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Eila Duste Pachtana as Dorney, born 2 May 1976,
smooth Afghan hound, breeder Ahlgrim. Obviously not
a Sloughi, but was occasionally called a Sloughi in the
20th century because he was smooth © J.Rübesam

Quaritsch continues: " ... It would be completely wrong to conclude that because there
are such mixed types, the "transitions are fluid" or that this is what the Salukis or
Sloughis in Saudi Arabia look like ..." - At this point, Quaritsch is on the right track

But at this point you have to be careful whether you are talking about a landrace or a

selected breed bred according to a standard. The disadvantage here is that the Saluki
selected breed, which is bred according to a standard, is already a mixture from very
different origins and types.

This idea of "mixed types" in certain regions, is used in certain different regions, to
describe dogs from the Sinai or Egypt, for example and overlooks the basic preconditions
under which dog types naturally develop in different regions. As Burchard has explained,

there are local conditions that lead to a preference for smooth or feathered dogs, but
the basic type is the same in this region. Defining a breed according to the FCI solely on
the basis of the coat, as in the case of the Sloughi, can only lead to false conclusions!

Unfortunately, Quaritsch makes a fundamental mistake concerning the breeding which

was undertaken by Mme Rey. The French attitude to this subject is as follows: He
assumes that Laba'an II Al Khalij would not have been registered as a Sloughi in France
if Mme Rey had known that he was a smooth Saluki. But this is an illusion, because
Laba'an II had mated three bitches from one of Mme Rey's litters: Naiade, Okaline and
Nitouche Montouchet de la Horde d'Or. These, however, were themselves the result of a
Sloughia mating with the smooth Saluki male Jenna from Syria. The male Saluki Jenna
from Syria had therefore already been entered into the French Sloughi Registry LOF!