Azawakh Puppies Need a Story and a Nap
January 1, 2013
Azawakh Puppies @ 21 Days
December 29, 2012
Tawzalt’s puppies are 21 days old today and it is time for their first attempt at solid food. These two are really developing personalities. They are starting to have energy to explore and play a bit rather than just sleep and eat. Afouda tends to be the more vocal and adventurous of the pair. She is also hungrier. Tazoudi really enjoys snuggling with Tawzalt, her sister or even the stuffed toys Tawzalt has brought into the whelping box. Tazoudi is a a more cautious observer. Somehow, though Tazoudi explores less, she manages to discover more. She is the one who I find peeking out of the door in the whelping box.
Afouda, 21 Days
Tazoudi, 21 Days
Afouda and Tazoudi, First Solid Food
This first meal is traditional African millet porridge with ground beef and cottage cheese.
Dec 2012 Azawakh Litter, Three Generations of Sires
December 18, 2012
1st Generation
Sire, Ettebel Azelouan
2nd Generation
Paternal Grandsire, Tombouktou’s Qulood
Maternal Grandsire, Aslam Idiiyat-es-Sahel
3rd Generation (Paternal)
Great Grandsire, Kusaylah Al-Ifriqiya
Great Grandsire, We Wille Casar
3rd Generation (Maternal)
Great Grandsire, Kaisoon Al-Ifriqiya
Great Grandsire, Ailal Al-Ifriqiya
Azawakh Puppy Naming Day
December 17, 2012
In the Sahel, there is a tradition of a naming day ceremony where the village comes together to celebrate a new life and the cild is given a name and welcomed into the community. Tawzalt’s puppies were one week old yesterday and we gave them names. In one week the puppies have nearly doubled in size. They spend a lot of time sleeping and eating but are also busy with their noses snuffling and exploring their whelping box. They are doing their utmost to try and seek out adventure in their little world.
Many thanks to Daoud for his help with Tamasheq Berber words for puppy naming.
This is Afouda
Afouda means strong or solid literally, camel. Afouda was the first born with a thirst for life.
This is Tazoudi
Tazoudi means to be sweet. She has very pretty white markings against deep chestnut brindle.
First Week in Review
December 16, 2012
The High-Flow Nursing Technique
Puppy #1 discovered a massage technique to get more milk to come out faster.
The Miniature Puppy Pile
Tawzalt Added Stuffed Toys to the Whelping box
I think Tawzalt is a little unsatisfied with just two puppies. She has added three stuffed toys to the whelping box and goes to retrieve them whenever we put them away. She previously had shown no interest in these plush toys in at least a year.
Regression
Tawzalt was feeling needy after a week and wanted to be the puppy again, instead of the mommy. Theodora is comforting her.
Backstroke Snooze
December 12, 2012
Puppy #1 is enjoying a snooze on her back.
Birth Announcement
December 10, 2012
Tawzalt had a small litter with two females born late on the 8th of December 2012. Puppy #1 is sable fawn. Puppy #2 is brindled and irish marked.
The Den
December 7, 2012
Tawzalt has become obsessed with digging. I think this is what they call “nesting”.
Final Week of Tawzalt’s Pregnancy (probably)
December 6, 2012
Tawzalt has had an uneventful pregnancy. She is in her final week or so before whelping and we can feel the puppies kicking in her belly. While she spends most of her time sleeping these days, amazingly she came within an inch of catching a Pied Crow yesterday. She can still really move when she wants to.
Maternity Ward
November 28, 2012
My carpenter just arrived with a whelping box for Tawzalt. I think it is a good sign that one of the dogs immediately took up residence. Unfortunately, it is the father, Azelouan, that rather than the expecting mother that went in for a snooze.
Aidi wan n'Eezel: the loyal azawakh 