We are Edith and Henk Salm and we live in the small town of Esbeek, in the south of the Netherlands, near Tilburg.
Our dog family consists out of the Rhodesian Ridgebacks: Dutch. International CH. Ferra's Chuma Mexx Fan ûnder de Mûne (Mexx) and out of her 1st litter her beautiful daughter Mumoja (Puma).
Since July 2008 Zaxxon’s Delightful Davidoff (Davi) is also part of our dog family. Davidoff is imported from Sweden.
Since April 2009 we welcomed out of Mexx 2nd litter Paerdecroon Baroness Balenciaga (Ciaga) and Paerdecroon Baron Borg (Borg).
And finally we have a cat and 2 chickens.
Besides dogs we have two horses: Reweampla (named Roos - 1998 - brown - Clavecimbel x Juburg - own breed - ster / prok) and Kyra (1992 - black - Equador x Naturel - ster / prok / sport). Both mares are KWPN (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands) registered and come out of well known breed and sport pedigrees also in the mother bloodlines.
When we came to live in Esbeek in 1993, our dream was complete to have horse stables, riding facilities and grass-land at home and we also have a chance to breed and raise some foals.
Since childhood we like to ride horses and until some years ago we took part in a lot of dressage competitions. Nowadays we only ride for fun.
After 100 meters the street we live in passes into the national parks Gorp & Rovert (1.200 hectare) and Landgoed De Utrecht (2.500 hectare); so a lot of space for walking and riding.
Before 2003, when Mexx came into our family as a puppy, we always have had several older ‘’second hand’’ dogs, which were looking for a new home.
We had noticed the Rhodesian Ridgeback for a much longer time but we were not familiar enough with this breed to dare to take the risk to go for a ‘’replacement’’.
The Ridgeback is a marvelous dog, which we should have noticed much earlier.
We have no intention to breed frequently. We purely breed when we have an absolute passion for a specific combination and with the objective to keep one pup by ourselves.
Our mission is to breed Ridgebacks by the FCI breeding standard. Of course that is not the only point. We also want to breed healthy Ridgebacks, with top characters and excellent movements.
We pursuit for our puppy owners to breed not only a nice looking dog but we also want them to have a lot of fun and happiness with their Ridgeback as a family member.
Our kennel name "Paerdecroon" has been formally registrated at De Raad van Beheer on June 8, 2007.
Henk obtained the official certificate for the training KK1 (Kynologische Kennis I) on April 21, 2008. Since October 2008 Henk started stuying for the training KK2 (Kynologische Kennis II). After a stop he will continue with this in September 2010.
We are a member of the Dutch Rhodesian Ridgeback Club and the Belgium Rhodesian Ridgeback Club; we conform to both their Code of Ethics.
Furthermore we are a member of the Specialkubben Rhodesian Ridgeback Sweden.
We wish you a lot of reading and viewing pleasure on our site. If you have any questions or remarks, please feel free to contact us.
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