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29.12.2024  |  aaaand here they are, 9 beautiful Canadian babies!

We are proud to announce that our Sonic eHA became father for the third time - this time in Canada, Vancouver Island. We are happy that Dusica's trip to Europe (9000km one way!) was not in vain, their dates were love at first sight

17.12.2024  |  Riva's son Zephyr eHA, photographed by Katherine Winrich.

17.12.2024  |  Raya eHA gave birth to 9 puppies in kennel Časova, SLO. There are 4 black&tan males, 1 blond male, 3 black&tan females and 1 blond female. 

17.12.2024  |  CACIB Herning 2024; First show for "Tesla" - Storm eHA nd she did her best! Excellent 1/2 in open class, CAC, CACIB, BOB! Congrats to her family, we are so proud!

17.12.2024  |  New pics of our stud Sonic

23.10.2024  |  Hovawart Club of North America Fall Specialty Show 2024

…. dream team - our males (now representing the kennel in all 3 colors!) & their ladies made us so proud again! Two grandkids (son of Epic eHA and son of Raya eHA) did amazing as well. Judge: mr. Christian Ilgner (RZV, D)

Zephyr eHA (Riva&Marlow), junior class winner 1/2  ::  𝟤𝘹 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 (𝘈𝘏𝘊 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈), 𝟪𝘹 𝘉𝘖𝘉 (𝘜𝘒𝘊), 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘚𝘗𝘖𝘛-𝘖𝘕. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Madison Fox

Epic eHA (Riva&Elutz), champion class winner 1/2, BEST MALE; BOS   ::  𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦; 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝟤×𝘉𝘖𝘉 (’𝟤𝟤, ’𝟤𝟥) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝟣×𝘉𝘖𝘚 (’𝟤𝟦) 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 & 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘊𝘎𝘊, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘈, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘜, 𝘉𝘕; 𝘚𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝟤 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴; 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Jeramie West

Vis eHA (Riva&Biko), open class winner 1/4   ::  𝘝𝘗𝟤, 𝘝𝟤, 𝘊𝘏 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 & 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘊𝘎𝘊, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘈, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘜, 𝘉𝘕. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺: Jeramie West

Sagan eHA (Naya&Et), working class second place 2/2   ::  𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦; 𝘝𝟥, 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 & 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘉𝘊𝘈𝘛, 𝘚𝘞𝘕, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘈, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘜, 𝘛𝘒𝘐, 𝘛𝘓-𝟣, 𝘜𝘓-𝟣. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Dana Blaine

Viggo eHA (Riva&Biko), champion class second place 2/2  ::  𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦; 𝘊𝘏 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘉𝘖𝘉 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 ’𝟤𝟦, 𝘐𝘈𝘉𝘊𝘈 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘊𝘏-𝘚, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘊𝘩-𝘚, 𝘏𝘯𝘳𝘊𝘩-𝘚, 𝘏𝘊𝘕𝘈 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 & 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘈𝘒𝘊 𝘉𝘕, 𝘍𝘋𝘊, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘈, 𝘊𝘎𝘊𝘜, 𝘛𝘒𝘕, 𝘈𝘛𝘛 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Patricia Cumper

Grandkids: Bonito (Epic’s son), youth class winner 1/1 and Picasso Časova (Raya’s son) workinf class winner 1/2, 2nd best male!,

Huge thank you to Madison, Dana, Jeramie and Patricia for showing their boys. Thank you for loving & spoiling them

1.10.2024  |  Epic’s second litter (in the USA) is born, there are 8 puppies, 4 males (2s, 2sm) and 4 females (4s). 

30.8.2024  |  Another wonderful eHA news this week Sierra (Naya&Et) became Best female at the Norwegian HW Specialty with IHF certificate! Huge congrats to her owner!

13.8.2024  |  Vegas eHA (Riva&Biko) is officially UKC Champion after winning Best of Group 2nd and Best of Group 3rd this weekend over 8 champions of the group! Hips OFA excellent, Cardiac OFA Normal, Thyroid normal! He also got his first lure coursing title with the fastest time for his height category! Excited to see what the future brings.... Congrats to his owner

25.5.2024  |  Proudly presenting the third eHA stud in the USA! Viggo ex Horto Albo BN, FDC, CGCA, CGCU, TKN, ATT (Riva&Biko) passed all OFA testing with great results: OFA Hips Good (HD A), OFA Elbows Normal (ED 0), OFA Thyroid Normal, OFA Eyes Normal, OFA Advanced Cardiac Normal, OFA DM Clear! He passed the adult temperament test & is HCNA Champion pointed - BIS winner of HCNA Spring Specialty Show '24, Class winner of Fall HCNA Specialty Show '23.

30.4.2024  |  The American winning streak continues... This weekend Viggo eHA (Riva&Biko) won BEST IN SHOW (BOB) at the Hovawart Club of North America Specialty in California , judged by mrs Kirsten Wesche. He was shown in open class, exc1/4, and as the youngest male (and also as the only eHA hovi registered) won all comparisons. A day before he passed the adult temperament test with flying colors! We are so proud of our black boy and his owners Patricia Cumper & Jim Cumper!!

1.3.2024  |  Epic eHA (Riva & Elutz) is new HCNA CHAMPION after winning BIS two times in a row (specialty shows judged by Marco Mummeshohl and Kirsten Wesche)! He is the first in Slovenia born hovawart who became HCNA Champion and stud male in Hovawart Club of North America! Epic also became father for the first time two weeks ago. We are so so proud of his owner Jeramie West!! What a team!

1.3.2024  |  GRANDKIDS UPDATE: We are proud to announce two stud males from our kennel became fathers. Epic eHA sired his first litter in the USA and Sonic eHA became father to 5 puppies in slovenian kennel Fritiallaria Meleagris. Sonic’s second litter is on the way - pregnancy confirmed - in CZ kennel Loretino. 

1.3.2024  |  A few days ago Zeeke and Zephyr flew to the USA to their dream homes. We are sharing some pics from Vienna International Airport. Both arrived safely, happy and ready for new adventures. Zephry now lives in Michigan and Zeeke in Florida. 

22.2.2024  |  Our beautiful Zeeke posing like a pro! He found his forever home so we can finally write all our puppies found the most amazing homes. We could not be happier and excited to see them enjoying their lives. 

10.2.2024  |  The puppies are 8 weeks old and the first one to join the new family was Zeta (light pink collar). We wish her lots of adventures!

New photos of the puppies who are still with us. 

30.1.2024  |  6 weeks photos - the puppies are doing well, growing up beautifully, they love to explore and play all day long. We love their temperaments.

24.1.2024  |  Our beautiful blond boys. 

22.1.2024  |  After the snowy weekend we finally have a bit warmer sunny day so the puppies spent some time outside for the first time. They were all so brave and curious, can't wait to see them exploring the bigger playground (*in the making).

Blond boys are looking for their forever families; more info tea.pavisic@gmail.com or +386 41 259 578

22.1.2024  |  This weekend we had a lovely visit from Germany - Emil Ex Horto Albo (Riva & Elutz) & his family! The family had a blast meeting the "Z" puppies and Emil is in for a surprise We took some pics of Emil having fun in the snow - what a happy boy he is!

20.1.2024  |  A day less than a 5 week old “Z” babies! Some puppies are still looking for their forever homes, if you are seriously interested you are welcome to contact us via tea.pavisic@gmail.com or +386 41 259 578. 

15.1.2024  |  Rivas puppies are 4 weeks old so here are their first portraits - their names are Zorro, Zeeke, Zephyr, Zeno and the girls are Zelda, Zeta, Ziva, Zinny, Zoe and Zara.

11.1.2024  |  The puppies outgrew the whelping box so we set their first indoor playground. They like it a lot!

8.1.2024  |  3 weeks with Riva's "Z" babies - they are walking, playing with each other, howling, wagging and attacking the toys in slow motion.

1.1.2024  |  On New Year's Eve our "Z" babies were 2 weeks old. Eyes are (almost) opened, teeth are already visible in their gums, their walk is getting better and better and there were already some playing attempts.

24.12.2023  |  Rivas “Z” babies are one week old.

17.12.2023  |  Welcome “Z” puppies

OUR “Z” LITTER JOINED US ON 17.12.2023

we have 4 males (3 blond, 1 black&tan) and 6 females (4 black, 2 black&tan);

puppy information; contact: tea.pavisic@gmail.com or +386 41 259 578

12.12.2023  |  ENVY

Envy’s (USA) x-rays results came back as OFA Hips Good (like European HD A2) and OFA Elbows Normal (like European ED 0). Congrats to her owner!


7.12.2023  |  VIGGO

Our Viggo finished his 2023 show career with 3 new titles: IABCA Honors champion, International Champion and National Champion. Huge congrats to his owners Jim & Patricia.


5.12.2023  |  LITTER “Z” UPDATE

12 days more and we will meet our “Z” puppies. Riva is feeling well, loves the fact that she eats 4 times per day, still goes on the walks and loves all the extra cuddles. Her belly is already making her a bit uncomfortable as its getting bigger and bigger. We did another ultrasound check-up last week, to see how the babies are doing and everyone is maturing well and has a strong heartbeat. 

We are expecting puppies on December 17, 2023. Puppy reservations tea.pavisic@gmail.com…. More info here: Litter “Z”. 


LITTER “Z”

We are expecting puppies on December 17, 2023. More info here: Litter “Z”.

We can take a limited number of reservations more - tea.pavisic@gmail.com. Mother of the expected litter is our black girl Enormous Ocean Breeze. This will be Riva’s last litter. 


12.11.2023  |  VITTORIA

Vittoria x-rays results came back as HD A2, ED 0, full dentition. Congrats to her owner!


12.11.2023  |  IVY

Ivy passed obedience exam B-BH! Congrats to her owners!


12.11.2023  |  ELEKTRA

Elektra passed Italian exam CAL2! Congrats to her owners!


26.10.2023  |  VIGGO

Viggo, who lives in the USA, passed two health tests with the perfect result; OFA Eyes normal, OFA Advanced Cardiac Normal. Congrats to his family. 


25.10.2023  |  IVY

The second “V” puppy is x-rayed! Vulpix eHA, called Ivy, is officially HD A/A, ED 0/0, OCD free! Congrats to her family. 


24.10.2023  |  OUR FIRST STUDMALE IN THE USA

We are proud to announce that Epic became our first (and surely not the only one) stud male in the USA. His latest OFA tests came back as OFA Hips excellent (like European HD A1), OFA Elbows Normal (like European ED 0), OFA Thyroid Normal. After winning 2 specialty show in a row, organized by Hovawart Club North America he also obtained the HCNA Champion title and passed the temperament test with flying colors. Epic was shown twice so far, in 2022 winning open class excellent 1/5, BOB, BIS (K.Wesche) and in 2023 open class excellent 1/4, BOB, BIS (M. Mummeshohl). We are very proud and thankful to his owner Catherine!


9.10.2023 | SPECIALTY SHOW OF HOVAWART CLUB NORTH AMERICA

Our USA eHA team did a fantastic job at 2023 FALL Hovawart Club of North America Specialty show. Our boys won all males classes.  Judge: Marco Mummeshohl (RZV, D)

  • Epic eHA (Riva&Elutz), open class, excellent 1/4, Best male, BOB; BEST IN SHOW!

  • Viggo eHA (Riva&Biko), intermedia class, excellent 1/3, 2nd best male, CH pointed! Owned by Patricia Cumper

  • Vis eHA (Riva&Biko), intermedia class, excellent 2/3, CH pointed! Owned by Jeramie West

  • Sagan eHA (Naya&Et), open class, excellent 3/4, owned by Dana Blaine

    .... and our grandchild, son of Raya ex Horto Albo

  • Picasso Časova (Raya&Elroy), youth class, very promising 1/2, owned by Marie Buckingham

HCNA temperament test (judge M. Mummeshohl (RZV, D): Viggo and Vis passed junior test, Sagan and Epic adult test.


6.7.2023 | ROCCO’S OFFSPRING

Rocco’s first puppies in Hungarian kennel Angels of Eden are 8 weeks old. Their breeder sent us photo and we are sharing them here so you can all see how beautiful puppies our Rocco has. More information about stud male Rocco ex Horto Albo can be found here.


26.6.2023 | NEW STUDMALE: EXTREME

New stud male from our kennel - Extreme ex Horto Albo - passed the ZTP this weekend! Exi is sired by Elutz Grofje Celjski and out of Enormous Ocean Breeze, born on 24.2.2021.

His infos: WH 68 cm, HD A/A, ED 0/0, DM N/N, locus D/D, thyroid normal, full dentition, DNA profile, Eyes ECVO clear, heart clear (other tests upon request), NZB, ZTP SLO, BH; Exc1, CAC, rCACIB. 


26.6.2023 | NEW STUDMALE: SONIC

New male from our kennel - Sonic ex Horto Albo - passed the ZTP this weekend! Sonic is sired by Et Hovi-raj and out of Enormous Surprise Surprise, born on 18.6.2021. We finally have a black&tan studmale available :)

His infos: WH 68 cm, HD A/A, ED 0/0, DM N/N, locus D/D, locus E/E, thyroid normal, eyes free, heart free, full dentition, DNA profile, NZB, ZTP SLO, BH


26.6.2023 | EBONY

CH Ebony eHA passed the ZTP (Hovawart Club Slovenia) with flying colors! She is also new Show Champion of Slovenia! Congrats to her owners.


14.4.2023 | “T” LITTER

Our "T" puppies are slowly moving into their new homes. Our smallest litter, our first blonds, our biggest puppies at birth... every litter really is something special. They now live/will live in:

  • Treff eHA, b&t male, UK

  • Tyrunt eHA, b&t male, USA

  • Tequila eHA, b&t female, USA

  • Terra eHA, blond female, NL

  • Talia eHA, blond female, MNE

  • Tachi eHA, blond female, SRB

  • Taras eHA, b&t male, CRO

We wish them a very happy life with their new families.


4.4.2023 | GRANDCHILDREN

We are happy&proud to announce our grandchildren were born on 31.3.2023, in kennel Časova, Slovenia. Mother of the puppies is Raya ex Horto Albo (Riva&Blue) who gave birth to 9 puppies, 5 males (4sm, 1b) and 4 females (4sm). The puppies and Raya are doing well! Congrats to the breeder!


11.3.2023 | “T” PUPPIES ARE 5 WEEKS OLD

Our “T” babies are 5 weeks old and here are their new portraits. All puppies are reserved.


1.3.2023 | 3RD WEEK

Our “T” babies are 3 weeks old. Life is getting more interesting. They are having fun, eat and sleep, get lots of cuddles & kisses. 


15.2.2023 | 2RD WEEK

Naya's "T" puppies are 13 days old - all of them are doing great, they opened their eyes and they already love the cuddles.


7.2.2023 | NAMES

Our "T" babies (Aik & Naya) are 5 days old. We finally decided on their names; Males: Treff, Taras, Tyrunt Females: Tequila, Tachi, Terra and Talia.


3.2.2023 | WELCOME PUPPIES

We welcomed our "T" litter! Another special litter - the first blond puppies in our kennel and a new birth weight record holder (653g violet ribbon girl). There are 7 puppies - 3 males (all black&tan) and 4 females (3 blond and 1 black&tan). Everyone is doing good!

Parents: Aik Carpathia Heart & Enormous Surprise Surprise


23.12.2022 | MERRY CHRISTMAS = Hello to our »T« Litter!

We certainly could not have asked for a better Christmas present. Naya's second litter is on the way (pregnancy confirmed) and we are expecting blond and black&tan puppies in early February 2023. The name of the sire, Aik Carpathia Heart , speaks for itself. We believe Aik and Naya complement each other beautifully and we cannot wait to meet their puppies.mHuge thanks to Lenka Řačáková for agreeing to the mating and contributing to our T litter. Puppy inquiries: exhortoalbo@gmail.com or private message


6.12.2022 | VIGGO

Viggo eHA, (Riva&Biko), 7 months, owned by Patricia Cumper and Jim Cumper, USA ::: Last month Viggo was shown several times and we are super proud of his success; RBIS Rare Breeds Puppy, National Junior Puppy Champion, International Junior Puppy Champion, Honors Junior Champion! He also passed CGC exam with flying colors and is AKC S.T.A.R Puppy! Congrats to his family & thank you


30.10.2022 | SONIC

Sonic eHA is officially HD A/A, ED 0/0, DM N/N, locus D/D, locus E/E, has full dentition, thyroid normal (10/2022), DNA profile. Other tests - eyes & heart - follow. We are super happy, proud and of course thankful to his family! Sonic is owned and loved by Matic Eržen & Rebeka Škrjanc, Slovenia


22.10.2022 | NIRAMI’S SOUL GRANDKIDS

One month ago two Rivas grandchildren attended the Czech club show. Both youngsters are out of Reiwa eHA (Riva&Blue) and Amaro Carpathia Heart, Nirami's Soul kennel, breeder Nicola Wendelinová. The black girl AELARIN Nirami's Soul took the 1st place (photo 2) and is now Junior Club Champion '22 and the b&t boy ARYAM Nirami's Soul took 2nd place in juniors (photo 3). Congrats to their familes. On the photo 4/5/6 is our Reiwa eHA (black). 


25.8.2022 | VIS

We can finally say all our "V" puppies are at home! Not many of you knew that Vis had a very special temporary home in the USA !

It is not a secret I have a very high standards about new homes, so I will always do my best that my girls puppies live their dream life. Our baby Vis was/is the most energetic puppy of the litter and the perfect home was waiting for him even before he was born - with his halfbrother Epic.

But as we all know life can get busy and has its own unpredictable ways... and so it happened that Vis could join his family at the end of August earliest. I wasn't keen on the idea of giving up a perfect home (what can be better than a busy horse ranch life for my boy?) for him. There were 3 other puppies flying to the US to their new families and so it happened. The family of Viggo didn't hesitate a second to offer to babysit Vis for almost 2 months . This isn't a thing I would usually do but with Viggo's family, it felt right. And so the boys flew together, had the most amazing 2 months of adventures together, attended the dog school training, had the most impressive socialization and Vis was loved as he would be theirs.

Daily updates and pics proved that this was the best thing we could do for Vis. I can't thank enough to Patricia Cumper & Jim Cumper & Viggo & Loki for their help and for everything they did for Vis. Your hearts are golden. Today Vis left with his new momma to North Carolina. We are looking forward seeing the Epic & Vis meeting!


9.7.2022 | “V” LITTER

Another litter story in our kennel will be coming to a close soon. We feel joyous thanks to the exceptional families our puppies live / will live with:

  • Vittoria eHA, b&t female, Germany

  • Vegas eHA, black male, USA

  • Viggo eHA, black male, USA

  • Vis eHA, black male, USA

  •  Violet eHA, black female, USA

  • Vulcain eHA, b&t male, Montenegro

  • Vulpix eHA, black female, Slovenia

  • Vernice eHA, black female, Slovenia

Thank you for loving Riva&Biko's puppies so much, we wish you all a happy life full of adventure!


28.6.2022 | 8 WEEK

Our “V” puppies are 8 weeks old and here are their newest portraits.