GLACIER CREEK KUVASZ


 

Bear Tested, Mother Approved

Welcome to Glacier Creek Kuvasz, founded in Eagle River, Alaska!  Temperament and working ability are our top priorities, and our puppies combine the finest imported bloodlines to become trustworthy family pets, Best in Show and Top 10 winners, obedience stars and proven guardians.   Our puppies are raised in our home as versatile working members of our family, very appreciated for their instincts as they patrol our forest to drive off  wayward bears and wolves.
We are now located in Helena, Montana

PUPPY NEWS

Mokany and Brother


 Great news!  Katrina, the sister to Brenda,  (#1 Kuvasz for 2005, 2007 and through April 2008) will be bred late this summer to Bucky at Rocky Mountain in Colorado.   Both dogs have OFA hip, elbow and thyroid clearances as well as tested clear of prcd-PRA  and the puppies will be registered normal for PRA eye disease by parentage. Katrina is the dam of Bambi and new Ch. Glacier Creek's Catch the Beat "Thumper" and Bucky is a brother through both sire and dam to Best in Specialty Show Winners.
  Email for more information on this exciting litter

Dardai Gabor 6 months

Introducing our new Dutch Import Dardai Gabor van de Viersenhoeve.  (Pedigree) Gabor is a gorgeous boy with great temperament.  He comes from a long line of excellent hips and is prelimmed and prcd-pra Normal.  Both his parents are Dutch Club Winners (their specialty).  His breeder's page is Van De Viersenhoeve. He resides in Colorado with Elso Kuvasz.



SHOW NEWS 

Bambi Best in Sweeps 11 Months

Introducing Bambi, Glacier Creek’s Catch the Light (Katrina X Mokany)
Best in Sweeps, Best Puppy 2008 Nationals, Both Majors, Best of Breed Winner prcd-Pra clear by parentage

Also Introducing Tezla, Mattiaci High Voltage At Glacier Creek (Pluto X Finja)

Tezla 7 months, at work

Pointed her first weekend in the ring! prcd-Pra clear by parentage


Brenda, Phil, Magda and Katrina

 

Littermates Brenda and Magda are both GROUP WINNERS for 2006!  Brenda won multiple Award of Merits 2006 Specialty Weekend, one Breeder/Owner/Handled! She ended up #2 Breed for 2006 and is currently:
Brenda, AKC's #1 All Breed, #1 Breed 2007 Eukanuba 2007 BOB Winner
Brenda Westminster BOB
 2008 Westminster Best of Breed Winner! #1 Breed through April 2008
Check out Brenda on the Animal Planet Web Site and The Westminster Kennel Club Site!

Fang achieves his Rally Novice title 2 days before his 9th birthday with qualifying scores in 3 straight trials, even scoring a 96 along the way, and achieves his Rally Advanced title 2 months before his 10th birthday in only 2 weekends!  He went on to win his first leg in Excellent.  The ONLY kuvasz singlehandedly breeder/owner/handled to a championship, group placement, CD, RN and RA! At nearly 12, he is the first and ONLY kuvasz to qualify in Rally in Canada!!  Congratulations to Melissa Paul and Magda on their new Rally Novice title May 2007, qualifying the first 3 days in the ring and placing in their  class twice!

Pluto wins more awards than any male in history at the 2005 Kuvasz Club of America Specialty Show in Wichita, Kansas to become Ch. Glacier Creek's White Lightning!  Best in Sweeps, Winner's Dog, Best of Winners, Best Bred-by and Best Brace with Brenda!  They have gone on to win mutiple Best in  Show Brace awards in Alaska, and Pluto won BOB his first time out as a special, junior-handled!  He's gone on to win the group at the International shows and win his UCI-International Championship in 3 shows and BOS at both Eukanuba 2005 and Westminster 2006.

Phil wins Best of Breed over 20 specials during the 2006 Specialty Weekend to become #1 male in breed through the summer by a landslide!  All from the 12-18 month class! 


Latest Show News  updated 4/3
KISKA IS TOP PRODUCING DAM 2004 and 2005!! She now has 10  titled offspring (with THREE TOP 10 group placers, TWO Group Winners, a Westminster and Eukanuba Invitational Best of Breed Winner and a #1 Breed and ALL BREED)!!  Here she is escorting a bull moose off the property. The next day she worked a bear off the property 



Happy 6th Bithday G'kar! G'kar is OFA Excellent, prcd-PRA clear. Frozen Semen Available

ken

 

Tanya started 2004 off with a bang, Working Group 3 out of the Veteran's Class, breeder/owner handled and more Best of Breeds in San Antonio and Alaska in March.  She won Back to Back Best of Breeds from the Veterans Class in Wyoming in May, then an Award of Merit at the Nationals.  She also won Best of Breed and a Group 3 from the Veterans Class at the AKA sponsored entry the day after the Nationals to rank as #1 Breed, #3 All Breed through June!!

Sonia #1 2003 and Best in Show
Sonia started off 2003 with back to back Best of Breeds in St. Paul, MN, back to back Group 3's in Hamburg, NY and a Group 2 and 3 in Novi, Michigan. She ended the weekend with a BEST IN SHOW.  She was in the TOP 5 Working Dogs , as one of only four of the Top 5 in the nation who won a BIS in January! This put her as  #1 All Breed (Dog News System) and the only group winning bitch for 2003! The judge, Mrs. Susanne Dillon, said "it was amazing.  There was a light that shown down on her and she was so lovely"

 

 Ch. Peachtree's Furrondie's Rainey.  Rainey won her championship at the 2003 KCA National Specialty at 16 months with Best of Winners over the Award of Merit winning WD!!!  In 2003 she won multiple Best of Breeds over champions from the classes, UCI International Best in Show (owner/handled), First Award of Excellence at the 2003 Eukanuba Invitational, Best of Breed at the American Kuvasz Association sponsored show in Columbus, Ohio and Top 10 Breed rank.  In 2004,  her wins include multiple owner/handled Canadian group placements to rank #1 Bitch in Canada, AKC Top 3 breed status and multiple group placements! In 2005 she added Best of Breed at Westminster and another group placement.   Rainey passed all her health clearances and lives with coowner Julie Volkheimer as an invaluable guardian of top winning pomeranians!

Rainey's breeder's page can be found at Peachtree Kuvasz

 Announcements

Kiska and G'kar's puppies are HERE!  6 girls and 4 boys born 12/22/04.   Pictures of Kiska and some of her previous puppies are here  This is a repeat breeding of Brenda, 2005/2007 #1 Kuvasz in Breed, Award of Excellence Winner at the 2005/2006 Eukanuba Invitational Shows/Best of Breed Winner 2007, Award of Merit Winner Westminster 2005/2007 Best of Breed Winner 2008 and Eukanuba BOB winner 2007!
Congratulations to Kiska's children, Ch. Glacier Creek's Matanuska Magda TT and Melissa Paul on her Best of Breed for a major, Best Puppy and  UCI Championship with 3 Very Excellent ratings!  Madga is now a champion with back to back 5 point majors AND passed her ATTS Temperament Test!!  Julie Dalbey's Ch. Glacier Creek's Jolly Roger was BOW for a 5 point major specialty weekend and multiple Best of Breed for his championship!  Kiska had 4 pups from two different sires win majors in two weekends and Bridget and Brenda (RWB at the Nationals) were BIS/BISS Brace winners ! Bridget  finished her championship in Texas with four majors and Brenda finished hers with five from the Bred-by class to qualify for the 2005 Eukanuba Invitational along with Rainey, Tanya and Lisa, and went on to win an Award of Excellence at just 16 months! Bred-by Homer becomes the first new kuvasz champion of 2005!
 Sonia and Kiska's Spring Break March 2001 in Texas

Sonia wins Judges First Award of Merit, Specialty Weekend 2001!!
The very next day, she won the Breed AND the Working Group to become the only female
to win the breed at the all-breed shows, and the only kuvasz to place in group that weekend!!

Scenes from the Kuvasz Club of America National Specialty, June 2000

Kiska wins Best of Winners, AKA Supported Entry, Specialty Weekend 2000!!

So you think you want a kuvasz?



Fang is the  #1 Kuvasz in Canada for 2002 and the
#1 Kuvasz in Obedience (Hoflin System II) for 2001!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Fang has become our obedience star by receiving his C.D. with First and Fourth Places in Novice A  at AKC shows, and a First Place for his first leg towards his ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America) C.D.! He recently received his first leg towards his Canadian C.D. (and placed in the Working Group four times for the #1 status!)  The first breeder/owner/handled kuvasz qualifying in obedience in nearly 10 years! Fang ranks #1 Obedience kuvasz for 2001 in Hoflin System II and qualified for the Kuvasz Club of America Versatility Outstanding Achievement Award.  Fang also qualified for the 2002 AKC//Eukanuba Invitational.

The Gang at Glacier Creek Kuvasz
"Where the Spirit Shines Through"

Deborah Blank and Kenneth Butters
The House That Ken Built
Introduction
Our Show Record and Philosophy


Logo by Leanne Warner

BIS Ch. Glacier Creek's Artic Spirit,  COAA "Sonia , the Amazon" Show Stats 

A Few Of Our Kids!

Some of our Brantwood Relatives!

Some Great Kuvasz Stories!

Idita-Shiner!
The Book of Kuvasz by Lissa and Ice
Kuvasz Temperament
Kuvasz Hungarian Folklore
Some Thoughts on Raising a Kuvasz
The Hungarian House, by Natalie Sharp
Chloe Saves the Day: A story about a Kuvasz Hero, by Natalie Sharp