Afouda’s Puppies @ 4 Days
June 11, 2016
All of Afouda’s puppies are robust and healthy.
Tahount (#1 male)
Aveeleela (#2 female)
Amati (#3 male)
Imelaoulaou (#4 female)
Bonus photo
From day 3 in the nursery: Aveeleela has climbed on top mommy for a snooze and Amati has fallen asleep while attempting to make a getaway.
Birth Announcement
June 8, 2016
Afouda wan n’Eezel has had a litter of four healthy puppies by Ettebel Azelouan. Two are male and two are female.
- #1 (male) Tahount wan n’Eezel
- #2 (female) Aveeleela wan n’Eezel
- #3 (male) Amati wan n’Eezel
- #4 (female) Imelaoulaou wan n’Eezel
They were born late in the night on Monday, June 6 and early Tuesday June 7 at the start of Ramadan in Harare, Zimbabwe. See the Azawakh Database for the full pedigree. This breeding is balanced between about 50% new African foundation stock and 25% each of the older imports that formed the Yugoslav and French lines.
My thanks to those who stewarded the breed before me. In particular, Daoud Abdullah Abduallah (David Moore), Dr. Gabi Meissen, Dr. Werner Roeder and all of ABIS for their hard work raising these dogs so that we can enjoy them as healthy, loyal companions. My thanks also to Damon and Malise Stockil for building Afouda a brilliant whelping box.
Please contact me at brian.reiter@gmail.com to inquire about placement of a puppy.
Tawzalt’s Puppies are 11 Weeks Old
February 24, 2013
Tawzalt’s puppies have been placed.
It’s been a big week for the little ones. They had a visit to the vet — as they say in Zimbabwe — to have their “jabs”. Azelouan and Tawzalt also made the visit to the doc. The buzz at the office was how amazing it is that Tawzalt has recovered her figure after only 11 weeks. She’s like those supermodels who have children and are modeling again in 3 months.
The puppies had a second excursion to the school to be handled by a mob of children in two classrooms. Frankly, they handled that better than I did. I wasn’t sure I would make it out alive. “Puppies!”
Tawzalt and Azelouan are busy teaching the puppies about appropriate behavior and their place in the pack. Azelouan is the disciplinarian, teaching manners. Tawzalt is interested in teaching hunting and digging techniques.
Tawzalt’s puppies are 9 weeks today
February 8, 2013
It is pouring down rain this afternoon. They are big enough to really want to explore and find the house a confining place to spend a whole afternoon without exploring. They are having to amuse themselves with inside pursuits. That means playing with approved toys. It also means hauling down couch cushions which are certainly not approved for puppies to make into a bed.
Azawakh Family
February 5, 2013
It is (somewhat) cold and cloudy today. It feels like rain. The puppies are now 8 weeks old. They can manage to scrabble up onto the couch and are very proud of themselves. All four of them are lying together in a pile.
This sort of snuggling behavior is common for Azawakh when the temperature dips a bit. It is quite endearing.
Their bodies are adapted to tolerate the extreme heat of the Sahel and souther Sahara. Their behavior is adapted to tolerate the cold nights in the desert when the temperatures plunge.
(The couch color was not my choice. It is government issue, I’m afraid.)
Dec 2012 Azawakh Litter @ 6 Weeks
January 24, 2013
Afouda and Tazoudi are 6 weeks old this week. It rained most of the past week in Harare and they have had to content themselves with mostly inside time — just visiting the very damp garden between showers. Today the sun has come out and they enjoyed a romp with their sire, Azelouan.
You may view this set of images as a slideshow on Flickr.
Azawakh Puppies in the Garden Between Rain Showers
January 16, 2013
It has rained every day for the last week, morning and night in Harare. Today we enjoyed a break in the clouds and some sunshine for a handful of hours after lunch. Tawzalt’s puppies are now 5 1/2 weeks old. They are much more confident outside and more coordinated. They are working on their double-suspension gallop as well as digging in the dirt under bushes and tasting everything.
ABIS Video of Azawakh in Africa
January 7, 2013
Werner Roeder posted this video of Azawakh among the Tuareg and vassal tribes in Burkina Faso and Niger filmed during the 2000 ABIS expedition.
Dec 2012 Azawakh Litter @ 4 Weeks
January 6, 2013
The irish-marked brindle one is called Tazoudi wan n’Eezel.
The sable fawn one is called Afouda wan n’Eezel.
Dec 2012 Azawakh Litter, Three Generations of Dams
January 3, 2013
First Generation
Dam, Tawzalt Idiiyat-es-Sahel
Second Generation
Paternal Grand Dam, WeWille Dari
Maternal Grand Dam, Semteende Idiiyat-es-Sahel
Third Generation
Great Grand Dam, Tomboktou’s Nahalet
Great Grand Dam, Isalen of Silverdale
This is the only photograph that I have of Isalen. I believe that Dari is one of these puppies. Dari was born in Mexico at the home of Ricardo Wille and is now living there again with Martha Willcox and John Gale.
Great Grand Dam, Imouyene Idiiyat-es-Sahel
Great Grand Dam, Showq Al-Ifriqiya
Bonus Fourth Generation: Out of Africa
Taytok
Taytok is Tawzalt’s great-grandmother, twice. She was imported from directly from the Kel Dahoussahaq Touregs in Mali to Gabi Meissen in Germany. Tawzalt favors Taytok. They are both very beautiful and full of personality. Afouda today at nearly 3 weeks looks very much like Taytok puppy photos in Mali.
Taikoussou ag Intangoum
Taikoussou was imported directly from the Sahel. Ayad al Inachanan in Tin Akof, Burkina Faso, kept her brindled sister also called Taikoussou. Werner Roeder took Taikoussou ag Intangoum to Germany and placed her puppy Isalen of Silverdale with Ricardo Wille in Mexico. Taikoussou was very athletic and very beautiful but by some unfortunate most of her puppies were never bred. The only western Azawakh to continue her line are Azelouan’s siblings and offspring out of Qulood X Dari.
I really love the photograph of Taikoussou vaulting a stream. Her great-grandson Azelouan who sired Tawzalt’s December 2012 litter has a penchant for leaping streams as well.
Aidi wan n'Eezel: the loyal azawakh 