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Beautiful Pedigreed Swedish Vallhunds since 2003. Otago, New Zealand.
Welcome. I am Peta Dowle and I live in rural Otago with my family on a lifestyle property which we run as a homestead. We love and own Västgötaspets the wonderful National Breed of Sweden. Swedish Vallhunds are our first choice in dog breed for a myriad of reasons, they tick so many boxes and are ideal as family companion dogs, which can still be trained to herd livestock, which is their trait of origin. Vallhunds love to compete in dogs sports, and are competitive in the show ring.
We welcome enquiries from dog lovers looking for their next companion pet dog. Please enjoy the photos here, they are a SMALL selection of the wonderful dogs we have bred, loved and/or raised in our 20 decades of a passion for Swedish Vallhunds. Plus a sneaky photo of me with six African Grey parrots which belong to my Mum.
Peta Dowle, Vet Nurse,
Member of Dogs NZ &
NZ Vet Nursing Assoc.
Baraholfe Radar O'Reilly, CGC Bronze - Photo Credit
N.Z, Australian & American Champion, Barahwolfe Mercury Rising, (MERC)
Peta Dowle, V.N.
Barahwolfe began as a hobby in 2003, when Peta acquired her first Swedish Vallhund 'Possum' from pioneering breeder Rose Madsen of Valkrista kennel. Rose, mentor and friend passed away in 2010. I shall be forever grateful to her for her willingness to share her love and knowledge of our breed. Our beloved Possum passed away in 2017. She was our foundation girl that set the bar for all our breeding since.
Yes our dogs are outstanding, competitive and show quality, but our focus is as preservation breeders, guardians of the breed.
Preserving the efforts of Dog Breeders from the past for the Dog Lovers of the future.
Ensuring this breed is always available to kiwi families means ensuring good temperament and health in the puppies we produce.
To this end we have imported and exported frozen a.i. bloodlines around the world. We have imported dogs to and from Australia. Many breeders around NZ and the world have Barahwolfe in the pedigrees of their foundation dogs. We are very proud of our association/contribution into the USA.
We strive for excellence and the authentic type laid out in the breed standard. We have associates in NZ, Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United States.
The great attributes for Swedish Vallhunds:
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Are SMART and excel with trick training.
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Have a low-odour and a waterproof double layer coat,
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BOND very well to their family.
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Have great recall, when trained to return to their name.
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Have moderate exercise need.
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Are generally long-lived with 15-17 years being a NORMAL life span
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Are generally HEALTHY, and robust as dogs.
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Have big dog psyche, packaged in small dog body.
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(females approx 11kg, males 15kg).
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Are a genetically short-legged (dwarfism) breed.
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Come in a range of colours from grey sable through to brown-red,
and red, with or without a splash of white. -
Have a NATURAL no-tail and bob-tailed example alongside their full spitz tail siblings. (no docking).
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Have a really interesting history, being rescued from extinction in 1942.
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Are a National Breed of SWEDEN.
Are you wanting to secure a little Swedish Vallhund for your family?
A puppy from Barahwolfe comes with pedigree papers, and a desexing agreement. They are 8-10 weeks of age when leaving us having been well-handled and conscientiously-raised. They will already by microchipped, have had their first puppy vaccination, be fully weaned and eating well, wormed and parasite free.
We are operating a short wait list for people seeing puppies due in the first half of 2025. Next steps are to write to us and describe a little about what kind of a life you can offer a dog, please detail such things as if you have a fully fenced property, have permission to have a dog from your landlord or own your own home. Do you work full time? We do not discriminate against people who work, or people in their golden years. We do not discriminate if you do not own your home, or have never owned dogs before. But we need you to have considered obstacles and made plans for situations and environments to as best as you can. Our goal is to help future proof your situation from having to rehome your family dog down the track. We want forever homes for our precious baby pups.
A puppy from Barahwolfe as described above through 2025 is $3,000. This does not include costs associated with collection, or flights to your nearest airport. Other costs to consider when thinking about buying a puppy are recommended pet insurance, council registration and food/care expenses.
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