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If you're after an overly affectionate dog, this isn't the breed for you – first and foremost, the
would rather carry on with doing the job it's been assigned to do then to “waste” time cuddling with you. Well they aren't exactly that cold hearted, they do manage to show some signs of “care”, but they're more work oriented (just the way they were bred). What kinda jobs was it meant to do anyway? A whole lot of “hard-boiled jobs” - where this pooch comes from, which is South Africa (Rhodesia), it has been used as a hunting dog breed.
It's not like it's for tracking and killing little rodents and other seemingly harmless game, it was meant for the biggest of them all. That, my friend, is none other then the lion. The 400 pound bag of muscle with claws and knives for teeth was what it was “born” for. The method that it used on the over-sized cat was distraction – here it was suppose to throw attacks at it while barking furiously, so that the beast would focus on it, and forget about the natives creeping up from behind (with spears). They usually did so in pairs, so that the odds of it getting pounced and killed was lessened by 50% (simple math at work here).
Why was this dog breed called the Rhodesian Ridgeback in the first place? As I've said earlier, it came from Rhodesia, a place in South Africa. As for “Ridgeback”, they got that because of its trademark near its spine. There is a line at the center of its back, where the hair strands travel in opposite directions, that's why. Anyways, would you still be interested in raising this “emotionless” worker after reading the facts about it? If you are, you should take the following facts into consideration: it's a very muscular pooch that's just as agile and strong. Keeping it in a working environment would be great for it.
So if you aren't a hunter, you could still put it to work by keeping it as a
. They may not be overly aggressive, but they do have strong protective instincts over its territory, which hopefully includes you. Know this: they don't get along with strangers, they'd rather “stick” to its human masters. The Rhodesian Ridgeback does well in the country set up, but will be okay in an urbanized environment, as long as sufficient fencing is put up along the property. The best time to get this dog breed is while it's still a pup. That way it'll be able to “bond” with you, better than it would if you got it as an adult.
That's also the best time to give it canine behavioral lessons, because their mind are easier to mold at this stage. The most important thing you should always remember is to establish your superiority over it as soon as possible. If not, it'll be pushing you around and make you its “bitch” - you don't want that to happen. So if you're a person of weak character, toughen up if you ever do decide to take on the task of
– never ever hit nor yell at it; it'll only make things harder for the both of you.
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