Kennel
van Altnaharra
The Altnaharra pack in the Netherlands.
We all live in Gilze, a small village in Holland. Our house is in the old part
of the village, so we are lucky to have a big garden, where our dogs can
play and let themselves out. For over 12 years now, we have shown
and bred Tibetan Mastiffs. The name Altnaharra, comes from the time we
bred Cairn Terriers: Altnaharra is a cairn (hill/mountain) in Scotland.
All our Tibetan Mastiffs live with us in our home, and all day the door is
open, even in the winter, that way the dogs can walk in and out. Otherwise,
you can play doorman all day. Only at night most of the dogs go into the
kennel to sleep, though a few stay in the house. We have males and
females, from different ages: we have a real pack.
Our first Tibetan Mastiff Precious ( born on January 10, 1991), lived to be 14,5 years old. She and Hooch have given us beautiful litters, for example the A litter, with Andor and Alena in it. Alena died when she reached the age of 14 years and 1 month she was born on February 04, 1995 , she was a Multi Champion, very healthy and acts like a young dog till the end of her life. We lost Andor when he was almost 8 years old he suffered from a brain tumour. He was also a Multi champion. It was very difficult to let him go and it still is. He gave us beautiful children. Some of his children found good homes all over the world and the others are living with us. That is the difficult part of breeding: finding good homes for the puppies. Alena has given us Matsang, our first Tibetan to win Group 2 in Laussane, Switzerland, Indra, the mother of our Shanti ( January 08, 2003 ), Arada and Blixy.
Since February 2003 we also have Tibetan Spaniels, the character of a Tibetan Mastiff but in a much smaller package. They are great friends all together and we decided that we needed another Tibetan Spaniel to keep Lithang company . So our Shena (“Uk”)moved in with us in April and she is something. She is afraid of nothing and she tells the big ones, in a ”nice” easy way, who is the boss. The puppies are born and grow up in our house. When they are 4 weeks old they live together with the big dogs.
The big dogs are very sweet to them, even the males. Only Bargamo thinks that 4 weeks old puppies are too small, and runs away from them. He likes them more once they are 8 weeks old, then he start to play with them. The other big dogs take care of the puppies and watch over them. In turns we take them out for walks, otherwise it would be difficult. There is a little lake nearby and there we take them too. They can run loose there and swim if they want. Really….. we have some Tibetans who like to swim !!!! For example, our Shanti swims like a Newfoundland, no splashing around but really swimming and our Tibetan Spaniel, Lithang, likes it too.
We like the nature of the Tibetan very much, although they can be difficult.
If they are bored than they can be really annoying, especially when it rains
day after day, they can be very annoying. And it rains a lot in Holland.
We all live in Gilze, a small village in Holland. Our house is in the old part
of the village, so we are lucky to have a big garden, where our dogs can
play and let themselves out. For over 12 years now, we have shown
and bred Tibetan Mastiffs. The name Altnaharra, comes from the time we
bred Cairn Terriers: Altnaharra is a cairn (hill/mountain) in Scotland.
All our Tibetan Mastiffs live with us in our home, and all day the door is
open, even in the winter, that way the dogs can walk in and out. Otherwise,
you can play doorman all day. Only at night most of the dogs go into the
kennel to sleep, though a few stay in the house. We have males and
females, from different ages: we have a real pack.
Our first Tibetan Mastiff Precious ( born on January 10, 1991), lived to be 14,5 years old. She and Hooch have given us beautiful litters, for example the A litter, with Andor and Alena in it. Alena died when she reached the age of 14 years and 1 month she was born on February 04, 1995 , she was a Multi Champion, very healthy and acts like a young dog till the end of her life. We lost Andor when he was almost 8 years old he suffered from a brain tumour. He was also a Multi champion. It was very difficult to let him go and it still is. He gave us beautiful children. Some of his children found good homes all over the world and the others are living with us. That is the difficult part of breeding: finding good homes for the puppies. Alena has given us Matsang, our first Tibetan to win Group 2 in Laussane, Switzerland, Indra, the mother of our Shanti ( January 08, 2003 ), Arada and Blixy.
Since February 2003 we also have Tibetan Spaniels, the character of a Tibetan Mastiff but in a much smaller package. They are great friends all together and we decided that we needed another Tibetan Spaniel to keep Lithang company . So our Shena (“Uk”)moved in with us in April and she is something. She is afraid of nothing and she tells the big ones, in a ”nice” easy way, who is the boss. The puppies are born and grow up in our house. When they are 4 weeks old they live together with the big dogs. The big dogs are very sweet to them, even the males. Only Bargamo thinks that 4 weeks old puppies are too small, and runs away from them. He likes them more once they are 8 weeks old, then he start to play with them. The other big dogs take care of the puppies and watch over them. In turns we take them out for walks, otherwise it would be difficult. There is a little lake nearby and there we take them too. They can run loose there and swim if they want. Really….. we have some Tibetans who like to swim !!!! For example, our Shanti swims like a Newfoundland, no splashing around but really swimming and our Tibetan Spaniel, Lithang, likes it too.
We like the nature of the Tibetan very much, although they can be difficult.
If they are bored than they can be really annoying, especially when it rains
day after day, they can be very annoying. And it rains a lot in Holland.
The puppy’s are born -