Knopf is credited with designing the Borzoi, a Russian wolfhound imprint marking Knopf titles. The logo for Knopf is a Russian wolfhound or Borzoi. A Borzoi (previously called Russian Wolfhound) represents the 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds". Wobbler disease is probably inherited in the Borzoi, Great Dane, Doberman, and Basset Hound. The Borzoi originated in 17 Century Russia by crossing Arabian greyhounds with a thick-coated breed. Or Sophia Ustinov, Russian emigre, lover of American poetry and Borzoi hounds? Wolves were hunted in both Czarist and Soviet Russia with borzoi by landowners and Cossacks. In a 1957 advertisement in the Atlantic Monthly, Alfred A. Knopf published the Borzoi Credo. He was also involved in clubs which promoted the Saint Bernard and Borzoi breeds. The borzoi is an athletic and independent breed of dog. In modern Russian, the breed commonly called the borzoi is officially known as . Occasionally, wolves are captured alive in order to better train borzoi pups. She bred eight Borzoi champions and owned a further five. Like its native relative the Hortaya Borzaya, the borzoi is relatively sound breed. The borzoi requires patient, experienced handling.