Welcome to the club, American hairless terrier and sloughi.
That's as in American Kennel Club, which has recognized the two new breeds of dogs on Tuesday. That brings the number of AKC-recognized breeds to 189.
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The American hairless terrier and sloughi -- pronounced sloo-ghee and also called an Arabian greyhound -- can now compete in AKC shows, though not in this year's edition of the dog world's Super Bowl, the Westminster Kennel Club.
The American hairless hasn't been around that long. The breed was developed starting in the 1970s in Louisiana, from a hairless rat terrier named Josephine, according to the American Hairless Terrier Club of America. Though some may have coats, the truly hairless hairless is recommended for homes where someone may be allergic to dog hair.
Sloughis, which came to the U.S. in the 1970s from Europe, were developed in North Africa to hunt game as big as gazelles.
"They are very attentive to their family, but they are not the kind of dog that will jump on your lap -- they are not after you all the time," Ermine Moreau-Sipiere of Como, Texas, president of the American Sloughi Association, told The Associated Press.
And who knows, maybe someday one of these breeds will get a song written about it. (Though maybe somebody already has been working on "Hang On, Sloughi.")
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
