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The selective breeding of Rhodesian Ridgebacks in a concerted attempt to produce handsome and correct dogs with a high degree of functionality.

23/01/2025

If you are not familiar with the reference to Odysseus' dog Argos, please look it up.

It's an amazing tribute to all of our very best friends, whatever the breed.

Thank you to Danielle-Sarah Labarbera for reminding me.

22/01/2025

Boxing Day with Stanza and a bunch of lovely people, out and about in the South African veld.

She'd normally be off-lead, but here we were waiting for the Rand Hunt pack of English Foxhounds to come past, and I didn't want her to feel that she should join them 😉

21/01/2025

"My" Reggie, owned and handled by wonderful Leesa Groucott in the UK.

Reggie is a full brother to my Ranston.

19/01/2025

Not the most flattering pic, but ... Vanja spent the whole afternoon playing, either with mom and aunt (Dia and Nimla) or with her two cousins (Ranston and Stanza), and when I came back from taking a shower ... she had "collapsed" and was fast asleep 😴

Clever girl ... it's warm (in its high 20s) and humid, and the fan is just in front of her.

After several weeks of rain every single day, today was sunny (but very humid), and the dogs really enjoyed it.

18/01/2025

Sevenarch Ifafa with her daughter Waza Moyà (whelped in 2024), both with owner/breeder Belinda Johnson in Ireland.

This litter was by Inanda Mellberg Winston. It was an AI with frozen semen, collected in 2010, stored in Oslo for 13 years, and then shipped to Ireland.

17/01/2025

Sweet memories 💖

Off tracking (competively) with SeVCh Rekaylahn Amber, many years ago in Sweden.

She was a bitch I imported from the UK, and she was quite the lady. Not a showdog, but an excellent tracker and a superb brood bitch. A definite Alpha.

16/01/2025

The man in my life :) :) :)

Inanda Mellberg Ranston, by Inanda Mellberg Athol-Aramis by U ex Inanda Mellberg Nimla by Bolt.

He's been slow to mature (as so many RRs are), but he is slowly coming into his own.

An excellent guard dog, fabulous with my puppies, and a first-rate tracker.

He's also produced one quality litter with six correct puppies, and is currently booked for another mating.

Tomas RydinBelinda JohnsonPatricia Yeo

14/01/2025

The SARRC invites you to our first activity of the year.

If Ridgebacks are your passion, if you're a breeder or a (learner) judge, or just keen enthusiast eager to learn and understand more, and if you want to learn what the breed standard and all those terms mean, this is a webinar for you. Timmy explains with notes and diagrams.

And she makes it amusing.

Thank you Timmy for once again agreeing to do this for the club.

13/01/2025

A very special dog indeed. The late Inanda Mellberg Ludvig of Rold (Leon).

By Inanda Mellberg Edelrood ex Rekaylahn Amber, whelped in 2009.

He had a wonderful life with Tom Håvar Bogen and Yvonne Rendahl in Mo-i-Rana in northern Norway. A big thank you to both of you, and thank you for keeping in touch.

12/01/2025

Opie, Inanda Mellberg Quentin C, found the wild boar after a 700-metre search.

Well done to him, and to his owner/handler Alain Froehling in Luxembourg.

Opie is a litter brother to my Dia, Inanda Mellberg Quaraa Hadiya C.

11/01/2025

Inanda Mellberg Nova by Bolt and her son Chilie, both in Germany.

Nova is a litter sister to my Nimla.

10/01/2025

Sevenarch Ifafa and her daughter, Waza Moyà, by Inanda Mellberg Winston, playing in the snow in Co Limerick in Ireland.

Thank you Belinda Johnson

07/01/2025

Yes, are you talking to me?

Young Vanja, just over 12 weeks old.

06/01/2025

Life on a KZN farm suits young Valkyria ❤️

Mariet Craffert Marius Heystek Kobus Craffert

04/01/2025

Yes, she is cute.

Inanda Mellberg Vanja.

Thank you Andrea Van Den Berg for the pic.

03/01/2025

Happiness is ... a brand new toy ✨️

Vanja with the box that used to contain litchis; thank you Doreen 😊 It'll keep her busy and contented for days.

02/01/2025

A very long time ago.

Merete Myrheim in Iceland bought Inanda Mellberg Tswana (Mira) from me in 2008 ... I think.

She already had Darjeeling, from another breeder; he was (I think) a qualified Avalanche Dog, and she was hoping for a second one.

Mira was trained, and did very well, but Merete's own health did not allow her to follow through, so unfortunately Mira never qualified.

The pic is from 2010/11, with Mira to the left.

Thank you Merete, I cannot tell you how much it means that we still have regular contact.

01/01/2025

All my dogs are very special to me, but Otto (Inanda Mellberg Otto JV of Ersted) really was a one-in-a-million.

By Inanda Mellberg Edelrood ex Rekaylahn Amber.

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Sevenarch Ifafa and her daughter, Waza Moyà, by Inanda Mellberg Winston, playing in the snow in Co Limerick in Ireland. Thank you Belinda Johnson

Now, if only I could add the smell of two-and-a-half week old puppies ❤️

Five weeks old. Five little hooligans by Inanda Mellberg Winston ex Sevenarch Ifafa, with Belinda Johnson in Ireland.

Inanda Mellberg Sheldon and his owners/handlers Cindy and Grant have started nosework with Sniff SA, and all three are apparently loving it. The SARRC will be doing an Introduction to Nosework at Sniff SA in late October, the 26th. Sniff South Africa

They were a week old yesterday. 4 little girls and 2 little boys by Inanda Mellberg Winston ex Sevenarch Ifafa. All six appear correct, with lovely long ridges and very little white. They are in County Limerick, in Ireland. Congratulations 🎊 to Belinda Johnson, and to the wonderful Ifafa.

Nimla (Inanda Mellberg Nimla by Bolt) and Dia (Inanda Mellberg Quaraa Hadiya C) out and about this morning. Dia is nearer the camera most of the time, and if if if she's in pup, she's 23 days today. Fingers crossed 🤞 Patricia Yeo Anita McGeary-Hewett Marius Heystek

Ula playing with two wirehaired dachsies ... all three dogs belong to friends of mine. Ula spends most of her time on a farm outside Kimberly, but her owner has business interests in Johannesburg as well, and so she goes with him.

Stanza and Ranston. This particular field is fairly large and it's 95% fenced, so I feel very comfortable walking my dogs here, off the lead. I'm not in the least worried about them running away, but there are a lot of people around with dogs that are rather less than nice, plus there is a "pack" of semi-feral dogs, probably from Diepsloot, that come and go in this area. Personally ... rather safe than sorry!

Isn't she quite adorable? Ysterkliprif Cleopatra, sired by my Inanda Mellberg Ranston out of a Shumtani bitch. She now lives with Astrida and Tony Van Zantwijk. She has five litter-mates, two sisters and three brothers, all correct.

Difficult to spot in the tall dry grass that so perfectly matches their colouring, but ... towards the end of the 20 seconds you can see them. Ranston and Stanza.

Ranston's gorgeous puppies at Kennel Ysterkliprif in KZN. It's his first litter, and we couldn't be happier. Three boys and three girls, all correct and with nice long ridges. No DS, and no excessive white. Inanda Mellberg Ranston is by Inanda Mellberg Athol-Aramis by U ex Inanda Mellberg Nimla by Bolt. Mariet Craffert Kobus Craffert Tony Van Zantwijk