Lilongwe Rhodesian RidgebacksLilongwe Rhodesian Ridgebacks
Wishing Our Beautiful Phoenix
A Very Happy Birthday
8 Years Old Today 17th August 2011
Phoenix
Quick Mum, or I'll have to blink!!
 Lilly Lilongwe Lilly May 5 Years Old Today 19th May 2011 Happy Birthday Our Little Lilly |
 Maestro Ch Evergraces Magic Maestro at Lilongwe 8 Years Old Today 10th May 2011 Happy Birthday Our Handsome Lad |
 Tiffany Winner of Post Graduate Bitch at the Hound Association of Scotland Championship Show |
 Maestro Winner of Veteran Dog at Crufts 2011 |
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| The Pack - December 2008 Left to Right: Rosko, Maestro, Kimba, Lotti, Lilly and Phoenix |
Welcome to our web pages. We are Derek and Jean Smith living in Essex,
England and have been owned by ridgebacks for the last twenty five plus years.
While they have brought us every conceivable emotion, their overiding gift to us
is that of joy and laughter!
In our opinion they are a breed apart - sensitive and delicate of mind, strong
but gentle in body. Once smitten by this wonderful breed it is extremely
difficult to live without them, we tried once, when our old boy
Simba died, but managed for
only two weeks. Since that sad day in 1998, somehow or another six others have
taken his place, Kimba,
Rosko,
Lotti,
Maestro, (who was imported
from Sweden under the "Pet Passport Scheme"), Phoenix
and Lilly.
Early in 2009 we were made aware of a mating that we thought had the potential
to produce some particularly nice puppies. Well it did, so in August 2009
Tiffany came to join us. Sadly at this time we
lost our lovely Rosko after a short but devastating
illness. Mercifully he left us before the intense pain and discomfort that was
sure to come his way took hold. He will live with all of us, in our hearts for
ever.
We trust that you'll enjoy browsing our site. For those of you not fortunate
enough to have been owned by a ridgeback, hopefully it will offer a small
insight into this wonderful breed. For those that have, well, you'll recognize
the symptoms and know that there is no known cure!!!