This is the story of Leo, a little boy born with half a heart and Down Syndrome, and his Havanese Therapy Dogs who filled his heart with lov

An article that explains about the Code of Silence about genetic diseases in a Breeder's lines.

The Top 20 Producing Havanese Kennels in Canada and Commercial Status

How One Canadian Kennel has the potential to impact the Genetic Diversity of the Havanese Breed

The following chart, with statistics taken from the Canadian Kennel Club Studbooks between 2011-2015, shows that 8 litters within 5 years were born to this dam from a Canadian Havanese Kennel: 2011-2015 CKC Studbook Statistics 1 - 2010 1 - 2011 2 – 2012 (Note a singleton litter born 2/24/2012) 1-2013 2-2014 1-2015 This means that this dam was bred on almost every cycle over the five-year period under investigation. It will be necessary to access the 2010 and 2016 Studbooks to

All of the dogs - sires, dams and offspring as well as litter data within the CKC Studbooks from 2011-2015 are being added into an independent database. As this input occurs, the Database Manager is tracking anomalies within the data from the various kennels - overbreeding of bitches, kennel popular sires, extremely high numbers of litters produced from a kennel and extremely high COI across the offspring, etc. As information comes to light, charts will be provided to buyhava

This is the story of a rescued Havanese girl who had 14 litters at a puppy mill before she was purchased by a rescuer at an auction in the US and set 'free' with her new Canadian family. This story will make you cry but give you hope for all of those other rescue Havanese waiting for a chance at Freedom. "Free became a symbol of atrocity and rescue for many people, loved from afar and cheered for every incremental step she has taken." Lucinda is a volunteer with Havanese Resc

This article shares information about how some breeders misrepresent the pedigrees and/or the health of their dogs.

"Ideally, afflicted dogs and also their near relatives must not be utilized in breeding programs."

Does any of this sound familiar to you? It sure does to me and I would venture to say that it also does to Alice's and Lucy's mom: " '...nope, not in my lines ... '; '... never heard of that before ... '; '..It is a result of something that you did...'; '...It must be environmental, my lines are clean ... '; '... how dare you imply that this disease is in my breeding program ... '; ' ...your dog probably drank from a stream when you were not looking ...'." "These are some of