Author: Sean O'Hara

All of our male Ridgebacks have been named after “Backcountry” locations either at Philmont Scout Ranch or nearby in Northern New Mexico. On the drive back from Phoenix, I stopped by the Tolby Campground sign to get a picture. There is also a Tolby Peak, Tolby Meadow, and other locations. All named after the Reverend […]

The last ridgeback (Zastrow) came home wearing a green collar, but then wore a black collar for most of his life. Tolby grandsire, Ra, was Zastrow’s sire. So pretty excited to bring this kid home, especially as he’s so chill, enjoying a break from the action. Tolby is bred by the amazing Aziza’s Ridgebacks out […]

You really can’t tell the Tolby story without talking about Zastrow. I’ve backdated this post to the date of Zastrow’s death to put it in context. The sudden death of Zas is why the timing worked out on Tolbs. Zastrow was our third ridgeback, also named for a Philmont Backcountry camp. His sire is GCHG […]

Maxwell was our first male ridgeback. We had moved to Colorado and felt like Blaire needed a companion and he was the answer. Max came from Windy Ridge Ridgebacks in New Mexico and he was the ultimate companion. While Blaire was a bit high strung and determined to be the alpha, Max was happy to […]

Blaire is our first Rhodesian Ridgeback, and our first child together. She’s the reason we got attached to the breed and have kept coming back. She’s also from a time before we took hundreds of digital pictures, but I’ll dig some up and expand the history posts. Blaire lived from 1998-2013 and while she doesn’t […]