Breeding is a demanding and long-term work. At the beginning you can expect many mistakes and errors that you cannot avoid no matter how hard you try. You have to learn that if you do not succeed in your effort immediately it is not the end of the world. If  you do it is great but if not try to understand why. Sometimes, it means to admit "I made a mistake", sometimes "I really succeeded well" and occasionally "I was really lucky".

Find the best advisor you can. Information is the most valuable thing  you can get. Invest your money and try to get the best puppy for your breeding you can. Usually, you have to wait a long time for such a pup, you cannot buy it round the corner from the first breeder and after the first phone call. Ask the breeder about reasons for choosing the breeding pair parenting your new friend. Remember that the number of pups bread does not have to mean the breeding pair was well planned !


And what do we know about Ridgebacks now?

These times, there are about 58 wrong genetic informations detected. Every single Ridgeback takes on the average 6,6 defective genes. Almost half of Ridgebacks - 45,8% takes genetic defects. This is the thing that a good breeder tries to reduce. Do not think please that your dear is clear of defective genetic informations!

I value breeding of unrelated pairs first and foremost but despite that I do not object occasional exceptions in the form of line breeding.