Phyllis McCarthy

March 12, 1903 (age 82)

They moved onto a large citrus farm (which they named Glenaholm) in Town Bush Valley just out of Pietermaritzburg and turned to raising poultry and a family of five children. Her eldest son, Cuan McCarthy, became one of South Africa"s best fast-bowlers and distinguished himself in Test matches against England. Abandoning the Doberman Pinschers with which she had started, Phyllis McCarthy bought her first 2 RRs, Cleopatra of Efabe and Sheba of Efabe (SA3089 born 10121948) and found they had most of the physical and temperamental qualities she sought. She next brought to bear her extensive knowledge of selective breeding acquired from her program of producing world-class poultry, and soon moulded her distinctive type of Ridgeback. During the 1960s she made use of an experienced geneticist flown in from England. Glenaholm Kennels remain active under Lorraine Venter, Phyllis McCarthy"s daughter.

Phyllis McCarthy

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Career

They moved onto a large citrus farm (which they named Glenaholm) in Town Bush Valley just out of Pietermaritzburg and turned to raising poultry and a family of five children. Her eldest son, Cuan McCarthy, became one of South Africa"s best fast-bowlers and distinguished himself in Test matches against England. Abandoning the Doberman Pinschers with which she had started, Phyllis McCarthy bought her first 2 RRs, Cleopatra of Efabe and Sheba of Efabe (SA3089 born 10121948) and found they had most of the physical and temperamental qualities she sought.

She next brought to bear her extensive knowledge of selective breeding acquired from her program of producing world-class poultry, and soon moulded her distinctive type of Ridgeback.

During the 1960s she made use of an experienced geneticist flown in from England. Glenaholm Kennels remain active under Lorraine Venter, Phyllis McCarthy"s daughter.

Achievements

Phyllis was the second of four children born to George Scarlet Abinger Keeling and Mabel Lydia Moorby, an accomplished painter, poet and composer. She spent much time and effort attending dog shows throughout South Africa in order to study the top dogs that were available and to win champion status for her own dogs.

Membership

She established the Glenaholm Kennels in 1949 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, played a seminal role in the Ridgeback community and produced a long line of Ridgebacks featuring prominently in the ancestry of almost all modern members of the breed.

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