Family-friendly: | 4/5 |
Exercise needs: | 4/5 |
Easy to train: | 3/5 |
Tolerates being alone: | 3/5 |
Likes other pets: | 3/5 |
Energy level: | 3/5 |
Grooming needs: | 5/5 |
Shedding: | 3/5 |
- Dogs suitable for experienced owners
- Extra training required
- Generally healthy breed
- Enjoys active walks
- Enjoys one to two hours of walking a day
- Large dog
- Minimum drool
- Requires grooming every other day
- Quiet dog
- Barks, alerts and may be physically protective/suspicious of visitors
- Could have issues with unknown dogs but gets along with known dogs
- May need additional training to live with other pets
- May need additional supervision to live with children
- Needs a large garden
- Can live in semi-rural areas
- Can be left occasionally with training
The Azawakh is generally a hardy breed with no widely recognised breed specific health problems.
Priority Kennel Club health schemes and testing:
None but there are several recommended schemes that the Kennel Club recommends which can be found here.
Personality
The Azawakh is wary and aloof with strangers, and as a guarding dog, their role is to bark to alert and to be aware of what is going on around them. They are curious and incredibly observant, taking their time to assess new people, only becoming affectionate and even goofy when they know a person extremely well. With family they are loving and intelligent companions, ready to work with their people either as a guarding watch dog or as a hunter – and in the pet home, these needs must be taken into consideration. They do not do well alone, or if left under exercised or bored.
Did You Know?
- This rare breed was not seen outside of Africa before the 1970’s. When the FCI first recognised them, they were included as a sub-type of the Sloughi, which is in fact only a distantly related type. This was changed several years later, following evidence from breeders and breed supporters that proved they were not Sloughi crosses or even closely related.
- There have also been several changes to the breed standard, first to include brindles as a permitted colour, and then to reduce the amount of white that was permitted as markings.
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