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O’Dah Shi’Rayan in 2007, 3 years old © de Caprona
In 2008, I started a very demanding new It was only due to my professional time
job and could not spend enough time with limitations that I could not show O’Dah to
O’Dah in show circles. Nevertheless, on the more judges, so that they would know what
occasions I went to show O’Dah, it was the correct conformation of a Sloughi is.
always such that he would win the hound Earlier this year, after I quit some of my
group. On one occasion, when I came administrative burden, I finally had the
home in the evening to my hotel, a bunch time again to train O’Dah, who was
of kids saw him and ran over to me to take meanwhile nearly 14 years of age. Of
a closer look. One kid simply stated the course, O’Dah was not the young dog
obvious: “He is beautiful!” Another kid hopping in the ring anymore and would
looked at him and eventually simply asked: only stand a chance against a young show
“Can I touch him?” O’Dah stood there with dog if the judge would fully weigh his fit to
his usual dignified look and let it all the standard and not the showmanship
happen. His appearance still had the same instilled with many judges in the AKC show
effect years later when I took him for a ring of a de facto age discrimination. Of
walk with my sister in a park. People would course, in many other show circuits this
go out of their way to come close to him, has long been realized and special classes
telling me how beautiful he was and for seniors have been established to avoid
wanted to touch him. I believe that his that youthfully exuberance beats older age
regal appearance, calm demeanor and excellence in conformation.
calmness under any condition added
greatly to his appeal in and outside the
show ring.
