Hello, and welcome to the website of van de Biezenhoeve working dogs!

This website is dedicated to our dogs and our kennel, but here is a little bit about the two "two-legged" behind it all...

WE are Gert Vandersmissen & Christine Sonberg.
Dogs are not only our common interest, but also the reason we met in the first place.

Gert is born and raised in Belgium, Christine is originally from Norway.Today we are married, living together with our dogs in Belgium.
With our common passion for the German Shepherd and the Malinois, we dedicate most of our time to them. We are both active competitors, Christine is the "trainaholic" and Gert is the dedicated helper, not only for our dogs, but also in our club.

Because we have the honor of working toghether with some of the best handlers and dogs in the world, we have created a vision of what kind of working dogs we apprechiate; that we want as loyal companions, as training partners and in general as an enrichment in our lives. We have a vision about what qualities and abilities we feel a true working dog must posess, hopefully this website and the presentations of our dogs will give you an idea..

Our breeding program is not about selling puppies, it is about creating a working dog that fits in our picture, and creating dogs that will fill our buyers with the same joy we have.
A good breeder stands for responsibility and honesty; both to ourselves aswell as to our buyers. This we commit to in every litter we have and every puppy we sell.

We also own Kennel Cymraeg Ci,
breeders of Welsh Corgi Cardigan.
 

Thanks for visiting our website!
ENJOY!
 

Kind regards
Gert & Christine

Christine's diary from
the WUSV 2005