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The Rhodesian ridgeback is a dog breed developed in Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. Its European forebears can be traced to the early pioneers of the Cape Colony of southern Africa, who crossed their dogs with the semi-domesticated, ridged hunting dogs of the Khoikhoi.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback has also previously been known as Van Rooyen's lion dog or the African lion hound or African lion dogsimba inja in Ndebele, shumba imbwa in Shonabecause of its ability to keep a lion at bay while awaiting its master's arrival to make the kill.
The original breed standard was drafted by F. R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922. Based on that of the Dalmatian, the standard was approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1927.
Usage examples of "rhodesian ridgeback".
A Rhodesian Ridgeback, it was, and apparently quite a handsome one.
Teddy Bear, her giant Rhodesian Ridgeback, who generally slept outside in the summer, was whining at the back door.
Along those narrow paths, whenever he could get home from Houston or the Moon, he had walked with his beloved Rhodesian Ridgeback, throwing sticks for him to retrieve, as man and dog had done from time immemorial.