Sweet ApacheRidge Puppies:

Regular exercise. This does not mean simply putting your Ridgeback dog out in the back yard. It means your commitment to a regular schedule of walks, runs, training, playing with other dogs, and time spent playing with you. Not only will this interaction between you and your Ridgeback help to strengthen the union between you both, it will help to make your ridgeback that happy, healthy, and well-socialized dog of your dreams. Attending an obedience class with your new puppy dog is a wonderful way to kick off the bonding relationship with he or she and give your new ridgeback puppy that sense of stability they need in becoming a new pack member of your family.

Training and exercise start immediately with your ridgeback. Ridgebacks who have solid obedience training, are cared for properly and lovingly, and have quality time spent with them are a joy to live with. They respond well to household routines, have good manners in the presence of people and other dogs, and they fully enjoy the company of the owner (new pack leader) who took the time to provide that training, intellectual stimulation, and a high quality life for them. Being consistent is very important. Ridgebacks, just like people, can become bored and even overweight when they do not get out in the fresh air and get exercise.

Hiking and walking with our Ridgebacks is an irreplacable joy in our lives. This southwest Washington area is full of waterfalls to see and hike around. Above is a picture of a couple of our Ridgebacks when we were taking a ride on the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad excursion train. This is a cool one because you can get off of the train for 30 minutes and hike around Yacolt Falls area. We live in Yacolt Washington, so it is quite easy for us to be at any of several waterfalls in less than 25 minutes and 5 of them in less than 10 minutes. Needless to say we and our Ridgebacks love it! We are about 45 minutes north of Portland Oregon, 3 hours south of Seattle Washington, 5 hours south of Vancouver BC, Canada, 5 hours north of Medford Oregon, and 11 hours north of San Francisco California. Should you want to hike the falls areas with your Ridgeback, here is a link to see maps of some of the area waterfalls.

We love our dogs and do everything in our power to keep them happy, be the healthiest possible, live their ultimate, longest lifespan, and keep their immune systems totally strengthened. To do this, we share lots of love, obedience train, feed good food, and give them a daily treat of superior, all natural, tried and proven vitamins! Because it can be somewhat difficult to know the food you are feeding your loved one is a complete, balanced, and healthy diet for each individual puppy and dog going through puppyhood and adulthood, we recommend supplementing your beloved canine friend with the same superior, all natural, human-grade vitamins that we use. They are formulated by a team of veterinarians, physicians, pharmacists, and nutritional scientists and are manufactured in an FDA human-grade facility. We feed these vitamins for the love, health and longevity of our precious friends. It is their favorite, daily treat! Here is a link to check them out.

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AKC Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies. Champion bloodlines selectively bred for health, good temperaments, laidback personalities, perfect bone structure and confirmation, and unlimited versatility. We have Liver nose and Black nose in addition to light wheaten all the way to dark, red wheaten dogs. We love them all and heavily socialize them with our children and multiple friends. Because we only occasionally breed: all of our puppies are whelped indoors and stay there until they are at least weeks old and ready to venture into the great outdoors, wide open spaces and into their new forever homes.

All our puppies are checked out thoroughly by our vet and another breeder, wormed at approx. 3, 5, and 7 weeks, etc... and have their first set of shots. They are guaranteed to be free from dermoid sinus and sight or hearing impairments. They have perfect teeth and are very strong and healthy. All their dew claws are removed before they are 5 days old. The parents are Orthopedic Foundation (OFA) and / or PennHip certified Good to Excellent for their hips and OFA elbows. Thyroids are normal. All are very strong, healthy, family dogs.

All our puppies are purebred Rhodesian Ridgebacks, registerable with the American Kennel Club (AKC), and are a perfect representation of the breed, being structurally and temperamentally suited as wonderful pet companions and loyal obedience dogs. They are all eligible to be entered in AKC licensed or member show events that include: Obedience, Tracking, Field Trials, Hunting Tests, Herding, Lure Coursing, Agility, Earthdog, Oval Racing, and can also qualify for Canine Good Citizen (CGC), Search and Rescue (SAR), and Certified Therapy Dog... And of course they make wonderful family pets and loyal friends. For safety, all our puppies are microchipped with Eurochips and registered with the National Pet Recovery Database.

All of ApacheRidge Ranch puppies come with a puppy packet in which you receive Certified AKC Limited Registration papers requiring you to spay/neuter your pet puppy between 16 and 24 months of age, a copy of the parents 4 generation Certified AKC pedigree, along with vaccine booster shot, worming records, microchip and the National Pet Recovery Database paperwork, online links to some really great training websites, comprehensive puppy training strategies, a small bag of the healthy dog food your sweet baby is now eating, as well as information about the breed, and a lifetime commitment to the ridgeback puppy that will be in your care.

Our adult dogs have very sweet, friendly and child loving temperaments. We will only select a sire for a female that has that sweet, calm disposition and wonderful, friendly personality. We raise very nice, rhodesian ridgeback, family hound dogs who love to hike, have fun, and just be with you.

Every puppy comes with a contract as a way to successfully establish expectations and responsibilities concerning the safety of your new ridgeback dog, requiring that you establish a booster vaccination program with your veterinarian and neuter/spay your companion puppy at the appropriate age. (We neuter/spay between 18 and 26 months old) We require a vet appointment for the second & third series shots that will be needed. Our vet gives: 4 shots of (Distemper-Hepatitis / Parainfluenza / Parvo) combination about 3-4 weeks apart, then a yearly booster. Also all dogs receive a rabies shot between 4 - 12 months old (first one good for 1 year then every 3 years in Washington State) Each state and county has it's own laws and ordinances regarding the time of canine rabies shots and licensing. Your vet will tell you if you are living in an area with heartworms and if you need monthly heartworm medication, leptospious, corona, lyme's shots, or rattlesnake vaccine.

We will fly on non-stop, heated, fully pressurized and air conditioned pet safe flights only. Call Diana 360-686-1151 or email   diana@loveyourridgeback.com   for pictures, reservations and additional information.