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THE SLOUGHI REVIEW 19

Gabr coursing © Janneke de Graaf © Siebel

GABR GHAZELLE KSAR GHILANE

BY ELS SIEBEL - NETHERLANDS

Gabr Ghazelle has been living in the With strangers Gabr needs a few seconds
Netherlands since he was 9 weeks old. And to find out what they want from him. If
he is still the same ‘happy go lucky’ dog he they want to pet him, he stands still,
was as a puppy. When all of his siblings curiously sniffing and slowly wagging his
were playing and running around, Gabr, tail.
being tired, curled up and fell asleep, just
like that!

Now, being a 4 years old dog, he is still Gabr and Ferda Kamar al Akbar © Siebel
very friendly, to both dogs and humans he
does not know. If we encounter another When we are excited, like at the European
dog (Gabr is mostly off leash), he walks or Championships, he jumps up and down
jumps towards him/her, wagging his tail, between all the coursing fans, having great
making friends. If the other dog is fun!
aggressive, he runs away, not very much
impressed, only a bit disappointed it
seems. If the other dog is really after him,
he looks for Zinah (she will always help him
by putting herself between her ‘big
brother’ and the stranger) or Gabr runs
towards us, hiding behind us, completely
confident that we will solve the problem!
Which we do of course.