ArchivesS 2005
| 27.12.2005 | Yesterday Bartok became Grandfather at the
tender age of 7,5 years ;-) His daughter "Fine vom Hohen Westerwald"
gave birth to 10 healthy puppies, 4 boys (1b, 3 b/g) and six girls
(3b, 3 b/g).Here are the first pictures of the G-litter vom
Hohen Westerwald:   |
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| 26.12.2005 | We got lots of Christmas greetings from all
over Europe, here you can see some of them! The
"Pyramidenhovis" from Austria and the "Hoffen-Haus" Hovawarts from
Finland:   "Mountain Dew" Hovawarts& Border Terriers (Netherlans) and the "la Brughiera Comasca" Hovis (Italy):   Whippetgirl Whitney & friends:  Susanne´s little zoo and the "Hound Station" from Munich:  
"Mysjkin“s" Borzois & Greyhounds and "Another Story" Greyhounds from Schweden:   Thank you all! |
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| 24.12.2005 |
A very merry Christmas to all our friends!
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| 23.12.2005 | From Poland we got this lovely pictures of
the "Salutaris"-Crew:
 Left: Bartok“s daughter "Irma Salutaris", Middle: her dam "Endi Gosmir" Right: "Rejkin Chatka Zielarki" |
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| 20.12.2005 | The A-litter "vom
Niederrhein" keeps on developing well. They had their
first "day out", and some portraits were taken. You will
find them at the Puppy
Page.
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| 18.12.2005 | New HD-results: like their sister Dorie Dina and Duke ("Henry") "vom sonnigen Gemüt" are HD A1. Now we are hoping for more results of that kind :-) | ||
| 07.12.2005 | Today we visited Lenny´s half-siblings
at Koseilata´s
Whippets. Mojo enjoyed meeting many nice girls on his 5th birthday,
Rufus had some problems escaping the "bonsai-piranhas" and
I fell in love with little "Tano" (Koseilata´s Zulu
Dancer). But luckily he has already found his new parents ;-)  |
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| 04.12.2005 | I got informed that the HD-result of Bartok´s daughter "Dorie vom Sonnigen Gemüt" just arrived: Dorie is HD A1 :-) Now this step towards breeding has been taken, congratulations to "Junior Breeder" Michèle! | ||
| 03.12.2005 | Just in time we managed to produce the Hovawart
calendar 2006. If there will be enough inquiries, I might produce
one with the quotes in English. Please click on the picture to see
a preview: |
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| 01.12.2005 | Bloxi´s and Bartok´s puppies
from the A-litter "vom Niederrhein" are growing fast. The
question is: who is more exhausted, the dam or the breeder? |
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| 27.11.2005 | Same procedure as every year: we attended
the traditional sighthound meeting at Mechernich. Here
you will find more pictures of the walk. |
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| 24.11.2005 | Sad news from Great Britain: Elaine &
John informed me that they had to put Ronja down according to her
aggressive behavior towards her human pack members. They did not take
the decision easy, bit it seems this was the only way to go. I hope
Ronja will find the peace she did not have during her lifetime...  |
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| 22.11.2005 | Big surprise: Bloxi´s puppies arrived
two days too early, and they were more than we expected. There are
four boys (3 b/g & 1 black) and four girls (3 black & 1 b/g).
All including the proud mom are in best conditions, as can be seen
at the first photos:
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| 19.11.2005 | At the CAC Show held by the Belgian Sighthound Club at Kortrijk Rufus got Very Good1 in Youth Class, Mojo was rated Excellent1 in Working Class. | ||
| 12.11.2005 |
They cannot deny they are brothers Rufus (left)
and Zorro (right):
  Zorro (Wenonah Prometheus) lives in Sweden with the Mysjkin´s Greyhounds |
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| 08.11.2005 | Where is Achilles hiding?  Here!  |
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| 05.11.2005 | Bartok´s son "Akhiro vom Rodenbächlein" passed his AD (endurance test) at the "hovawart-Freunde Rhein-Main e.V.". Congratulations to Carsten and Akhiro :-) | ||
| 01.11.2005 | Bartok and Bloxi watch out for the stork: Three more weeks to go... |
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| 30.10.2005 | Sad news from England: Anne Gilpin wrote
me that Rufus´ grandmother "Hooley" (Qattara Morning
Star at Wenonah) had a stroke on Thursday and was put to sleep Friday.
I met Hooley during our visit in April, and I was impressed by her
funny and youthful character. Fortunately she passed on these traits
to her offspring... Hooley at 11,5 years |
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| 29.10.2005 | Mail from the Netherlands: yesterday I
found a photo of Bartok`s son "Bas" in my mailbox. "Bas"
os out of Laila van de Toverbergh, he is 6 1/2 old and looks very
promising. His owners Dick and Tina Stol love him to bits and he is
a great open and friendly charmer! And here comes Bas:  |
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| 28.10.2005 | England vs. Marokko: Rufus´ Sloughi-friend
Mayssa is visiting us over the weekend. They have lots of fun together:  |
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| 28.10.2005 | Bartok becomes Grandpa :-) Today his daughter "Fine vom Hohen Westerwald" was mated to "Apollo von Hathor". We will keep our fingers crossed for many Bartok-grandchildren at the "vom Hohen Westerwald" kennel! | ||
| 21.10.2005 | Now we know for sure Bloxi has taken and
there will be Hovawart puppies at the "vom
Niederrhein" kennel! She was scanned today, and at
least 3 puppies were visible at once. Around November, 22nd we will
see how many more puppies were hidden... |
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| 20.10.2005 | Mimikry in black-white-red: yesterday I
spend some time playing with a digital camera, here are some results:
  Left: Mojo with kitten, right: Rufus & Lennox |
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| 16.10.2005 | Mail from Amorbach: I received an e-mail
of Bartok´s breeder Conny Schmelzer. She told me that Bartok´s
dam Andra is as happy and healthy as ever at 13,5 years of age. And
now she has little companion: the cute blond "Anni von der Klatschmohnwiese".
I like the thought that there will be a new brood bitch at the "vom
Amorhof" kennel, as I would always buy another Hovawart puppy
there ;-)  |
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| 16.10.2005 | Today we met some other sighthounds for
a sunday-afternoon walk: 3 Whippets, 2 Galgos and one Chortaj (a rare
russian sighthound breed). While Lenny & Mojo enjoyed the company
of the spanish girls, Rufus had lots of fun with the russian youngster
Chubais. You will find some pictures in Chubais`
Blog  |
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| 09.10.2005 | Bartok´s daughter Dorie vom Sonnigen
Gemüt has passed her BH (obedience test). Congratulations to
this young team!  |
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| 08.10.2005 | As the second one of Bartok´s offspring Akhiro vom Rodenbächlein has passed the ZTP at only 25 months. We are very proud about him and hope for many lovely grandchildren ;-) Congrats to his busy owner Carsten Münker! | ||
| 18.09.2005 | At the LCO Coursing in Cologne today only Lenny was entered - the National Class had been closed already, when I send the entry forms. Unfortunately Lenny lost the lure in the first run for a short while, therefore he got on the 5th place in the end. But I was allowed to race Mojo in the second run as one dog had failed in the first run, so that I could take two satisfied boys home again ; -) | ||
| 14.09.2005 | Sabine and Juergen
send this nice picture of the unfortunate Felix - Bartok´s
son had rolled in something not worth near defining and needed his
first real bath:  Always new photos on Felix“Homepage |
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| 11.09.2005 | We spent the weekend in Munich and met
many old and new sighthound friends in the English Garden. The boys
really had fun, particularly Rufus, who enjoyed raving around with
his Greyhound-friend Mika again. You will find some photos of this
walk on
Rufus´ side  |
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| 10.09.2005 | " Fine vom Hohen
Westerwald" has passed the last test in order to get her breeding
permission (ZTP) as the first of Bartok´s offspring. If everything
works out alright, there will be sweet fluffy puppies again next spring
at the "vom
Hohen Westerwald" kennel. Congratulations and good
luck! Breeder Manfred Dichanz with Fine (left) and her dam Yuma (right) |
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| 10.09.2005 | Owning mote than one dog, one can do beahaviour
studies in the own living room - as you can see by the example of
Lenny and Rufus:   Rufus decides to have some fun with Lenny: "Come ooon, let“s play!!!"   Lenny: "Wargs - leave me alone, Red Kangaroo!" Rufus: "Hmpf, was not meant like that - no need to get nasty at all!"  "Silly Whippets! And again it is sooo boooring...." |
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| 04.09.2005 | Family day: we went to the first Hovawart
show organized by the two German clubs HZD and RZV together. Bartok
got "Execellent 3" out of seven dogs in champion class,
we were very pleased with that result! Bartok´s daughters Dorie
and Duchesse (Maya) vom Sonnigen Gemüt both got "very good"
in youth class, so did Bartok´s son "Akhiro vom Rodenbächlein"
in special yearling class. Maya, Bartok & Dorie |
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| 01.09.2005 | Now Rufus has got his own site, too - and I added some Greyhound-pages to my linklist! | ||
| 25.08.2005 | Bartok´s son Felix follows his sire
and has now his own homepage (in German only):  |
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| 30.07.2005 | Rufus had his show debut at the CAC Hünstetten.
He behaved unexpectedly well and got a "very promising"
in Puppy Class under Italian judge Dr. Pialorsi-Falsina :-) Foto by Claudia Hoppe |
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| 04.07.2005 | To my big surprise Rufus is very fond of
water in all forms - he even likes to swim:  |
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| 02.07.2005 | I took some photos of Bartok´s son
"Felix vom Hohen Westerwald". At the age of 2 years he looks
more and more like his sire:
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| 29.05.2005 | On a hot summer´s day Lenny and Mojo weren´t too engaged at lure coursing: at the International Coursing Issum they only got the second last places in their classes... | ||
| 07.05.2005 | Coursing season has begun! Under quite moderate
circumstances Lenny and Mojo had their first lure coursing competition
at Frankfurt this weekend. Storm and strong rain made a second heat
impossible, nevertheless Mojo became 2nd (out of 8) in National Class
and Lenny sixth (out of 15) in normal class.
 Photos: E. Mammen |
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| 01.05.2005 | In order not to suffer from boredom after
Ronja left us, we brought this four-legged "Souvenir" from
good old England:  This is "Rufus" (Wenonah Koronis), a four months old greyhound puppy. Many thanks to Anne Gilpin for giving us that gorgeous boy! He will get his own page, soon :-) |
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| 01.05.2005 | Back from England we brought this lovely
picture, which shows how well Ronja fits into that range of black
& gold beauties:
 Good luck, Ronja! |
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| 26.04.2005 | Time to good-bye: half a year has passed
by, and Ronja is ready to leave for her final destination - the Pines
Kennel near Cambridge, owned by Elaine Betts and John Sharpe. Here
are two last photos with my boys:  |
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| 23.04.2005 | Only one week later Akhiro´s half-siblings Fine, Felix, Filou & Fjordor "vom Hohen Westerwald" achieved their JB-certificate, too. | ||
| 17.04.2005 | Akhiro is the first Bartok-puppy "vom Rodenbächlein" to pass his "Jugendbeurteilung - JB" (young dog character test). His owner Carsten is very proud and will try for the ZTP (adult charakter test for breeding permission) in autumn. Congratulations! |  |
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| 07.04.2005 | I am always glad to hear how Bartok´s
offspring is doing. Fortunately many of them live not too far away
so I can see them sometimes. A great pleasure gave me the mail I received
from Tracy Powell, owner of Bartok´s son "Oska" (Kynyaf
Khufu): We live in courchevel in the winter in the Three Valleys ski area and during the summer we live near Lyon in a house in the country, we also go to North Wales for a couple of months a year, so Oska is never far a way from water although for six months of the year its frozen!! He is a great dog with loads of character and personality. A lot of people stop us to say what a handsome dog he is and how happy he looks, then they ask what he is and they have never heard of one. I'm sure they think I've made it up!!!! And that“s what "Happy Oska" looks like:  |
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| 02.04.2005 | Laila van de Toverbergh delivered 10 healthy
new Bartok puppies on March, 30th in the Netherlands. There are two
black boys, one b/g boy, 4 black girls and three b/g girls. Congratulations
to familiy Hoogewerf and of course to Laila who is expecting busy
times... |
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| 17.03.2005 | Good news from Poland: all puppies of the "Salutaris" I-litter have found new families, one b/g bitch (Indra) will stay with her mum at the Salutaris kennel :-) | ||
| 09.03.2005 | That´s what Bartok´s Championship
certificate looks like: |
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| 04.03.2005 | More good news of Bartok´s "Rodenbächlein" offspring: Ailana, Anthea ("Thora") and their brother Akhiro vom Rodenbächlein have been rated HD-free A1, too. Now we are waiting for only two more results... | ||
| 02.03.2005 | We received a mail from Holland telling us Bartok´s short liason with Laila van de Toverbergh will lead to consequences ;-) Now we are looking forward to the birth of many German-Dutch furkids around March, 30th... | ||
| 23.02.2005 | Elke send us some pictures of Bartok´s
daughters Maya and Sina (Duchesse & Dina vom sonnigen Gemüt)
after a walk in the mud. It is the right weather for two youthful
"Dirtwarts", but their humans would have liked snow better... <  |
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| 05.02.2005 | More pictures
from Poland: next weekend the first puppies of the Salutaris I-litter
will be leaving home! Some of these friendly b/g puppies are still
looking for a new Hovawart-suitable home, if you are interested please
feel free to drop me
a line - more infos about the available pups here |
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| 04.02.2005 | Yesterday we got informed that the HD-results of Bartok´s daughters Aica (Anjana vom Rodenbächlein) and Milla (Aminah vom Rodenbächlein) just arrived: like their sister Amelina they are HD A1 :-) | ||
| 27.+ 28.02.2005 | Bartok was mated to the b/g bitch "Laila
van de Toverbergh". We will keep our fingers crossed for a happy
and healthy first litter for familiy Hoogewerf in the Netherlands! |
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| 20.01.2005 | New pictures
from Poland: the "Salutaris"
I-litter keeps growing and growing... No more room at the milk-bar ;-) |
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| 10.01.2005 | Family Hannemann sent us a delayed Xmas present:
they took a lot of photos of their Bartok son "Donner vom Sonnigen
Gemüt" and made a whole calendar of it. So we have a new
Donner picture every month - what a nice idea! Now we are looking
forward to meeting Donner again in "real live"... |
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