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Dounia and Bouthayna Shi'Rayân coursing in Kansas, 1996 © Shot on Site
1999, at the Annual Convention of However once in Provisional, the dogs
Delegates (ACOD) in Minneapolis, the Club started from scratch again as the ACOD
delegates voted in favor of moving the 1999 refused to award titles retroactively,
Sloughi from the Miscellaneous status to and the owners retired their Sloughis.
Provisional status, the next step towards
full recognition. Upon the proposal of Beth 2001, after 5 grueling years, the Sloughi
Coney, DVM, the ACOD voted in favor of became an official breed of the American
awarding retroactively "Foundation Field Sighthound Field Association.
Champion" and "Foundation Courser of
Merit" titles to the dogs who had been As of 2021, there are four Sloughis inducted
competing from 1996 to the end of 1999. into the ASFA Hall of Fame.
Foundation Field Champion and Foundation All the 9 Foundation titles certificates were
Courser of Merit titles had the same signed by ASFA's president Susan Weinkein
requirements as regular "Field Champion" who had been supportive of the Sloughi but
and "Lure Courser of Merit" for recognized passed away too soon.
breeds. They were named differently
because at the time the Sloughi had not The stories of these Sloughis are as follows:
been fully recognized by ASFA yet.
