el Ahtal v.Klein Vossenburg, born: 29.11.71

Chaif Schuru Esch Schams 1978 at hurdle-race in Bad Homburg

Promesa Schuru Esch Schams , the el Ahtal - ancestress

Amira el Ahtal/middle with the semi-brother Badin/left and semi-sister Badira /right

Ilse Pfeiffer with left to right - Amira, Badira and Chaffija el Ahtal

Follow up the story of two Sloughi-admirers in a "Portrait of a Passion" with me, which is told by Cornelia Riedel as follows. The author renounces in this brief summary consciously with the achieved titles of the hounds, as there will be many details on the homepage very soon.

It all began in March 1972 at Wiesbaden, when Ilse Pfeiffer got her first Sloughi. This was El Ahtal van klein Vossenburg, raised in Holland. It supposed to be - only - a family-hound. But all of a sudden Ilse was in the middle of the occurrence: With the hounds of the Sloughi-enthusiasts of this time about the Schritt-family and other and admirers "Eshak" did his first Sloughi-training-races. Successfully - and soon the permission for racing and coursing was obtained.

1974, already incurably stricken by the Sloughi-fever, Chaif Schuru Esch Schams came to stay with the family. This red-sand-coloured, elegant male-dog influenced Ilse's imagination of a Sloughi very much. Not only at exhibitions but also at races he was rather successful. Among other things he became Association-Federal-and UICL-Winner. 1979 he was Vice-World-Winner in Bern just behind the also red-sand-colour: red Ch. Malik from France. When in 1983 Ilse became the Owner with all rights of Chaif's daughter Promesa (from the Tunisian-Algerian Allasha Habib el Tunis) she had the name El Ahtal for her breeding patented in 1984 at Wiesbaden. Promesa became the ancestress of the kennel. Her colour originating from her father goes "like a red thread" through all litters so far. The A-litter succeeded soon in February 1985 after the French male-dog Ch. Sahel, a son of Malik. The litter 1/1 was easy to overlook! Amira, an immovable, friendly, compact grown bitch remained with the breeder. The also red-sand-coloured brother, Ch. Amir (v. Tettenborn) was as well as Ch. Amira presented at exhibitions and races.

In January 1987 the 3/2 B-litter came from Promesa and the son of Sahel, MCh. Shaarawi el Djerid, also having Tunisian-Algerian blood. The expectations were confirmed - as above all the unforgettable Ch. Badira with her tranquil character, originated from her father, won numerous titles and prizes. The Achievement-Certificate and the Championship for Beauty and Performance of this bitch will remain worth striving for the El ATHALs. More about the highly elegant brother CH. Badin later on. The sisters Badira and Baya (Owner of both: Ilse) took part at many races with strong competitors. At the end of their careers each of them had completed 40 official races with Victories and also being well placed. The C-litter came in May 1991 from Ch. Amira after Ch. Badin. More about it later on.

So Ilse took her Sloughis from the beginning not only to exhibitions but also to Races and Coursings, to keep up the original qualities of this race. Yet, she knows quite well the spites of the "Sloughi as a Racing-hound" in the classical sense. Her general commitment in the Association was honoured with the golden Badge of Merit by the DWZRV.

After visits to different breeders I also got to know Ilse whose kennel just had the 3/3 C-litter. We liked very much the cheerful Amira and the high-legged Badin, and so we soon chose the gentle, red-sandcoloured Chaira with the totally black face out of the three bitches. To this very day she remained our unending jolly "Daniela Düsentrieb". Her sister Chaffija stayed with Ilse who led her to the International Championship among others. Like his sister CH. Chajal (Bravin' was successful at S+L performances.