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A Windows 8 View of Azawakh

Brian Reiter — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:57:46 +0000

I’ve been trying out the Windows 8 developer preview M3 alpha. A big part of the point of Windows 8 is that it does away with the start menu and replaces it with a “Metro” interface inspired by Windows Phone. It also adds a new style of Metro apps which are very iPad-like but will basically run across the whole line from tablets to super-powerful workstations. The Metro UI is very cool. One of the same Metro apps is an RSS news aggregator. Here’s what it does to Azawakh Nation.

Screenshots of the Windows 8 News App

Cool, huh?

Sentinel vs Vandal

Brian Reiter — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:56:36 +0000

Sentinel

Tawzalt is scanning the garden, alert for intruders while I am having a wee dram of the Bowmore 12 on the porch. She is very distrustful of the staff in the neighboring apartment building who enjoy watching us over our garden wall during shift changes. In the background you can just make out our actual night guard in the little guard house.

Vandals

When not keeping an eye on the neighborhood, nighttime is a good time for group hole-digging. Zel gets the hole started while Tawzalt inspects his work.

They follow this up whith a high-speed chase game and wrestling match which my phone has no chance of photographing in the pitch black.

Two Speeds

Brian Reiter — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:18:16 +0000

Zero

I awakened with too many mammals in our bed. Cassandra was curled up with Azelouan and Tawzalt was apparently displaced so that she decided to flop down on my face which was a minor obstacle in the way of the pillow.

Zoom

Tawzalt is having a game of chase with Zel in our garden in Ghana. She is careening around a stand of bamboo. Zel is faster than Tawzalt on a straightaway but when she is in the mood to run she is very fast and can turn in any direction in one stride. She can also keep going and going and going—I think because she is so light.

Levrier Azawakh (video in French)

Brian Reiter — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:37:59 +0000

Peek around

Brian Reiter — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:21:05 +0000

Tawzalt is peeking around behind Azelouan. They are hoping that I have something to feed them.

The dogs are reluctant to cross the threshold into the kitchen ever since Tawzalt knocked a broom over causing a huge ruckus. Overall, it’s an advantageous situation because it greatly limits their counter surfing opportunities.

Photos from the yard

Brian Reiter — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Digging the Escape Tunnel?

Side by Side

False Pregnancy

Brian Reiter — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:42:47 +0000

Tawzalt’s due date has come and gone without any puppy arrivals. We had plenty of pregnant behaviors and secondary signs but, unfortunately, there were no puppies in there. Thanks to everyone who expressed interest.

Stay tuned for next year. We will try again.

Azawakh Puppies

Brian Reiter — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:56:51 +0000

Tawzalt Idiiyat-es-Sahel (Aslam Idiiyat-es-Sahel X Semteende Idiiyat-es-Sahel) was bred by Ettebel Azelouan (Multi. CH Tombouktou’s Qulood X WeWille Dari) on August 22. The due date for puppies is approximately October 24, 2010. Both dogs have FCI pedigrees and the litter will be registered with the FCI. Both brindled and solid fawn colors are genetically possible.

Please email inquiries about puppy placement to brian dot reiter at gmail dot com.

Preposterous

Brian Reiter — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:21:06 +0000

Tawzalt just walked casually into my office, stretched and curled up on top of Azelouan.

We had a big snow

Brian Reiter — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:19:55 +0000

Azelouan was curious.

Tawzalt was horrified.