Two months ago

Exactly two months ago I got an email from Monika that Ceylla gave birth to 8 cute little puppies, 5 boys and 3 girls.

This is the first individual picture of Eshetu when he was 5 days old:
at this time he looks more a mole than a dog, still blind and deaf

now my little star is a real dog with 8,8kg today and 2 month old:
On these pictures you can see that he was not very amused that I took a picture of him - he was waiting for his meal :)

First lessons

How do we get Eshetu house-trained? We don't. Today he trained us!

Yesterday I was too slow with pulling my clothes and shoes on for getting outside when he was searching a place for peeing with nose on the ground. Two times I was dressed a millisecond to late!

Today I had a new tactic - I am getting dressed when I am expecting that he wakes up - and it works! We are a great team now!

My task for tomorrow is to get also dressed when he is drinking or eating - this was my fault today.

Besides this we had a super day - we spent it with sleeping, playing, eating and of course he is primarily asserting his claim for cuddling. :)

Little baby with big dreams

At first - I am so happy with Eshetu!

We went to sleep at 22:15. I let him choose his own place on the couch where I slept along with him. He wanted to lie down next to my feet.

I woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning when he was moving up and took place next to me with his head on my upper arm and shoulder and we slept side by side till 6 o'clock! He would have slept longer but he was dreaming so much that he had to run (into my rips) and smack (next to my left ear) :) I really want to know what he was dreaming about! So we had our first short tour outside today at 6:15 and afterwards fall asleep again till the second tour at 8 o'clock but he did not like it because it was raining - typically ridgeback :D

But it is a great achievement that he slept nearly 8 hours, with the short break even 9,5!

At our tours we played tag a lot, his favourit game. Now he is sleeping, we will see for how long!

His first day in our life

We started our day at 5 o'clock in the morning. After a journey of 4 hours we arrived and Monika and the puppies welcomed us! As ever Eshetu was the first who wanted to be cuddled.


Monika, the breeder, introduced us to many things and I am very happy that she answered us every question and she also will help us in future!

After 2 hours we left and it was a very emotional good-bye - I can imagine how hard it is for a breeder to let her puppies go to their new homes. Monika, at this point: I am overjoyed that you relinquish Eshetu to us!

At the beginning Eshetu was a little bit scared and trembled, but after a few minutes he fell asleep. After 2 hours he felt so confident that sleeping was not enough, it had to be comfortable :) and he dreamed a lot!

When we arrived he stepped in gently but after a short time he took the flat, like our hearts, by storm! His favourite place is underneath our couch table, but in a few weeks he will be too big.

He played a lot but after an hour he went to sleep in his kennel box where I placed his blanket with the smell of his mother and siblings.

Currently he is chewing on a pizzle, we will see how the first night will proceed :D

How time flies

Now time has come - tomorrow is the big day, my little boy, a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy called Easy to Love Ranua (Eshetu) will move to our house!

I waited more than half a year for him.

A friend of mine mentioned a stud dog called Ascot Alta Mirano and when I was searching him on the web I found a stunning, typical Rhodesian Ridgeback. I fell in love with him immediatly.

His next planned mating was with beautiful girl called Ceylles Cartouche and I had the luck to see her at the dog show in Salzburg in June and I got in contact with Monika, Ceyllas owner.

Beginning of September she had got great news, Ceylla was pregnant and on 12th October she gave birth to 8 beautiful and gorgeous puppies (5 boys and 3 girls) and now my big dream will come true!

We visited the babies at the age of 3, 4 and 6 weeks and fell in love with one cute little guy, Mr. Violet or, that was the name we have given him, Mr. Big.

This blog should document our first time with our big boy Eshetu!