Dungård is a Norwegian Fjord Horse breeding and training farm, owned by Dan Watanabe & Denise Vogel. It is currently located in Valley, Washington. Dungård is dedicated to excellence in Norwegian Fjordhorses that exemplify the breed's character and convey their Power, Elegance and irresistible Charm!
We have a small breeding program which represents top quality blood-lines from North America and Europe and are working to establish national and international partnerships that promote quality, genetic diversity and, by extension, long term sustainability in the breed. From the very beginning we have chosen to focus on versatile, highly capable Fjords and innovative training methods.
Dungård's stallions are top quality, yet different from each other and very complementary.
We are currently standing at stud our gorgeous grey dun German import stallion, Tsjalle, our magnificent white dun stallion OFI Siljar and our newly imported glorious red dun stallion Gio. Starting in summer 2022, we will also offering the Danish import stallion Kian Klattrup for breeding to outside mares via live cover. Kian is co-owned by us and Jayne Olson.
Please check with us for availability for each stallion for 2024.
Check back regularly for exciting developments!
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!
Congratulations to Judy Brescia on her purchase of our consignment gelding Delling. Delling was sold before he even made it to DDungard. We are super happy for the pair and can't wait to hear about their new adventures together.
Our new lovely grey mare Gina is confirmed in foal to Siljar for an early 2025 foal! Gina was supposed to be bred for 2024 when we got her, but wasn't. With Siljar's last super busy breeding season here with us this year, we started breeding with him early and sure enough have our first confirmed pregnancy for the season. We can't wait to see that foal and are of course keeping our fingers crossed for a "keeper filly".
Congratulations to Stacey Schwaller Bazan on her purchase of LLL Pendleton! Pendleton is moving to Maryland and will be enjoying a wonderful life as a pleasure pony. We are so happy you two found each other!
Congratulations to Christine Hurst on her purchase of DD Hazel (Gio x Ironwood Helena by OH Wynn). Christine comes from a Fjord family as her sister is Helena's breeder. Christine has started her own breeding program in Texas and as part of it she is the proud owner of DD Silvianna (Tsjalle x Silvia by Frederik Skova), who produced a couple Gio colts for Christine in the last years.
We can't be more excited for Hazel to get such a fantastic home, and for Christine to finally get her Gio filly.
Helena must have taken a close look on our Norwegian Fjord Foal Calendar and found her name on it. Right at midnight on her due date her water broke and she delivered a beautiful brown dun filly by Gio.
This is the biggest foal she has produced so far, but also the longest she has ever carried. Last year she missed out on having a foal, due to her foaling late the previous year and we decided to bump her into the earlier season. As such, she was just delighted when her baby girl finally made her appearance.
Introducing DD Hazel (Gio x Ironwood Helena by OH Wynn)
We are also welcoming Dreamfield Wiley I Det Røde to our farm. Wiley is owned by Thane Piscoya and will be part of our breeding program for at least the next few years. Her pedigree is full with well known top notch individual: Her sire is DD Tjalve, Tsjalle's first red dun born in the US out of Lillian by Orka. Wiley's mom is sired by Flotren and out of our red dun are Zelda. It is no surprise that she fits in perfectly, not just on the paper, but also in respect to our herd and dynamics. Congratulations to Thane and we are very excited to have this girl here.
Denise was awarded the USDF Rider Performance Award this season for her accomplishments in both Training Level and First Level. She also received her necessary scores at First Level that will be counting towards her USDF Bronze Medallion.
All scores were achieved on her trusted mount Tsjalle.