Worth while knowing about the Thai Ridgeback Dog
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A Thai Ridgeback Dog (TRD) spontaneous gets your attention. At the first glance the breed apparently seems to be a quite good mongrel between Basenji, Pharaoh Hound and Rhodesian Ridgeback. Nothing could be more wrong. The TRD is probably one of the oldest dog breed in the world.
The breed is an elegant, strong and muscular dog. It is a middle size dog breed; the males 56-61 cm, and the females 51-56 cm at the withers.It has a dense, short coat with a ridge on the back (which is formed by hair growing in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat). The ridge is an important mark for the breed, and this peculiar characteristic appears elsewhere but with the breed Rhodesian Ridgeback. TRDs can have eight different kinds of variation in the shape of the ridge (see figure). It is very important that the ridge is clearly defined and symmetrical.