Kenzo's Mothers: I Am A Farm Dog

After following Kenzo's father's roots, that ended with Markus the Newfoundland, lets have a look at Kenzo's mothers. And as the experts say, holds a lot more genealogical value.

Kenzo's mother was Freja, or by her official name, "Sveablik's Freja". She had in all three litters, and Kenzo was part of the first litter. I only have printed photo's of her, and she is not even in the work-dog.eu database, just in the registry of the Danish Kennel Club. Following the direct line from mother to mother we found our "Eve": Dina Geisler, a mix of two farm dogs, also called a "Hofe wart" (old-German for farm guard). These were dogs the first breeders found on farms, resembling their ideal of a Hovawart.

Kenzo's mother, Sveablik's Freja, 2002

Daughter of:

Kenzo's grandfather, Su-Ja Saffo, 1994

and:

Kenzo's grandmother, Angie Vom Wildanger, 1999

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-grandfather, Attila von der Jagsthöhe, 1994

and

Kenzo's great-grandmother, Mendy von der Wolfser Höhe, 1996

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-great-grandfather, Caspar vom Knopfhof, 1990

and:

Kenzo's great-great-grandmother, Horka von der Wolfser Höhe, 1991

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x3-grandfather, Bogy von Gut Oberau, 1987

and:

Kenzo's, great-...x3-grandmother, Candy von der Wolfser Höhe, 1983

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x4-grandfather, Arko vom Driescher Hof, 1976

and:

Kenzo's great-...x4-grandmother, Dayana von der Aheggmühle, 1979

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x5-grandfather, Andros von der Höripforte, 1973

and:

Kenzo's great-...x5-grandmother, Asta vom Hohen Riffler, 1972

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x6-grandfather, Agulf vom Soonwald, 1969

and:

Kenzo's great-...x6-grandmother, Catja vom Imkerhof, 1967

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x7-grandfather, Ajax vom Rosenberg, 1964

and:

Kenzo's great-...x7-grandmother, Kussi vom Kusseck, 1959

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x8-grandfather, Amboss von der Warthebrücke, 1956

and:

Kenzo's great-...x8-grandmother, Fee vom Kusseck, 1953

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x9-grandfather, Ajax vom Pankestrand, 1951

and:

Kenzo's great-...x9-grandmother, Frigga Wiegmann, 1944

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x10-grandfather, Bernward König, 1939

and:

Kenzo's great-...x10-grandmother, Chattin Krüger, 1939

Kenzo's great-...x11-grandfather, Armin Genest, 1934

and:

Kenzo's great-...x11-grandfather, Jutta Geiser, 1932

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x12-grandfather, Armin Lieseche, 1930

and:

Kenzo's great-...x12-grandmother, Hova Geisler, 1925

Daughter of:

Kenzo's great-...x13-grandfather, Rex Pohle

and:

Kenzo's great-...x13-grandmother, Dina Geisler, mix from two farm dogs, "Hofe wart"
It is not Dina on the painting, but an image most of us associate with the original farm dogs.

The closest Kenzo's father's and mother's pedigree came, was with Armin Genest, who was a son of Castor Meyer-Busch. One of Kenzo's ancestors on his father's side. Of course, genealogy is a lot more complex than that, even if we know in general all our Hovawarts come from just a few individuals like Castor Meyer-Busch.

Basically I just did this excercise for the fun of it, but there are some interesting things that turned up along this mini-quest. More on that in our next post.