breed Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rhodesian Ridgeback Breed Standard
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Rhodesian Ridgeback Breed Standard
state of native: South Africa
valid from: August 11, 1992
General Appearance:
The Ridgeback represents a strong, muscular and active dog, symmetrical and balanced in outline. A mature Ridgeback is a handsome, upstanding and athletic dog, capable of great endurance with a fair (good) amount of speed. Of even, dignified temperament, the Ridgeback is devoted and affectionate to his master, reserved with strangers. The peculiarity of this breed is the ridge on the back. The ridge must be regarded as the characteristic feature of the breed.
Size, Proportion, Substance:
A mature Ridgeback should be symmetrical in outline, slightly longer than tall but well balanced. Dogs--25 to 27 inches in height; Bitches--24 to 26 inches in height. Desirable weight: Dogs--85 pounds; Bitches--70 pounds.
Head:
Should be of fair length, the skull flat and rather broad between the ears and should be free from wrinkles when in repose. The stop should be reasonably well defined.
Eyes should be moderately well apart and should be round, bright and sparkling with intelligent expression, their color harmonizing with the color of the dog.
Ears should be set rather high, of medium size, rather wide at the base and tapering to a rounded point. They should be carried close to the head.
Muzzle should be long, deep and powerful. The lips clean, closely fitting the jaws.
Nose should be black, brown or liver, in keeping with the color of the dog. No other colored nose is permissible. A black nose should be accompanied by dark eyes, a brown or liver nose with amber eyes.
Bite jaws level and strong with well-developed teeth, especially the canines or holders. Scissors bite preferred.
Neck, Topline, Body:
The neck should be fairly strong and free from throatiness. The chest should not be too wide, but very deep and capacious, ribs moderately well sprung, never rounded like barrel hoops (which would indicate want of speed). The back is powerful and firm with strong loins which are muscular and slightly arched. The tail should be strong at the insertion and generally tapering towards the end, free from coarseness. It should not be inserted too high or too low and should be carried with a slight curve upwards, never curled or gay.
Forequarters:
The shoulders should be sloping, clean and muscular, denoting speed. Elbows close to the body. The forelegs should be perfectly straight, strong and heavy in bone. The feet should be compact with well-arched toes, round, tough, elastic pads, protected by hair between the toes and pads. Dewclaws may be removed.
Hindquarters :
In the hindlegs the muscles should be clean, well defined and hocks well down. Feet as in front.
Coat:
Should be short and dense, sleek and glossy in appearance but neither woolly nor silky.
Color:
Light wheaten to red wheaten. A little white on the chest and toes permissible but excessive white there, on the belly or above the toes is undesirable.
Ridge:
The hallmark of this breed is the ridge on the back which is formed by the hair growing in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. The ridge must be regarded as the characteristic feature of the breed. The ridge should be clearly defined, tapering and symmetrical. It should start immediately behind the shoulders and continue to a point between the prominence of the hips and should contain two identical crowns (whorls) directly opposite each other. The lower edge of the crowns (whorls) should not extend further down the ridge than one third of the ridge. Disqualification: Ridgelessness. Serious Fault: One crown (whorl) or more than two crowns (whorls).
Gait:
At the trot, the back is held level and the stride is efficient, long, free and unrestricted. Reach and drive expressing a perfect balance between power and elegance. At the chase, the Ridgeback demonstrates great coursing ability and endurance.
Temperament:
Dignified and even tempered. Reserved with strangers.
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puppy from us
If you are interested in a puppy of our breed kennel, please read these lines very carefully
What we require:
1) a puppy we don’t sell only on ground of short phone call, we will get learn the new owner if it’s possible the best of all personally to get sureness, that our baby comes in the right hands
by mix in, please give replies on following questions:
a) Where will the puppy live (in what a milieu)?
b) How much time you are ready to apply to your sweetheart?
c) Why do you want to have a puppy (only as a home partner - home pet; or to shows career)?
d) Do you have experience with possessing or breeding of RR or another kind of breed?
e) Give us please your name and address, phone number and email.
2) by choice of owner we will prefer those owner, who has experience with breeding RR or at least experience with breeding in general
3) a puppy we give neither in pen nor in kennel, a RR belongs to breeds, which demand very narrow contact with his owner and he is able to live happy and contentedly only in the narrowest family circle
4) we would like to know the reason, why you provide this breed to preempt contingent following troubles (Rhodesian Ridgeback has his own specialties which is necessary to respect)
5) a puppy is very time demanding, we will prefer those owners, they commit themselves to give the puppy utmost free time
6) we request that the new owner stays in contact with us, we will be informed about both success with the puppy and about behavioral and health- related
What do we offer:
1) full socialized puppies of highest quality with pedigree and 100% health
2) good consultancy service
3) the owners get information about the whole litter and its development
4) all puppies leave our home tattooed or micro chipped (on the interest of an owner), they are wormed and vaccinated according to the primary vaccination scheme
5) the owner receive together with a puppy its pedigree, regular contract, information about feeding, certificate of vaccination with information of the next term of vaccination and worming; piece of blanket of a letty to don’t feel home- and mother sickness
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standard & non-standard
However it’s the first or the second possibility, be sure, that it on all accounts your best friend and partner for life and death
Standard means only that this individual is a typical representative of the breed (especially what about his exterior) and he shows expectations for being breed hound or bitch an also premises to take part in dog shows – such a puppy has to match the breeding standard , which create the cynology clubs of various states. In our country it’s the CMKU (Bohemian and Moravian Cynology Union and generally adheres to the rules of FCI (standard of the breed Rhodesian Ridgeback is possible to read here; this dissension is reason for, why is the standard different in many states on all over the world (e.g. the appearance of white color on fell)
Non-standard means, that this personality is anyway puppy with pedigree (It’s clean-bred representative of RR, but he has small abnormalities from the alluded breeding standard
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Why a puppy with pedigree
- the biggest advantage is, that you really know, what you buy (it’s sure, that of our pet grows Rhodesian Ridgeback and any bastard)
- pedigree particulary warrants health of your pet - parents and grandparents and so on are under health control of the vet, they have many investigations, so it’s also possible to guess, what kind of health problems on your puppy wait (I mean today often discussed problem of joint dysphasia, this illness exist nearly among all of breeds. Such an individual is out of breeding)
- good breeder provides you life-long advisory service of high quality, you have the possibility to apply him and he is always prepared to help you
- with pedigree is linked particulary your darling´ character (dogs with pedigree are not only the typical representative of a breed, but they are also individuals with unconflict, mild and good-tempered character
- puppies are immediately after birth controlled by a vet and an breeding advisor, who is really specialist of breed Rhodesian Ridgeback; they exclude straightaway the ill individuals (First off all it’s the question of Dermoid Sinus, that can be cause of paralysis and following death in furious pains.)
- you can be sure, that your sweetheart doesn’t come from relative inbreed, that influence the character and health of your puppy as well
- we recommend you in no cause to provide the puppy without pedigree although the keeper warrants you, that both of parents own the pedigree, it exist no doubt some another problem, why this puppy doesn’t posses the pedigree as its parents (There is certainly another problem there.)
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