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.
Azawakh Puppies Need a Story and a Nap
January 1, 2013
Aidi wan n'Eezel: the loyal azawakh 