About us
We are Edwin and Jacqueline Claessens and we live in Espel. Here we have enough space to keep several dogs.
We bought our first dog in 1991. Our first Estrela came to us in 2005, the first Podengo in 2009. In 1998 we founded our kennel “van de Hienderheuvel”.
Our pets have a large influence on our lives. At this moment we are the proud owners of one Cão da Serra da Estrela and six Podengo Portugûes Pequeno. This website gives you only information about the Portugese breeds. All about the Bernese and Pyrenean litters we have bred, can be found at our other website: www.hienderheuvelhistorie.nl
Assuming our dogs are approved for breeding they are sporadically mated and provide a litter of puppies. Generally speaking, this is about one or two litters a year (in total). Our dogs are primarily pets and not owned solely for breeding. We are financially independent from our dogs and would like to keep it that way. Therefore we abide by the following code of behavior:
Breeding is always (well) within the guidelines of breeding regulations for the recognised pedigree society. This means that we have a number of show results and the dogs will be screened for HD, ED, DCM (Estrela's) and Patella Luxation (Podengo's).
None of our pets are dismissed or sold when they get older.
No puppies are sold to people who do not seem capable of looking after them.
Our puppies stay in our house, just like all our dogs.
We place a lot of importance on having well prepared owners for the dogs. Therefore, intended dog owners are given detailed information. This includes documentation concerning all aspects of the breed of dog and its rearing.
Intended buyers are always welcome for an orientation visit or to visit the litter and their future pup.
The sale of our puppies is always accompanied by a sales contract.