ʻO ka Rhodesian Ridgeback kahi kahu mālama pono e mālama iā ʻoe a me kou waiwai, ʻaʻole e mālama i kona ola ponoʻī. ʻAʻole he mea kupanaha ka ʻōlelo ʻana o ka poʻe o ʻApelika Hema: "Inā he daimana kāu, e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi Ridgeback no ka pale ʻana." Eia naʻe, hiki ke lilo kēia ʻano ʻano i mea paʻakikī inā ʻoi aku ka ʻīlio ma mua o ke ana o ka pale pono ponoʻī.
He mau ʻīlio kūpaʻa a kūpaʻa ʻo Rhodesian Ridgebacks, akā kūʻokoʻa ka manaʻo. Eia naʻe, hoʻoikaika mau lākou e hōʻoluʻolu i nā lālā o ka ʻohana a lākou e noho nei. He mea nui ka paʻa ʻana i ka hana ʻana me lākou.