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Past With the intention of buying a Greenlanddog to accompany him on hikes in the mountains, Karsten ended up with a Siberian Husky pup from one of the first litters born in Norway. In
1965 he came across an advertisement of Helge Ingstad in a local newspaper,
reading: "Siberian Husky pups for sale from Leonhard Seppala's
famous lines". Although Karsten had_never heard of Siberian Huskies
nor of Leonhard Seppala at the time, he had read every book by Helge Ingstad, Norway's
well known archeologist, explorer and writer. Ingstad was the first breeder
of Siberians in Norway and bred many litters out of Rip (Taj x Bryar's Sepp)
and Bryar's Sindy. Out of one of these litters Karsten acquired the female Rusky and one year later her full sister Laika. In 1969, Laika was bred to the first Anadyr dog imported in Norway; Alaskan's Tannik of Anadyr. From this combination came Peik who would become the foundation for the kennel. Even today the names of Rip and Bryar's Sindy can be found in the background of the dogs at Vargevass. To prove Siberians could still perform in harness and as a way of selecting the future stock of the kennel, the dogs were started in competitions. In the beginning
--of the ' 70's only pulka and skijoring style races were --held which were
dominated by birddogs. Karsten ---_helped to organize the first sleddogstyle
race in ------_1972 and has been competing ever since. The first _twenty years mainly
in sprint and mid-distance races _and from the middle of the ' 90's in long
distance. _The last -sprint race he put on his name was the European Championship of 1994 in Andermatt, (Switzerland). In later years, the focus was on Alpirod
in 1995, Pirena in 1997, 1998 (1st) and 1999 and Femundløpet from
2000 and onward. Best placing was in 2001 when Karsten and the team ended
3rd, forcing double Iditarod winner Robert Sørlie into 4. place. A wide genepool has always been considered important at Vargevass and many dogs from various lineage were acquired over the years, such as Kreevanka's Narajak (Anadyr), Natomah's Ruff-N-Reddy (WWL), Vostok-, Unik- and Talitta of Kolyma (Anadyr), Arctic Trail's Fang, Yeso Pac's el Diablo (New England), Ash of Markovo (Seppala) and Finnemarka's Hippu (New England lines). These dogs have contributed to establish a sound line of working Siberians, appreciated by many breed fanciers, be it as working dogs or companions. |
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What's in a kennelname? Vargevass derives its name from the old Norwegian words 'Varg', meaning wolf. Vass is the genetive ending of lake. In effect, Vargevass means 'lake of the wolves'. _______________________ FCI Judge Besides sled dog driver and breeder is Karsten also an FCI acknowledged judge for the 4 polar dog breeds. Since his assignment in 1994, he has judged the SH breed in various countries such as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Germany ______________________ Articles featuring Karsten Huskybladet, NSHK - 2000 Hundekjøring, fra tur til.. 2000 Sib Husky Club of GB - 2002 SH gåvan från Tjukotka - 2003 Mushing Magazine - 2005 Polarhunden, SPHK - 2005 Husky Klub Deutschl. - 2006 |
Some
results of the past:
1971 - Club champion Tromsö nordic 1972 - Winner first Scand.nomestyle race 1973 - Winner Fjälldraget 1975 - Norwegian champion 1976 - Nordic champion Nome style 1976 - Norwegian champion 1978 - Nordic champion Nome style 1978 - Norwegian champion 1979 - Nordic champion Nome style 1979 - Norwegian champion 1981 . Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1982 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1984 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1985 - Nordic champion Nome style 1985 - Norwegian champion 1986 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1986 - Nordic champion Nome style 1986 - Norwegian champion 1987 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1988 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1990 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1992 - Winner Jotunheimlöpet Open 1994 - European champ. purebred Open 1997 - Pirena stage race 3. pl 1998 - Winner Pirena stage race 2000 - Femund500 15. pl (best pb) 2001 - Femund500 -.3. pl (best pb) 2002 - Femund500 11. pl (best pb) 2003 - Femund500 dnf 2003 - Winner Polar Distans 2004 - Femund500 16. pl (best pb) 2004 - Winner Polar Distans 2005 - Femund500.12. pl (best pb) 2005 - Winner Polar Distans 2006 - Femund600 dnf ---.--- - Finnmarkslöpet1000 - 13. pl best pb 2007 - Femund600 10. pl (best pb out of 5) -------- - Winner Polar Distans 2008 - Bronze medal WSA champ. 8-d sprint -------- - Winner Polar Distans 160 km.(Eveline) 2009 - Silver medal Swedish champ longdistans -------- * Jotunheimlöpet: Norway's most popular mid _-_distance race in the 1980's Femundlöpet: Europe's most popular long distance sled dog race at present, with 100 starting teams on average. Finnmarkslöpet: Europe's longest sled dog race in the utmost north of Norway. Polar Distans: Sweden's longest sleddograce |
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| Present |
Kennel News 2010 12 July Peikon bred Finnemarka's Alice of Christen Rose Anderssen. 11 July Nathan bred Varga of kennel Ulveblikk of Norway 10 July Grubian became father of 9 pups at kennel Ulveblikk of Norway. 9 July Kennel Arktisk Storm got 9 pups by Sverre av Vargevass 5 July Nathan bred Carillo Speed On 'Tippi' of Leif Herleiksplass 18 May Libby got 4 puppies by SUCH S(Polar)CH NUCH Dante. 9 May Karsten judged the Siberian Husky at the Europasieger show in Dortmund, Germany. 27/28 March Karsten was main judge/speaker for Siberian Husky at Swedish judges conference. 19 March Amundsen Race 420 km. 12. pl. of 36 entries (23 in finish), best SH team of 6 in a time of 1d. 22hrs. 52 min. |
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News continued 9 March Polar Distans 160: 1. of 17 team time: 10hrs. 37 min. (Eveline) 24 February Enok became father of 5 pups at the kennel of Norbert Gebhardt 04-06 February Femund 600: 16. pl of 48 entries (32 in finish). time: 3d. 15t. 13 m. Best SH team of 4. 16/17 January Nordic Open of SPHK NN. 1.pl. LMD 2 x 46,5 km. Eveline 12/13 September Karsten judged the Swedish Siberian Husky Specialty show. 6 September Karsten judged the Dutch Siberian Husky Specialty. 1 August Dante won Best of Breed at the Swedish Kennel Club show of Jämtland and is now Swedish Show Champion as well as Swedish Working Champion |
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![]() Keeping the kennel limited, so all the dogs fit into the car. |
31 July - 1 Aug. 2010 Kennel Seminar (Swedish) 4 September 2010 Juding assignment for Samoyed and Siberian Husky at SPHK Västra, Simmatorp |
Occassionally breeding |
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