{"id":2833,"date":"2013-04-07T21:46:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T04:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.14.234.116\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2013-04-07T22:11:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T05:11:02","slug":"say-hello-to-my-little-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/?p=2833","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to my little friend…"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I’m in Hawaii, so unless I was actually pulling this quote a la Tony Montana (i.e. high out of my mind on coke), I’m not referring to a M203 sporting M-16.\u00a0 Instead, I mean say hello to this little girl:
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Her name is Hollie.\u00a0 Since she’s partially Rhodesian Ridgeback, Kelly wanted to name her something having to do with their purpose: Hunting lions.\u00a0 We mulled over plenty of hunters’ names, and places in what used to be Rhodesia (all summarily shot down), then decided on trying to name her after a rifle.\u00a0 The Holland & Holland kept coming up, so we dubbed her Hollie, the mini-Ridgeback.\u00a0 We suspect either Whippet or Italian Greyhound as the other major breed in her makeup, based on her size, facial divergences from the standard Ridgie mug, and by the way she holds her ears.\u00a0 She gets along with the other two very well, and has even more energy than Angus.
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Yeah, that doesn’t look high-energy, but what immediately preceded it did (note the level of faux-viciousness):
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They play very well together, and wear each other out, much to our delight.\u00a0 Sequoia has also done well, albeit while sometimes wearing his crankypants.\u00a0 He’s been a bit more needy with regards to attention, but that was somewhat to be expected.\u00a0 He can be a little insecure, so we’re trying to do our best to pay extra attention to the old man. Still, he’s done well with our new addition.
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She’s still a little timid approaching him, but ‘cautiously friendly’ is a good way to describe it.\u00a0 We’re definitely going to over-socialize her, mostly in conjunction with re-socializing Angus, who Kelly is now going to start working with on therapy dog training.\u00a0 Also of note: her ridge is better presented (crown to tail sizing, whorl symmetry, etc) than Resa, who had papers…
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She’s a LOT on the small side, currently weighing in at 32.2lbs.\u00a0 I’m really hoping she’s got a bit more growth in there and 40lbs isn’t outside the realm of possible, but I’m not going to hold my breath.\u00a0 She came from Waianae, which is not the nicest side of the island, and had a couple of open wounds when the Humane Society got her.\u00a0 I’m not completely sure the nicks were only from Demodex mange, but in any case they’re healing up well, and based on how well a friend’s dog healed up (and Hollie being partly Ridgeback), I expect them to pretty much disappear.
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It is pretty funny how many things she does like Resa did, (running, the ‘wrinkle-face’ above, etc), but just in a miniature version.\u00a0 Any other ridgie owners recognize this puppy-run?
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In other ‘little friend’ news, I managed to find a decent set of Cortech saddlebags for the Ninjette, and now have it fully decked-out as a mini-tourer.\u00a0 The bags also expand, but I don’t see me carrying anything but raingear, cleaning supplies, spare clothes and my PT gear to work on any given day, so no real need for the extra space while we’re here.\u00a0 Doesn’t look too bad for a little bike:
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The rear turn signals took a little thought, but after I figured out that I could add a 90* angle-bracket\u00a0 and get them down by the license plate where they wouldn’t be obscured by the bags:
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