Nowadays, we mostly can find the Hovawart in Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden and Great Britain.

There are very few subjects in the United States and Canada.

One of the reasons for this, is the fact that each and every Hovawart Club pays particular attention to the quality of the genitors, to eliminate hip dysplasia and other diseases. This reduces the number of dogs a breeder can breed with and reduce the number of litters.

A second reason is that there is very few breeders in North America.

A third raison is that it is very difficult to find a good male or female to breed with. There are only few dogs available for breeding in US and Canada. And before to use a dog for breeding we need to make sure it is in good health. This means at least to have good hips, elbows, eyes and Thyorid and not have any disqualifying fault according the standard.

Also, breeders needs to choose the genitors very carefully and absolutely avoid too much in-breeding (>6%) which could introduce genetic deseases in their line breed.

Finally, aiming to enlarge the gene pool in North America, a breeder would wish to buy dogs from Europe. But there is no need to say that it is very expensive to import a dog from Europe.

But the good news is that there is now a little Hovawart community which is growing slowly in America....