
RIDGEBACKS OF YNDA
Current Rhodesian Ridgebacks
AKC/UKC
CH. Ali
MoonBeam
"Thunder-Hunter"

IN MEMORY OF: OUR RIDGEBACKS OF THE PAST
we miss them every day
SIENNA'S FIRE AND RAIN "SUZAN"
Suzan was named after the girl in James Taylor's
Fire and Rain song AND Marti's dear friend, Suzan Dziurawiec, PhD. Our
darling Suzie had 12 points -- all owner-handled, her 1st major here.
Marti 'blew' a Winners Class at Middleburg and only took RWB which would have
finished Suzan. Sadly, Suzie experienced torsion/bloat and was gone from
us in the blink of an eye. She was only 30 months old. What a
gorgeous girl she was, daughter of CH Rakiara's Stuntman, 'Ajax.' Ajax was
a son of CH Rakiara's Rapidan Ricochet from Shay's last litter.
Huckleberry was a son of CH Rakiara's Rapidan Ricochet from Shay's first litter.
So Suzie was Huckleberry's niece. Every time we see MoonBeam fly across
the bridge over the pond, we think of Suzan who delighted in jumping clear
across the bridge, never touching a pad on the boards, a leap of about 15 feet.
What an athlete she was. The most gorgeous moving dog either of us has ever
known. We are sure that Suzan went to chase butterflies endlessly in
the big meadows at the Rainbow Bridge, because her great delight in life was
chasing them here. We still cry when we talk of her. In James
Taylors song, Suzan was a girl who died -- how prophetic that proved to be.
We are so grateful for every day she spent with us, and thank Deb Hopper Danford
of Sienna for sharing our darling Suzan with us.

RAPIDAN'S MARK TWAIN, CGC
"HUCKLEBERRY"
