Talk:Thai Ridgeback

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Oh, certainly, this is the good article. I thought a stub was needed so I made Thai Ridgeback Dog. It doesn't have any useful info that isn't already contained here. So I'll re-orient any links to the TRD article, and then ask for speedy deletion.

[edit] History in error

I believe this section is in error with known facts. Phu Quoc was the island where the western dog-fancier first encountered the breed and obtained the dog in the 19th century, when the island was colonized. However, it is long known that the so called Phu Quoc Dog and the Thai Ridgeback is one and the same dog. Actually, this dog is found in Thailand, Vietnam, Kamphuchea (Cambodia) and Indonesia. However, the it is found only on the islands of Vietnam, Kamphuchea and Indonesia, while it is found on both the islands and the mainland of Thailand. Nevertheless, the Thai Ridgeback and Phu Quoc Dog is one and the same breed, as stated by Ph.D. S. Wannakrairoj in 1995.

When S. Wannakrairoj state that the Phu Quoc Dog and the Thai Ridgeback is one and the same, he is of course 100% right. However, there is of course a distinct difference between the original ridgeback type (the dog from Phu Quoc if you like), which was primarily a semi-wild swift hunting dog, and the Thai Ridgeback of today, which has been breed to gain weight and so be more of a street fighter. This dog i no longer a hunter, but a product of modern breeding with a primitive attitude. There may still be a few original ridgebacks’ out there of course.

However, there seems to be a great deal of confusion regarding the ridgeback, which really is just one of three different varieties of the Boran Dog (a.k.a. the Mah Thai). The two other are the common Thai Dog and the Siamese Hairless Dog. The last by many thought to be extinct, though some experts believe some may have survived in northeastern parts of Thailand. Only time will tell ;-) Tbjornstad 16:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The Thai Ridgeback is likely to have been the only primitime hunting dog in the world, having a rigdeback. The Hottentot Hunting Hound, which is known under many different local names and not at all extinct, but today recognized as one of several varieties of the South African breed known as the Africanis, is likely to be a primitive cross breed between the Thai dog and the African dog. As such, puppies of Africanis is still born with or without ridgeback, in a mixed litter. - Tbjornstad 08:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)