Norwegian Fjordhorses & Brockamp Bareback Pads
Welcome to DDungård, LLC
DDungård is Norwegian Fjord Horse breeding farm, owned by Dan Watanabe & Denise Vogel, located in Valley, Washington.
DDungård is dedicated to excellence in Norwegian Fjordhorses that exemplify the breed's character and convey their Power, Elegance and irresistible Charm!
Norwegian Fjordhorses
As one of only a few progressive Fjord breeding programs in the USA, we are proud to be offering top quality bloodlines that have carefully been selected and developed to promote versatile, highly capable Fjords with excellent conformation, movement and people-oriented personalities. (read more in Breeding program).
From the very beginning we have chosen to focus on individuals that meet most of these criteria (no one is perfect!), while being genetically diverse, to breed forward to complementary stallions to improve upon the next generation. Applying a strict selection system, our broodmare band is constantly evolving with the help of top quality stallions, who we periodically import from Europe. This helps us enhance overall quality, genetic diversity and, by extension, long term sustainability in the breed.
We are currently standing at stud our gorgeous grey dun German import stallion, Tsjalle and our "oldie but goldie" Danish import stallion Kian Klattrup. Kian is co-owned by us and Jayne Olson.
Our former stallion Siljar is breeding with Dun In farm in Capac, MI and our imported red stallion Gio is breeding with his new owner, Pappy Van Fjords in Fair Grove, MO.
For 2025 we welcomed our co-owned (with Aurora Skurtun) junior stallion DD Tjasse back for his initial breeding season. Hatton's Oskar (FSF Ole x Levitah by Fair Acres Sven II) owned by Ashley Ralph was standing at DDungård for breeding from June - September 2026.
For 2026 we are thrilled to be breeding a small number of mares to our newly imported junior stallions OstFin (Nygåards Gurven x Edelfin by Brijol) and Vetch (Jakobsgardens Junar x Füress by Drafur)!
Starting in 2026 we will not be offering stud service to outside mares any longer. If you are interested in purchasing a foal sired by our stallion(s), make sure to enter our waitlist.
Check back regularly for exciting developments!
Brockamp Pads
We are very proud to be the only North American dealer for Brockamp Special Bareback pads and treeless saddle pads. Visit our online shop and order your pad today!
For everyone looking to find their Fjord!
If you are looking for a purebred Norwegian Fjord Horse make sure to check out our Sales Page!
New since 2025 is our waitlist pool for people who are looking to find their dream Fjord. That may be a foal from our upcoming foal crop, a future consignment horse or matches the description of a Fjord from another Seller we may know of.
Please be mindful when putting your name on the waitlist and let us know when to take you back off the waitlist. If we are contacting you regarding a possible match and don't hear back, you will be found ineligible as a prospective Buyer for future sales horses. So, please be serious and considerate about our time helping people find their new Fjord friend.
Announcements
Last *inoffical* 2025 foal arrived
Last *inoffical* 2025 foal arrived
Last *inoffical* 2025 foal arrived
Last year, DIF Megan, suffered from a massive hematoma that had formed in a ligament close to her uterus. The veterinarians were worried that it could rupture and she would bleed out internally and therefore, she spent 3 weeks at WSU to kept quiet and monitored 24/7.
We made the decision to not breed her last year and potentially breed her this year with our lease stallion Oskar. This spring we had lots of discussions if we wanted to take the risk and breed her or find her a fantastic non-breeding home. We thought she may prefer a life without more babies. Spring went by and summer started and Megan looked huge and we couldn’t figure out her cycle. An ultrasound revealed that she was in fact pregnant! An approximate foaling range between December and January was indicated, which led us to believe the foal was sired by Kian as she resided next to him over the winter months. However, we could not recall any incident where one horse was not where it’s supposed to be.
On 10/21/25 at 2.30am Megan foaled a healthy grey colt. Since Kian does not carry the grey gene and he looks conformationally just like our other Tsjalle foals, the baby daddy was obvious. Calculating backwards and considering that all of our mares foaling past August tend to have a gestation period of approx. 320 days and 330 max, it would put the conception right around Thanksgiving 2024. Some might recall that we spent last Thanksgiving at the Oregon Horse Center with Nora, Perle and Jorina. This was the first and only trip that Tsjalle did not go on and stayed home.
So far everything is looking well. We are keeping an extra close eye on Megan in the next few weeks and keep our fingers crossed that she will be fine.
Coming soon!
Last *inoffical* 2025 foal arrived
Last *inoffical* 2025 foal arrived
Together with Ashley Johnson Ralph and Dreamfield Fjords, we will be bringing Wenar van Stal De Heale Moanne from Fjorden Stal De Heale Moanne to the US!
Wenar is sired by the French bred stallion King d'Ober by the German stallion Ilmar. His mother is sired by the Norwegian bred stallion Rudsmo Rune, bred to a Lyckängs Tempo (Swedish bred) daughter. Quite an international pedigree with yet no common ancestors in the first 3 generation represented in North American breeding! We are expecting Wenar to mature into a beautiful big boy with his sire standing proud 15hh and dam 14.2hh.
While we are currently pretty full with young stud prospects ourselves, we have partnered up with Ashley with both Wenar and our 2024 grey import Vetch, who also boasts a very unique and diverse pedigree! These two boys will be alternating breeding here with us in Washington and with Ashley in Kentucky. It means more genetic diversity for both programs and overall more diversity in the North American gene pool! We are very excited and thankful for this opportunity!
Breeding season concluded
Last *inoffical* 2025 foal arrived
Last official 2025 foal arrived
Breeding season 2025 is a wrap! We are pleased to announce that we have 4 mares confirmed in foal to DD Tjasse and 7 mares confirmed in foal to Hatton's Oskar for 2026! A HUGE thank you for Ashley Ralph with Dreamfield Fjords in KY for leasing us handsome Oskar for this summer!
Last official 2025 foal arrived
Last official 2025 foal arrived
Congratulations to Ashley Ralph with Dreamfield Fjords in KY her filly, DD Vera! This was a custom breeding with our lovely white dun mare DD Sunnyside Vivian (Siljar x Vikkelsoe's Kunst by Max) and our senior import stallion Kian Klattrup. We are so excited that this stunning girl is going to contribute her bloodlines to such a fantastic program!
Glacier here we come!
Our annual August get-away took us to Glacier National Park. On board were Tsjalle and Nora as our equine companions and trail partners.
We rode the Belly River trail the first day, Two Medicine Shore Trail the second and up on the Blackfeet Reservation on our final day.
Check out our Facebook page for more information and pictures!
Summer foaling season
Summer foaling season has officially started!
Zelda foaled 20 days early a leggy red dun filly. Both mom and filly are doing well.
Introducing DD Zaria (Gio Zelda by Bluebird Lane Griffon)!
Greta also foaled 15 days early and produced a super cute brown dun filly with DD Gia, sired by Gio as well. Gia and Zaria are 7/8 sisters. Since Greta will be retiring from our broodmare band this summer, Gia will be taking over her spot in our program. Welcome DD Gia (Gio x Greta by Bluebird Lane Griffon)!