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Winter Issue: Ridgeback Bests & Record Breakers

February 2008

The Great Gatsby: Nothing fictional about this show dog's success

As a Matter of Fact: The most, the best and the biggest Ridgeback accomplishments

Heads or Tails: The word for this issue: "Best"

Remembrance Days: Frida Kahl's monument to our 'endearing South African hounds'

Torn Between Two Worlds: When puppies come with different expectations

Think Tank: If you had to freshen the genetic pot, which breed would you choose?

Ridgeback Lite: A blend of breeds - sans stripe - created to face down California mountain lions

Two Peas in a Pod: Meet performance littermates Beep and Connie

Repro Man: Notes from a Robert Hutchison lecture

Around the World in 80 Days: Dutch Treat - Out of Africa

Best of the Best A 12-page gallery of BIS and BISS winning Ridgebacks



Fall Issue: Celebrating the Liver-Nosed Ridgeback

November 2007

Commanding Attention: A salute to a five-star general

Tuggin' Along: Meet Tug, the performance liver

Celebrating Top Livers: A look at some of our most memorable red noses/

Heads or Tails: The word for this issue: Color

Czech Me Out: Yours-truly visits the most beautiful city in the world -- and sees some Ridgebacks, too

Hue and Cry: The rollercoaster history of color in the Ridgeback

To BB or not to Bb: That is the genetic question!

Faces Behind the Breed: Third Edition: A peek inside the lives of fellow Ridgebackers

Perfect Match: Colorado Ridgebacks host a full day of fun



Summer Issue: 2007 RRCUS National Specialty

August 2007

On the Cover: 12 Questions: Alicia Hanna fields a dozen questions -- one for each of her National Specialty wins

Judging for Herself : What did Betty-Anne Stenmark's Specialty winners have in common? Curve appeal.

Something Old, Something New: Sweeps Judge Mary Lynne Elliott on our past, and our future

Report Card: The Ridgeback Register's annual review of the National

Basic Instinct: Track - Chase - Bay

Finding your inner Ridgeback: Tales from a cautious convert

Heads or Tails: Word for this issue: Specialty

Flying High: Postcard from the Specialty's Agility competitors

Faces Behind the Breed (Second edition): Take a peek inside the lives of fellow Ridgebackers

Times They Are Changing: A bittersweet year at Crufts 2007

My Private Ohio: Reflections at the club's half-century mark

Goodbye, Judy: Ridgebackers mourn a champion of rescue

2007 RRCUS National Specialty: A photo celebration of this year's Specialty

Tattle Tail: What really went on at this year's National

Inside the whelping box: Ready...set...go!



Spring Issue
The faces behind the breed


April 2007


On the Cover: True friendship never fades

Heads or Tails: Who's to judge?

A Winning Combination: A moment with professional shutterbug Tom Weigand

Star Power: It's time for your closeup, Mr. Spencer

Young at Heart: Meet one of the West Coast's most versatile Ridgebacks

The Garden Path: Mafu takes the purple and gold again

Caretakers of the Breed: The Wallaces and Mushana Ridgebacks of Zimbabwe

Lost in the Bush: The adventures of Jamie

International Breeder Interviews: Giovanna Bacchini Carr (Italy) Stewart & Jacquie Dankner (Canada)



International Issue - Celebrating Ridgebacks Worldwide

January 2007


ON THE U.S. SIDE


Inside This Issue:


As Fate Would Have It: Oliver's Journey seems written in the stars

Club Letters: An inside look at RR clubs

U.S.Breeder-Judges: Reflecting on overseas judging

Weekend Wranglers: First-ever Ridgeback Rodeo was stampede of fun

Triple Your Pleasure: Conformation, agility and obedience competitors convene for the AKC Invitationals

A Soldier's Story: Reaching out to one of our own

Raspberry Alert: Agility judges share their pet peeves

THE OTHER SIDES OF THE WORLD


Inside This Issue:


On The Cover: The Future Is Now: An American dog wins over Latin America

Over there, over there: A look at health screening on the other side of the Atlantic

Top Dogs: A look at some of the top-winning Ridgebacks worldwide

Postcards from Abroad: Breeders worldwide elaborate on the state of the breed in their county

Bravissimi! A U.S. Breeder-Judges travels to Italy to judge

Home Team: Q&A with Ridgeback Breeders worldwide



Summer Issue - 2006 RRCUS National Specialty

August 2006


On The Cover: A Lasting Impression: The win of a lifetime, and the journey to get there

2006 RRCUS National Specialty Marked Catalog and Candid Photos

2006 RRCUS National Specialty Report Card

Great Expectations: The 2006 RRCUS National Sweeps judge looks back on her choices

A Critical Eye: The 2006 RRCUS National Specialty judge reviews the ringside rendevous

The Road to Bountiful: After an almost half-century of Nationals, the latest installment

It's A Documentary, Watson: A tale of two Ridgeback filmmakers

A Window to the Womb: For breeders, Whelpwise delivers peace of mind

Crufts 2006: England's jolly good show

MACH Speed: The Rudd Ridgebacks take off for top honors



Spring Issue - Westminster / Pre-Specialty
April 2006


On the Cover: Flash Point. Finding Gold at Westminster

Westminster 2006: Marked catalog and photographs

On Top of the World: An inside look at America's top Ridgebacks for 2005

Raising the Bar: AKC approves new Agility rules for 2006-07

What I learned on my Rhodesian Ridgeback Vacation:

A hunter's postcards from Sweden and Germany

Big Deal: Size is a perennial issue among Ridgeback breeder



Winter Issue - Celebrating the Bitches in the Breed
January 2006


On The Cover: Ay Caramba!: Did you see that bitch?

Bitch, Bitch, Bitch: A pictorial of Best in National Specialty Show winners

Femme Fatales: A pictorial of All-Breed Best in Show winners

Canine Repro Made Easy: The pros and cons of fresh, chilled and forzen semen

Sibling Revelry: Brothers Mojave and Ruger end 2005 in an exact tie

Season Pass: Using mibolerone for estrus suppression

Girls' Night Out: A pictorial of Westminster Best of Breed winners

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: A pictorial of top performance winners

Guess That Ridgebacker: Third Edition



10th Anniversary Issue
October 2005


The Big Kahuna: Hoku makes a splash on the mainland

The Long and Winding Road: A Ridgeback fancier - and her magazine -- are born

Canine Repro Made Easy: Pregnancy hormones and that ever-important progesterone

The Mirjam Chronicles: Diary of a hunting Ridgeback

Out of Africa: A new Ridgeback group goes back to basics

The Sniff Test: Two dogs, two tracking styles

About The Cover Artist: An inside look at artist and fellow Ridgebacker Deborah Francis Drastrup

Goodbye, Jomie: A tribute to the ultimate versatile Ridgeback

Good Sports: A decade-long agility retrospective

Guess That Ridgebacker: Second Edition



Summer Issue
June 2005


Double or Nothing: And Clayton takes all at this year's National

Guess That Ridgebacker: Can you guess the secret lives amoung us?

Tons of Type: There was quality to spare at the Orange Coast Regional Specialty

Margaritaville: A Toast to the OCRRC

Clink-clink, woof-woof: A toast to three well-named wineries

2005 RRCUS National Specialty: Article, Catalog and Candids

Report Card: Grading the past four National Specialties



Spring Issue
April 2005


On The Cover: Proof Positive: Training methods of a champion

End of an Era: Ridgeback community mourns Kay Fanning

Westminster Kennel Club: Marked catalog and candids

The Parent Trap: DNA testing pinpoints multiple sires

Diary of a Mad Ridgeback Breeder: A torturous tale of a long-shot breeding

Agility by the Numbers: A Ridgeback retrospective

What If? Reflections on the working Ridgeback

Midnight Madness: Earning thefirst Rally title in Ridgeback history

Are You Game? Playful ways to teach tracking skills indoors



Winter Issue - RRCUS National Specialty
February 2005


On the Cover: Seniority Rules: Helios takes charge at this year's National

World Congress: A look inside the 2004 Rhodesian Ridgeback World Congress

Sweepstakes Success: This entry impressed in both size and quality

Great Expectations: The Specialty Judge reflects on her Texas entry

I left my heart in San Francisco: Judging Sweeps at the first BARRC Regional

First Time's the Charm: Bay Area club's inaugural regional sparkled with quality

Triple the Pleasure: Kira earns a trifecta of titles - Ch, FCh and MACH



Fall Issue
September 2004



On The Cover: Love Will Find a Way Kobe's Quest for Best

Old Jess: A fellow hunter, fondly remembered

Portrait of an Artist: Meet Ridgeback painter Cynthia Kelly

What a Trip: Packing for the weekend agility trial

Vital Signs: Californians prep for the Endurance Trial

On Track: Four tracking titles in seven months!

Talking About Thyroid: Everything you didn't know you needed to know

Do You Feel a Draft? This Canadian dog sure does

Paradise Found: New Ridgeback book is a time capsule to treasure



Winter Issue
February 2004

On The Cover: Desert Son: Mojave' is a transcontinental success story

A Different Kind of Rescue: How Ben became a search dog

Genetics and Supermodels: What do Kate Moss and recessives have in common? More than you think

In the News: A Ridgebacker Remembers; All Aboard; Get Your Motor Running; Dogs by the Numbers



Performance Issue
December 2003


On The Cover: DC Spring Valley's Half Dimond, MC, NA, UD, FCh, CGC, TDI, HIC, ET, VCX

The Making of a MACH: Madison is the first Ridgeback to earn Agility's highest title

Ridgeback Heaven: Lion Dogs return to South Africa's Kruger National Park (6 pages, in color)

Trust Your Dog: And other tips for successful tracking

A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: What to expect in a temperament test

Great Strides: A guide to running with your Ridgeback

In The News: What's going on, in the

The Versatile Rhodesian Ridgeback: RRCUS VC/VCX award recipients



Orange Coast Regional Supplement
August 2003


• Cover Story - Sweet Sixteen and Never Won Best ...Until now!

• The Greatest Show on Earth: Well, on the West Coast at least!

• Confessions of a Maiden Judge: No time - or reason -- for self-doubt in the Sweeps ring

• Sweepstakes Catalog and Candids(photos are in color)

• Doggone Pleasure: The Orange Coast entry was high on quality

• Breed Catalog and Candids (photos are in color)

• Raining Ridgebacks: Nothing could dampen this lure-coursing trial


The Owner/Handler Issue
January 2003


COVER STORY: MBIS Ch. Oakhurst WGASA Morgan Run and Michele Bohrer

In the Beginning: Pioneering the RRCUS Owner-Handler program

Polishing a Ruby: A new handler shares her ups and downs

Total Teamwork: In the sport of Agility, owner-handlers dominate

Raising the Handler's Bar: Novice or pro, there is always more to learn

Costume Foolery: No tricks, only treats in this ring

Full Circle: The road to becoming the 2001 RRCUS Owner-Handler of the Year

On Your Own: The pleasures -- and challenges -- of owner-handling

The Art of Handling: What every exhibitor needs - a sense of humor

Judgment Calls: A trio of judges shares observations on owner-handlers

Regional Ridgebacks: A new club forms in the Midwest

Advice to Newbies: Owner-handlers share their best tips

After the Best in Show: A Moment with Michele Bohrer


The Performance Issue
Fall 2002


COVER STORY: The Number One AKC Agility Combined (2001) Ch. Ridgelea's Star of Ramar, CD, SC, MX, MXJ,VC, CGC, TT

Jumping Through Hoops: The challenging canine sport called Agility

Hurry Up and Slow Down: Finding the perfect speed in tracking

Muscling In: For all-around conditioning, learn from body builders

Pep Rally: This new sport is Obedience Light

Front and Center: Mastering this maneuver is critical in the Obedience ring

Feeling Sheepish: Border Collies aren't the only ones who can herd, Mouth Piece: A look at the misunderstood muzzle

Letter from Abroad: All roads led to Perth for the 2002 Australian Nationals

Performance Anxiety: Bench and field aren't mutually exclusive


OCRRC Regional Specialty Supplemental Issue
October 2002


COVER STORY: California Dreamin': How a dog from the Windy City swept the Orange Coast

Team Spirit: Friends old and new contributed to this show's success

Orange Ya Glad to See Me?: A knock-knock joke spans both coasts

Ridgeback, Heel Thyself: All Lombe needed was a mini-vacation

OCRRC Photo Gallery of Winners

Sweeping Statement: Judging the youngsters wasn't as easy as it looked

Judgment Day: The Orange Coast entry was as impressive as it was large

Hound Show Photo Gallery of Winners


Westminster Issue
Spring 2002

Ridgebacks at Westminster: Best of Breed winners at this prestigious show

Group Dynamic: Woody is the first Ridgeback to sweep the hounds at Westminster

Who Was There: Marked Catalog and Photography, Westminster 2002

Finishing Touches: Learning how to massage your Ridgeback is simple - and satisfying

A Medley of Remedies: Homeopathy is a safe way to treat injuries and ailments

Raising the Bar: To master jumps, you'll need to practice each type

Relaxed Fit: Amid jeans and tank tops, a Ridgebacker learns about the UKC

Name Game: Who are the breeders' favorite dogs of long ago?

The Nose Knows: Training a dog to track


2001 RRCUS National Specialty Issue
January 2002

RRCUS NATIONAL SPECIALTY COVERAGE, Sweepstakes Judge W. Sahloff & Breed Judge P. Trotter Comments

Marked Catalog and hundreds of specialty photos

Behind the Scenes: Meet Chip and George's one-woman support team

History in the Making: A specialty to remember

Perfect Timing: Earning Kobe's agility title meant strategizing off the field, too

Nothing But Bag: Ridgebacks ran their hearts out at the National Specialty

New Kid on the Field: Coursing at the Specialty, Gusto lived up to his name

Good Sports by AKC Director of Coursing Dean Wright

Clearly Canadian: The 2001 ARRF Specialty

Is Your Vet Ridgeback Savvy?

The AKC/Eukanuba American Dog Classic

On The Show Scene in Palm Springs


2001 Performance Issue
December 2001

Cover - The Lion Hounds of Kushinda, Jean-Claude & Gwen

Featuring articles on Herding, Tracking, Agility, Obedience & Coursing

Special Feature on the ASFA International & AKC Coursing Championship Trials
2001 Pre-Specialty
OWNER/HANDLER ISSUE
September 2001


Cover - Lion Artwork by artist Leisa Temple

Owner/Handler Spotlights

Versatile Ridgeback Feature

Agility Feature


2001 Orange Coast Supplemental Issue
August 2001

Complete Coverage of the OCRRC Regional Specialty, featuring articles, marked catalog, and photo candids of this prestigious event.
1999 RRCUS Specialty (Limited Edition)

Cover & Ridgebacks of Excellence-Specialty Triathlon & High in Trial Winner
Ch. Wheatridge Kahlu Huricane Darla, UD, SC, HIC, CGC, TDI, VC

RRCUS National Specialty Candids, Marked Catalog, & Judges Overview
1999 3rd Quarter / Pre-Specialty

Cover - Dogginit & Artist Leisa Temple
Pre-Specialty Interviews with Judges Clayton Heathcock & Stacey Davis

Breeder Spotlight - Aslan Rhodesian Ridgebacks

Ridgebacks of Excellence - Am/Can Ch.
Rare Earth's Sunlight Sailor, FCh, CD, SC, CGC, VC, ROM

Canadian Specialty - Barbara Sawyer Brown


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