African lion hunting dogs originally from Rhodesia and bred for there great resilience and stamina. Unique in their marking of a ridge that runs from the shoulders down the length of their back bone, where the hair grows in an opposite direction to the rest of their coat.
I stumbled across this article yesterday of an ex-army guy who was taking his two Rhodesian Ridgebacks for a mamouth 1200 mile walk from Lands End in Cornwall to John O’Groats, Scotland. They plan to cover around 20 miles per day and will be on the road for 67 days, allowing for 5 days of…
A couple of weeks ago as the weather changed for the better and almost replicated summer, I managed to get these few images sof the girls out enjoying some rays! A beautiful sea of colour was just crying out to be used as a backdrop for some images. Getting the dogs to maintain a position…
As the first weeks settling in with the puppy rolled by, it was fun observing the mother and puppy play and interact. Out side, especially on the beach Nala would explode in bursts of energy running circles around the young and timid puppy. Often causing the Puppy to cower between our legs for protection and…
Even though we live walking distance from a local beach it does get monotonous. So forest time is called for, just to add a bit of variety and to stop some ridgebacks becoming dull girls! Not too far away we have the wonderful Puddletown Forest, a huge pine and rhodedendron forest outside Dorchester. This is…
At 11 weeks old it was finally time to take both mother & daughter out for a play on the local beach. The innoculations had been done and the house had been wrecked ( well almost!). Looking back it was a funny time having to keep a young pup amused about the house for this…
With Nala away for what seemed a long time (8 weeks), we had come to miss her terribly. At first it had been a novelty to be ‘free’ of our commitment of two walks a day and the routine of living with a ridgeback. You think that you will take the opportunity and do all…