Page 33 - The Sloughi Review - Issue 4

T H E S L O U G H I R E V I E W
Mujiir lure coursing © Joe Stewart, and at home
MUJIIR SHI'RAYAN
October 10, 2001 - June 30, 2017 (15 years
and 8 months), USA.
By Tunisian Tarfa out of A’Ssissa Shi’Rayan.
Breeder: Dr. M.-Dominique Crapon de
Caprona, first owner: Jennifer Newman
(Sambuca), then in 2003: Dr. M.-Dominique
Crapon de Caprona, USA.
"In 2003, I received an email from the
owner complaining about Mujiir’s ears
bleeding. After she would not listen to
putting some skin cream at the tips of his
ears, she went to a veterinarian specializing
in dermatology.
I asked if my veterinarian could talk to him.
It was agreed and my veterinarian did just
that. During the conversation the specialist
told her Mujiir would be better off with
another owner and on a much better food.
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At that point in time, I said I wanted the
dog back. The owner’s father drove
Mujiir all the way back from Tennessee.
When he got here, he first apologized
for his daughter’s behavior. He then took
Mujiir out of the truck, and Bernd,
thinking the dog would need to run after
such a long trip, released Mujiir in
the large 2-hectares fenced enclosure. All
Mujiir did was trot in circles, Bernd was
appalled. He told the man “you need to
leave now.”
Mujiir was in very poor physical and
mental condition; edges of his ears all
crusted, swellings full of fluids on his
elbows, no muscle tone, too thin and he
had a broken expression. He must have
been kept in a cage and slept on hard
surfaces all the time.