Rhodesian Ridgeback

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Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rhodesian Ridgeback
FCI Standard No. 146
Origin :

Southern Africa

Patronage :

South Africa and Zimbabwe

Withers height:

Males 63–69 cm.
Bitches 61–66 cm

Weight:

Males 36.5 kg,
bitches 32 kg

Breeding standards:

FCI , AKC , KUSA

List of domestic dogs

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is an FCI recognized dog breed from South Africa and Zimbabwe ( FCI Group 6, Section 3, Standard No. 146 ). The breed is used to hunt game in many parts of the world, but is also kept as a guard dog and family dog .

Origin and history

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is the only recognized breed of dog that originated in southern Africa. It is based on ancient breeds from the former Cape Colony . These dogs, especially the Khoi-Khoi , showed the reverse eel line , the ridge . They tracked the game at great distances, warned of dangers and protected the settlements. They were later crossed with other breeds by the colonial rulers and used to guard their farms and to hunt lions and other large game. Their task was to track down game and keep them in place until the hunters were there. The original standard of the Rhodesian Ridgeback, drawn up in 1922 by the British Francis Richard Barnes in Bulawayo , Rhodesia , was based on the Dalmatian standard and was recognized by the Kennel Union of Southern Africa in 1926 .

description

This "ridge" on the back gives the breed its name
Rhodesian Ridgeback with a liver-colored nose and amber-colored eyes: "Livernose"
Three day old Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies. The clearly defined ridge already laid out in the womb can be seen here.

A Rhodesian Ridgeback is 63 to 69 cm tall ( height at the withers ) and weighs about 36.5 kg. Bitches weigh about 32 kg and are up to 66 cm tall. The dogs are muscular, with a deep chest, moderately arched ribs, and slightly arched loins. The neck is rather long, the fur short, dense, smooth and light wheat-colored to red-wheat-colored, occasionally with a black snout and dark ears, the so-called mask . Some dogs have white hair on their chests or toes. According to the FCI standard , a Rhodesian Ridgeback should have dark eyes with a black nose or amber eyes with a light "liver-colored" nose. The ears are close to the head, set high and medium-sized.

The ridge describes a hair comb in which the fur grows against the normal direction of hair growth. He is the most noticeable feature of the breed. In addition to the Rhodesian Ridgeback, there are only two other dog breeds that also have this characteristic, the Thai Ridgeback and the Phu Quoc Ridgeback . Medically, the ridge is actually a mild form of spina bifida (open back) that is predisposed to a dermal sinus . This can result in complications as skin infections can spread along the sinus to the spinal cord .

The breeding regulations of the British breed club stipulated until 2008 that puppies born without Ridge should be killed. After this regulation was made public in the context of the documentary film Pedigree Dogs Exposed , the club has since deleted it from its breeding regulations.

Essence

The FCI standard describes Rhodesian Ridgebacks as "dignified, intelligent, reserved towards strangers, but without signs of aggressiveness or shyness".

Rhodesian Ridgebacks are used as hunting dogs for tracking and welding , as mantrailers or rescue dogs . They are suitable for dog sports such as agility , obedience or lure coursing . In Germany the breed is not recognized as a hunting dog breed.

Breed list

The Rhodesian Ridgeback was on the breed list in Bavaria from 1992 to 2002 . When the regulation on dogs with increased aggressiveness and dangerousness was introduced in Bavaria in 1992, it was classified as a breed that is presumed to be a fighting dog, as long as it is not proven for the individual dog that it does not show any increased aggressiveness and dangerousness. In 2002 it was deleted from this list because - as stated by the Ministry of the Interior - after a series of checks, the originally suspected danger could no longer be assumed.

The breed is also on the breed list in the Swiss canton of Glarus , where it is subject to approval.

In September 2019, the Rhodesian Ridgeback was placed on the local breed list in the city of Haigerloch .

literature

Web links

Commons : Rhodesian Ridgeback  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Breed standard No. 146 of the FCI: Rhodesian Ridgeback  (PDF)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c FCI Standard No. 146 of August 7, 1998 (German, PDF; 382 kB)
  2. ^ Sue Fox: Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Barron's, Hauppauge NY 2003, ISBN 978-0-7641-2376-4 , p. 6: Development of the BreedThe settlers modified their dogs to perform better as hunting and guard dogs under the unique conditions of Africa. Dogs were expected to protect their people from dangerous predators and unfriendly native people. ( on google books )
  3. Nicolette HC Salmon Hillbertz, Magnus Isaksson, Elinor K. Karlsson, Eva Hellmén, Gerli Rosengren Pielberg, Peter Savolainen, Claire M. Wade, Henrik von Euler, Ulla Gustafson, Åke Hedhammar, Mats Nilsson, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Leif Andersson, Göran Andersson: Duplication of FGF3, FGF4, FGF19 and ORAOV1 causes hair ridge and predisposition to dermoid sinus in Ridgeback dogs. In: Nature Genetics . Vol. 39, No. 11, 2007, pp. 1318-1320, PMID 17906623 , doi : 10.1038 / ng.2007.4 .
  4. ^ Hunting dog breeds recognized in Germany by the JGHV. ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: jghv.de . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jghv.de
  5. Bavarian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 14/1992. Ordinance on dogs with increased aggressiveness and danger. 10 July 1992.
  6. Change to the Fighting Dog Ordinance on November 1st.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: vetline.de , October 4, 2002.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.vetline.de  
  7. Dog breeds requiring a permit on the website of the Canton of Glarus, accessed on April 18, 2014.
  8. Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Dog tax in the city of Haigerloch: Hunting dogs are exempt from the tax. October 24, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020 .
  9. City of Haigerloch: Statute on the collection of dog tax (from 01.01.2020). In: dog tax statute. City of Haigerloch, January 1, 2020, accessed on January 1, 2020 .