Bonita of Bwana
Posted : 7/5/2008 12:08:36 AM
Before I say anything "profound" here is a recent rescue RR X beagle cross named Peanut Butter
This was a person's answer to an Apartment sized RR ..... Cute as Heck and if Rescue hadn't asked us to get her I would have kept herin a heart beat, could have SOLD her 50 xs if I was unethical. What a sweetheart, My husband kept saying she is spoken for RIGHT we aren't taking her home RIGHT !! Noooooo...I was just buying her collars and leashes and toys and treats Dang she was soooo cute!! I would have kept her forever if I could have shook my Ethics !!
Folks cross RRS for a million reasons they need a tougher dog , a better Pig Dog or Deer dog , something that will fight beyond a fight, orrrr they want a houndy dog that will be cute and sweet and cuddly yet still atheletic , Peanut Butter was all of these and more.... well not a big time figthing dawg....
I can "see" RR in the head piece of your fur kid. The over all body shape is rather like the dalmation which is wheer they stole our standard when the RR first came from Africa to the US.... obviously there is more, but the suggestion of a heavier coat on the spine is not brain surgery to see a realtionship to my darling breed . Often instead of the reverse coat for the ridge you will often find like a Buckskin horse a color difference...
When we get a Slick back or Ridgeless Ridgeback , they aren't marked by a different color unless there are other breeds involved.
Sooooooo can I see RR in your Baby
Bonita of Bwana