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The Azawakh is a sight hounddog breed from Africa. Bred by the Sahara and sub-Saharan Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, the breed is used there as a guard dog and to hunt gazelle and hare at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. Rangy, leggy, lean, and elegant, the Azawakh is extremely high_stationed, taller than it is long. Its bone structure shows clearly through the skin and musculature. Attentive, distant, reserved to hostile with strangers, the Azawakh is gentle and affectionate with those he accepts.
The breed weighs from 33 to 55 pounds (15_25 kg); its height is 24 to 29 inches (60_74 cm). The coat is very short and almost absent on the belly. Colours permitted by the FCI breed standard are clear sand to dark fawn (with or without a dark mask), with white bib, tail tip, and stockings; many other colours occur in Africa. The Azawakh’s light, supple, elastic gait is a notable breed characteristic.
Uncommon as yet in Europe and North America, they are nevertheless gaining a foothold. The breed is not yet registered by CKC or AKC (but is recorded in AKC’s Foundation Stock Service); it is registered with UKC, ARBA and others.
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American Azawakh Association (http://members.aol.com/tagalas)
In his native region, an area approximately the size of France situated in the Sahara and the sub-Saharan Sahel of the postcolonial countries of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, he is raised today principally by the Tuareg* nomads, a Caucasian ethnicity of Berber descent.
Although theoretically and for practical purposes the Azawakh may be categorized as a sighthound, a rigid or strict reliance on this term and its implied behavioral parameters as a means of understanding and predicting Azawakh behavior can lead to confusion and miscommunication.
Owing to the ingravescent impoverishment of the nomads, the keeping of an Azawakh is a heavy economic burden as soon as millet, the main nourishment of men and hounds alike, becomes scarce.
Relative to its native environment, the smooth-coated Azawakhhound mentally and structurally manifests his vocation as hunter, protector and companion.
Azawakhs are sensitive to the cold but do well in cold climates as long as they wear a coat outside.
Azawakhs that are kept as pets should have regular opportunities to run free on open ground as well as have long, brisk walks, preferably at the same time every day.
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