Have you ever heard of ridgeless-to-ridgeless breedings producing ridged puppies?
Periodically, people will talk about ridgeless-to-ridgeless breedings that supposedly produced ridged dogs. But they can never produce any identifying details no dates, not even the name of the breeder or the dogs involved. That’s because these stories are apocryphal they are folklore. Breeding two ridgeless Rhodesian Ridgebacks together will result in an entire litter of ridgeless. How are certain aspects of the ridge for example, number of crowns inherited? There are many elements of the ridge that modify it, including length and width, number and placement of crowns, and shape of the fan. The mode of inheritance for these modifiers is not yet understood. How can I determine retrospectively if my Ridgeback is heterozygous (carrying only one copy of the ridge gene) or homozygous (carrying two copies)? If your Ridgeback has ever produced ridgeless puppies, he or she is heterozygous, as is the dog he or she was bred to. If your dog has never produced ridgeless, that does not necessarily
