Thank you to Mick and Lanny form Avalonia Whippets for contributing.

Thank you to many Cirneco breeders around the world for the information, support and the material they provided.  It is great to be part of your family.

Coin pictures are ancient Hellenic Sicilian coins dated between the third and fifth centuries B.C,

making the Cirenco at least 2500 years old in Sicily.

Coin puctures are from:

http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Area_III_map/Segesta_map/Segesta.html

Mosaic pictures are from the Roman Villa near the Piazza Armorina in Sicily depicting a section of a barbeque scene after a hunt with Cirneco-looking, prick eared dogs. (http://mmtaylor.net/Holiday2005/images)