Since we only have a litter about every year or two, there is always a list of people who are willing to wait for a healthy well-bred puppy. We are concerned about matching puppies to their future families. We recommend a visit to our house before the puppies are born if at all possible. This enables the potential Owner to meet the Breeder and the Mother to Be and then decide if a Ridgeback is REALLY what you want! It also helps to cement a 10-12 year relationship between us and you. A Ridgeback will be your best friend and family pet with the right positive training and trust in you.

We thoroughly test our Ridgebacks before being bred to help eliminate the inheritance of genetic diseases. We require that any dog who is considered for breeding [after completing their Championship] have their OFA’s done: Hips, Elbows, Thyroid and the CERF [test for eyes], and Shoulders, Cardiac and Patellas may also be screened. Any dog rated less than Good/Normal is excluded from the Breeding program in efforts to have the best chance at producing healthy, sound puppies. Zareba Ridgebacks is additionally testing our dogs for Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) and carefully making breeding decisions based on DM status. 

If you are interested in one of our puppies, please Contact Us. To be put on our waiting list, please either copy and paste the _puppy questionnaire_ into an e-mail or attach the questionnaire in an e-mail and send it back to us. This is the first step in the application process as a potential Ridgeback owner. We like to hear about your interests, and what you're looking for in a puppy. It's a great chance for you to interview us as breeders too. Please feel welcome to contact us at anytime. 

See our previous Buzz x Pasia litter from November, 2009.