Many years ago, I travelled to Phu Quoc for the first time and was knocked back right away by its spectacular beauty of a tropical paradise, but not the native Phu Quoc ridgeback dogs. I rode to almost every corner of Pearl island on a rental motorbike with travel buddies I met in the dorm by chance and visited almost best beaches in Phu Quoc. Dogs hardly try to run faster than fueled machines and their barking is often significantly overwhelmed by the loud noise from the engine. So that’s why I have ignored these native dogs of the island: Phu Quoc ridgebacks (chó Phú Quốc), despite their nationwide renown for superior characteristics…