Sentences with phrase «ridged lion dogs»

By the 1920s, so many different types of ridged lion dogs existed in Rhodesia that a meeting was held to elucidate the most desirable points of the breed, which became the basis for the current standard.

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Rhodesian Ridgebacks, often known as African Bull Dogs, Ridgebacks, African Lion Hounds, Rhodesian Lion Dogs, and African Lion Dogs, are very unique and easy to recognize because of the distinct ridge of hair growing forward on the top of the breeds» back.

Still not satisfied, van Rooyen then used Collies and finally got what he wanted - ridged dogs with courage, speed, endurabce, scenting power, agility, cunning and instinctive hatred and respect of lions.

By and large, the Khoikhoi dog crosses produced both ridges and hatred for lions.

Rhodesian Ridgebacks or African lion dogs as they are sometimes known are renowned for the ridge of hair which runs down their spine.

The «lion dogs» were so successful that they soon became popular, their distinctive ridge becoming a trademark of quality.

Big - game hunters of the 19th century found that the Hottentot dogs crossed with the various boerhonde (farm dogs) of the Cape, produced ridged dogs that proved outstandingly the best for lion - hunting.

The Rhodesian Ridgeback, also known as the African Lion Hound, the African Lion Dog, the Rhodesian Lion Dog, the African Bull - Dog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its baDog, the Rhodesian Lion Dog, the African Bull - Dog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its baDog, the African Bull - Dog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its baDog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its baDog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its badog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its back.

The breed was formally named in the 1870s when the Hope Fountain Mission in Rhodesia started breeding dogs with ridges to be used for hunting, including lions, baboons and wild pigs.