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16.12.2017 B-BH EXAM

Today Riva successfully passed B-BH exam. B-BH is one of the conditions to apply for the ZTP. The exam consists of 3 parts. 1st part is theoretical exam for the owner, 2nd part is obedience and 3rd part is urban environment (town, people walking by, crossing the road, meeting other dogs and people, shaking hands with unfamiliar person, waiting infront of a building...). The judge was well known mr. Marš Miran. Riva achived 91 points out of 100. I'm happy and proud also because it was totally unknown place - the change of the location happened a day before the exam, but there is not much we can do about it.

8.12.2017 HEART ULTRASOUND

On december 8th at vet clinic Jang, a well known cardiologist mr. Firm Igor made an ultrasound and EKG examination of Riva's heart and his conclusion was that it looks perfect. So we are happy to announce that Riva's heart is free of genetic diseases.

27.11.2017 CACIB ZAGREB - ZAGREB WINNER

The last show of the year was CACIB Zagreb. For the first time I presented Riva in intermediate class (she is 15 months and 2 weeks old). I'm very proud of her behavior in and outside the show ring. She cooperated nicely and was graded by Excellent 1, CAC, CACIB, BOS and Zagreb Winner '17 title. The judge fell in love with her eyes and head in general. Sadly we have no pictures.

23.11.2017 RIVA HAS HD A/A

We have x-rayed Rivas hips and the result could not be better. They are graded with the best possible grade - HD A/A, no sign of dysplasia. The Norberg-Olsson angle is 108 grads on both sides.

13.10.2017 HOVAWART CLUB SHOW

We have spent a wonderful sunny weekend at our friends house in Dekani, surrounded by a hundreds of plants of delicious khakis and figs. A true paradise and Riva was more than happy to see their hovi Thank again. The point of the visit was also the Club show of Hovawart club Slovenia and international show, both located in the famous Horse stud farm Lipica. Riva still doesnt have the best hair lenght after the heat in august, but luckily we had a judge who is also a breeder and understands the "female things".

The club show was judged by well known austrian judge/breeder mrs. Sabine Kerschner. She was judging the dogs with a lot of patience and was very gentle. Riva, as the only black hovi at the show, was graded with Excellent 1, Junior winner and JBOB, Club junior Champion '17 title!

Second day at the CACIB Lipica show, judged by austrian judge mr. Günther Ehrenreich, she presented herself very nicely and became Best female - Excellent 1, Junior Winner, JBOB and BOS. She also fulfilled the conditions to obtain the title Junior Champion of Slovenia! It was a wonderful weekend in a great company of my friends. A huge thanks goes to Vanesa&Aleks for hospitality, to Alenka for the support and of course to my mom for all the help.

10.10.2017 TRADITIONAL HOVAWART MEETING

We have attended the traditional hovawart meeting, which was (this time) organized by us two - me and Tea. It turned out to be a great day in a wonderful company. The meeting took place close to our hometown. To not feel bored, we had a long walk for grown up hovis, PMP (NZB) for young hovis, ring trainig, lunch, many desserts and photoshotings.

29.8.2017 CAC TRBOVLJE

During the week we enjoy long walks, the girls swim in the river, "help" in the garden... they enjoy life. Weekends are sometimes dedicated to the shows and this was another such weekend. This time we attended the national show Trbovlje, located an hour's drive from our hometown. It was a very nice show with very big rings and enough space between them. We had visited this show only once until now, in 2007, with our Alessa. We knew that the temperatures would rise up high, so we had a cooling blanket with us, a tent and a lot of cold drinks. Hovawarts were judged by Hungarian judge, mr. Pettko Csaba in ring 2. There were 4 hovis registered and Riva was the youngest of them all and the only one of a black color. After a great presentation in junior class and a comparison with the other female she won the best of breed title. To sum up: Excellent 1, Junior Winner, JBOB and BOB. You can see us running for the grade in the movie below. We took some photos at the river bank, Riva went swimming and then we drove home.

19.8.2017 CACIB INNSBRUCK

On saturday morning we left our hometown at 2 in the morning and headed to Innsbruck. Due to the darkness and later the fog and rain there was no sign of the "beautiful views on the mountains". We arrived to the showplace on time, made ourselves comfortable, chatted with friends and then the judging started. Hovawarts were judged by Elizabeth Feuz (CH), who liked Riva very much and said to me that she also grew up with hovis. As always, Riva was presented in junior class and received the Excellent 1 grade with the Junior Winner and Best junior title. On Sunday, the hovis were judged by German judge Willi Gullix. What else can I say besides "shit happens". It started great. Riva was standing like a rock when the judged was touching her body and checked her bite. The description was perfect but unfortunately it ended with "runs in her very own style". Riva decided not to run and to leave the ring - why? I have no idea. Maybe she got distracted by the leftovers of poo in the ring, maybe she was fed up with the show, maybe something else bothered her. Anyway, anything can happen at a show and I'm sure this was not the worst thing that could have happened.

15.8.2017 THE SEASIDE HOLIDAYS

Finnaly, the seaside holidays! We spent the holidays on an island called Molat. The girls loved it - they were swimming multiple times per day, they enjoyed the long morning and evening walks, meeting new buddies and of course what hovis do best - supervising the surroundings. It doesn't happen often that we meet a hovawart in Croatia (even in the season full of turists) but this time we met a super friendly 15 months old male from Germany, named Milton. Riva liked him very much so they played a lot, while Avera behaved like a lady and wanted "the kids" to leaver her alone.

8.7.2017 CAC ROGLA

A week after the Bled show we attended the national show Rogla. The location of the show was very beautiful, the rings were big, the weather was great - not too hot and not too cold. Riva was presented in junior class, judged by mr. Boris Baič (SLO) and received the Excellent 2 grade because of her summer hair length. She was cooperating very nicely and I'm super proud of that but there is nothing we can do about the hair in summer.

30.6.2017 CACIB BLED

We spent a wonderful weekend at our friends house, B&B Pr' Bevc. with delicious food and great hospitality. We visited the CACIB Bled show, where Riva received Excellent 1, Junior Winner and JBOB. The weather at the showplace was horrible, a storm started with all it's glory right when the judging of hovis started.

The girls enjoyed the company of another hovi (Blue Pinus Alpinia) and together we went swimming - and yes, Riva has a life vest because the riverflow is very stong there and she is not the best swimmer yet & she won it in Hurtta's competition. The weekend passed by so quickly, it was almost hard to believe.

11.6.2017 CACIB KLAGENFURT

This day would belong to our dear Alessa - she would be 11 years old. 11.6. was also the date of CACIB Klagenfurt show where Riva was registered in junior class. We needed one hour and a half to reach our destination. We have to say that she show was beautiful. There was so much space around the rings and so big rings - we can only wish to have it always so. As mentioned Riva was presented in junior class, judged by mr. Hans Bierwolf from Austria. She got Excellent 1, Junior winner mark and the title Alpenjugendsiegerin. Our day passed by in a great company of our friends and Alessa's breeder Monika.

5.6.2017 CACIB UMAG

We spent this saturday at the seaside, attending international dog show in Umag. Because of the roadwork and possible waiting lines to pass the border we left home early in the morning. It was the first time that we attended this show and we can say it is really a beautiful one. Location is great - by the sea shore, in the park with lots of shade, space and big rings. Riva loves her cooling blanket so we took it with us - it was a great decision!

Hovawarts were judged by very friendly and gentle croatian judge mr.Siniša Cujan in the ring nr.3. We didn't have to wait long because there were only 3 breeds judged before hovawarts. It was a very hot day but Riva behaved very well and ran nicely. She was presented in junior class and got the following mark: Excellent 1, Best junior, JBOB and BOB. With this (third) Best junior title she also fulfilled the conditions to obtain the title Junior Champion of Croatia! After the show she got ice cream and pizza and of course trip to the beach.

23.5.2017 CAC SAMOBOR AND CAC VELIKA GORICA

During the weekend we attended two national croatian dog shows. On saturday was Riva's first show in junior class, on the day of the show, she was 9 months and 7 days old. Both shows were well organized, the showground was great - it was not crowded, we had enough space to relax and the weather was just perfect. On saturday at CAC Samobor hovawarts were judged by mr. Refet Hadžič (BIH). I was very happy how Riva presented herself in the ring. She received Excellent 1, JCAC, JBOB, and BOB.

On Sunday at CAC Velika Gorica hovawarts were judged by german judge mr.Torsten Lemmer. Riva again showed herself very nicely and had no problem with judge touching her and checking her teeth. As day before she received Excellent 1, JCAC, JBOB, BOB and title Junior Turopolje Winner. We are very proud of her!

2.5.2017 SEASIDE VACATIONS

We spent the first of may on vacation. It was Riva's ocean adventure, while Avera is by now a true "Mermaid". The weather was quite kind, so we took a trip to Nin as well. We had visited the town of Nin last year, but had to avoid the beach due to the crowd. The beach is actually a famous sandy lagoon, which is why it is usually filled to the last centimeter during summer. Since this was before the summer season, however, the only company we had was a single little dog that, just like out girls, had come to the beach to "burn" some of his energy. Despite having sand absolutely everywhere, watching the excitement of Riva and Avera was priceless. I mean, the photos below show the excitement better than I can describe it...

We also decided to visit Zadar and the well known Zadar sphinx. There are only few sphinxes in this part of Europe left, but this is the biggest of them all. It is also a very special Sphinx since it was built in memory of a beloved woman: it is said that it grants love wishes.

15.4.2017 SPECIAL SHOW FOR HOVAWARTS

On April 15. Hovawart club Slovenia organized the Special show for hovawarts in Maribor. The judge was mr.Štefan Šinko, who is also the president of the Breeding committee of the club. Although the weather forecast was bad, we hoped for the best and got lucky - it was such a beautiful and sunny day. Riva was presented in puppy class, got Very promising 1, Best puppy, a very nice descripiton and many compliments from the judge. Thanks to our friends for a beautifully spent day.

3.4.2017 NZB

On the 1st of April, the Hovawart club of Slovenia organized a PMP (Pregled Mladih Psov) event in Domžale. The event was essentially equal to the Austrian NZB. Riva had no issues with any of the exercises. She played splendidly during the unfamiliar person test, did not hold back at all, and after every "victory" proudly brought the toy back to me. The bottle pile did not stop her from retrieving the toy either. The next exercise was "the group" - only another opportunity for Riva to sniff the pockets of the people around us in case anyone had something delicious. After that, someone held her outside the group while I was in the middle, surrounded by the same people as before. She quickly made her way through the group and leapt at me, demanding a cuddle.

I absolutely loved how relaxed and playful she was during the entire thing. What followed was the "chain drop" - Riva reacted appropriately to the sudden noise and immediately approached it to have a closer look. Curious as she is, she naturally had to see and smell everything up close. The final exercise, "the situation", involved an odd-looking doll on a chair. Riva did not think much of it and was happily wagging her tail as we approached. To finish things up, we played a little ourselves, the judge gave their comment, and we handed out the diplomas. We spent the afternoon in amazing company. For all the photographs we would like to thank Eva Oven. More pictures: GALLERY

30.3.2017 AT SCHOOL

A little bit of what we did last time at school. Riva is a fast learner and she loves to go to the school. We are visiting the school twice per week, but we also train at home. Almost every time we do a "5 minutes ring training".

16.3.2017 IT'S WAS TIME FOR A PHOTO WALK

Every month we have one "photo walk" to capture some memories. Riva is growing up, she has more and more hair, we are also back to dog school. Days are finally warm enough so the girls can enjoy in the stream and swim. Avera loves to jump (if deep enough) in the stream to "save" the drowning ball.

13.3.2017 PHOTOS: ARTOS

We have visited Artos and his family. He still thinks he is a small boy and that he will fit in our laps. Despite his size he is very gentle and loves to cuddle, he is a perfect family dog and companion to the small kids in "his" family. .

29.2.2017 CACIB CELJE, 18.2.2017

Riva attended her very first show - CACIB Celje judged by miss Bojana Razpotnik (SLO). She behaved and cooperated very nicely, got a lovely description and won the puppy class with mark Very promising 1, Best puppy. We are very proud of our young girl!