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Our
Goals
 We
produce the best dogs possible.
After attending many dog shows
and seeing literally hundreds of Havanese, we came to the
conclusion there were many interpretations to the Havanese
Standard.
Then one day it clicked! We
saw a Havanese with a neck!
We immediately called Diane Klumb
and asked why Keebler looked so different from the many other
dogs we've seen. Diane spent hours on the phone with us
teaching us the Havanese Standard.
Without breeding dogs for 100 years, we could look at this dog
and see he wasn't a Shih-Tzu, or a Lhasa Apso. It was a
Havanese and we knew it just by looking. That's called
BREED TYPE. It's what makes a
Havanese different from any other dog.
Finally recognizing breed type
excited us. Excited us because we knew what we wanted. Excited
us because now we wanted to contribute to the breed. So we went
back to Diane. Alas, Diane pounded us with health issues.
Whew! That's a lot of testing. But you know what? It's also
responsible. And we want to be responsible breeders.
Our Breeding Goals:
The neck is of
moderate length, in balance with the height and length of the
dog. It carries a slight arch and blends smoothly into the
shoulders. The topline is straight but not level, rising
slightly from withers to rump.
The characteristic
"spring" is caused by the strong rear drive combined with a
"flashy" front action effected by the short upper arm.
The expression is soft
and intelligent, mischievous rather than cute. The eyes are
dark brown, large, almond-shaped, and set rather widely apart.
The coat is double,
but without the harsh standoff guard hair and woolly undercoat
usually associated with double coats. Rather, it is soft and
light in texture throughout, though the outer coat carries
slightly more weight. The long hair is abundant and, ideally,
wavy.
Below is a picture of
Ch Feliz Perla
de las Antillas, owned by Joanne V. Baldwin, DVM. Doc has
graciously allowed me to mark up Pearlie's picture as an e xample
of a
"rule of
thumb." When evaluating a Havanese, you can use the ⅓-⅓-⅓
rule.
The dog should be ⅓
head & neck, ⅓
body and ⅓
legs & feet.
People describe our
dogs as elegant, well balanced with good
shoulder layback, and great toplines. |
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5/12/08 Our Jake X Trixie puppies
are here!
