We are the family Nirtl and want to introduce us.

 We, that are:

Rita (44), Andreas (48),  Dennis (21) and Patrick (18). On the 15. October 2005 Dennis married his Saskia and so she is the newest member of our family. We live together with our cat Rocky (12) and our two dogs, Kianga and Jai in Ennigerloh. There we live in a semidetached house with a huge garden.

We always loved dogs, but before the year 2003 we lived together with our cat in a small 70m² accommodation. So we hadn´t the opportunity to have a dog, too.

 First we found our love for the Rhodesian Ridgeback. So our she-dog Kianga comes to our family. It wasn´t easy with her at all, but we are happy to have her and don´t want to miss our sweetheart. We love her with all her faults. Kianga is a real member of our family. She is a great she-dog, a comforter when you feels bad, a guardian when you feel lonely and a friend when you want to snuggle.

After due consideration we decided to take a second dog to our family. Kianga has to much power to stay alone...

Me (Rita) keeps an eye on a certain race... the Thai-Ridgeback.

 But...where can i find out something about the Thai-Ridgeback? Finally, this race doesn´t live around the corner.

 Fortunately the internet exists and so i found the Thai-Forum (Message Board). There i found all what i need to know about this race. I was awake on the fact that a Thai-Ridgeback is not the easiest race but i took the decision: Our new dog should be a Thai! From the Thai-Forum we heard about actual Thai-Whelps in Germany and other countries.

 So far so good... but i had an other problem, too. My Thai should be silver. At this time it was impossible to find a silver Thai-Ridgeback in Germany or the Netherlands .

What now? Hold on till the next year? On the 27th December 2005 silver whelps were born in France . Aggravating circumstances at our home did not allow us to drive to France to take a look on the Whelps. My husband wasn´t so angry about this, but me was very commiserate about this.

 I couldn´t forget these small whelps from France . On the website from the breeder i observed the growing up from the whelps. One whelp went to Austria . Sabrina Hiller, the founder of the Thai-Forum accompanied the potential buyers to France . For one of the small whelps the breeder couldn´t find a new home, so Sabrina decided to take the whelp to Switzerland . She wanted to find a new home for this little dog in Switzerland . My interest was really big but the whelp should be given away close to Sabrina. But then Sabrina falls in love to him and so she decided to keep the whelp for herself. Unforeseen circumstanced makes her to find a new home for her new dog.  We were pefectly happy that she choosed us to be the new family for the dog.

In May 2006 we picked up our newest family member from the Switzerland and we are sure, that our Ao-Jai feels good in his new family.