Azawakh

The Azawakh takes his name from the Azawakh Valley in the Niger Basin in Africa, where he lived a nomadic life with the tribes of the Sahara. As sighthounds they were used mostly on gazelle, hunting in packs, taking turns and thus exhausting their prey. They were much valued by their owners for their beauty and speed, rather like the Arabian horse. The Azawakh was also used as guardian of the camp.
Source: https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/display.aspx?id=1031

Landrace

SLOUGHI - AZAWAKH Rasstandard med kommentarer (Swedish)

Tuareg Sloughi
oska
“idii ‘n illeli,” which means “sighthound of the free people”

Mali

France is the patron country of the Azawakh.

Article: THE NORTH AFRICAN LURCHER
by David Hancock
http://www.davidhancockondogs.com/archives/archive_001_149/070.html

Article: The Azawakh
By Deb Kidwell
http://azawakh.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2011-Azawakh-article.pdf

https://www.azawakhs.org/

Azawakh International: http://www.azawakhinternational.net/door.htm

The Azawakh in Africa and Europe
2010-11-29
https://azawakh-czech.estranky.cz/en/articles/about-the-azawakh/the-azawakh-in-africa-and-europe.html

Azawakh expedition Sahel 2007
Voyage / expédition au Sahel en 2007 à la rencontre des nomades et de leurs lévriers Azawakh.
L'expédition était essentiellement composée d'éleveurs de chiens

https://www.flickr.com/photos/garde-epee/sets/72157618766014848/show/

The AZAWAKH - an interview with Dr.Gabriele Meißen  - Gabriele Meissen: Back from the Precipice

2010-11-29 First published in the German Sighthound magazine "Unsere Windhunde" November 2008
DVM Gabriele Meissen, PhD   translated into English by David Moore (Daoud Abdullah Abdullah)
http://www.tombouktous-azawakhs.de/epaa.html

Azawakh: The Camp Guardians of the Tuareg People
https://puredogtalk.com/captivate-tag/land-race-dogs/
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/e1462277-cf75-428a-8928-6f10ccda23b0

There are numerous breed standards. The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed. Three of the major international standards are:

The American Kennel Club

The Kennel Club, UK

FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale)

1. The Azawakh archive is home to 4339 dogs. Statistics by country are available as is Population data and more.

2. Finland: Koiranet: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?Lang=en&R=307

Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:

The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch

Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary

Primitive and Aboriginal Dog Society: Source: https://ngsdconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/koler-yates-ngsd-status-1-1.pdf

"Werner Roeder and Elizabeth Naumann share with us the results of their studies on the Azawakh and the problems associated with the preservation of this remarkable breed in its country of origin and in the possession of dog show fanciers."

AZAWAKH IN ITS ANCIENT DISTRIBUTION RANGE
Werner Roeder
GENETIC IMPOVERISHMENT OF THE AZAWAKH IN EUROPE?
Problems of preserving aboriginal breeds outside their region of origin
Elisabeth Naumann

Azawakhs de Garde-Épée

• http://www.azawakh.fr 

Azawakh-Oska (Blog)

• https://azawakh-oska.blog4ever.com/

Contribution to the study of sighthounds in the southern Sahara

THESIS

FOR THE VETERINARY PHD
(NATIONAL DIPLOMA)

Submitted and defended publicly in 1975
Before the Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse

François ROUSSEL
Born 4th August 1947 at GUER (Morbihan)

(Translation in English : Susan BAMFORD)

http://www.azawakh.fr/articles/these_roussel_anglais.html

We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.

US: American Azawakh Association: http://azawakh.org/
UK: The Azawakh Association of the United Kingdom: https://www.azawakhassociation.co.uk/
Switzerland: Club Azawakh Swiss: https://azawakh.ch/
France: Club du Lévrier Azawakh: http://azawakh.club/ - Breed articles in many languages!!!
               SCC: Les Lévriers Azawakhs de GARDE-ÉPÉE
Germany: Deutscher Windhundzucht- und Rennverband - Faszination Windhunde: https://www.windhundverband.de/rassen/azawakh/
                  VDH: https://www.vdh.de/welpen/mein-welpe/azawakh
Finland: Suomen Vinttikoiraliitto: http://www.suomenvinttikoiraliitto.fi/
Czech Republic: Klub saharských chrtů – Azawakh, Sloughi | oficiální klubové stránky: http://www.azawakh-sloughi.cz/cs/