My name is Gerhard Hampel

For a quarter of a century, I have repeatedly traveled to Lapland with my children and a pack of Siberian Huskies, as well as to the Canadian Barrengrounds, the coast of Baffin Island, and also Yakutia and across the Arctic Ocean to the New Siberian Islands for three times .
After my last huskies were too old for such adventures, I started looking for a kind of dog with whom I could go on trips less spectacular , but feasible all year round. However, it had to be a dog with a lot of personality, self-confidence and enthusiasm - similar to the lead dogs of my huskies, but in its own specific way that would challenge me again.
That's how I came across the Hovawart and, after talking to about a dozen breeders and looking at a few litters, I finally decided on the pretty Ciccia vom Melsterberg in early summer 2021. She quickly turned out to be an exuberantly friendly, extroverted and eager-to-learn bundle of energy with a penchant for dominance over other dogs. Two-legged members of the family were immediately welcomed into “her” new pack with a lot of love. Just like the little black beauty who came to us about a year and a half later: Aiwa Bel-Vinc, whom we gave the nickname “Degna” because of her elegant fur coat and somewhat reserved manner.