Kenzo the Hovawart

We had a great time during the last three weeks on the island of Sealand. It did the girls a lot of good to experience a change of surrou...

I hesitated for a moment. It was 7am. "No, I am not going to do it," I whispered to myself. Before there were dogs in my life, ...

There she was again, our daily visitor. The doe looked at me through the window. She didn't seem afraid at all. She was only 15 feet ...

With the last guests leaving in the coming weekend, a two and a half month streak of welcoming visitors is coming to an end. Apart from t...

"Their joy is contagious."

We leave the house at 4pm, a sunset is imminent. Zerline has a golden glow in the sunlight which is still bright. She is seven months old...

I open my eyes and have a peek around me from under the covers. No wonder I am feeling so warm. Tilde is laying curled up between my legs...

"Tilde No!". Too late. Tilde jumped the fence and was out of sight, chasing the bunny on full speed. That'll be the end of ...

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...

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

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...

I am thoroughly enjoying some of our last hikes in which it will be just Tilde and me before Zerline will join our family. Tilde has beco...

Tilde takes her responsibility to expel any intruders from her property quite seriously.

One moment you're playing with your toy in the surf, imaginary rescuing it from drowning, just to cruelly throw it back and rescue it...

"I think I am on to something." "Good girl, Tilde! Keep on searching!" We have been training to search for money ...

Easter honored its reputation for new beginnings, the start of Spring, and the return of light. The weather took a turn for the better an...

This is how it started: That moment when you find out what she is dragging along turns out to be a decomposing seal, you first thou...

When you are a Hovawart - or any dog for that matter - you know what is most important. One of your family members getting further and fur...

With Winter officially ending, so does our Winter adventure on the West-coast. It is isolated on the West-coast this time of year. Shops a...

The windchill of a strong breeze instantly dropped the temperature even further below zero. The sun composed a scenery worthy of a beauti...