I miss my Ridgeback, its now my ex dog with my ex partner.
She was/still is as good as Rosie says they are, fantastic dogs with huge huge personality's.
Just going back to Chris's message about realising how big they are, our's used to be scared of other dogs and would squat down and even roll on its back if another dog came upto her in an aggressive manner.
Then one day i think she'd had enough of been bullied and turned around and nailed this dog, much to my shock and suprise. She didn't bite it, she just pinned it to the floor. Ever since then she stuck up for herself, but she's still great with other dogs , its if they start on her she just pins them to the floor and tells them off and thats it argument over and back to been a big daft dog.