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15+ Historical Facts About Rhodesian Ridgebacks You Might Not Know

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#7 A pioneer in this business was a certain Cornelis Van Royen, who bought Hottentot dogs from a hunter from Southern Rhodesia (formerly Southern Zambezi) and began to breed the ideal lion beater.

#8 By the way, initially the animals were not called Ridgebacks, but Van Royen’s dogs, and this praise of the breeder’s personality continued until the beginning of the 20th century.

#9 In 1922, Francis Richard Barnes initiated the creation of a separate standard for the breed, according to which all dogs with a comb on their backs were renamed Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

Mary Allen

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