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Right: O’Dah with his sister Omayma, Summer of 2004 © de Caprona

O’DAH SHI’RAYAN

AN EXCEPTIONAL LIFE
BY DR. BERND FRITZSCH, USA

With our first litter in the United States, His mother is Ibtsama Haifa Shi’Rayan,

we had three outstanding Sloughis, Amir, Bouthayna Shi’Rayan’s daughter with
Aswad and Assissa Shi’Rayan. Although Tunisian Tarfa. Bouthayna was Aswad’s
Amir and A’Ssissa were each outstanding in daughter. Ibtsama was the pick of the litter
their own way, Aswad and I became the and it is only by accident that she ended
team to beat in the show and all kinds of up back with us. I had to fly out to
racing events. To define his greatness, California to pick her up after the owner

Aswad was shown for one last time as a was unable to keep her anymore.
veteran at age of 10 years and 3 months, in Thankfully she was safe at Alan Segal’s
2003, and won 3 Best Veteran In Show and place, but the return trip turned into an
Reserve Best Rare Breed In Show. I was awful odyssey at the San Francisco
convinced that this record would remain International airport. At any rate, the
forever. But little did I know about the story of O’Dah started out after we decided
future of his descendants, one of which that Ibtsama, back home at Shi’Rayan,

turned out to be just like him: O’dah should be bred to a recently acquired male,
Shi’Rayan. Bi-Na Mahanajim. Ibtsama was red sand
and Bi-Na was black mantle. The O litter
O’Dah was born as Aswad’s great grandson turned out to be black mantle, red sand
on June 1, 2004. and sand. This litter gave Shi’Rayan its first
black mantle puppies, as Ibtsama showed

she was carrier for the color.