Maggie Hughes

I got Maggie for Christian for our 1st wedding anniversary.  He had been telling me how awesome he thought Rodesian Ridgebacks were while we were dating and so on.  I had never heard about a Ridgeback before and didn't ever give them much thought even after Christian would tell me about them.  Then we talked about getting a dog and I started doing research.  After reading and comparing breeds I found that the Ridgeback was exactly what we were looking for.  Good temperment, great guard dog, no high need to walk, short hair, no smelly hound smell, hardly sheds, and can be very protective of home and family.  I found a breeder in Mesa and went to look at the puppies.  They all looked exactly the same to me but they were really neat so I paid for our puppy and then left her there for another week so I could pick her up on our wedding anniversary.  I brought Melody with me to look at the puppies and had to swear her to secrecy.  All I kept telling Christian was I got him something really great and wouldn't give him any hints.  Then as I was driving home with our little puppy on our anniversary I was talking to Christan on the phone and as I pulled into the driveway he guessed!  I couldn't believe that he would guess and he came out of the house to see her.  He opened the sliding door to the van and there was the cutest little puppy dog looking right out at us.  I still think that was by far the best wedding anniversary present I've ever gotten Christian. 

Then we had Dane.  Take a look at these pictures and you tell me whose dog this really belongs to.

Often times while we're watching TV together this is what we'll see.  Dane just laying right on top of Maggie chilling out and Maggie absolutely loves it.  Dane and Maggie are very much a team and together a lot.  I'll put Maggie outside and next thing I know she's back inside because Dane missed her and wanted her back inside with him.  I had to hide the doggie-bones because Dane thought Maggie needed those all the time.  I think Maggie thinks Dane is her own little puppy.