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Karibas Southern Gentleman
(Rhett)
Where do I begin with Rhett's story? After I graduated Cal
Poly's MBA program, I moved to a 2 1/2 acre place in Arroyo
Grande in June 2003. A few months back I had lost my
precious black lab, Hallie, who was only 9 months at the time
because of someone's carelessness with leaving a gate open to
a busy road. It took a while to recover from that and when I
moved to this great new spot I decided that I would get a
Ridgeback, since I had always wanted one when I was on
enough property. I did a lot of searching on the web and
found a breeder in Nipomo; however, they had just placed
their last puppy. They referred me to Jennifer Childs in
Cayucos and I immediately called her. At that point I was
more interested in a pet-quality dog and she had two litters on
the ground, a total of about 22 pups to choose from! When I
arrived, I was completely overwhelmed by the cutest creatures
I have ever seen. I spent a couple hours out there and ended
up falling head over heels for Rhett. I also liked one of the
show females but Jennifer told me she wasn't sure which one
was already spoken for and she would know in a week. Well,
that week went by so slowly and I drove back out there not
knowing which pup I would end up with. As soon as I arrived,
Jennifer's daughter had Rhett in her arms and said "Here's
your boy". But, I promised them that I would get into
showing since he was such a nice pick.
They introduced me to Michele and Chris Bohr er, Ridgeback
breeders and handlers, who actually co-own Rhett's father.
That began a great friendship and Michele began showing
Rhett at 6 months of age. He did outstanding as a pup and
even won a Best Puppy in Group at only about 8 months old.
Because my life is busy with the horses as well, it was hard for
me to get to a lot of shows so it took Rhett a little longer to
finish. He finally did it in Santa Cruz with a 4 point major in
August 2005, and Terri Brennan showed him for that win.
Rhett is a lovebug who craves running with my horses. He can
be a couch potato or a hunting fool. He has movement that
you don't see every day and his face is just as perfect as they
come.