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Re: [RC] Fitness - Chris Paus

LOL... that's my experience with my ridgeback too...
she loffed to sleep on the furniture. She'd wake up to
play a rousing game of fetch the stick, then come back
in and sleep!

chris
--- Karen Sullivan <greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Hi Dolores, 
Having had both Ridgebacks and a Cattle dog....I
would personally choose the cattledog were I to run
into Cougar or Bear.
My ACD did once run a bear off when I was jogging. 
They will always want to go with you, are tough as
nails, don't care about bad weather, etc.  If they
fall out of a truck, get run over by a horse trailer
or get their skull stepped on by a horse, they pop
back up (only kidding)  The only unfortunate thing I
have found about mine is that she loves heeling so
much I have a very hard time with her chasing the
horses.....

As far as Ridgebacks, here are MY experiences.  If
it is raining, they want to sleep on the couch.  IF
you want to jog, they want to sleep on the couch. If
you want to go riding, they want to sleep on the
couch.  If you want to hike, they want to sleep on
the couch.  But. they  WERE bred to hunt African
Lions and were extremely successful in keeping
African Lions off our property.  

Karen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dolores Arste 

  Hi Martina,
  Get a good dog to go with you. A good dog will
take care of you and will deter most of the big
cats. They are looking for easier targets. 

  A Ridgeback comes to mind initially. Tough, strong
and agile dogs. Not aggressive but sure look that
way. But, I'm not sure where you are located. I have
a cattle dog. She's not so agile anymore to be able
to go out with me at speed. But, she will go out if
I walk.




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"A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot

Chris and Star

BayRab Acres
http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

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