About Us
We are Tim and Rasha Nijenhuis, we live in a small city in the Netherlands.
Our dogs are our family, we enjoy to have them around us and love to train, work and show them.
As a child Rasha had german shepherds as watchdogs and some mix breed dogs for herding. She always knew she wanted her own dog as an adult. Tim loves to train a lot and wanted an athletic dog to work with.
After we moved to a bigger house with a lot of space, we start searching for our first dog. In Kîta's Shadow kennel was planning a litter. After a visit we fell in love with their stunning male Ataniq (Purple Rain Inditarod), who have the best temprament ever. We were very lucky that he was planning to have a litter by another Dutch breeder Sisca and Ruud van Amstel from Almere. We are thankfull that In Kîta's Shadow Kennel has helped us to get in touch with our breeder. So we decited to visit Sisca and Ruud to meet each other and ofcourse to see their female Nanuq. Nanuq was a very pretty girl she was very independence and self insure, just like a malamute should be. We waited months till she came in heat, exiting time till she get mated and to see the echo that she was pregnant! We were over the moon. On 14 juli 2012 Sisca and Ruud called us that there were 8 pups born! 3 males and 5 females. So our boy Tuvaq was born. The next weeks we visited the pups many times. And could not wait to get Tuvaq home. Tuvaq was a little dragon when he was a puppy, he stole our and many others heart. He was and still a very strong, selfassourd and very independend boy. We adore him, he is the love of our life.
Just before Tuvaq became 18 months we wanted another puppy to join our family. We were in touch with Radek and Iva Lysak from Inditarod kennel and saw they had a big litter of 11 pups! This litter was out of CH. Kotuko Fade to Black import AUS - Jet and the stunning BBIS BPIS JWW C.I.B. Shawnee Belle Inditarod - Shawnee. Misha was the last available girl at 6 months. We fell in love with her from the first pictures we have seen. So we decided to go and see her in real life and to see if there was a match between her and Tuvaq. We went all the way to Czech Republic to the lovely Radek and Iva. Out of a big pack we directly recognize our little princes. She was running through the garden, playing with her family. Misha was a very fast, lovely and smart puppy, she was a very happy and kind puppy too, like she still is. We also get to meet her family and fell in love with her mommy ass wel! What a stunning and kind bitch Shawnee was. Misha and Tuvaq get along with each other, so on 3 january 2014 we welcomed Misha to our family. We can't imagne a life without our princes Misha. We adore her!
After some years the pups got older and we decided it was time to have our third malamute. Meanwhile Rasha was studying pedigrees and knew a lot about pedigrees and the diffrent types of malamutes. The search didn't take that long, because after years of looking we knew what we wanted. We found pretty soon the perfect dam and sire. We fell in love with the beautiful Tamik years ago, so it was a dream to have a baby from this bitch. We came in touch with Kennel Skaghawk from Spain and again the waiting began for mommy Tamik to get in heat, mating time, pregnancy and finaly the pups!! There were 6 pups born, 3 males and yes! 3 females. We were very happy. Actually from the first picture we saw, we fell in love with our Lisi. It was love at the first sight. After many weeks we still liked that girl the most out of all and finally decided that she was the one. Lisi is our fifth family member and fits directly in the pack. She is a strong, active selfassure little girl with a lot of humour. She love cuddeling a lot and love being with her family. She stole our heart from the first day, we adore her already!
We are very thankful for all our breeders for their friendship and trust in us and for giving us the best malamutes we have ever could imagine.
Our kennel Neverwinter Nights has been approved by the FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) and the Dutch Kennel Club Raad van Beheer. We have a small kennel and breed occasionally, our stud is also availible to approved bitches. We breed according to the standards as set by the Dutch Kennel Club Raad van Beheer.
Our dogs are our family, we enjoy to have them around us and love to train, work and show them.
As a child Rasha had german shepherds as watchdogs and some mix breed dogs for herding. She always knew she wanted her own dog as an adult. Tim loves to train a lot and wanted an athletic dog to work with.
After we moved to a bigger house with a lot of space, we start searching for our first dog. In Kîta's Shadow kennel was planning a litter. After a visit we fell in love with their stunning male Ataniq (Purple Rain Inditarod), who have the best temprament ever. We were very lucky that he was planning to have a litter by another Dutch breeder Sisca and Ruud van Amstel from Almere. We are thankfull that In Kîta's Shadow Kennel has helped us to get in touch with our breeder. So we decited to visit Sisca and Ruud to meet each other and ofcourse to see their female Nanuq. Nanuq was a very pretty girl she was very independence and self insure, just like a malamute should be. We waited months till she came in heat, exiting time till she get mated and to see the echo that she was pregnant! We were over the moon. On 14 juli 2012 Sisca and Ruud called us that there were 8 pups born! 3 males and 5 females. So our boy Tuvaq was born. The next weeks we visited the pups many times. And could not wait to get Tuvaq home. Tuvaq was a little dragon when he was a puppy, he stole our and many others heart. He was and still a very strong, selfassourd and very independend boy. We adore him, he is the love of our life.
Just before Tuvaq became 18 months we wanted another puppy to join our family. We were in touch with Radek and Iva Lysak from Inditarod kennel and saw they had a big litter of 11 pups! This litter was out of CH. Kotuko Fade to Black import AUS - Jet and the stunning BBIS BPIS JWW C.I.B. Shawnee Belle Inditarod - Shawnee. Misha was the last available girl at 6 months. We fell in love with her from the first pictures we have seen. So we decided to go and see her in real life and to see if there was a match between her and Tuvaq. We went all the way to Czech Republic to the lovely Radek and Iva. Out of a big pack we directly recognize our little princes. She was running through the garden, playing with her family. Misha was a very fast, lovely and smart puppy, she was a very happy and kind puppy too, like she still is. We also get to meet her family and fell in love with her mommy ass wel! What a stunning and kind bitch Shawnee was. Misha and Tuvaq get along with each other, so on 3 january 2014 we welcomed Misha to our family. We can't imagne a life without our princes Misha. We adore her!
After some years the pups got older and we decided it was time to have our third malamute. Meanwhile Rasha was studying pedigrees and knew a lot about pedigrees and the diffrent types of malamutes. The search didn't take that long, because after years of looking we knew what we wanted. We found pretty soon the perfect dam and sire. We fell in love with the beautiful Tamik years ago, so it was a dream to have a baby from this bitch. We came in touch with Kennel Skaghawk from Spain and again the waiting began for mommy Tamik to get in heat, mating time, pregnancy and finaly the pups!! There were 6 pups born, 3 males and yes! 3 females. We were very happy. Actually from the first picture we saw, we fell in love with our Lisi. It was love at the first sight. After many weeks we still liked that girl the most out of all and finally decided that she was the one. Lisi is our fifth family member and fits directly in the pack. She is a strong, active selfassure little girl with a lot of humour. She love cuddeling a lot and love being with her family. She stole our heart from the first day, we adore her already!
We are very thankful for all our breeders for their friendship and trust in us and for giving us the best malamutes we have ever could imagine.
Our kennel Neverwinter Nights has been approved by the FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) and the Dutch Kennel Club Raad van Beheer. We have a small kennel and breed occasionally, our stud is also availible to approved bitches. We breed according to the standards as set by the Dutch Kennel Club Raad van Beheer.