Ubude behlombe: 61 - 69 cm
isisindo: 32 - 37 kg
Ubudala: Iminyaka eyi-10 - 14
Umbala: ukolweni okhanyayo kuya kokubomvu okumnyama
Sebenzisa: inja yokuzingela, inja engumngane, inja yonogada
The I-Rhodesian Ridgeback livela eningizimu ye-Afrika futhi liyingxenye yeqembu “lama-hounds, ama-scent hounds, nezinhlobo ezihlobene”. Umqansa – uboya emhlane wenja – kunikeza inja igama layo futhi kuyisici sohlobo olukhethekile. Ama-Ridgeback akulula, ngisho nakubantu bezinja. Badinga ukukhuliswa okungaguquki, nesineke kusukela esemncane kanye nobuholi obucacile.
Umsuka nomlando
Okhokho be-Rhodesian Ridgeback bangama-hounds ama-African crested (“ridge”) ayewela nezinja, izinja ezigadayo, kanye nezilwane ezihlala ezimhlophe. Yayisetshenziselwa ngokukhethekile ukuzingela amabhubesi kanye nezilwane ezinkulu, yingakho i-Ridgeback ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi inja yengonyama. Izinja ezimbili noma ngaphezulu zalandela ibhubesi zalimisa kwaze kwafika umzingeli. I-Rhodesian Ridgeback isasetshenziswa kakhulu nanamuhla njengenja yokuzingela, kodwa futhi njengenja egadayo noma inja engumngane. I-Rhodesian Ridgeback iwukuphela kohlobo lwezinja olwaziwayo olwadabuka e-Afrika eseningizimu.
ukubukeka
I-Rhodesian Ridgeback iyinja enemisipha, enhle kodwa enhle, abesilisa bafika ku-69 cm ubude. Intamo yayo yinde kakhulu, noboya bayo bufushane, buminyene, futhi bushelelezi, bunombala osuka kukolo olulula kuya kobomvu okumnyama. Isici esiphawuleka kakhulu sohlobo ” ridge “, uboya obucishe bube ngamasentimitha angu-5 ububanzi phakathi nomhlane wenja, lapho uboya bukhula bubheke kolunye uhlangothi ekukhuleni kobunye uboya futhi bakhe i-crest. Lesi sici saziwa kakhulu ezinhlotsheni ezimbili ze inja, iRhodesian Ridgeback kanye ne I-Thai Ridgeback. Ngokombono wezokwelapha, lo mgwaqo ubangelwa uhlobo oluncane lwe-spina bifida - ukukhubazeka kwe-vertebrae.
Nature
I-Rhodesian Ridgeback ihlakaniphile, inesizotha, iyashesha, futhi inomoya. Iyindawo kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile ayizibekezeleli izinja eziyinqaba. I-Rhodesian Ridgeback inobudlelwane obuqinile nomuntu wayo, iqaphe ngokwedlulele, futhi izimisele nokuzivikela.
Ngisho nakubantu bezinja, lolu hlobo lwezinja alulula. Imidlwane ye-Ridgeback ikakhulukazi i- temperament bolt yangempela ngakho-ke "umsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele". Yinja ekhula sekwephuzile ekhula ineminyaka engu-2-3.
Ama-Ridgeback adinga ukukhuliswa okungaguquki nobuholi obucacile, umsebenzi omningi, ukuzivocavoca, nendawo yokuhlala eyanele. Zifanele kuphela abantu abakhuthele kakhulu abachitha isikhathi esiningi nezinja zabo futhi bangakwazi ukuzigcina zimatasa.