Big Weekend Coming Up

Year Of The Horse On Friday. Super Bowl On Sunday.

2013 Winner National Retriever Championship

Trumarc's Dot Come, handled by Danny Farmer and owned by Keith Thompson.

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Azawakh Tamahan

One Of The Few

Azawakh Brindles

Rwalfi

Rhaka

Tindé

Rhaka

The State Of The Union

I agree with her. If you do, share this video, please.

What Have We Done To Them ?

Breeding for the show ring, breeding for "looks" has destroyed many breeds. Watch the video below and see for yourself.

The Shar Pei On The Left Is The Original Version.The Other One Is The Modern Show Dog Version.

 

Azawakh Iférouane

In Her New Leather Collar With Gold Leather Tassles

She Also "Borrowed" Tahatmellet's New Collar

Can Your Dog Do This ?

2013 Winner Of National Amateur Retriever Championship

New winner of the 2013 National Amateur Retriever Championship:

FC-AFC Dottie Ray’s Ivy League ("Ivy"), lab female

Andy Kahn and Ivy - she's 5 years old

Watch #29 in this video clip chug her champagne!

The Finalists

The Judges: Al Wilson, Lyn Yelton, Ted Shih

Zita And Her Liliger Cub

I'm not stuttering, really. The cub is liliger - 3/4 lion and 1/4 tiger, thus, liliger. The dam Zita is liger or half lion and half tiger; and the sire is Sam, he's a full blown lion. Breeder? Who gives a damn who the breeder is. It's only the narcissistic, egocentric garden variety dog show sociapaths who have glorified that word to ridiculousness. Outside of that shallow community, nobody cares who the breeder is or isn't.

Zita And Her Liliger Cub

I love the tiger spots on the back of Zita's ears, and the leopard prints on the not-so-little cub!

~Photo credit to AP from Yahoo News.~

The Beautiful and Damned

The Beautiful and Damned

Magnolia,
Innocent white, intense incarnadine,
Precious without question.
Ensured to wilt.
Ensured to fall.
Ensured to die.

From a flower on high,

Happy Birthday, Bill.  You Didn't Make It.

A petal falls while
Hope holds
In an awkward dance
Of new beauty
Incapable of analyses but
Stemming seemingly from
The petal being held afloat
Only by a thin thread of air
Lachesis measured short.

Time forever passing,
Tears forever multiplying,
Petal descending still.

All nature fleeting,
Thread snaps;
Petal plummets.

Another,
Then another,
And yet another
Following.

Each end
More tragic
Than the last
Until
The flower is left
Without petals,
An ugly shell
Of its former glory.

The more the beautiful,
The more the damned.
~Anthony S~

Azawakh Vaccination Help : Spenden Konto / Donation Account

Azawakh Vaccination Help : Spenden Konto / Donation Account: ABIS humanitäre Bic : TRISDE 55 Iban: DE 4558 5501 3000 01011 568 Sparkasse Trier BLZ: 585 501 30 Kto. Nr. 101 1568 Password : Rabies ...

Traveling With Touareg Nomads

Camel Saddle

Tikoubouine, S. Algeria

Travel With Touareg Video

Cinco De Mayo !

Today is 5th May, it's cold and windy and the sky is ominously grey. The Gods are preparing this little puppy for her move to the Land of Rust. That's what we call the state adjacent to California !

Same Female Azawakh Puppy As The Photo Below - Without The Giant Tongue !

What Snow ?

It was 90° F (32°C) yesterday. The mosquitoes are back in force.

Azawakh Female Puppy

Happy Ishtar Easter

Fresh Easter eggs being made on the spot. Place your order now !

Photo Credit To Anonymous

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

Azawakh Hunts

Thank you for this photo, Johanne. You did a wonderful job settling down Safqa and allowing her to blossom. I'm so happy she loves you and Hadrian - what a great family. The photo was taken in the Southern California suburbs. Safqa's first catch of the day was a rabbit.

Safqa With Her 2nd Catch Of The Day

On Dog Behavior

An Education Poster From The American Veterinary Society Of Animal Behavior

Someone wrote to me recently, that I should tell his dog to let go of his fear of him (the owner of the dog had made that remark). The unique trait about the Azawakh is that they are quite specific about their likes and dislikes. And their dislike of someone can often be arrogantly misinterpreted by their human as "being frightened". How to deal with an Azawakh who dislikes you? This is a tough one. They'll die sooner if cornered into such a situation where they cannot avoid you because you feed them and they have to survive. Every Azawakh caught in such a situation should be removed from it, and not be forced to compromise and to endure that contact. Last but not least, it is the height of human conceit to presume that we can tell another creature how they should or should not be feeling.That someone actually made that remark ... !

About the video below - To Touch Or Not To Touch, That Is The Question. The Azawakh does not always like to be touched (petted). We should respect that. It's an important judgment call how intrusive the human is, when handling an Azawakh - especially one that's a new arrival to the home and not yet bonded. The video below shows this is true of other breeds (even randombred dogs) as well.

 

Azawakh In Metro

The other day I received some photos of Madidou (left) and Adal. I haven't seen Adal in a while. Adal and his litter sister Tintzirit are grand children of Kusaylah and Taytok. Madidou is a litter brother to Amassakoul, Ayur Ikmer (Jan Butterworth) and Kanazi (Jess Ruffner-Brett Booth). And Adal is an uncle to Kik Ayittma, ImikTok, Tamzawit and Nanalé.

Amzil in front, Nanalé lying down, Tamzawit in back.

These three are about to leave for a hike in the Los Angeles wilderness.