Descriptions of "RIDGES" Please note a ridge does not have to be one of the following shapes. Kaem ridge or Needle ridge
is a ridge without crowns. It is just a line of hair running in the opposite direction of the rest of the hair on the body, in a needle-shape, from the front shoulders to the buttocks. The normal size is 2-2.5 cm wide. This kind of ridge is very common.
Phaen ridge
is another ridge without crowns. The pattern is the same as Kaem ridge but Phaen ridge is larger in size and is 4-5 cm wide. It is a ridge that is uncommon and rarely found.
Thep-pa-nom ridge or Pa-nom or Prom ridge
is also a ridge without crowns. The hair of this ridge does not run in the opposite direction of the rest of the hair like Keam or Phaen ridges. But the hair on the left and right side of the backbone would raise and meet each other in the middle. It forms a pattern that looks like two hands praying. This action is called "wai" in Thai. It is when you put your two hands together on the chest level in order to greet other people. This ridge can be most often found in dogs with long hair.
Tha-nu ridge or Look-sorn ridge
is a ridge with a crown. It starts with two crowns on each front shoulder, swirls and meets each other, then runs along the backbone in the shape of an arrow. This kind of ridge is easy to be seen. If you mate the Thanu ridgeback dog with another type of ridge, the results may be puppies with larger type ridges.
Pin ridge or Lute Ridge is
a ridge with many crowns. It starts with a crown on the front shoulders, which may possess more than one on each side. They swirl and meet each other then continues down the backbone. There will also be two crowns on
either side of the middle of the back. This causes a larger patch of hair growing in the opposite direction. There are two crowns in the middle of the back, one on each side, which causes the big piece of hair running
in the opposite direction on the back. It will then taper down to a fine point by the croup. Bai-pho or Ma ridges or Bho-Di leaf or saddle
is of the same pattern as a Pin ridge. The difference is this ridge will have a much larger shape and patch of hair growing opposite to the rest. This type of ridge may grow down the flanks of the body. It resembles the shape of the Bho-Di leaf or a saddle hence the name. It is a very rare type of ridge pattern.
Violin ridge
is formed by three pairs of crowns located in the different parts of the back. The first pair of crowns is located at the front shoulders. The second one is further down towards the middle of the back. There is one crown on the right and one on the left side of the back. The third pair of crowns are small and form the shape of a violin, then taper down towards the croup. Violin ridges are strange looking and very seldom found.
Hu-kra-tai Ridge is formed
by two distinctive oval shaped patched growing on both sides of the backbone. It forms a pattern resembling a "sitting rabbit" with it's ears spread. The Hu-kra-tai ridge is also very rarely found.
Bowling Pin ridge is formed by crowns located along the back bone which looks like a bowling pin. It does not need to have a crown located at the front of the shoulders. There are two crowns located closely on the middle of
the back. There are two more crowns at the back of the shoulders with a wider distance between them. These patterns form the shape of a "bowling pin."Besides the mentioned ridges, there are many more ridge
patterns. They are named by what they resemble. Some other types are the Necktie ridge, Dam-pai ridge (a paddle-shape), Hang-mang-da ridge (a shape of a horse-shoe tail), etc.
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