NEWS - MATOBO HILLS Rhodesian Ridgeback Kennel

12/14/2024

Only one week left and Vikeli Shani (Miss Rosé) will start her big journey to the cold north of Europe. Then the two boys will be alone and still looking for their real home.

They now also have a name with a lot of meaning. ♥

Matobo Hills Vikeli Shango and Matobo Hills Vikeli Sanyu

11/29/2024

Thanks to recurring ON/OFF interested parties, after 36 hours "all taken" has become "two looking". It should be clear when you make the inquiry, ask for a puppy, but at the latest when you give the name and make the deposit whether you even have time for it.

Mr. Green and Mr. Blue are therefore looking for their perfect family where they can finally warm up the sofa♥

They are 12 weeks old, have been fully vaccinated, have had a booster and rabies vaccination, and are ready for the big wide world.

If the private circumstances and time required are clear, the partner wants to join in and the children want to take part in collecting the poop, then please feel free to contact me. By email or Whatsapp. I look forward to telling you more about these cuties.

10/10/2024

Our "Fantastic 9" are on a journey of discovery. They are now 5 weeks old and have fledged. Don't teach a puppy too early how to get up or down a step. They were able to try this out when they had "free time" in the living room. However, I hadn't suspected that Miss Rosé would use this to escape. So she took advantage of the quiet in the whelping box, cleverly pushed past the bars and marched down the (non-slippery) stone stairs to the office. There it was too strange for her and she made herself known. I know that she got through it unscathed because shortly afterwards she started the attack to escape again under my secret supervision. But this time I prevented it, of course.

The larger run was also happily accepted today. While Mr. Red conquered the new tunnel for the first time, Payton stood in front of it, wondering "and how am I supposed to fit through there??" hahaha, her look spoke volumes. She was used to the tunnel in the garden, which is much more stable and larger. A real agility tunnel.

It's visitor day again this weekend and I'm looking forward to it.

10/10/2024

After a stormy night in which everything was flying around outside, we were able to find a whole 6 minutes of sunshine today.

LA SQUADRA is decreasing more and more. On Saturday, Madame Yellow sets off on her long journey, I will take her to Germany. Excitingly exciting.

Then Madame Orange, Mr. Purple, Mr. Green, Mr. Olive and Mr. Light Blue are with us. Unfortunately, one family is going through a big change, so the last girl cannot move in and is looking for her perfect home again. Another puppy dad unfortunately had to give up his option for business reasons. He will be away on a business trip for a long time.

These pictures are current and from today. The only rays of sunshine there were.

10/01/2024

Autumn is here and with it the changeable weather. It's good that it's still so cozy in here. But in 1-2 weeks they will be able to make their first attempt outside, because they are already quite quick on their feet.

All of their teeth are already there and now they're starting to slurp their first puppy milk.

Impressions of the last 3 days ♥

09/20/2024

Yesterday I took the time and took a few still pictures. They weren't all very keen, despite the fruit gummies, but the result is still super satisfying. It's always crazy what these little creatures have become. With lots of love, mother's milk and of course genes. See for yourself. ♥

09/16/2024

They will soon be 8 weeks old. Time has flown by. The first ones will leave us in a week, while the rest will wait to leave later.

09/09/2024

Mac Bess & Jody

In order not to miss any news, I will now report here in parallel.

Left - Payton & Ludwig

Right - Mac Bess & Jody

They are now 6.5 weeks old. They have already conquered the garden and their mom is always there too. She has the play gene from her grandma. Because Liu Pili was an absolute clown and always looked after all the puppies. Hers or those of the others.

Her poops are great. I didn't even have a problem with diarrhea. Sensational. Because otherwise it was different.

Over the next few days I will publish stills and present the great exterior. Because the interior is simply magical. You'll be wrapped around their little finger very quickly.

They already have the garden under control and can hardly wait to conquer it every day.

09/07/2024

57th day of pregnancy. Comfortable installation of the necessary utensils on the whelping box. Making a bit of space for what will happen in the next few days.

But things turned out differently.

7:30 a.m. Breakfast not looked at. Great surprise, because today is "only" the 57th day

8:00 a.m. she came in from peeing, mucus plug had come out. Quick thought, OK, let's go. Wow

In no time at all everything was placed on the whelping box, tidied up and just managed to get into the whelping box.

9:20 a.m. the first baby, a male, is born. Was stuck in the back for a while, thank God his nose was sticking out. Didn't go back either. But everything wasn't prepared for Payton either, so she had a bit of trouble with the first one, especially since he came without a shell.

I was sweating quite a bit when they came out like a pigeon coop. With a shell, without a shell, backwards or with the head... they all came out. As a bump was still visible, I waited until now but nothing more came.

Girl No. 2 ♥ unfortunately fell asleep 2 hours after birth. Her breathing was not regular.

5 males and 5 females were born

Week 7

Belly: 84cm

Week 6

Weight: 40,6kg (+4kg)

Belly: 83cm (+13cm)

Week 5

Weight: 38,6kg (+2,0kg)

Belly: 70cm

I have my hands full when I have to cuddle these beautiful rascals all day because they are so cute ♥

They have now done their first laps outside and love the "adventure park" on the terrace. They have already had their first contact with the grass and even after "eating" they have had no problems with diarrhea or anything like that. It is always a pleasure with these "Scheißerle (shitties)"... no problems to report.

Their weights are excellent and, as they have been since birth, they are gaining weight excellently every day. As it should be in the best cases.

They literally gobble up their meals in the form of dry food. I don't need any flavor enhancers or attractants for this, they just snorkel it away.

I stay away from canned food anyway. For me it is not part of the rearing food.

They are now just over 5 weeks old and are getting more and more beautiful. Their new families are already blown away by their calm characters.

Yesterday we had the vet in the house, who asked me: where are the puppies? They were lying 1m away from us, sleeping relaxed and have an incredibly beautiful character.

08/18/2024

Today the little ones are 3 weeks and 4 days old. Time flies again. They are developing excellently. No diarrhea during teething, no abnormalities, the heat has just subsided a bit. All in all, everyone is doing wonderfully. ♥

Today I took a few pictures as an experiment, so that you can get a taste of what is to come. They now have faces, their ears are growing and they can already hear very well. As a result, they hear me even when I speak quietly and immediately stand at the whelping box to howl happily and greet me.

08/08/24

The little ones turned 2 weeks old yesterday. All eyes are open, all weigh between 1.3-1.6kg and they had to "swallow" their first worming treatment today. But they all did really well. No one spat it out or choked. But maybe it's just the way they're given it ;-)

For planning:

First visitor weekend August 31st / September 1st

Move-out possible from September 19th ♥

Week 4

Weight: 41,2kg

Belly: 69,5cm

Week 5