Welcome to my homepage!
This website is mostly about my dog Ares, a male petit basset griffon vendeen born July 19th, 2007. Since I first experienced his mother Exi during several hunts in 2005 and a couple of years to come I totally lost my heart to this breed. I wanted a pbgv as a hunting dog! I´ve seen other breeds in action too, but the pbgv had all I was looking for:
- Nice temper
- Suitable speed for hunting
- Returns in it´s own tracks after a while, especially if the chased animal runs out
- Loud barking and thus easy to hear from a distance, too (silent at home)
- Lovely family dogs
- Healthy breed
Ares´ mother Exi became second best hunting dog in the breed in Norway in 2006, and is still one of the best hunting dogs I´ve ever experienced. At age 2 Ares became #7 best dog in 2009, and finally in 2010 he became "Hunting Dog of the year" at age 3. A great achievement and a big moment for me! Countless hours in the woods payed off:)
Also; his sister Thyra became #3 in 2010. In other words; remarkably good results within the family! Hunting Dog of the year is measured from results in Hunting Tests.
Additionally; Ares is also a Norwegian Show Champion (NUCH) and Norwegian Hunting Champion (NJ(D)CH).
Short about me:
Born 1967, trained journalist, lives and work in the small town of Mo i Rana (population 25.000), northern Norway (just south of the Arctic Circle). I have a son Nikolai, born in 1998. There are some pictures of him on this site as well.
Originally I´m from Stjørdal, a small town near Trondheim, Norway.
Besides training and hunting with my dog I´m fond of fishing and nature. Takes a lot of photos, a dear hobby of mine. Under the menu "Foto til salgs" (Photos for sale) I offer photos for sale, or I can take what picture you might like. Contact me for further info.
In spring 2011 I started my education as a Hunting Test Judge for all the basset breeds. I am now a qualified judge.
I hope you will enjoy the rest of my website as well, even though written in Norwegian. I´m afraid my english is not sufficient to translate it all, sorry about that. But hey; you can always use the Google Translator or contact me here or on facebook if there is something you´d like to ask about:)
Thanks for your attention:)