Possible Clues:

• Russian hunting dog
• Dog, black one, eating small pieces of pasta
• Dog like a huge greyhound
• Russian dog with torn rib found all over renovated zoo
• Dog with long silky hair
• Zoo rib (anag)
• Hunting dog
• Russian dog bred for hunting wolves
• Large canine almost cut with teeth seizing grainy pasta
• White descendant of French settlers in Louisiana