Azawakh Idi! Idi! Idi!: Azawakh: Interview With Christiane Thier-Rostaing

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Azawakh: Interview With Christiane Thier-Rostaing

The Azawakh is a tall, very slender sighthound, originally from West Africa. In the 1970s the first animals were introduced to Germany and held since then by a few enthusiasts and bred. The appearance of the Azawakh is more like a gazelle or a deer, and also the nature of this breed is very shy. TIER.TV learns from Azawakh breeder Christiane Thier-Rostaing where it comes from and what were its original tasks.

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Iferouâne

Iferouâne Idiiyat-es-Sahel is the birth name of my taidit. In Tamasheq it means wings.

She is named after Iferouâne, an oasis town in northern Niger, West Africa, about 1,000 km (620 miles) north of the Niger capital, Niamey. Just northwest of Arlit, capital of the Arlit Department in the Agadez Region, Iferouâne is located in the Ighazar Valley of the Sahelian belt, near the Tamgak Range. It is the gateway to the spectacular volcanic Aïr Massif mountains, which rises 2,000 meters from the desert floor.