Azawakh

Bred in the Sahel of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where Tuareg and other peoples keep it as a hunter and guard. Its coat is very short and almost absent on the belly, and bone and muscle show through thin skin; on a healthy Azawakh that leanness is normal, not neglect. Many dislike cold and rain far more than heat. Aloof with strangers and fiercely bonded to its family, it needs early, patient socialisation.