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- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
- Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
- The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 1)
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- Finland: Suomen Hovawart ry: Health Poll: http://www.suomenhovawart.fi/terveyskysely
The Hovawart is a powerful, medium size, slightly elongated, long-haired working dog. Difference between sexes is clearly recognizable, specially in shape of head and build of body. Recognized working dog with versatile usage. Kind and even disposition. Has protective instinct, self-confidence and ability to take stress; of medium temperament; combined with a very good nose. His balanced body proportions and special devotion to his family make him an outstanding companion, watch, guard, tracking and rescue-dog.
Links to Breed Descriptions
See: The German Kennel Club (VDH) for information and video (if available).
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http://www.vdh.de/welpen/mein-welpe/hovawart
Video (link - https://youtu.be/VWAzKsZUglY
This and other breed videos are available in full length here: www.meisterpetztv.de
Sweden: Domarkompendium
Other Names for Breed
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club
Country of origin: Germany
Health and Well-Being
Some sources of health information include:
Breed-Specific Articles
Breed Standards
There are numerous breed standards.
The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale)
Breed-Specific Statistics
1. Swedish Insurance Data
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
JTO: Breeding Strategy: Suomen Hovawart ry JALOSTUKSEN TAVOITEOHJELMA 2014–2018 http://www.kennelliitto.fi/sites/default/files/attachments/jto/hovawart.pdf - (Internal) hovawart.pdf
Suomen Hovawart ry JALOSTUKSEN TAVOITEOHJELMA 2020-2024 https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/RotuPDF.ashx?R=190&T=2
4. France: Club Francais du Hovawart: Health Screening: http://www.hovawart.fr/spip.php?article39
Results: http://www.hovawart.fr/spip.php?article108
5. Germany: Hovawart Zuchtgemeinschaft Deutschland e.V. gegr. 1959: Breeding Requirements: http://www.hovawarte.com/zucht/zucht-in-der-hzd-vdh-fci
Germany: Breeding Association for Hovawart-Hunde e. V.: https://www.hovawart.org/zucht/
6. North America: Hovawart Club of North America (HCNA): Breeding Regulations: http://nebula.wsimg.com/16711bdd1fd9f86b7f8cb828975f1834?AccessKeyId=4A5F4EA14D1EF319403A&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages
IHF - Internationale Hovawart Föderation -- http://www.ihf-hovawart.org/
Member countries -- https://www.ihf-hovawart.org/members-countries/
Breed-Specific Research
Breed Clubs
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
INTERNATIONAL: Internationale Hovawart-Föderation
IHF Member countries (links to websites)-- https://www.ihf-hovawart.org/members-countries/
Germany: Rassezuchtverein für Hovawart-Hunde e.V.
Sweden: Svenska Hovawartklubben
Finland: Suomen Hovawart ry
UK: The Hovawart Club of Great Britain
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