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Sloughis from the Bergmanns have also Roland Stichelmeir counters this:
been used by breeders in Tunisia and have
proven their suitability for hunting. From "... I was never of the opinion that continued,
their offspring, Sloughis came to Europe extreme inbreeding led to the Bergmanns'
and America and were incorporated into desired goals (health, toughness,
various breedings there. In the 1970s, large productivity, longevity), nor was it the
numbers of Sloughis were imported from method of choice for the Bedouins [nomads,
North Africa in general to reinvigorate Berbers], the original breeders only used it in
Sloughis breeding in Europe. an emergency (no foreign partner), the strict
selection of the desert made this harmless.
Roland Stichelmeir writes about the But not the selection under Western
number of Sloughis and horses that the conditions."
Bergmanns bred:
Gisela Schwarz reports on her visit to
“... At most there were around 30 Sloughis Douz, where she met Gisela Bergmann:
and the same number of horses (not always
of a clear parentage) in Baraket… I’m not "... a litter was born in the morning and in
aware that Sloughis from Tunisia went to the evening, all the puppies were dead. That
Europe, at least not to Germany, and the few was the situation ..."
imports probably didn't correspond to the
taste (or level of knowledge) of the judges." Dominique de Caprona adds to the
information on the number of puppies per
Gisela Bergmann writes about breeding: litter:
“… We have no concerns about inbreeding. If “In the case of the descendants of Sloughis at
the starting material for a breed is good and the Bergmanns’ mentioned here, occasionally
the keeping and selection criteria are right ... only individual dogs are named. The litters
inbred animals tend to get better with each actually consisted of the usual six to eight
generation and their genetic potential puppies, but the others did not appear in
increases." breeding."
5 puppies by Soufi out of Dinah
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