4 weeks

OONA  -  Old Gaelic girl's name derived from the word for lamb

                                        Oona is a Rhodesian ridgeback but without the ridge (Rhodesian ridgeless)

                                                                Here is a link to her breeders:     http://www.strasridge.com/ 

                                                                News: Oona's grandmother won "Best Female Ridgeback" at the Westminster

                                                                            Dog Show on Monday, 9 February

Below is Oona on her first birthday - she is now 65 pounds

Oona resting after her birthday party.

9 weeks

3 months  and 27 pounds

                                              I know there is a lion here somewhere.

                                                                         The princess rests.

Now 4 months and 36 pounds

Nap time on the couch

I still think there is a lion in here - saw the bobcat yesterday in the gully.

Oona on her birthday - 6 months and 51 pounds

Sam (Samantha) - our 13 year old dalmation - teaching Oona to hunt grasshoppers

Blue  -  she was my girl for 12 years - until July 2008.

Blue's dad Mandela - also Oona's great-great-grandfather.

Won best male ridgeback at the Westminster dog show

Nika - Oona's grandmother at Westminster dog show