Azawakh Puppies From Yufitri

Recent ancestry of this Azawakh litter is over 75% desert bred - with 5 females and the last born is a male. Yiwi is genetically sp (over 50% white with red markings). Thanks to Fran for raising them!

Tawargit and Tayllidt

Iquwa - She Just Ate A Big Meal !

Tayllidt

Tislit

Tislit and Itma

Yiwi and Tawargit

Black Africa

Photo Credit To Piet Flour

Azawakh Bamako: First Coursing Meet

One more run before a third judge and he'll get his title. Bamako also has a great natural recall at the end of the run - an inherited trait which all breedworthy sighthounds should possess. Lower photo shows Bamako with owner/handler DaNae Keys.

I don't know to whom I owe photo credit, but thank you for the photos. You know I didn't take these: I usually cut off the person's head so we get the dog's feet in the picture. 

Tafouk

Laura sent me this photo near the end of May. There are other photos which I may have missed but that's due to my preoccupation with other matters.  Am not ignoring you deliberately or indicating the photos are no good!

Azawakh And Mulberry

Every year when the mulberries are ripe the Azawakh morph into tree climbers, competing with the swallows and other birds to eat them greedily. Sometimes one of them leaps into the air and pulls a branch full of berries to the ground, holds it down with a foot, and the others join in for the feast. Next post. View all.

 

 

 

 

 

Azawakh Taidit

AZAWAKH Adal In His New Home

Adal is a 4 year old male Azawakh who spent most of his life with a large pack of other Azawakh in the desert.It is a remarkable tribute to the adaptability and resilience of this super intelligent breed that it took him less than a few hours to figure out what to do with a couch, as you can see in the photo above.  Adal also like to be on top of things, much like an Abyssinian cat.  This means he likes to surf kitchen and bathroom counter tops.  Thanks to Seth for these wonderful photos, and blessings to both Seth and Jillian for taking in Adal and handling him so well.

AZAWAKH: Tafouk From Laura

A few photos from Iférouane x Kusu's birthday litter.

These are from Laura, of Tafouk, 3rd born in the litter. Tafouk sporting his new birthday collar, checking out the greener grass, and taking refuge on the camp chair (uh, Auntie Claudia was in the way).  6th November was a stormy day so he played in the yard instead of going out for his promised outing on the beach. Many more photos in FB.

AZAWAKH: Bamako - More Photos!

DaNae just sent me more photos of Bamako.

The first two are taken on on his birthday, 6th November. The one at the bottom shows Bamako in his favorite pose on his favorite bench. Photo taken 11/3/10. Bamako is the 7th born in the Iférouane x Kusu litter.

Azawakh: Safqa

Safqa is settling down well in her new home with Johanne and her new packmate, a Halfghan, Hadrian (front), who is 30" tall.  I don't know what the other half of Hadrian is. Safqa may be petite by comparison, but the power is in the mind. Good to see her with head and tail up and looking alert.  Safqa is a daughter of Batna, and her sire is Tamahan, desert bred. Thanks, Johanne for the photo.

AZAWAKH: Adal

Adal is a male Azawakh, a fawn brindle, he is almost 4 years old.

It's hard to catch him for a photo as he keeps to himself and is a quiet sort of dog. He is a grandson of Hatshepsut, desert bred, through his sire, Amenzu, whose sire is Kaisoon. 

Adal's dam, Tawinak, was out of Dr. Gabriele Meißen's Taytok, db, and Kusaylah, who was a key male in Idiiyat-es-Sahel's breedings.

In the middle photo, Adal was chewing on a rather large tadpole he just caught from the pond. Below that, he was decorating my field with his scent before leaving for his forever home. I am retaining his litter sister, Tintzirit, to carry forward the genetics.

Triple Ten Day

Today is 10-10-10:- an auspicious day of multitasking challenges.

(More narrative below photos.)

It is the first birthday of Tombouktou's A-Wurf, a significant breeding vital for carrying forward the genetics of this rare race of West African sighthounds. These are photos taken of Atakor early this morning before I left for the Retriever National ongoing nearby. His sire is Django, recently imported from Burkina Faso, and he lives with Alberto Rossi of Tigidit in Italy. His dam is Takuté Al-Ifriqiya, she belongs to Dr. Gabriele Meißen of Tombouktou's from Germany. In the meanwhile, the U.S. National Azawakh Specialty is taking place on this day, with record breaking entries. This does not bode well for the future of the race in the U.S., given the pattern of breed distortion that historically transpires whenever show breeders enter the scene. Off I go now to tend to business at the Retriever National where my club is hosting over 360 entries in 8 days of intense working competition. We are having a pig fest tonight, serving 400+ people. Bye for now...

Azawakh: Tombouktou's X'Enayat

Yes, it is almost October, but here in California we are enjoying(?)

a second summer, our Indian summer.  It was over 100° F  (38°C) yesterday. And today is another scorcher.  Enayat was in the shade, looking at me as if I were crazy to be taking photos since this was after all her siesta hour. It is so easy for these dogs to lose their heritage, they adapt so readily and by virtue of this resilience, they can also lose it with ease.  So important to pursue and maintain a life style for these dogs that is more akin to their origins. Silk pillows doth not a tough dog maketh.

Alatokh Idiiyat-es-Sahel

Thanks to Cindy for this cozy photo of Asmun Idiiyat-es-Sahel (left) and Alatokh Idiiyat-es-Sahel.  Cindy has had Asmun since a puppy, he is out of Kaisoon Al Ifriqiya and Hatshepsut and is 6 years old.  Recently Cindy took in Alatokh - he's 7-1/2 year old with a seizure history. Cindy worked hard to adjust Alatokh's diet to minimize his seizure episodes and is successfully managing his epileptic condition.  Alatokh is out of Alem'nemehal Al-Ifriqiya and Taytok. Though Alatokh lived most of his life with a large pack of dogs under little supervision, he had no trouble adapting to being a couch potato and bonding with his new, all-male tribe.  He minds his Ps and Qs with Cindy as the head packer.

Azawakh Format

The Azawakh on the left in this photo shows an excellent profile,

with the high rectangular format and distinctive chest line well presented.

Azawakh: In'AmakTak

Tak came for training. He was so quick and so smart, the session

ended in 20 minutes.  He spent the rest of the afternoon resisting the bad country habits of Tahatmellet and Atakor, who were up to no good, as to be expected. A pair of adolescent Azawakh on the loose, spelled TROUBLE. That's a story for another day! Tak is shown below with Bob.  He is still growing, developing nice lines, over 28" tall so far. In between his photos is a mystery bird though I'm sure some of my viewers know exactly what it is!

Aman, Iman

Water, Life. Life, Water.

AZAWAKH: Bamako

DaNae sent me this photo of Bamako, he is almost 10 months old.  That tail - comes from his grand dam, Tiraout.  In fact, Bamako is more like Tiraout than any of his litter mates.

Azawakh: In'AmakTak and Bamako

It's the two brothers again, now 9 months old. Bamako is on top and Tak below.

They are sons of Iférouane and Kusu, with over 50% recent desert bred ancestry behind them.  Bamako with his beautiful expression, lying on his favorite bench. Tak with his long legs at his favorite sandbox. Thanks to DaNae for Bamako's photo, and to Bob for Tak's. Keep 'em coming.

Azawakh: The Passing Of Hatshepsut

The Azawakh community mourns the passing of a great taidit. Hatshepsut passed away recently at the age of about 13-1/2 years in North Carolina, where she lived happily in retirement from her breeding career along with her son, Ahkmedu and his sire, Debakkar Kel Dahoussahaq; and her people, Matt and Mina.
Hatshepsut was bred by Ayad ag Inachanan, Chieftan of the small village of Tin Akoff in the province of Oudalan, which is situated in the northwestern corner of Burkina Faso, Africa. Hatshepsut was chosen by Monika Kessler, Azawakh Kel Dahoussahaq, Switzerland, from a litter out of the legendary Taikoussou (x Azabor), whose imported progeny and their descendants have influenced many western breeding programs. (Taikoussou is also the granddam of Tamahan ak Tin Akoff, imported to the U.S. in 2007.)
After a short stay in Switzerland with Monika, Hatshepsut went to David Moore and became one of the foundress of his kennel's (Al-Ifriqiya/Idiiyat-es-Sahel) dominant dam lines. In type, she was elegant, bordering on rustic, with noble undertones. She has bequeathed to many of her descendants her great format, the long legs and open precipitous corner, a type without exaggeration, with natural nobility. Reserve in personality, without hysteria and excessive fear, she produced similar noteworthy traits in many of her get.

Hatshepsut had 3 litters:
Her first litter, sired by Takoba Al-Ifriqiya (Randy Barrow, Cindi Holland Palmieri), was born on 24 June, 1999. There were 2 females, Tafzint, and Talempt and 4 males - Akamouk, Ennehet, Hamadan (Randy and Cindi), and Iska. Tafzint went to Xanadu Farms Azawakh and was bred to Tigidit Fasiqqi, producing Xanadu Farms Azzat, dam to Ansongo (Gionessa Gustavson), who then sired 8 puppies with Nara Idiiyat-es-Sahel, who now lives with me. From this litter, I retained Tcherot, so she will be carrying forward not only Taytok's bloodlines, but also Hatshepsut's as well.
Her second litter was sired by Debakkar Kel Dahoussahaq and was born on 4th January, 2000. From this litter were 3 females, Halla, Maymouna, Telmousit, and 4 males, Akhmedu, Amaal, Safouan, and Tamga'azallet. Maymouna and Telmousit were very beautiful females, lost in the October, 2007 fire that burned down David Moore's house. Halla was killed when she was she was returned as an adult to live with David's pack. Of the seven in this litter, only one was known to have carried forward.  Safouan produced with Iman and Jana; as well, several of their get: Tittawen, Alem'nemehal, Chenna and Kaisoon.
Hatshepsut's third and last litter, born on 17 August, 2004, was with her grandson, Kaisoon, producing 3 females: Tiwul, Tammemt and Tizemt; and 3 males - Asmun (Cindy Shields), Isul and Amenzu. Tiwul was bred twice before she was killed by a rattlesnake in the desert, and through her, Hatshepsut's genetics will carry forward through the progeny of Tiwul's son Kusu (sired by Tamgak) bred to Iférouane - Tamenzut,Toufik and others in the litter of 8. As well, with Tiwul's breeding to Idi Ilaman Afelahlah, Hatshepsut will continue through Tezerift, Raba, Ataram (Cyril Chaput and Andrée Bouchard) and Igazan.
Amenzu has sired a litter with Tawinak from which I have retained a female, Tintzirit. And Tizemt (Lilia Berezkina) will hopefully be producing in the near future. Hatshepsut will live on through her progeny.