This is a breed which emanates from the deserts and mountains of North Africa, having existed there for many centuries as a typical working sight hound. Like many hunters he tends to be a trifle stand offish with strangers, but is affectionate to those he knows and trusts. You must know Holland has a rich Sloughe history. It was about the turn of the century that painter August Le Gras in 1898 from Laren brought with him from one of his many trips to Nothern Africa the first Sloughi. The race knew a flourishing period for the first ten years of this cetury with Le Gras as * pace maker *. Photographs, writing and paintings from that time are still in our posesion. Therefrom we can coclude that the standard now is very well comparable with the older dogs which should say quite enough about the achievements of the breeders to keep an original racre, without trying to improveit. Well after the second world war sadly enough there were no more thoroughbred Sloughis in Holland. It wasn't until the 70s that some thoroughbred and real looking at the pictures from the beginning years Sloughis cane to our country again. With these imports a new program of breeding carefully and moderate, the high quality of the race came back in Holland, seeing the results at shows and racing.The Sloughi has not achieved much in the way of popularity in Britian and this may be due partly to the fact that the phrase in the breed standard which asks for the haunches to be prominent has persuaded some devotees to assume that this was to be interpreted as suggesting that the dogshould carry no spare weight at all. As a result the dividing line between lightness of build and unappealing thinness has at times been hard to distinguish. Another breed which is easy to keep clean, his tough, fine coat is most frequently sable or lawn, but he is also seen as brindle, white or even black with tan points. A tall dog, he has long, thin oval feet, supporting his none too broad or deep chest, on long, well muscled legs.
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| General Appearance* Elegant
yet racy with a frame marked by its muscular leanness.
Characteristics* Clean, quiet and decorative. Desert variety of moderate height, slender, light, graceful and elegant. Mountain counterpart more compact with stronger bone but otherwise identical. Both types may be bred from same litter. Temperament* Affectionate towards owner and indifferent to strangers.
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| Head and Skull* Without being heavy, head fairly strong but with lines not excessively angular. Skull flat, fairly broad, clearly rounded at rear and curving harmoniously into sides. Eye sockets barely protruding. Marked frontal bone and pronounced occiput. Muzzly in shape of wedge, refined without axaggeration, about equal in length to skull. Stop barely visible. Nose and lips black or very dark brown. |
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| Eyes* Large,
dark and set well into orbit. Triangular, slightly on slant, expression
gently, a little sad and wistful. In light coated animals off white,
sable, faw, Isabella eyes usually burnt topaz or dark amber.
Ears* Not too large, triangular in shape but with rounded tips, flat. Usually folding down and carried close to head, set level with or slightly above eye but may be carried away from the skull or sometimes even thrown backwards.
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| Mouth*
Jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite,i.e. upper
teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
Neck* Strong yet very elegant in proportion to body. Moderately long with good arch. Skin slightly loose, making fine pleats under throat . ForeQuarters* Shoulders well laid and clearly visible. Legs round with flat bone and well muscled. Body* Chest not to broad, in depth reaching barely to level of elbow. Good tuck up. Topline almost level and relatively short, but slightly longer in bitches. Croup bonyand very oblique. Haunches prominent.
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| HindQuarters*
Loins broad and slightly arched. Thighs of good length to stifle.
Hocks well let down with good angulation.
Feet* Thin, of elongated, oval shape, hare foot. Nails strong, black or dark. Tail* Fine and well set on, without friges or long hair. Strong curve at end which reaches at least to point of hock. When moving, tail never carried higher than level of back. Gait Movement* Free and flowing, capable of great speed. Coat* Hair tough and fine.
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| Colour* Sable
or fawn in all shades, with or without a black mask. Also permissible a
coat more or less dark, white, brindle, black with tan points, brindle
pattern on fawn background on head, feet and sometimes breast. Dark
coats with a white patch on chest undesirable. Particolours not
permissible. Solid black or white undesirable.
Size* Height, 60 - 70cms * 23 - 27 inch *. Ideal height for dogs, 68 cms * 27 inch *. bitches 65 cms * 25 inch * Faults* Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the serousness with which the fault should be regared should be in exact propottion to its degree. Note* Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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