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HÄROMI´s KENNEL
FRIESE STABIJHOUN
 
 
Some ladies can get the man where ever they want them to be ........Tess just arrived to Sweden
 
 
We are Margareta and Peter Nunn we are the owners of Häromi’s kennel. We live in Skärhamn and our company is in Rönnäng which are places in the south of the island named Tjörn. The Island lies about 60 km above Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden. We are members of the Dutch NVSW (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Stabij- en Wetterhounen). This is the organization that has been fighting for this Dutch breed since 1947.
 

Häromi’s kennel has 9 stabijhounen. Our website is reserved only for the Stabijhoun, since we don't breed with the Leonberger anymore. We started with our male Duke-Dunmore (Teddy) he was bred in Sweden, our bitch Little Exit Tess fan Marheim (Tess) was imported from the Netherlands. Bitch (In memory) Spice v. ‘t Hooge Holt (Spice) comes also from the Netherlands. Then there is Branda (Bessie) she comes from Denmark. Further we have some dogs that we have bred our selves. These are: A bitch named Häromi’s Ilja Pacific Illusion (Ilja), a male named Häromi’s James Bond of Duke (Freddy) and Häromi´s  Navy Royal Design of Bram (Penny) and Häromi´s Orkney Hurricane of Bram (Linketuss) + Rimme Sietske fan´e Alde Leane and the new bitch Beitske Aagje fane Âle Leane (imp.Holland)

 Why Stabijhoun?

We have been interested in this breed for several years. We have read a lot about them. And we also studied about this Dutch breed in his original country, the Netherlands. We have had a good contact with Dutch breeders of this race. They have even helped us with translating texts and other information about the Stabijhoun.  We have a lot of faith in the knowledge of these Dutch breeders.  Some of them helped us with breeding and all of our many questions where answered by them we are very pleased for all the help we have gotten from them!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Häromi’s kennel has even started to exchange information with other countries that have stabijhounen. In this way we try to get a very good common knowledge about: behaviour, mentality, genetics and genetic illnesses of the breed.

The stabij is a breed who fits to our way of living. And it is a good complement to our other breed the Leonberger. We like to spend our spare time at sea the stabij has a good size and is easy to take with us. They love to be in the sailing boot. They have off course a live jacket on them, we don’t want anything to happen to them! Further must the dogs have a very good discipline on the boot.

When we get to a harbor the dogs are very pleased to see the dogs and people from the other boots. But the funniest part is when the dogs help the children to fish crabs J!

The dogs know two homes. One is at de office, there they have a kennel in which they decide for themselves where they want to be: inside or outside. And there other home is at our house. Here is their favourite spot (as you can see on the picture) the sofa. 

About work, the stabij´s are very good in tracking and they have a lot of fun by doing it. We are blood tracking with our dogs. They are very systematic and are very good at it. As soon as they get to the end of the track they are very happy and proud that they have found the hoof.

Teddy even pulls a little wagon, this is good for the back and the legs of the dogs. Even with something in the wagon, so they have to work a little bit (see picture above this page). Sometimes we use bags for the dogs too. These bags are used for dogs in the mountain so they can carry their own food and water or something else. 

Often when we are out selling on dog shows, our dogs learn very early to deal with other dogs and people. They also get used to the sounds that come out of the loudspeaker.

This is a little bit of what we are doing with our dogs. Try it out by your own animals! It is a lot of fun to work closely to your animals, and the animals love to do work for and with you!