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Aafiq observing the street © Brown and Owner Handled Group 1 under Dr. Daniel Dowling, July 2021 © Fritz Clark
Almahboubin Aafiq I thought to myself, “Geez, I came all this
2021 #1 Owner Handled Sloughi in AKC way to get one of those monsters, I must
have a fever.”
Born August 26, 2020, by IABCA Int./AKC
Ch. Qalb Elassad Bagir el Qamar out of AKC As I entered the Sloughi puppy velodrome,
Ch. Kamea Mahanajim. Breeder: Nancy all 9 of them came running to inspect their
Lovelady, owners: Kimberly Brown and newest chew toy; me. Then I fell in love. I
Nancy Lovelady, USA. was so happy to see them all. I couldn’t find
Aafiq at first because all I saw was a blur of
A little adventure with Aafiq red and sand, some with black masks, some
By Kimberly A. Brown, MHS, USA. without. So, of course I sat down.
I still recall coming through Nancy One little sand boy with a black mask came
Lovelady’s house the day I picked up Aafiq running to me and quickly bit my nose
(Almahboubin Aafiq). I passed the “old lady” gently. That was him; little Aafiq. Our
Grace, who gave me the once over, the adventure began in that moment.
gorgeous pale sand Luna who brushed me
off because I didn’t have snacks for her, and We drove Aafiq from California to
finally Finn, who just rolled his eyes at me Pennsylvania to bring him home. He was
and proceeded to his couch. Then I very good boy, he was quite melodious and
ventured into the courtyard where I saw loved sharing apples with me. At every stop
what I like to call, “baby velociraptors”, everyone wanted to know “what kind of
chasing each other and ripping up the dog is that?”
tomato plants.
