thai ridgeback

[Clover 0]

from what i recall the ridge is a birth defect that has been written into their breed standard as a feature of the breed...... of all the ridiculous things!

 

 

The ridge on the Rhodesian Ridgeback originates from the ridges on the native African hunting dogs - now extinct - that bred with the dogs belonging to the Europeans. The result was a larger dog than the native breed, but ridged and well adapted to the African conditions. The ridged dogs were reputed to be the best hunters, that's why the ridge was written in to the breed standard.

[Dosser 52]

The Thai ridgeback is an amalgamation of mongrels, street curs, feral dogs and anything else roaming around in Thai cities/villiages. They roam around in packs unloved and unwanted, causing a nuisance most of the time.

They have absolutely no useful qualities as a working/hunting dog.

 

Dont be conned into thinking they are anything else.

[mushroom 12,397]

There is speculation (I REPEAT SPECULATION) that the thai ridgeback is a very old breed and it is possible that ancient traders and seafarers brought the thai ridgebacks with them and traded them on the African east coast and over time these were bred into the local dogs used around the villages/settlements. This theory explains the common identical gene which causes the ridge in the thai and rhodesian ridgebacks. whether this is true who knows