Africanis
(Hottentot Hunting Dog) (Hottentot Dog) (African Dog) (Umbwa Wa Ki-Shenzi) (Bantu Dog) (Khoikhoi Dog) (Zulu Dog)
"This is a very good example of what has now been recognised as a breed indigenous to Africa and particularly Southern Africa. These dogs have been called African Hunting dogs for a long time. Very loyal and courageous medium size to big (25 to 45 kg.) tremendous stamina, very playful and intelligent. Good with kids and very social. In profile when sitting is very much like the dogs in Egyptian hieroglyphics These and the Rhodesia Ridgeback are the only two indigenous African domesticated dogs – there are African wild dogs and Jackals which live in the wild."
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The Africanis is a group of South African dogs not recognized as a breed. It is believed to be of ancient origin, directly descended from hounds and pariah dogs of ancient Africa, introduced into the Nile Valley from the Levant. The Swahili name for the breed is umbwa wa ki-shenzi meaning common or mongrel or "traditional dog". Africanis is also an umbrella name for all the aboriginal dogs in southern Africa.
The Africanis is a short-coated, medium-sized dog, well-muscled and slightly longer than tall. It can be of any colour and occasionally come with a ridgeback. The Africanis has over the years been shaped by Africa for Africa. Its beauty is embodied in the simplicity and functionality of its body. It is slenderly built, agile, supple, and capable of great speed.
Temperament
The Africanis is well disposed without being obtrusive: a friendly dog showing watchful territorial behaviour. The breed is independent and territorial, but highly trainable.
It is my experience that the Africanis is a marvellous pet and house dog. Guided by its instinct of subservience it will steal your heart before you realise it.
- Johan Gallant, President of the Africanis Society of Southern Africa (September 9, 2005).
Health
The Africanis needs neither pampering nor special food. It is consistently healthy and has, over the years, developed a natural resistance against internal and external parasites.
History
There is ample evidence that no canine domestication took place in Africa and that the traditional African dog is a descendant of dogs that had been domesticated in the East and came to Africa. Their earliest presence has been established in Egypt and dated at 4700 BC. Archaeological records show that, from then on, the dog spread rapidly along the Nile into Sudan and even beyond. At the same time, migrations, trade, and transhumance took it deep into the Sahara. By 2000 BC, this moving frontier stopped for a long period. Meanwhile, throughout the Egyptian dynasties, the breeding of swift and slender hounds together with a variety of common dogs became very popular.
RIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is presently the only registered breed indigenous to southern Africa. It's forebears can be traced to the Cape Colony of southern Africa, where they crossed with the early pioneers' dogs and the semi-domesticated, ridged Hottentot hunting dogs. Hunting mainly in groups of two or three, the original function of the Rhodesian Ridgeback or lion dog was to track game, especially lion, and, with great agility, keep it at bay until the arrival of the hunter. The original standard, which was drafted by F. R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922, was based on that of the Dalmatian and was approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1926.
For thousands of years, the aboriginal Stone Age San (Bushman) populations in Southern Africa hunted without the help of dogs. Although the Khoikhoi brought domestic sheep along a western migratory route to the Cape of Good Hope just before the Christian era, there is no conclusive evidence that dogs were part of their party.
(Hottentot Hunting Dog) (Hottentot Dog) (African Dog) (Umbwa Wa Ki-Shenzi) (Bantu Dog) (Khoikhoi Dog) (Zulu Dog)
"This is a very good example of what has now been recognised as a breed indigenous to Africa and particularly Southern Africa. These dogs have been called African Hunting dogs for a long time. Very loyal and courageous medium size to big (25 to 45 kg.) tremendous stamina, very playful and intelligent. Good with kids and very social. In profile when sitting is very much like the dogs in Egyptian hieroglyphics These and the Rhodesia Ridgeback are the only two indigenous African domesticated dogs – there are African wild dogs and Jackals which live in the wild."
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Find an Africanis Breeder
The Africanis is a group of South African dogs not recognized as a breed. It is believed to be of ancient origin, directly descended from hounds and pariah dogs of ancient Africa, introduced into the Nile Valley from the Levant. The Swahili name for the breed is umbwa wa ki-shenzi meaning common or mongrel or "traditional dog". Africanis is also an umbrella name for all the aboriginal dogs in southern Africa.
The Africanis is a short-coated, medium-sized dog, well-muscled and slightly longer than tall. It can be of any colour and occasionally come with a ridgeback. The Africanis has over the years been shaped by Africa for Africa. Its beauty is embodied in the simplicity and functionality of its body. It is slenderly built, agile, supple, and capable of great speed.
Temperament
The Africanis is well disposed without being obtrusive: a friendly dog showing watchful territorial behaviour. The breed is independent and territorial, but highly trainable.
It is my experience that the Africanis is a marvellous pet and house dog. Guided by its instinct of subservience it will steal your heart before you realise it.
- Johan Gallant, President of the Africanis Society of Southern Africa (September 9, 2005).
Health
The Africanis needs neither pampering nor special food. It is consistently healthy and has, over the years, developed a natural resistance against internal and external parasites.
History
There is ample evidence that no canine domestication took place in Africa and that the traditional African dog is a descendant of dogs that had been domesticated in the East and came to Africa. Their earliest presence has been established in Egypt and dated at 4700 BC. Archaeological records show that, from then on, the dog spread rapidly along the Nile into Sudan and even beyond. At the same time, migrations, trade, and transhumance took it deep into the Sahara. By 2000 BC, this moving frontier stopped for a long period. Meanwhile, throughout the Egyptian dynasties, the breeding of swift and slender hounds together with a variety of common dogs became very popular.
RIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is presently the only registered breed indigenous to southern Africa. It's forebears can be traced to the Cape Colony of southern Africa, where they crossed with the early pioneers' dogs and the semi-domesticated, ridged Hottentot hunting dogs. Hunting mainly in groups of two or three, the original function of the Rhodesian Ridgeback or lion dog was to track game, especially lion, and, with great agility, keep it at bay until the arrival of the hunter. The original standard, which was drafted by F. R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922, was based on that of the Dalmatian and was approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1926.
For thousands of years, the aboriginal Stone Age San (Bushman) populations in Southern Africa hunted without the help of dogs. Although the Khoikhoi brought domestic sheep along a western migratory route to the Cape of Good Hope just before the Christian era, there is no conclusive evidence that dogs were part of their party.
History: Named after the country of Rhodesia which is now Zimbabwe, they were once called the African Lion Dog as they would, according to myth, hunt lions and other big game in packs. The use of hunting lions is a myth, but the breed was used most often to hunt large game, and to keep lions at bay until a hunter could get close enough to shoot it. They would distract the prey, keep it at bay and bark until their owner arrived.
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Rhodesian Ridgebacks are thought to have come with the Khoikoi, or Hottentot tribe, from Northern Africa into Southern Africa. They were the dog kept by these people to bring down large game. Rhodesian Ridgebacks were developed from crossing the local dog (the African Hottentot Hunting Dog, owned by the Hottentot people) who had a distinctive ridge of hair growing in the reverse direction along their back ,to the Pointer, Mastiff, Greyhound and Bulldog that were brought over by Dutch and German settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Anthropologists believe that a dog existed as far back as 1505 that had a ridge growing along its back, and that was of extreme loyalty. After the eventual new breed that formed from the Hottentot dogs and the Bulldog, Pointer, Mastiff, and Greyhound, the Reverend Helm brought some of these mixes to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), which was a popular big game hunting site in the 1870s.
Hunters rejoiced in the breed's nose, trailing abilities, and bravery to hunt quarry of a lion's size! Of these hunters was a man named Cornelius Van Rooyen of Plumtree, Rhodesia. He had a pack for over 35 years that he refined and perfected into what the Rhodesian Ridgeback is today. After Van Rooyen died in 1922, fanciers wanted to standardize the breed and did so, first wanting to call it the Rhodesian
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Lion Dog. Soon after they decided this name sounded too fierce a reputation, and called it the Rhodesian Ridgeback. The breed standard was set in 1922 by combining the best attributes of five existing Rhodesians Ridgebacks. The breed was imported into the United States after World War II, and was recognized by the AKC in 1959. Today the breed has thrived as a popular house pet as well as a hunter.
The domestic dog first arrived in Southern Africa with the migration of the Early Iron Age Bantu speaking people. Dogs of Nilotic origin consecutively joined the Early and also Later Iron Age migrations. It is generally accepted that these migrations travelled along the Central Rift and the Lacustrine region. They followed tsetse-free corridors through Zambia and Zimbabwe to reach Botswana and finally South Africa. The earliest evidence for the presence of a domestic dog in South Africa has been established by Dr. Ina Plug, deputy director of the Transvaal Museum. The remains were found near the Botswana border and dated at 570 AD. By 650 AD the presence of the house dog is established in the Lower Thukela valley. By 800 AD it is part of a Khoisan settlement in Cape St. Francis, indicating that contact and trade between Bantu and Khoisan had been established.
For hundreds of years this exclusive primitive canine gene pool adapted to various conditions of the Southern African landscape and, through natural selection, evolved into ecotypes all belonging to the same landrace. It is sometimes argued that dogs brought by the Arab trade, Eastern seafarers, and Portuguese explorers might, over the years, have "contaminated" the traditional African dog. In other opinions, these chances are scant. Exotic canine influences became more likely after the colonisation of Transkei and Zululand during the 19th century.
The true Africanis is still found today in tribal areas where people maintain their traditional lifestyle. The fast-changing South Africa and the impact that this causes on rural societies, together with a certain disdain for the traditional dog and the status that the ownership of an exotic breed provides, poses an increasing threat to the continuation of the aboriginal Africanis. The Africanis Society of Southern Africa was founded to conserve this ancient gene pool. Conserving the Africanis as a land race stands for conserving biodiversity.
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Rhodesian Ridgeback Rhodesian Ridgeback Breeders
Description: A Rhodesian Ridgeback's uniqueness is the ridge of the back, formed by the hair growing in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. This unique feature only shows up on two other dog breeds, and begins with two whorls of fur starting at the top of the ridge. These dogs are medium to large sized, but without any cumbersome movement. The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a strong, muscular and active dog, symmetrical in outline and capable of great endurance and speed. They are very fast, running down whatever prey may come into their gaze. When they are alert, their brown is wrinkled and the ears perk, but are always dropped. They can be wheaten, cream, golden, red or brown. Sometimes they have a dark muzzle. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are not only attractive in looks, but personality as well. They are kind and friendly, but very protective of their owners. They would fight to the death if needed, and are very loyal. They get along well with most people, though they do have a limit to their kindness when being pestered. The Rhodesian Ridgeback makes a most honorable companion, in both hunting and friendship alike.
Other Names: African Lion Hound, African Lion Dog, Rhodesian Lion Dog (previously)
Type: Sighthound and Pariah
Height: 24 - 27 inches.
Colors: Light wheaten to red wheaten.
Coat: Short, dense, sleek and glossy.
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Temperament: Rhodesian Ridgebacks are friendly and obedient. They are good natured and friendly, but are also good guard dogs and watch dogs. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are laid back, devoted, and very intelligent. They can be rather independent, so training can be challenging. But once trained, they are obedient. They are good with children but not so good with smaller pets, as they have a high prey drive.
With Children: Yes, as long as they are not pestered.
With Pets: Needs socialization when young to accept cats, dogs and other pets.
Special Skills: Hunting dog, watch dog and family pet.
Watch-dog: Very High.
Guard-dog: Very High.
Care and Exercise: Minimal grooming of the Rhodesian Ridgeback's short coat is required. Brush with a firm bristle brush and shampoo only when necessary. Rhodesian Ridgebacks need a great amount of exercise as they have tremendous stamina. They love to swim.
Training: Rhodesian Ridgebacks need a consistent and equable approach to training. They are intelligent, but stubborn. An owner should start training when they are young and easy to manage.
Learning Rate: High. Obedience - Medium. Problem Solving - High.
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Activity: Indoors - Low. Outdoors - Very High.
Special Needs: Fenced yard, leash, socialization and training.
Living Environment: A fenced yard is essential for the Rhodesian Ridgeback in an urban environment. Rhodesian Ridgebacks thrive in a large property where they can patrol their home ground. The owner of a Rhodesian Ridgeback should be able to control a large, independent, athletic dog.
Health Issues: Hip dysplasia, dermoid sinus, and osteochondrosis.
Life Span: 9 - 12 years, though some have lived to 16.
Litter Size: 7 - 8 puppies.
Country of Origin: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
First Registered by the AKC: 1955
AKC Group: Hound Group
Class: Hound
Registries: AKC, ANKC, CKC, FCI (Group 6), KC (GB), UKC
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