Purina OptiStart Food for New puppy.

http://www.purina-proplan.com/eu/uk/dog/optiStart.asp

I am recommending Purina OptiStart Puppy Food for your new puppy.

More details on the Puppy Watch Blog..

Check out the Puppy Watch Blog today!

You will need this protection for your new puppy..35386 code

Kushinda Ridgeback is now on Facebook.

Please join us on facebook for current events..search for kushinda ridgebacks..

Dual Lure Coursing Champion-Cheetah

FC KIMANI-KUSHINDA'S CUTTING EDGE FCh Cheetah-is now a dual lure coursing Champion. His puppy's are expected around Valentine's Day...stay tuned.
http://www.offa.org/display.html?appnum=1277485#animal

This is an AKC Lure Coursing Score Sheet..

We now have these nicely computer generated Club results score sheets..Much easier for everyone to read. It is a good idea to take a digital pic of these at each trial to keep for your dogs records..

Our Ridgebacks are CHIC Champions!

The Lion Hounds of Kushinda
Producing 36 Owner/Breeder/Handled AKC Conformation CHAMPIONS!
Home of 23 CHIC + Cardiac Rhodesian Ridgebacks!
Home of 5 CH CHIC + Cardiac + DM (Normal/Normal) Rhodesian Ridgebacks and counting!
Home of 6 CHIC + Cardiac + DM (Normal/Normal) Rhodesian Ridgebacks and counting!
Breeding DUAL CHAMPION CHIC + Cardiac + DM (Normal/Normal) Ridgebacks!
Visit us at: www.kushinda-ridgebacks.org

WE have two more of our dogs that have tested DNA Clear N/N for DM.. I will get their pictures up shortly..They are CHIC CH Gweneth (pic up)and our ROM girl CHIC Utterly.
And the most wonderful news about all this is that the Cheeweedels as we call them..or the Utterly x Cheetah litter pups are all Clear for DM..because both parents tested N/N or clear...None of these dogs will every have Degenerative Mylopathy..nor will they ever pass it on to their offspring..An accomplishment worth noting...thanks for reading..K

New Ad going out..

Xenia and Dart

Going Winners Dog and Bitch

Gweneth is our #8 CHIC CH.

I will get her picture up....Yeah Gweneth....
http://www.offa.org/orderstatus.html?email=KUSHINDA@POBOX.COM&confirmation=PRL8E-LSC4V
Link to OFA results. You will need to copy and paste.

Kushinda's Presents BIF

This is what a Best in Field/Best of Breed Lure Coursing Ridgeback Looks like...And I am so happy he belongs to me...If you look at the labels section you can see the boy as a puppy at Pet Smart and as he was growing up...He is a little over a year now and will be shown at his first dog show this coming weekend..Stay Tuned and thanks for looking. Hew is a product of Tessa x Cecil. CHIC CH of course..Kimma

Best In Field..Labor DAy 2009

Kammi in the Red is with FC Kushinda Beatrice and Karrie has Kushinda's Presents..Back to Back Best in Field, MDIHC Lure Coursing Labor Day weekend 2009.
Presents also took Breed on Monday..Happy faces...:)

New Chamnpion Walton

CHIC CH Kushinda's Good Knight Walton....
Thank you girls for the CH on my boy Walton...He is a wonderful Ridgeback...
Thank you Walton for the Register of Merit ROM for you dam Utterly..
Walton is our third CH for 2009. Whoo Hoo...

Another Kushinda Ridgeback testing Clear for DM

KUSHINDA GOOD NIGHT ERIN UK
ERIN
F RR
HP18915503 DM Received: 09/01/2009
Processed: 09/02/2009
Test: Degenerative Myelopathy
Results: CLEAR (Homozygous N/N, Clear)
From the CHIC site Sept 3 2009

I have a lot of catching up to do....Two new Champions...to talk about.

I had to figure out how to get the blog posts off of facebook...Finally found the answer on a forum...Yeah for me...I have been busy getting the house ready for market and the Ridgebacks have been busy in the show ring...Jessica and Walton are now Champions of Record...Pictures to follow...

Jessica goes Best Opposite Sex Today

New CH. Kushinda's My Bad Image, Jessica took BOS today at the Harrisburg PA Friday show

Link to Suburban Canaries

Here is my canary site....I am downsizing birds and cages....Take a look..K

Looking for home in WV

I am currently getting in the swing of things here in PA. Getting my house here ready to sell...and that in itself is a job...The paint if flying....I am also lookinf for property in central WV.. As things progress I will keep you posted..
Some of the Ridgebacks I have here now will be placed in companion homes as I can not take them with me...Each year we get a little older and the time has come for me to take a serious look at what I can and can not do. So that is the story for now..Later my friends...
I will later post pictures of Kushinda Jessica and her two nice wins this past month.K

Ridgeback Companion-Look

If you are looking for a Ridgeback that is over a year old as a companion, and have owned one before, I may have the dog for you. I am placing into companion homes several Ridgebacks that you see pictured here on the blog...Please contact me if you have an interest...Location So central PA..K

The Wedding Picture. June 28 2009

What an absoultely georgous bride. Kammi is now Dr.Kammi K Hefner-Heck. The groom Mr. Kenny Alan Heck.
Kammi is the co-owner of Kushinda Ridgebacks...and her family is very pleased to add Kenny to our family. A beautiful wedding for a beautiful girl...

Farm Town and Farm Ville on FaceBook

If you are on FaceBook come join me on the Farms