AKC/UKC CHAMPION SIENNA'S THUNDER ALLEY, CGC     "ALI"

AKC/UKC Champion ... owner handled ALL the way !
Ranked in Rhodesian Ridgeback Quarterly's AKC Top 20 for fall quarter 1998...
UKC Multiple Group WINNER ....... Top Ten RR in UKC much of 2003 

This is the stuff dreams are made of ....  Ali, age 5 years old ...
Shades of Africa -- out hunting in the tall grass
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and here she is at 9 years and 9 months old ...
she wanted to go back out to the show ...
Best in Veterans Sweeps

and AGAIN at 12, Ali beats all the younger veterans
to win Best In Veterans Sweeps
under Susan Ralston

Ali's first ring appearance at 6 months old to the day:
Ali won Best of Breed from the Puppy Class that DAY  over the adults.......
AND she never looked back.   

Ali went on to capture so many BOB's from the Puppy Class
she was ranked #20 by Rhodesian Ridgeback Quarterly. 

Thank you Trish and Deb.
Trish Little of Spurridge, breeder and
Deb Hopper Danford of Sienna, breeder.
Thanks also to Chuckwagon and Paula Howeth
for all the encouragement.

This is THE SHOW dog of a lifetime, the PET of a lifetime.
What a dear girl she is. 
She's such a sweetheart, she even has "dog purrs..."

Ali finished her AKC title, taking the Foothills Cluster by storm,
WB every day, with 4 point majors on Saturday and Sunday.
In the final analysis on Sunday, judge
Jane Ropollo came up to her, she wagged her tail, and she won.
Temperament counts so much.... 
Jane Ropollo confessed she won on the wag of her tail .

Ali with daughter MoonBeam and son Hunter
in their favorite chair ... together !

In her long retirement, she enjoyed the good life with her children.

Ali, lying on her back LEFT,
practices synchronized back rubbing with daughter, MoonBeam
while son, Hunter, watches

Ali was CHIC # 9694, a 3rd generation OFA Excellent, OFA Cardiac, OFEL, OFA Thyroid and CERF clearances.    She was bred only once, and produced a lovely litter.  Twelve pups were carried to term and whelped, 10 survived. 

7 of those pups still with their people, almost 9 years of age now.  3 are here @ Ynda.

We remain dedicated to the Ridgeback breed and look forward to always having at least one Ridgie here at YNDA.  Marti is a member of the 'parent club' , Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States: www.rrcus.org