Aidi

Working

Coat

Solid:
Tan: with markings in the traditional pattern or creeping pattern.
Grizzle: Grey grizzle (regular), may be brindled.
Brindle: brindled with or brindled with
Sable: Red sable and chocolate sable is accepted in any of the patterns.
in sable dogz can represent either dark brown or liver, and so either black or liver nose pigment is correct.
Masking: All of the above may have masking (standard mask). The mask should match the pigment type of the dog (black in black-pigmented dogz, liver in liver)
White Markings: All of the above may have in any amount. Ticking is allowed.

Eyes

except in liver dogz which have

Nose

except in liver dogz which have . Solid cream/red dogz may have either pigment type. In brindle and sable dogz, the pigment follows the striping/shading colour. Sable dogz shaded with dark brown may be black or liver. If they are shaded with black they should have .

Faults

Wrong nose or eye colour. Incomplete markings.

Disqualifications

None

Varieties

None

Notes

The aidi has been found in the Atlas mountains for hundreds of years. It may be related to european mountain dogs, which it resembles, but it is only found in the Atlas mountains in the north-west of Morocco. It has never been used as a herder, but only to guard and protect the flocks and the shepherd from wild animals.

The aidi is rustic, robust, not very elegant but radiating confidence and power. It is powerful without being coarse or clumsy, with a thick coat. The head is cone-shaped and bear-like, with the body slightly rectangular and very compact. The topline is slightly lowered. The chest is deeper than it is broad, the paws round. The tail is heavily coated, carried lower, higher during movement but never above the back. The coat is thick and powerful, forming a ruff around the neck. Smooth coat is a disqualification.
This breed is a typical mountain dog, more of a watchdog than a herder, protecting its owner and his belongings. An aidi never takes a break from his job and is always ready to guard.

Breed Files

Filename: PDH Aidi
Offset: DA19
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: October 28, 2006
Notes: Addball tail.