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Azawakh.
FCI 307: sighthound that hunts for game and fights off predators; an important companion in the family life of the nomads, sharing camp life (Group 10, Section 3, short-haired sighthounds, without working trial). UKC: the hound vocations "were, and still are, the chase, guarding and companionship," bred by the nomadic tribes of the southern Sahara as hunting and guard dogs. RKC: also guardian of the camp. Wikipedia: unlike other sighthounds, its primary function in its native land is as a guard dog..
Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
The AKC standard and the AKC breed page header print different female limits (23 to 27 vs 23.5 to 27.5); UKC and FCI match the header. Both stand.
Weight
Three registries agree.
Coat
The AKC accepts any colour, UKC lists a broad palette, and FCI limits colours to fawn shades with brindle; stated by source.
Shedding
AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.
Heat tolerance
Derived from the standard coat description (short single coat, almost none on the belly = 5). Wikipedia is editorial and agrees in direction.
The dog at home
What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.
Exercise need
RKC is a UK registry band, not a study; mapped by the library rule. RKC lists the Azawakh as an imported breed (Imp).
Exercise need
RKC and AKC bands.
Energy
AKC trait bands, not a study.
Grooming load
RKC is a UK registry band, not a study; mapped by the library rule. AKC trait bands are a different scale and are shown, not mapped. RKC and AKC differ on shedding (RKC: no).
Grooming
AKC bands are the AKC page trait scores.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
FCI, UKC and RKC wording; Wikipedia is editorial.
Primary game
FCI utilization line; RKC and Wikipedia agree on gazelle.
Also used on
Predator-fighting is a guard role, not game; shown here because the FCI puts it in the utilization line.
Search pattern
RKC for the relay pack; Wikipedia is editorial and unsourced on the bump-down detail (its own page flags missing citations).
Field trial standard
AKC lure coursing Get Started and Eligible Breeds pages. The AKC lure coursing rulebook, the ASFA rules (asfa.org was blocked from this environment) and the Schedule of Points by Breed were not read. The ASFA and NOFCA eligibility is Wikipedia only.
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akc bands
Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.
How to read this page
Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.
Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 5 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- Idi, Tuareg Sloughi, Oska
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