We are Melanie and Marc Burkhardt.
We live with our five dogs and our daughter in Niedernhausen, near Wiesbaden.
Our pack is a patchwork of dogs. Listed in order of age are:
Bowie, Georges, Luan, Anakin and Bosse.
We share a passion for the Rhodesian Ridgeback and live the sport with our dogs.
My Family has always had dogs, so from childhood I grew up surrounded by paw walkers and black noses.
For as long as I can remember, dogs have been very close to me and I've felt more and more drawn to the four-legged friends.
In March 2018, my wish for a Rhodesian Ridgeback came true and Georges was born.
I couldn't have found a better breeder than Lea Kratzer.
She embodies everything that was and is important to me in raising and behaving her.
I am incredibly grateful to her for the trust she placed in me and my prince, as we have affectionately called him from the beginning.
Georges is my goofball and with his playdough in his head he makes me laugh every day.
He is my rock in the storm.
In the summer of 2022, Luan, my little crumb, crept into my heart within just a few moments.
Unplanned, yet within seconds he had burst into her heart.
It comes from Andrea Jäger and for him it really was "love at first sight".
Oh yes, for those wondering who the little whirlwind on this page is.
This is our new addition, "Anakin . "
With him, a dream has come true. He is a son of my Prince George.
Here my love for liver is fulfilled.
sooooooo,
More about these special dogs, my prince, the crumb, and the little liver-nosed one, follows on the next pages...
Have fun browsing!
IF NOT FOREVER, THEN FOREVER
KIRA
1997 - 12/20/2016
At the age of 15 I got my first own bitch Kira from the animal shelter.
An extraordinary little lady with a very big heart and an amazing charisma.
She turned 19 and left me in December 2016 after 17 years together.
Left in 2016 after 17 marriages
SAKIMA
03/18/2010 - 07/08/2021
In 2010 my magic mouse Sakima came to us at the age of 8 weeks.
A mix of Great Dane and Rhodesian Ridgeback. Lacquer black and pretty.
Her behavior was absolutely Ridgeback like. Temperamental and sensitively soft at the same time, she inspired me anew every day.
She was not a bitch who put herself in the foreground, but sensitive in her way.
Sakima was a bitch who liked to be liked but not noticed.
She was sporty until old age, actually until a day before the devastating diagnosis of osteosarcoma.
Georges was a patient friend who knew how to take his temperament very well and still lovingly put him in his place when it got too much.
Unfortunately, my soul girl fell asleep forever in July 2021 after a very short, serious illness. We miss her every day
IN THE
03/18/2010 - 06/06/2017
In 2011, Sakima's full brother Indie came to us unplanned, but with no less love.
A very sensitive male who has experienced very little socialization in his first months of life and has adopted his own strategies. to get by in life.
It was through our unique connection that I firmly took over and was able to avert euthanasia.
Our way was a special one. Often rocky, with not a few tears and yet with a learning curve of 180°. He was my Eumel, my joker, my boy.
Unfortunately, in June 2017, after suffering from severe cancer, he passed away forever.