Pedigree 

SHELRIDGE AUSSIE REBEL arrived to us from far Australia after years of waiting him.

Rebel comes from the well-known "Shelridge kennels", who specialise in Rhodesian Ridgebacks with over 40-years experience in this breed.
We thank Dawn Redman his breeder, for entrusting such a gorgeous boy into our care and for everything she did for us!

Rebel has an excellent pedigree which boasts many outstanding top quality RR's which together combine Australian, American and South African ancestry.
If you glance over his four generation pedigree you will view the following RR speciality winners:

BISS/RUBISS Ch Lionsbane Hes The Boss (BISS Aust National Show 2004)
RUBISS Ch Ozrhode Divine Mystique
Multi BIS/BISS Aust & Am Ch Camelots Code Red
Multi BIS/BISS Am Ch Kimani's Blue Chip Image
BISS AM/SAF/ZIM CH Camelot's Technical Knockout
RUBISS Ch Ozrhode Midas Touch
BIS/RUBISS Ch Ujamaa Satisfaction
BIS/BISS Ch Caprivi Inside Edge CDX ADM JDX ET
MBISS Ch Ozrhode Ari Mystic Gypsy ET (4x BISS/1xRUBISS includes 1992&1994 National RR Show)
MBISS Ch Marsabit Mfumo (3x BISS/1xRUBISS)
BISS/RUBISS Ch Annabarh Barrister Brown
RUBISS Ch Zimbalooba Orions Bow (2000 National Show)

Rebel's sire is BIS BISS Australian Champion Lionsbane Hes The Boss (aka Kimba).  A Rhodesian Ridgeback that combines great conformation and a fabulous temperament. He not only has the looks but the credentials too. He is an Australian National Rhodesian Ridgeback Specialty "Best In Show" winner and has Multi Show and Group awards. Kimba is also a successful sire producing Multi Australian Grand Champions and Champion progeny.

Rebel's dam is the beautiful MRBIS/RBISS Australian Champion Ozrhode Divine Mystique (aka Misty) bred by the famed Ozrhode Kennels and owned by esteemed Shelridge Kennels. Misty possesses a much sort after conformation being well balanced and sound whether still or on the move. "Misty" has been awarded at both RR Specialty and All Breeds champ show level. She is a Multi South Australian RR Club Pointscore winner (2005 & 2007) and won South Australian RR Club Rhodesian Ridgeback of the Year 2007. Misty is a fantastic Rhodesian Ridgeback to observe in the showring, having "joie de vivre" which has earned her Multi show and Group level accolades, bestowed at some highly contested Australian championship shows. The adage "quality produces quality" is certainly true where Misty is concerned, as she has won the "Best Dam and Progeny Class" on four occasions at Australian Rhodesian Ridgeback Specialty Champ Shows.

Character 

Rebel has absolutely outstanding character.

He is a dog what you come to love immediately.  

We never thought that we would find a dog as loving and affectionate as our Sorbonne, but Rebel has proved us wrong.
Rebel is an extremely loving boy who likes to give us a cuddle and snuggle whenever he gets the chance. He is a young dog who is self-confident and he is always ready for adventure and activity. He is continuously eager to please us being extremely focused on us, trying to please us whenever he can so enthusiastically awaiting our commands.
Rebel is a dog with absolutely exhaustless temperament, constantly ready for doing anything.
He is absolutely nonaggressive and joyful dog, all the time wagging his tail.

But Rebel is not only wonderful family pet, but he is also a great working dog, what is really very important for me.

Rebel is industrious dog, very willing and diligent.
Already very soon we realised that this dog has an enormous working potential and is very talented in different activities. He enjoyes working with me and a teamwork much, he is very easily motivated dog who is eagerly waiting for my commands at all times.
Rebel is a dog of very strong nerves, what predestines him well for working.
He is capable and willing to work and be concentrated even also "under pressure" and at unfavourable situations, what proves his psychic equanimity and high working usability.
In activities requiring his own enterprise and independency (like tracking) he has no problem to work independently from a leader.
(see his video page)

We train with Rebel a classic obedience including retrieving, and overcaming various hurdles. Our speciality is tracking, where we would like to pass several special tracking exams.
We also want try to train a defense in future.
We would like to show to everybody that also ridgeback could be a great working dog and we want to change an established, not much positive opinion for working ability of this breed. And we are quite successful although we are at the beginning of our effort.

Up to now Rebel handily passed his first exams - namely ZOP (basic obedience exam + behaviour/mental test), ZZO (obedience + behaviour/mental test), ZPU 1 (higher obedience + hurdles + tracking exam) and FPr 1 (special tracking exam).
It is noteworthy that all these mentioned exams he has passsed even before his 2. birthday, and mainly the uneasy  tracking exam FPr 1 is a great achievement for this age.
In Spring 2010 he passed another one uneasy special tracking exam level II - FPr 2! It is important to underline, that to this day only 2 another ridgebacks passed this difficult exam in all history of Czech RR breeding and even Rebel is the most youngest from them! He managed to pass it in his only 29 months and just after only 8 months of tracking training!
At present Rebel is still in training and is preparing for passing of  some another higher obedience exams, as well as another very difficult special tracking exams...

He is also trained as a hunting dog and he actively takes part in shows in Czech Republic and abroad too. Rebel is a great show dog who is very successful. He is already Champion of Poland and is a candidate for many other champion titles and he has won at Group level in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia and is already an All Breeds Best Exhibit In Show winner and Czech National Winner 2009.

However Rebel does sometimes live up to his name by constantly inventing new roguery when he is left to his own devices, but these kind of antics make him a fun dog and even more loveable. Of course all his naughty deeds are forgiven because of his beautiful character.
Rebel together with our very discreet and kind Sorbonne makes up a great couple and are complementing each other perfectly.

Rebel is absolutely healthy dog, he doesn´t suffer from any illness or any kind of allergy. Rebel is a very healthy boy being fit in body and mind.

Rebel is a dog easy to control and manageable in various situations, he does not hunt wild animals, although he has very strong hunting instincts.

He has no reaction to shooting.

Rebel´s photos