Rhodesian Ridgebacks at Kollege Kennels

Kollege Kennels began its journey enjoying, training and ultimately breeding Rhodesian Ridgebacks in the early 90’s near Mitchell, South Dakota on 40 acres of prairie, where the grass is tall, the trees rare, and the wind never stops blowing. Our dogs enjoyed a lazy life of being wherever their humans were and occasionally hanging out with the 20+ Black Arabian horses that kept the grass mowed. Three Greenwood children grew up amongst them along with countless friends who socialized them while watching TV and playing Nintendo!! In 2002, the last Greenwood child left South Dakota for college. And so, Kollege Kennels Rhodesians, the name and the dream, had fulfilled a promise made, that the puppies three children raised, loved, and let go would someday see them off to college!! In 2003, a metamorphosis and a move materialized!!! We moved to Canon City, Colorado on 165 acres of mountain mesa, where the trees are tall, the view endless, and the deer, elk, bear and occasional mountain lion kept the dogs, horses and humans endlessly busy!! The dogs loved Rimrock Ridge Ranch and we made lots of great friends while there both at the show ring and at the lurecoursing field.

South Dakota called us back in 2004, this time to the 100 year old homestead near Sioux Falls where 5 generations of our family have enjoyed the tall corn, gorgeous flower gardens, abundant apple trees and the wind that STILL never stops blowing!! In keeping with this ‘coming home’ Kollege Kennels Rhodesians will - in the coming generations - become Kina Kabambe (pronounced Kee nah Kah bomb bay) Rhodesians, which means “Great Family” in Swahili. Still the same Rhodesian Ridgebacks, the same philosophy, the same commitment to excellence, still “KKR”. Today, we have 7 retirees: Pagan, Kaidance, Mink, Charlie, Docie, Macarena & Foxey. Their sons, daughters and grandpuppies have filled their paws and more. Mini Me, Samba, Meg, & Walley are holding down the fort while the youngsters, Can Can, Topper, Jitterbug & Go Go hit the show trail. Our adults are housebroken, obedience trained, and members of our family. As before, all of our puppies are born and raised in our home and are socialized with kids, cars, bikes, motorcycles, 4 wheelers, cats, horses, and even the occasional visiting cow, sheep, or deer. Our guarantee remains the same and simple: Your puppy is healthy, both physically and genetically, when you take him/her home - 100% GUARANTEED. Our pups are microchipped for permanent identification to give them the best chance possible to be found if they were to ever be lost, stolen, or turn up in a shelter. If for whatever reason an owner needs to give up their dog or puppy, we MUST be contacted first. We will either help the owner find a new home that meets our standard or we will take our dog back. Now, in our third decade and sixth generation of being a Rhodesian Ridgeback breeder, we are very proud of the quality of our dogs which is based on three principles in this order: temperment/personality, clean genetic health, and correct conformation. Thankfully, we produce very few dermoid sinus pups or ridgeless pups (Zimbabwe Flatbacks make great pets!) and you cannot ask for better personalities or conformation than these big galoots have!!! When you get a puppy from us, you get US as well – our experience, advice, support, and commitment to a forever home for one of our own!!!! As a Puppy Obedience Instructor, a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator and a Therapy Dog enthusiast along with all the tracking, hunting, agility, herding, and even the occasionally lurecoursing, there will be very few times when you can’t hear me say ‘Been there, done that”!!! You will become very familiar with the ‘Grandma June” letters!! Our motto is still the same “Ultimately, they are ALL pets”! Our “Rhodies” have been a true joy and blessing for our entire family and our evergrowing extended family of friends! All website content is © Kollege Kennels 2010. Permission to be granted prior to use of any text or images. This site was last updated on: February 5, 2010
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