Ridgeback Behaviour

Louis’ energy levels are on the up at the moment; he wants to play all the time. I’ve just finished cooking the Sunday roast but have had to do this whilst attached to this; a dog on a rope:- Louis would play the tug game all day if sleeping didn’t get in the way.

Louis is not happy with his imposed diet; as far as he is concerned our contract is that he keeps lions out of the back garden and, in return, he is fed his normal amount of food and a performance related bonus related to how many lions (don’t) actually make it into the back garden. … Read more

It was Louis’ annual visit to the vet yesterday where he got his jabs for the year. He’s not been to the vets for a while as he’s rebelled against walking that far. Consequently he’s not been weighed for a while and we found out that he’s put on around 4 kg since his “operation”. … Read more

Louis has spent the last 5 years moulding the sofas to suit his needs. We’ve given up on ever having sofas that visitors won’t grimace at when they have to sit down. We’ve tried sofa throws but Louis just powers through them and makes sure any mud he brings in gets on the throws and … Read more