Tips for Feeding Havanese Dogs
It doesn’t take new Havanese dog owners very long to realize that their pet has a few unusual quirks when it comes to eating. My Cairn, who passed on three months ago after being a family companion for fourteen years, would make a full cup of dry dog food disappear in a flash. If I [...]
Grooming Your Havanese Dog
Before you decide to bring a Havanese puppy into your family, think seriously about your grooming responsibilities. The Havanese is a dog that requires daily grooming to look good, and not just a brushing. The Havanese’s coat is thick and needs to be trimmed frequently. Some owners who are not interested in showing their dogs, [...]
Havanese Dog Health Care
The Havanese Club of America surveys breeders to discover the types and frequency of diseases in their dogs. When progressive retinal atrophy, an eye disease that can cause blindness, was discovered in the breed, HCA required breeders to have their dogs’ eyes tested by the Canine Eye Registration Foundation and to include the CERF number [...]
Havanese Dog Grooming
With dog care, grooming is essential. Dogs need to be cleaned and groomed frequently in order to maintain proper health and hygiene. So like all other dogs, Havanese dogs need to be groomed frequently. The biggest drawback in cleaning a Havanese dog is the coat. Grooming a Havanese dog takes a long time because the [...]
Havanese Dog Training
Training any toy dog can be a challenge. Unlike most breeds of dogs, toy dogs, including Havanese dogs, were not bred with a specific job to do. For the most part they were not bred to hunt, herd, guard or do other things that required them to be particularly obedient. Toy dogs specialized in being [...]
Havanese Dog Care
From the moment you bring your Havanese dog home things are going to change. You are basically bringing home a new member of the family. His rules may be a little different than the rules for some of the two-legged members of the family, but he will let you know very clearly that he considers [...]
Buying A Havanese Dog
Havanese Dogs are ranked as the 36th most popular breed in the United States according to the American Kennel Club. That makes these small, rugged companion dogs quite popular, especially for a breed descended from 11 dogs that escaped from Cuba after the revolution. Buying a Havanese dog sometimes takes a little patience and effort. [...]
Havanese Puppy Information
All of us dream of having the “perfect” pet – one that is polite, well behaved, friendly, and happy. This is a miracle that you can “make happen.” If you have patience—lots of it, persistence, and determination one can have a “Havanese” that is a “Canine Good Citizen.” Just as we teach our children, the [...]