Azawakh Did You Know?

  • The Azawakh has been assigned the Hound Group designation.
  • The Azawakh is also known as the Tuareg Sloughi.
  • The Azawakh has been recorded in the Foundation Stock Service since 1997.
  • The Azawakh made it's debut in the United States in the mid 1980s.
  • The Azawakh is an African sighthound of Afro-Asiatic type.
  • In 1981, FCI gave official recognition to the "Azawakh Hound."
  • The breed has been the companion of nomads of the South-Sahara for hundreds of years.