Aidi
| Aidi | |||||||||||||||||||||
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White Aidi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Aïdi Atlas Mountain Dog Atlas Shepherd Dog Berber Dog Chien de l'Atlas Chien de montagne de l'Atlas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin | Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dog (domestic dog) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Aidi or Chien de l'Atlas is a Moroccan dog breed used to protect flocks of sheep and goats. It also can hunt and smell very well. In its native Morocco it is often paired in hunting with the Sloughi, which chases down prey that the Aidi has found by sniffing it out.
Other websites
- Breed Details from THE AMERICAN RARE BREED ASSOCIATION Archived 2008-03-10 at the Wayback Machine