Springtime

It's spring so I'm catching some sun

And posing for the picture my eyes are a bit tired,whe just got back from the woods the mud is on my nails still.

Now I have to do my siesta before the sun is gone.

By the way on my tong is no mud it's a birthmark from my Mommy Dearest

Ijaba.

The sun is gone so I finish my siesta inside........

This is for Marianne

This is for you Marianne who is a long way from home in Panama.

Take care whe miss you.....

Mommy dearest

The puppies are doing great ,what do you expect my Mom Ijaba and Martine and Martijn are taking care of them ;-)))

My Mom Ijaba is the best in the world ......

This is so sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mom I send you lots of love and kisses and count the days to see you again,your Boy.

Princess Xola rest in peace

This beautiful and sweet Princess called Xola( african for"remains in peace") passed the Rainbowbridge today.....

Dear Iva and Marcel we wish you all a lots of strength,and send you our love.

Xola your candle is burning here,rest in peace.

20-11-2008/14-3-2010

The gardener was making noice

Sleeping late....it was Sundaymorning you know and still a little tired from Saturday when we went to the beach.

Suddenly I heard a terrible noice.

What was that a man with a ladder and a strange thing which made a terrible noice in our tree.

I checked it out.... yep my second name is Guardian.


It was OK it was Ruud my boss playing gardener.

Lucky me I found these to protect my beautiful ears ;-)))

Puppies live on Ustream

The Mafingapuppies are now live to be seen at www. ustream.tv/channel/mafinga.puppies watch out "very addictive"

Pink and orange sleeping like 2 jellybeans side by side

Love on the Beach

The sun was shining so I got out of bed.

We went to the beach where I met this nasty fellow,he wanted to fight so I left him alone.

And lucky me I found this gorgeous Lady a real "Coup de Foudre" as the French say.

Jieha this Dobermannlady could run fast just like me.......

And yes I was in Love......it's Spring you know .

Hope to see her again soon.

Mafinga D-Litter is born

And here they are the puppies born 6 March 2010.

Seven females and four males and as you can see Mother Ijaba is taking real good care of them.

A wonderful Day 6 March

We went to the woods in Chaam for the first time,so I followed The Boss so he could protect me.

Heard lots of annimals.....

Strange birds......


Tried to catch some dinner.......

The deers were faster then me.....

The birds were to high......

Luckily we brought some cookies with us...

While I was enjoying myself my Mother Ijaba was giving life to 13 puppies unfortunately 1 male and 1 female were stillborn........

So sad......but that's life....

Me and my pack are so very happy that 7 females and 4 males are doing great,yeah what do you expect my Mom is the sweetest and most beautiful Ridgeback in the World.

Congratulations Martine and Martijn and a big hug from your First Mafingaboy.

Dogs are our link to Paradise

I hope to sit on our Hill in France in the sun with Beaudor very soon,He is grown a lot since this foto in March 2009.

But now he has grown to 40 kilo he likes to sit with me even more ,my big baby.

Dogs are our link to paradise.

They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden,where doing nothing was not boring........

it was Peace.

Milan Kundera

A new follower my DADDY NOLDOR

Jieha I,m so very proud my Dad is my new follower.......

Because I don't have a BIG Brother.........my dad is watching me.

Hope I'll be as big and strong like him someday soon and stay just as sweet.

Newspaperarticle by Elise

The article says :

When I was walking down the street with my R.R there were looking some man at me.

When you are 50 like me it,s always nice to still have attention.

With a big smile I wish them a Goodmorning...

Then when I have passed them,one of them says"Jezus what a beautiful Dog"........

This was put on our RRlist this morning by Elise,for me a good lesson I hope to turn 50 in August.

Back from The Vet Dr. Jaap

This little rebel is grown into a very relaxed,social,sweet,friendly and easygoing Male we are so very proud of him.

We went to the vet this morning for his annual checkup and vaccins,he was so relaxed gave the Dr. a big kiss.

This second foto he is kissing his Mom Ijaba she teached him how to be a lovely Boy.

When we tookover we trained and socialized a lot with him and it's so nice to see the results.

We got a big compliment from the Dr.because he asked if we want to use him as Studdog.

He said that he never seen such a lovely character and beautiful Ridgeback before,and with such dogs must be made Puppies.

Yes it's always nice to get compliments,but I already knew how LOVELY he is.

Ridgebackgreetings,

Marja

Missing Changwena and Denis

This is my sister Changwena she is living in Germany with Helgard and Denis.

We hope to see them in April because I really missed them last Sunday,as you can see she is the Pirate-girl of the family.
Changwena gone with the wind.........

Big hug from your brother,sis..

Rehearsal for the Progenyday

Today we had ringtaining at Kynoconnect the dogschool from Martine(beaudor's breeder),because 17 April we have progenyday with the C-litter.

Present were Chikumbi Kuki,Jua,Chombi all girls and Beaudor.

Jorna was playing the rol of the Judge a bit difficult for Beaudor,because he always want to kiss her.

And from Martine he can't take his eyes of her quit normal his first 8 weeks of his life she loved him to bits and still.....

After the rehearsal the funpart racing in the dunes with from left to right:Jorna,Martijn,Ruud(my hubby)and Martine the doggies,Jua,Chikumbi and Jumpy Beaudor.

He is getting a real Boy now even dares to tell his sister .....Hee listen grrrrrrrrrr.

What a lovely day with "The Mafingafamily" we missed Ijaba(Beaudor's Mother) she was doing her nap with the puppies in her belly.

Beaudor's Mother Ijaba 49th day pregnancy

Dear Ijaba is 49 days pregnant of her second litter,it's such a pitty we are not allowed to have another puppy of her.......

Because after Beaudor we only want another puppy of Ijaba but Martine(the breeder) is right our Boy is doing great but it's better to wait 2 years for a second Rhodesian Ridgeback.

They need lots of attention and aducation.

Today we went to the beach and were so very proud of him he is such a social male,but we can understand he is also very impressive when you don't know him.

He is our clown he makes us laugh everyday sometimes through our tears.

Thank you Martine and Martijn for the most lovely R.R in the world.