Rhodesian ridgeback X

[porkybella 284]

Has anyone ever put a ridgeback thru say a greyhound or saluki or any lurcher?

[gamerooster 1,179]

Has anyone ever put a ridgeback thru say a greyhound or saluki or any lurcher?

 

just curious, what would you be hoping for the end product e.g. what would this cross have over say, a bull x?

[buster gonads 862]

More to the point why would anyone want to, buster.

[pip1968 2,490]

seen a couple never seen them work but heard good things about that cross

[Chid 6,495]

 

half x

good deer dog, good rabbit dog ,

lacked courage for fox but would do them sometimes ..

good guard dog , could be a b*****d with other dogs,

would bite people if he didnt know them .

had a lot of stamina

 

wish i hadnt got rid i'd have that dog back again but i dont think id have one of this cross again

[Chid 6,495]

Has anyone ever put a ridgeback thru say a greyhound or saluki or any lurcher?

 

just curious, what would you be hoping for the end product e.g. what would this cross have over say, a bull x?

 

a well bred ridgeback x wouldnt be in the same league as a well bred bullx , but they could still have there uses

[gamerooster 1,179]

 

half x

good deer dog, good rabbit dog ,

lacked courage for fox but would do them sometimes ..

good guard dog , could be a b*****d with other dogs,

would bite people if he didnt know them .

had a lot of stamina

 

wish i hadnt got rid i'd have that dog back again but i dont think id have one of this cross again

 

thats what i read somewhere, they were using them to take hogs, anything under 40lb they were mustard, but anything much bigger they just bayed

[Chid 6,495]

 

half x

good deer dog, good rabbit dog ,

lacked courage for fox but would do them sometimes ..

good guard dog , could be a b*****d with other dogs,

would bite people if he didnt know them .

had a lot of stamina

 

wish i hadnt got rid i'd have that dog back again but i dont think id have one of this cross again

 

thats what i read somewhere, they were using them to take hogs, anything under 40lb they were mustard, but anything much bigger they just bayed

that boy was odd , slip im in with another dog and he just stood there and watched the other dog do all the work

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

bought a pup from free ads 20 yrs ago that had ridgeback in its breeding, it was a nasty plodder.

only good as a guard dog on a chain, too heavy for what i wanted.

[Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin]

All ridge crosses I have seen have been not very good temperment

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

I know a couple guys that tried to use them ( full ridgebacks) as hog and bear dogs here and all reports came back saying they just didn't have the endurance of a straight hound like a plott or redbone. Based on that, it never would've entered my mind to cross them with a runner.

[Guest Leveller]

Here's one I saw at a riding club camp a while back, I couldn't tell you anything about it other than it's a ridgeback cross

 

[Mixed Bag 603]

cant see them bringing anything useful to the table

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

feck me thats an ugly b*****d, you would need a heavy chain to keep it on the ground in a strong wind..if it grows into its ears it will be 7 ft tall

[Ausnick 190]

I run two ridgeback crosses, great endurance, heat tolerance, noses and they have high pain thresholds and no reverse gear. Mine will catch the odd hare in the day, retrieve rabbits, dispatch foxes and cats quickly, definitely don't care if they get bitten! I've had mine on feral dogs, foxes and big feral cats and are crazy good. They smash deer and other big things too. This was a purpose breeding unlike those shit ones you other people are talking about. The father was half ridgeback and the only reason I got rid of him was he was a hint too slow in the day but at night he was heaps fast enough. The bitch I own is 29 inches and 40kg and then the male was the runt of the litter that was born dead and was way smaller than the rest, he's 25-26 inches and 32kg, smashes everything but seems to just grab anywhere so I'm just gonna use him as a fox/cat dog paired up with my terrier.