Kennel Club standard (2002)

Height: DOGS. - Desirable height = 66 - 72cms (26 - 28¼ ins).
Height: BITCHES - Height at withers 61-68cms (24 - 26¾ ins)

'THE SLOUGHI'- JUDGING CRITERIA -----(Select this LINK)

(by Dr Yassine Jamali)

LIVING WITH THE SLOUGHI

If you want to own a dog that is:

- Extremely sensitive to correction
- Affectionate to those he regards as his family
- Will vocally guard you, your house, and your possessions
- Is biddable, clean, quiet and easy to groom
- Adores the 'comforts' of life and takes your breath away at the sheer beauty of watching him move effortlessly at top speed
Then the Sloughi is for you.

If you want to own a dog that:
- Will happily allow every stranger to touch him without backing off
- Will eagerly go for walk in the rain without first being supplied with a coat
- Will live contentedly on it's own in a kennel
- Will spin on a sixpence to get back to you when he has just spotted something in the distance to investigate
- Will forgive easily anyone who manhandles him
- Does not suffer from 'selective deafness'
- Never feels the need to run simply for the sheer joy of running
Then this proud, primitive and elegant breed is definitely NOT for you

THE SLOUGHI - THE KNOWN ORIGINS

Though the origins of the Sloughi are now lost in time, their ancestry goes back thousands of years. A four - five thousand year old seal that was dug up on an archealogical site in Mesopotamia carries the images of dogs that closely resemble the modern day Sloughi.
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