NANCY'S RHODESIAN RIDGEBACKS

WELCOME TO MY SITE . MY FAMILY OWNS RHODESIAN RIDGEBACKS AND HAS JUST BEGUN BREEDING THEM. WE HAD OUR FIRST LITTER IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR PUPPIES THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT THEIR BREED WITH YOU . WE ARE THE PROUD ADOPTED PARENTS TO JOSIE , A FEMALE AND HOTROD, A MALE RIDGEBACK. JOSIE IS 3 YEARS OLD AND HOTROD IS 2. BELOW ARE SOME PICTURES!

THIS WAS JOSIE'S FIRST LITTER. SHE WAS BRED WITH A MALE LOCATED IN POLK CITY, FL. JOSIE WAS WHELPED (BORN) IN GEORGIA, BUT WE MOVED TO LAKELAND, FLORIDA SOON AFTER SHE BECAME PART OF OUR FAMILY. JOSIE HAD 11 PUPS OVER A 3 DAY PERIOD, ALL BUT ONE SURVIVED. THEY ARE GROWING EVERYDAY AND ARE NOW READY TO GO TO THEIR NEW HOMES. WE HAVE 6 LEFT THAT NEED A LOVING HOME. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR OWN RIDGEBACK PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT AT THE EMAIL LINK BELOW

IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH OR ANYHTING ABOUT RIDGEBACKS THEN THIS IS THE SPOT FOR YOU. THEY ARE AKC REGISTERED, EITHER AS SHOW OR PET QUALITY. SHOW QUALITY MEANS THAT THEY ARE BETWEEN 25" TO 27" IN HEIGHT FOR MALES AND 24" TO 26" FOR FEMALES. THEY SHOULD WEIGH BETWEEN 70 TO 85 LBS. AND SHOULD BE MUSCULAR, HAVE A GOOD BITE AND A NICE RIDGE WITH 2 SWIRLS. THE RIDGE IS A STRIP OF HAIR THE DOGS ARE BORN WITH LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BACK THAT RUNS MOST OF THE LENGTH OF THEIR BACK. THE HAIR IN THE RIDGE RUNS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE REST OF THEIR COAT. AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE ARE TWO SWIRLS, ONE ON EACH SIDE. THE SWIRLS ARE SMALL CIRCULAR HAIR PATTERNS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. THESES ARE JUST A FEW OF THE QUALITIES NEEDED FOR THE DOG TO BE CONSIDERED WORTHY OF SHOW REGISTRATION. PET QUALITY WOULD BE A DOG THAT WAS UNDER OR EXCEEDED THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. ALSO, PET QUALITY WOULD BE A DOG BORN WITHOUT A RIDGE, A RIDGE WITH MORE THAN 2 SWIRLS OR ONE THAT IS TOO SHORT.

RHODESIAN RIDGEBACKS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM AFRICA. THAT IS WHERE THE FIRST REPORTED DOG WITH A RIDGE WAS SEEN. THEY ARE GOOD FOR MANY PURPOSES SUCH AS HUNTING, PROTECTION, AND COMPANIONSHIP. THE AFRICANS FIRST USED THEM TO HUNT LIONS AND OTHER GAME. IN THE U.S. THEY ARE USED TO HUNT BEAR, WILD HOG, COYOTE AND JUST ABOUT ANY GAME. THE FEMALES ARE THE AGGRESSORS, THE MALES THE INTIMIDATORS.

RIDGEBACKS MAKE WONDERFUL PETS AND PROTECTORS. THEY BOND WELL WITH CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY WHEN RAISED WITH THEM. BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE PROTECTIVE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THEY ARE NOT TO LARGE TO LIVE INDOORS. RIDGEBACKS ARE AN INTELLIGENT AND DEFINITELY TRAINABLE BREED. THEY CAN ALSO BE STUBBORN AT TIMES. THEY NEED TO HAVE AUTHORITY AND BE SHOWN WHO IS IN CONTROL BECAUSE OF THEIR STUBBORN TRAIT. THEY CAN BE BROKEN FROM LICKING, CHEWING, JUMPING, BASICALLY ANY UNDESIREABLE HABIT. USUALLY THIS CAN BE DONE BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM OR A HABIT.

NANCY'S RHODESIAN'S
4644 CREEK MEADOW TRAIL
LAKELAND, FL 33810