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About the Havanese Clu of GB Top of Page The Club - what we do We are a friendly and accessible club dedicated to promoting the breed and ensuring the welfare of the Havanese in the UK. Our experienced and enthusiastic committee and officers readily give up their time to organise events and shows. They are happy to give wide ranging advice to anyone considering this wonderful breed. We are dedicated to Havanese Our loyalty, first and foremost, is to the Havanese breed. We work towards raising awareness amongst pet owners and future breeders regarding the characteristics, needs and health of the breed. Our newsletter updates Club members on latest developments in the breed, health initiatives, and range of topics of interest to Havanese owners. We welcome new members The club welcomes anyone who has an interest in the Havanese breed, whether your interest is in breeding, showing, dog sports or having a lovely, family friendly pet. Come and find us at Discover Dogs events in the UK annually or visit the Havanese ring at one of the many shows across the UK where you can meet some of our members and their beautiful dogs. Contact the Membership Secretary, Catherine Muscroft, for further information on membership benefits. We organise events We organise a range of events dedicated to our breed. This includes Open and Championship Shows, Fun Days for Havanese owners and Seminars. Our events are popular and well attended. Please see the 'Events' section to find out more. Browse our website P lease browse our website for more information on all things Havanese.

HCGB Additional Code of Ethics Approved at AGM 2014 All breeding should primarily be for the purpose of improving the standard of the breed. As a Club we recommend all stock be tested for eye problems annually. 1. Ensure that at all times my dogs are properly housed, watered, exercised and receive Veterinary attention if and when required and are kept fully leashed or under effective control at all times. 2. Litters should be carefully planned, using healthy bitches and stud dogs of sound temperament and conformation. No bitch shall be mated intentionally under 18 months of age. It is recommend that Bitches should be 2 years of age. Bitches should not be mated on consecutive seasons. It is recommended that bitches have no more than three litters extending to 4 if a singleton is born. No bitch to be mated over 7 years of age (Veteran). I shall not knowingly breed from any dog or bitch that I know to have any hereditary disease or defect. 3. All breeding stock should have current clear eye certificates. That is both the bitch and dog. Eye testing to be carried out within 12 months prior to breeding, under the appropriate KC/BVA scheme, with the results declared to the Havanese Health Officer/Archivist. Only breeders complying to this rule to be recommended to prospective puppy purchases. 4. Ascertain that all persons acquiring dogs from me clearly understand their responsibility for the care and welfare of the animal and that they have the time and facilities. 5. That no puppy should be sold unless it has been fully weaned and away from its mother for 3 weeks, or sold under the age of 8 weeks. The breeder shall furnish the buyer with a pedigree and/or registration, worming certificates, diet sheet and useful paperwork where applicable. 6. To help where possible to re-home dogs sold by me that become homeless due to their owner's death or personal problems. 7. No breeder should knowingly sell to a retail outlet. 8. Stud dog owners to satisfy themselves of the condition in which ensuing litters would be raised. 9. All members will familiarise themselves with the facility offered by the Kennel Club’s endorsement ‘R’ (PROGENY NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION) when registering puppies. Ideally this exclusion should be placed on the registration of all puppies; breeding puppies sold should be subject to an unaffected KC/BVA eye results. All owners should be made aware of this exclusion and an agreement should be signed by all parties. 10. Members will, when breeding dogs, adopt as a minimum standard the principles, requirements and recommendations as embodied in the Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme. It is strongly recommended that members who breed should apply to join the Scheme.

Havanese Got Talent! Everyone who owns a Havanese can tell you what wonderful pets they are, and most of us know they are stunning show dogs, but their intelligence and energy make them very adaptable little dogs who can be taught new tricks and skills quickly. I know that when I took my first Havanese, Ruby, to obedience training, the Trainer had never trained a Havanese before, but by the end of the 8 week course Ruby was labelled as the class swot and the Trainer was telling everyone that if they wanted a dog that was quick to learn they should get a Havanese. So, aside from the usual pet obedience training and showing, in what other fields do they excel? Many of us who use Facebook will know of Valerie Knight’s Poppy and Dilly Aspland’s Bebe, both of whom compete in Agility. Poppy started agility after Valerie had been taking her to obedience training for a while and upon hearing of an agility trainer they thought they would see how they got on. Poppy was the only Havanese attending the agility class, and she started halfway through the course, but she soon became as proficient as the dogs who had been attending since the start of the course. Poppy loves her agility, in all weathers, and despite the main aim being to have a lot of fun, she has started competing, and is doing rather well, having come first in jumping at several shows. Valerie says that whilst Poppy is not as fast as some breeds, such as terriers, she is consistent and concentrates 100%, whereas a lot of dogs lose concentration and run off the course. Dilly is a firm believer in giving her dogs very full, fun lives. She started Bebe at Agility when she was about 18 mths old, and Bebe loved it. Many of us will have read about the sad incident when Bebe was attacked by another dog, injuring her badly. Due to the attack Bebe had to take a six month break from showing and agility whilst Dilly worked to get her back in good physical condition, and to re-build her shattered confidence. But in true Havanese style Bebe bounced back. Dilly says that Bebe’s Agility teacher loves Bebe because she is always happy and very quick to pick things up. Bebe advanced to the top group faster than other dogs who started at the same time as her. Dilly reports that Bebe is fast and holds her own with the other small breeds. It really does seem as if Havanese have a natural ability. Dilly also takes Bebe to “Wag to Tone” and Heel work to Music. Wag to Tone is a gentle exercise programme for dog and owner with a few tricks thrown in for good measure. Heel work to music is another form of Obedience and Tricks to music. Bebe was quick to pick it up and Dilly says she just loves to please. If you want to do Agility or tricks involving jumping with your Havanese, please do attend a reputable club: puppies must not start jumping tricks until they have stopped growing. Poppy and Bebe started when they were 16 to 18 months old. If you want to attend Agility training before that time then there are plenty of exercises and obstacles they can learn without having to jump. Anna Walsh

GENERAL TRAINING It is always best to take your puppy to puppy training classes in your area. Training clubs in your area can be found on the Kennel Club website. Puppy training not only ensures you have a dog you can control and trust, it is also an opportunity for your puppy to learn to be sociable, which is essential to avoid aggression towards others. Dog showing is a sociable way to meet other havanese owners and see other havanese dogs. Agility is tremendous fun and not the reserve of big dogs – your puppy will have to grow up a bit before he should do much jumping though… but there are plenty of agility tasks which he can train for without jumping. There are many training methods, but here are a few tips and tricks to get you started. First step is to decide what commands you are going to use and to stick to them so your puppy does not get confused. Some of the ones used are listed below. As your puppy starts to know what you are asking of him his level of understanding will increase and you can build on his vocabulary, but start with just one or two commands – try to make each of the commands sound different – so for SIT, say it in quite a brisk way, whereas with DOWN, say it in a slower, lower tone. These are commands you can use : – SIT – for asking the dog to sit DOWN – for asking the dog to lie down STAND – for asking the dog to stand COME – for asking the dog to come to you WAIT – for asking the dog to remain in one position until you say otherwise. OFF – for asking the dog to get off furniture, or to stop jumping up at someone LEAVE – to get the dog to relinquish an item they have in their mouth or to stop them picking up the item in the first place. HURRY UP – to ask the dog to go to the toilet. For SIT, DOWN and STAND you can teach your puppy the various commands by saying them at the appropriate time and giving him a treat. By way of example, if your puppy happens to lie down say DOWN and give him a treat, Whilst he stays in the position keep repeating the appropriate command to him. At first your commands will come after he is in position, but he will soon learn to associate the command with the position. At a training class you can learn to bait your puppy into various positions by holding and moving treats to guide your puppy into the positions you are teaching. Training Classes

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