Kenzo the Hovawart

Atie and me had a lot to talk about during her visit. We also made many trips down memory lane back to the puppy days, and I realized I n...

What happened to that innocent little creature I picked up at Schiphol airport three months ago? That tiny fur-ball, who fell asleep whil...

"Can we have a word?" Oh no, I thought, not the union again. Zerline could read my mind.

Zerline is thoroughly discovering her disproportionate growing legs. She is trying them out on a daily basis to mark her latest top speed...

The long-time readers of this blog will have guessed this post was right around the corner. I researched Zerline's roots, like I did ...

"OMG. She feels so soft!" I hear that a lot. "Will it last?" some ask too.

We're well passed three months now. At this age, Zerline reminds me a lot about Kenzo. We first got him home when he was about the ag...

Today I tried to take a walk alone with Tilde. Being just the two of us would allow for a longer walk and, with all the time which goes i...

It was an impressive sight for Zerline. The first time we went to the beach she dared to go up all the way to the shoreline to have a clo...

When you dig as a team you can get deeper and move more sand when you work together. Trying to own the pit won't give any progress, a...

We are almost through the first month of puppy-hood in the blink of an eye. Zerline is 11 weeks old today. She has done a lot of growing....

"Can we have a word?" Zerline looked serious. Those big brown puppy eyes told me she had something important to share. I laid...

It's a sentence each Dutch person recognizes. Spoken by the sports commentator Theo Reitsma as he observed the Dutch national soccer ...

In the middle of Summer all the rentals are occupied. Although I enjoy the emptiness of the West-coast during Winter, the tourists bring ...

It was the moment I had been waiting for. The moment in which I could witness Tilde and Zerline to truly connect. To find each other, enj...

The rapidly swelling buzz of hundreds of bird wings made me look up in the air. A flock of Starlings made a fly-over that low, I could ha...

Zerline took one look around the premises and knew it. This new place they call her home wasn't up to Hovawart standards at all. It w...

The sight of Tilde coming around the corner caught Zerline's eye and immediately aroused her curiosity. She quickly trotted forward t...

Atie sent me this photo of Zerline getting acquainted with the transport bag which will bring her from Holland to Denmark. The photo capt...

Since the puppies were born, I get up at the for me unholy hour of 6:30 am, to turn on the computer and check out Atie's daily blog u...