Yesterday I spent time working on Alice's Story as Told by Her Family. It's not a story about shows and ribbons and winnings. It's not a story about whether this dog's hair has been stained or chewed or that dog's hair has been cut inappropriately so that their show careers are affected. This is a another kind of story - one about a family struggling to deal with the life-long genetic disease that their loved pet has been diagnosed with. This is the type of story that buyhava

As we approach publishing "Alice's Story Told By Her Family", I'll post several websites on the buyhavanese Facebook page where you can inform yourself about Sebaceous Adenitis. Becoming fully prepared to understand the horror of living with this disease for Alice and the members of her family will help you negotiate the publication. Below is the first of those articles: "Sebaceous adenitis in Havanese dogs: a retrospective study of the clinical presentation and incidence" ht

The ethics of keeping puppy deposits

How many litters/puppies is too many for one kennel/kennel family?

Tampering with a dog's pedigree chart in an open data base