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© Sandra Whyte

MAGIDA SABIIH AL SAHRA AT THIEFSIDE

"ESME" - TOP PUPPY, UNITED KINGDOM, 2018
BY KATH CLARK, UK
About 3 years ago I started mulling over The first girl I liked turned out to be

the idea of importing a Sloughi puppy into unsuitable for breeding. I then fell for a
the UK. Winkle, (Falconcrag Daiouni of Schuru-esch-Schams Sloughia and there
Thiefside), my only Sloughi at the time was were plans for a litter from her. I
approaching 7 years old, and as anyone can contacted the owner and reserved a female
tell you, was not the most outgoing show pup but unfortunately she didn't take.
girl! In fact, she hated it. I also had

concerns about the future of the breed in Back to square one! I decided to call in the
the UK. With so few quality breeding big guns in the shape of Steph Marston-
bitches, coupled with the lack of any Pollock of the Falconcrag Whippets and
known plans for future litters, I was Sloughis. Within a very short time she
worried that the breed was heading for a came back to me with the planned litter by
downward spiral. The Sloughi has never Marcus and Gregor Arndt of the Sabiih al
taken off in the UK the way other breeds Sahra kennel.

have and it looks unlikely that we will ever
come off the Rare Breeds register. The Sire was to be Multi Champion
Ghazoot Chazzin and the dam Multi
So, with the help of Facebook I started to Champion Djamila Labibah Sabiih al Sahra.
have a look at Sloughias in Europe. The bitch is similar in type to Winkle and I
Fortunately, I wasn't in a hurry as it wasn't liked the power of the dog. Couple this

straight forward! with the fact they are both lure coursing or
racing champions told me they were Fit for
Function.