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Once upon a time, late 1986, there was a family living in South Australia who needed a dog. Friends had a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Zuri Dupont & he was just what the family were looking for. They were lucky enough to meet Rob & Di Jolly of Ravvar Rhodesian Ridgebacks who had a litter which was only very new & the Roberts were priviledged to be able to take a precious boy named Sirius home. By this time it was 1987.
Lionsperil Beaufighter was found in New South Wales and the fact that he had a brown nose was really an advantage as he was his own dog & not easily compared with the beloved dog whose place he was taking. Mak, (as he came to be known, was just as much loved) needed a friend. |
He
was wonderful and their life was complete with this special
boy. Fate however decreed that he was only here for a short
four years when he died unexpectadly.The family was bereft
and had to wait some months before they could find a new companion.|
The timing was perfect as Ch. Ravvar Red Cor Caroli (sister of Siri) had just had a litter & the Roberts were given charge of Ravvar Cor Cassiopeia. |
 Ch Ravvar Red Cor Caroli |
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Mak & Cassie got on so well it was decided that it was time they had a family. Both dogs were very keen on this idea, so show careers were put on hold for a short while whilst family duties took over. |
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The Kyalami (Zulu for 'my home') Prefix was born out of this litter. So as to be absolutely sure that the Roberts would never be dogless again, Jo who was to become Ch. Kyalami Cas Beaujolais was allowed to stay & live with her Mum & Dad. Ch. Ravvar Cor Cassiopeia ET had one other litter with Ch. Veldthund Sabre ET in 1996. Kyalami Cas Traminer (Min) from this litter took on the mantle of carrying on the name In March 2001, we lost our dear Mak to a tumour of the hip. A devestating time for us.
On June 2nd, 2005 we had to make the painful decision to let Jo cross over the rainbow bridge to be with her Dad & other family members. Although she couldn't walk because of a spinal cord stoke in April, she was not in any pain & a true Ridgeback was still eating, right up to the end. July 2005: we mated Ella with Dinizulu Choma & kept their daughter, Alyss who was born on October 6, 2005. You can follow her development on her page. November 2006: Sadly we had to say farewell to our dear Cassie just 3 weeks short of her 15th Birthday. In those years she took her job very seriously & gave us much more pleasure than she ever gave us grief. She was the equal of the very best of the breed & we miss her. February 2008: Min has now gone to join the others, sad days. Perhaps you might like to look at our dogs present & past.
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now have living with us