This is the Homepage of the black and gold Hovawart Iron vom Wittlerdamm and his blond brother Kosta vom Wittlerdamm. We all are members of the Hovawartzuchtgemeinschaft Deutschland (HZD) which is part of VDH/FCI.
Please come and read something about our life. We hope you enjoy this homepage and get more information about these beautiful dogs.
The Hovawart is an old German dog breed. Hovawarts are large dog with an average height of 70 cm and a weight of about 40 kg (for males). These dogs got their name because of their passion to guard the house. In German it means “Hofwaiten”. Hovawarts like to become part of their family. They are very clever, secure and have a settled character. They are well known because their friendly personality. You can see Hovawarts with blond, black and gold and black coats with medium length hair.
Iron is our black and gold Hovawart and was born on Mai 1998 in Germany. His breeder Gudrun Heiss (hovawartkennel “vom Wittlerdamm”) helped raise him during the first 8 weeks of his live. After this time, we have taken Iron home to us. At this point the story of his adventurous life begins. You get information about this time as a puppy. These were some of his adventures in recent years:
-Iron visit many dog shows and got excellent ratings. In 2007 Iron got the title “HZD-Veteranen-Champion”
-Some breeders of Germany and from abroad kept an eye on our Iron and wanted him for their female dogs.
-The breeders were very satisfied with the results. So some of Iron´s sons and daughters have been kept for breed.
-At present Iron has 54 daughters and 33 sons in all typical colours. Most of them are in Germany, others live in Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, France, Italia and Netherlands. All have best hips and no hypothyreosis.
-Iron´s daughter got excellent rating:
Anjoo von Finas Stern got the title “German Champion”
Many sons and daughters have got an exceptional evalution at his breeding test because of his wonderful character!
-furthermore Iron is allowed to mate females of VDH/FCI/IHF Perhaps Iron will meet some interesting females from abroad. We will keep you up-to-date!
-Interesting newspaper article you can find here
Kosta is our blond Hovawart (he is the brother from Iron) and was born on December 1999 in Germany. His breeder also Gudrun Heiss (hovawartkennel “vom Wittlerdamm”) helped raise him during the first 8 weeks of his live. After this time, we have taken Kosta home to us. At this point the story of his adventurous life begins. You get information about this time as a puppy. These were some of his adventures in recent years:
-Kosta visit many dog shows and got excellent ratings. He often made 1st places. Kosta has got the title “German Champion VDH, German Champion HZD and Luxembourg-Champion.
-Some breeders of Germany and from abroad kept an eye on our Kosta and wanted him for their female dogs.
-The breeders were very satisfied with the results. So some of Kosta´s sons and daughters have been kept for breed.
-At present Kosta has 33 daughters and 42 sons in all typical colours. Most of them are in Germany, others live in Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, France, Italia and Netherlands. All have best hips and no hypothyreosis.
-Many sons and daughters have got an exceptional evalution at his breeding test because of his wonderful character!
-furthermore Kosta is allowed to mate females of VDH/FCI/IHF Perhaps Kosta will meet some interesting females from abroad. We will keep you up-to-date!