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The Azawakh is an ancient breed of hunting dog that was said to have been developed by the masked and gowned nomadic people - the Tuareg of Mali. Tuareg people are considered to be the most independent feudal culture that still exists today. Tuareg nomads and their herds of camels, cattle and goats still roam the Sahara Desert and the Azawakh which they call "I dii n'illeli" which means sighthound of the free people is an indispensable hunting dog. Up to this day, Azawak can be seen guarding Tuareg camps, hunting wild boar, hare and antelope.

BREEDER NOTE: Azawakh have a rare glucose isomerase allele (GPIB) that occurs only in foxes, jackals, Italian wolves, Sloughi dogs and a handful of other quite unrelated rare dogs found mostly in Japan. The presence of the GPIB suggests an ancient differentiation of the Azawakh from other dog populations near the base of the dog family tree divergence from wolves or perhaps a uniquely African cross-breeding with local African canids such as jackals. This theory is supported by the distinct morphology, the heart volume, the higher rate of red blood cells, as well as the annual mating period.

 

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Tombouktou's Azawakh: Puppies and Litters
Tombouktou's Azawakh: Puppies and Litters
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The goal of Tombouktou's Azawakh is to breed dogs which evoke, through an appearance at once elegant and ascetic, the type of dogs belonging to Africa's ...

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