Hiya everyone. I was reading an old thread on here that has since been closed and some questions popped up regarding the Ridge on these type dogs.
As an owner of 3 of these gorgeous dogs i felt the need to clarify the ridge situation.
The programme that stated the ridge is a deformity and to the vet that was mentioned who said it is a form of spina-bifida
Its all none-sense.
The ridge has nothing to do with any kind of deformity and the reason behind why they have a ridge is nothing to do with bad health.

Back in the day, the dogs that had the the best temperaments and the best hunting skills & potential just so happened to have the "ridge"......so those dogs were bred from, hence the reason that all breed standard RR's today have the ridge.

Hope that clears things up as silly rumour's can prove to be catastrophical

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**Blade** my handsome AB boy

Sorry but there was a number of test that proved the "ridge" has some effect on the health although not always the main cause.!
It was proven that the dogs with out the "ridge" did not suffer with the same problems as the ones with the "ridge"...

It may be the the "ridge" has be bred in to much causing the problem in the first place.!

Yea but wait my sweet cheeks lol....it has also been proven that the defect you refer to is prominant in other breeds that have no ridge and is also in humans......thats just a general defect that has no relation to the actual ridge

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**Blade** my handsome AB boy

Ok then you please tell me how the ones with out the ridge do not suffer with it.!
IMO the ridge has a lot to do with the problems this breed suffers.
Like i said it could be that the ridge is to inbred

Yea sort of. Pedigree's are more prone to bad health as we all know, with cross breeds living longer....same sort of reasoning that the Ridged RR's are more purely bred than the ones without the ridges, so are more prone to defect......hence the fact that Ridged RR's proved as carriers compared to non-ridged RR's.
So its not the ridge, its the more pure bred ones....that obviously have ridge's, making it more of a feasable idea that the ridge is the cause

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**Blade** my handsome AB boy

Ay well each to our own we all have different views and clearly we both have

oh and this is one of the reasons i bang on about health testing dogs that are going to be bred from less chance of these defects and health issues

I agree.....

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Originally Posted by DevilDogz Ok then you please tell me how the ones with out the ridge do not suffer with it.!IMO the ridge has a lot to do with the problems this breed suffers. Like i said it could be that the ridge is to inbred

The researcher who originally stated that ridgeless RRs are never affected by dermoid sinus has now amended the statement to admit that some do. She made the statement as she had never seen sinus affected ridgeless RRs, now she has seen evidence that disproved her original statement.

I'd be interested to know what other problems this this breed suffers that are caused by the ridge? The RR is generally a very healthy breed, having a respectable BMS for hips and no recorded eye problems.

HTH

ah thank you for correcting me on this

What does HTH mean

That's OK

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