Christmas
December 27, 2008
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Pencil!
Stickers!
Play-Doh!
Team Unwrapping
Slightly concerned.
Is it for me?
Jaw wrestling Azawakh.
Dressing Dolly
All curled up.
Cassandra raids the fridge.
Sunlight snooze
Hard Life
December 22, 2008
It’s a hard life being a city dog, sometimes.
Azelouan melted into the bed.
Lazy Morning
December 14, 2008
Good Morning, Tawzalt
Gnaw on Azelouan
Nuzzle Azelouan
Azawakh and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Rainy Day
November 30, 2008
Hello!
Stretch.
Good lord, it's raining.
High stepping.
Getting a move on.
Warming up.
Chase.
180.
Tag!
Wet, wet, wet.
What is this thing?
Myth: Azawakh will not Fetch
October 22, 2008
If you spend much time researching Azawakh temperament and behavior you are likely to read that they will not retrieve or “play fetch”. It’s not true. An Azawakh can learn to play the fetch game.
It is true that fetching is not an obsession with Azawakh like it is with many other “sporting” breeds. Azawakh have to learn that “fetch” is a fulfilling form of play and the dog has to be in the mood to play the game.
“Retrieve” is a natural behavior and a standard canid motor pattern. Wild canids “retrieve” game and bring it back to pups in the den, for example. Azawakh have this motor pattern, but it isn’t hypertrophied in the way that it is in modern gun dogs. The behavior is there but it is far from a compulsion. Azawakh can and will retrieve to hand. If the game is fun, the dog will play. It requires the right relationship between dog and handler.
Azawakh retrieving a tennis ball.
