Page 8 - The Sloughi Review - Issue 4

T H E S L O U G H I R E V I E W
Kate was a very determined lady, she knew
exactly what she wanted: a Sloughi like
Akbar. Such a Sloughi they had owned and
such a Sloughi they wanted again. But I did
not have a litter. No problem, she waited
patiently until I would breed another litter.
Then I had to choose a puppy dog and send
him by plane. When the litter was born, I
sent pictures several times. We both picked
the same dog.
At the age of 3 months he went to Los
Angeles. When he left his crate, he walked
straight up to Kate, as if he had only just
travelled by car for an hour or so. With
the old smooth Saluki he clicked very well.
This Saluki raised Farhan. Farhan was really
quick in understanding how to “melt”
people, especially his master and
mistress. He sat on his little behind, front
feet on the edge of the fountain in the
patio, so the water would sprinkle over his
snout. He spent mornings and evenings
running on the beach, living the life a
Sloughi deserves.
After the old Saluki died, soon after other
Salukis came, a smooth coated and a
feathered, both from America. Farhan was
lord and master but always a gentleman. He
sometimes had his own smart way of
getting things done his way, always a
Sloughi throughout! He was reserved
towards strangers, yet curious, a guard of
the house and definitely of his own people.
Kate and Carl did not have to fear their
bungalow would be burgled, although it
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was very common in Ventura because
many movie stars and other wealthy
people lived there.
Kate had Farhan put to sleep because
muscle atrophy made it increasingly
difficult for him to walk. But until the very
end he went into the sea for a swim, if the
waves were not too high.
He is very much missed, because Kate and
Carl think he was the last of the Mohicans,
their last genuine Sloughi. They say they
are both too old now to give a young
Sloughi the exercise it needs. It would
never have a lack of love but with love
alone a Sloughi cannot thrive.”
By Jeanny Braakman – Machielsen
(Mumtaz-I-Javanadmi), in “Oriëntatie”, the
Dutch Oriental Sighthound Club’s
magazine, issue 1/97. Translated from
Dutch by Els Siebel.
Editor’s note:
*Tagiurie el Sian, imported in the USA from
Libya by the Rodartys, littermate of
Djameela (Damiela) imported in the
Netherlands by Mrs. van Duyvenbode.
Farhan was the sire of the first litter, with
Tounsia Kahloul de la Treille (1986), out of
which Sloughis would be shown in the USA
- one of which was his famous daughter
Jaaram Nubia.
Farhan's lineage survives today through his
brothers Fursan and Furuq of Mumtaz-I-
Javanadmi.