My history with the Rhodesian Ridgeback goes back forty years, we were a young family wanting a dog, we weren’t sure what breed, but knew that it had to be largish and child friendly, we happened to meet a gorgeous pair of Ridgebacks locally, and thought they were very handsome, but placid around us and the children, this led to us doing some research on them, finding out that they seemed ideal family companions.

We obtained a lovely friendly, happy girl called Ellie, and the rest is history!

We had our first litter from her in 1989, from which we kept Paddy (named in honour of my Irish ancestors).

We started off knowing that our dogs had to be safe around our two daughters who were only toddlers at the time, and now once again we have young children around, we live with my three grandchildren. It’s a great upbringing for kids and dogs alike.