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Find out more about Havanese dogs Havanese are small sturdy dogs, slightly longer than tall. They have a double coat, i.e. an outer coat of long silky hair which is generally wavy to straight with a soft undercoat. The coat should be abundant though light in texture. The coat comes in many colours, ranging from white, all shades of cream, gold, sables, tobacco brown, silver, to black and any combination of these colours, giving parti-colours and tricolours. The coat is untrimmed for showing except for the hair on the feet which should be neatened. A completely natural look is what is required. Havanese have almond shaped eyes and a gentle and intelligent expression. Their legs are relatively short but not so short as to make the dog too close to the ground. They move in a jaunty fashion with a unique springy step, are very agile, and carry their plumed tails over their backs when on the move. CHARACTER – happy with a zest for life, they adore their family, bonding closely with them. This is the main reason why Havanese are not suitable as kennel dogs. Their greatest desire is to live at home as part of the family. They will become sad & introverted if left alone regularly or repeatedly for the greater part of the day & so are not suitable for people who work full time. Havanese need companionship to thrive. They are very good with children, especially older children who can appreciate their small size & play with them appropriately. They love their toys & can be very entertaining involving their humans in games of their own devising. Intelligent ? YES!! Havanese mix well with other breeds. They enjoy obedience training & mini agility or indeed any pastime in which they can participate & be with their owner. They want to please while still maintaining their own individual character. They are easy to house train as they are very clean by nature. They don’t mind water & indeed have been known to swim! They will give warning but are not “yappy”. RESPONSIBILITY as an HAVANESE OWNER – a little warning! The adorable nature of the HAVANESE with it’s appealing face, mannerisms & personality can within a very short time lead to it being spoiled. It is tempting to carry them about constantly, to baby them-DON’T. Allow them to run, play, have a daily walk, be a dog. Even if most of the time, they don’t think they are ! Havanese are still a relatively rare breed in the UK, so you may have to wait until a puppy is available. For further information please visit our puppy pages. Georgia is a bold and elegant font that is highly readable, even on smaller screens. So it’s ideal for mobile.

HCGB rules and regulations Rules & Regulations Revised 2015 NAME The Official name of the society shall be: - THE HAVANESE CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN dd & Manage Items. OBJECTIVES The objectives of the club shall be: To promote the interest of the breed and responsible ownership at all levels. To act as a focal point for both knowledge and education. To hold breed shows etc. along with social and educational events MEMBERSHIP (2005) The annual subscription shall be £8 single and £10 joint (two people living in the same household) £1 junior members (16 years or under). Junior membership applications must be supported by a single or joint subscription. Subscriptions shall be due on 1st Jan every year. Juniors have no voting rights. No member shall be entitled to enjoy any of the privileges of membership until such subscriptions are fully paid. No person shall be able to serve as an Officer or Member of the Committee, or to vote on Club matters unless their subscriptions were paid up as at the 31st January, in the current year and for the previous twelve months. The club must make a list of members and their addresses available for inspection, if so requested, by the members of the Club or by the Kennel Club. A list of breeders will be held by the Secretary, only members who adhere to the clubs code of ethics and have submitted official KC/BVA eye results to the Clubs Health Officer will be included on the list. A fee of £10 to be paid upon registration of each litter with the Secretary. A member may be elected to Honorary Life Membership at the AGM on recommendation of the committee, in recognition of outstanding service to the Club. Notice of the proposal to elect an Honorary Life Member shall appear on the Agenda for the AGM. Honorary Life Members shall have all the rights and privileges of membership, but shall not be liable to pay a subscription. COMMITTEE & OFFICERS The day to day management of the club shall be in the hands of a committee consisting of nine members elected, three to retire annually in rotation, if eligible may offer themselves for re-election. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer shall hold office for three years and will retire in rotation, if eligible may offer themselves for re-election. A Vice Chairman to be elected annually from within the committee. The President of the Club shall retire annually but will be eligible for re-election. The committee shall appoint Sub-Committee’s if required. Those Officers and Committee seeking re-election will not be required to obtain a proposer or seconder. New nominees must be proposed and seconded by fully paid up members of the Club. The election of Officer and Committee shall take place at the A.G.M by secret ballot. No person whilst an undischarged bankrupt may serve on the committee of or hold any other office or appointment within a Kennel Club registered Society. MEETINGS An A.G.M must be held each year. Its purpose shall be to receive the current accounts and balance-sheet. To elect Officers and Committee. To receive a report on the workings of the previous year. To appoint an Auditor. To discuss any resolution placed on the Agenda of which 14 days notice must be given in writing to the Secretary. No business shall be transacted at an A.G.M. unless notice thereof appears on the Agenda, with the exception of Routine matters which in the opinion of the Chairperson of the meeting shall be dealt with as a matter of urgency. A Special General Meeting may be summoned by the Secretary at the request of the Committee, or on the requisition in writing of at least 15 paid up members of the club specifying the business to be transacted. Members of the Club must receive not less than 21 days notice of a Special or General Meeting and such notice must be given in writing OR by public notice in the Canine press (Dog World/Ours Dogs). The minutes of the previous a.g.m. to be included in the Habanero not less than 21 days prior to the meeting. The Committee and Officers shall meet at convenient times as and when necessary. The quorate for a General Meeting shall be 15 paid up members personally present and for meetings of the Committee 5 Members personally present of whom 2 should be Officers. Committee Members should attend a committee meeting at least once in each year. At other times an apology will be expected in writing or the member will cease to hold office. The Committee shall have the power to fill any vacancy, which may occur in the Committee during the year. Please reload TROPHIES & PROPERTY Any property of the club shall be vested in Officers and Committee for the time being. FINANCE The financial year of the club will commence on the 1st January and end on the 31st. December each year. The Treasurer shall receive all monies, keep a proper record of receipts and payments and submit a properly audited income and expenditure account and balance sheet to members at the A.G.M. of the club. He/she will keep a banking account in the name of the club and cheques will be signed by any 2 of 3 duly nominated. Accounts will be certified annually and presented to the members at the Annual General Meeting. Certification of accounts must be carried out by one qualified accountant or two individuals with accountancy experience. Those undertaking the certification must be independent from those who prepared the accounts. A copy of the annual statement of accounts for the last financial year which must be certified in accordance with the rules of the society be made available on request to members 14 days prior to the AGM. Additionally, the annual statement of accounts will be available for inspection by members at the Annual General Meeting. RULES & REGULATIONS The rules of the club may not be altered except at an A.G.M or Special Meeting and such alterations should not be brought into force until the Kennel Club has been advised and given its approval of the alteration. The Kennel Club shall be the final authority for the interpretation of the rules and regulations of the club in all cases of canine or club matters. FEDERATION This club shall not join any federation of Societies of Clubs. SUSPENSION & EXPULSION Any member who shall be suspended under Kennel Club rule A11 and /or disqualified under Kennel Club rule A 42j(8) shall ipso facto cease to be a member of the club for the duration of the suspension and/or disqualification. If the conduct of any member shall, in the opinion of the Committee, be injurious or likely to be injurious to the character or interests of the club, the Committee of the Club may, at a meeting, the notice convening which, includes as an object the consideration of the member, determine that a Special General Meeting of the Club shall be called for the purpose of passing a resolution to expel him/her. Notice of the Special Meeting shall be sent to the accused member giving particulars of the complaint and advising him/her of the place date and hour of the meeting that he/she may attend to offer an explanation. If at this meeting a resolution to expel is passed by a two thirds majority of members present and voting, his/her name shall be forthwith erased from the list of members and he/she shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a member of the club, except that he/she may within 2 calendar months from the date of such a meeting, appeal to the Kennel Club upon and subject to such conditions as the Kennel Club may impose. EXPULSION If the Club expels any member for discreditable conduct in connection with dogs, dog shows, trials or competition, the club must report the matter in writing to The Kennel Club within seven days and supply any particulars required.. DISSOLUTIONS The club shall not be dissolved unless three-quarters of the members vote for such a dissolution at a General Meeting and confirmed at an Extra-ordinary Meeting, notice thereof shall be given to each member. In the event of the club ceasing to exist, the profits and assets will be re-distributed, as the members deem fit. ANNUAL RETURNS The Officers acknowledge that during the month of January each year, Maintenance of Title Fees will be forwarded to the Kennel Club by the Secretary for continuance of registration and that by 31st July each year, other returns as stipulated in the Kennel Club regulations for the Registration and Maintenance of Title Societies and Municipal Authorities, be forwarded to the Kennel Club. The Officers also acknowledge their duty to inform the Kennel Club of any changes of Secretary of the Club, which may occur during the year.. Please reload

What do hip and elbow screening results mean? Health screening is primarily performed to give breeders the opportunity to select healthy animals with good conformation for breeding, without unnecessarily excluding dogs from the genetic pool. In the UK, the vast majority of radiographs for Hip & Elbow screening will be submitted to the British Veterinary Association's Hip and Elbow Dysplasia Schemes for scoring. The new RKC Breed Health Standard stipulates that results of other schemes will be internally recorded, but only BVA scores will be published on the RKC website and count towards the 'Best Practice' category. BVA hip scoring system (score 0-106) The X-ray image is examined for features of 1) hip laxity and 2) degenerative changes. Based on nine radiographic features, each hip is separately assigned a numerical score from 0 to 53 , with a total score of 0 to 106. It is usually reported as a total score, as well as listing both hips separately, e.g. total score of 3 (0/3) or total score of 21 (10/11). The lower the score, the less evidence of Hip Dysplasia (and possibly arthritis) was found on the X-ray images. Read More BVA elbow scoring system (score 0-3) The X-ray image is examined for features of elbow dysplasia and degenerative changes. Each elbow is separately assigned a numerical score from 0 to 3 , and the higher of the two scores is then reported as the result. If one elbow scores 2 and the other 1, the result would be a score of 2. The lower the score, the less evidence of Elbow Dysplasia was found on the X-ray images. Read More How are Hip screening results interpreted? Before looking at the interpretation of hip and elbow screening results in Havanese, it is important to acknowledge that a test based on humans making a judgement by looking at images is inevitably an imperfect system, subject to observer variability. To manage this risk of bias, schemes in different countries have taken steps towards a degree of standardisation, and use multiple observers. The BVA for example has two scrutineers look at each radiograph, whereas the OFA uses three scrutineers selected at random from their pool of specialists. The grading or scoring methods used vary globally, meaning that results may differ depending on the scheme used, and consequently breeding recommendations may also be different in different countries. The BVA hip scoring system, as above, can result in a wide range of numerical scores. Their recommendation is that, within a breed, only dogs with scores in the more favourable half of the results (i.e.not above breed median score or BMS) are considered for breeding. This has served many breeds with a high prevalence of degenerative hip disease well, with improvement of hip scores over time, and the scheme is considered a success. However, there are currently insufficient numbers of tested Havanese in the BVA database to provide breeding recommendations. The same applies to the Australian database, which uses the same system as the BVA. The RKC primarily consulted the OFA database statistics before deciding to recommend BVA Hip and Elbow screening as an optional health test for Havanese in the Breed Health Scheme. The OFA uses a categorisation of hip results into ‘normal’, ‘borderline/indeterminate’ and ‘hip dysplasia’. Their ‘normal’ bracket is equivalent to BVA scores of 0-18, and in the interim, before we have a meaningful volume of data on Havanese in the BVA database, this may be a reasonable guide. It is fairly easy to determine, by whichever grading system is used, which hips are definitely good or definitely bad. Nobody would argue against excluding dogs with signs of arthritis on their screening radiographs from breeding. The challenge is with those where there is no evidence of arthritis, but varying degrees of hip laxity, particularly in a breed with no convincing evidence of a high prevalence of early onset degenerative hip disease. As a Breed Club, the HCGB will need to have a dialog with the RKC Health Team and their specialists on how to implement Hip & Elbow screening without a detriment to our genetic pool. For comparison of Hip grading schemes in different countries, click below. Hip Schemes

Breed standard Havanese Breed Standard (Interim) General Appearance Small, sturdy, slightly longer in body than height at withers. Profusely coated, tail carried in plume over back. Characteristics Lively, affectionate and intelligent. Temperament Friendly, outgoing. Head and Skull Nose to stop and stop to occiput to be equal in length, skull broad, slightly rounded, moderate stop. Muzzle not snipey or blunt, cheeks flat. Nose and lips solid black, although for brown shades the pigment may be brown. Eyes Dark, large, almond shaped, gently expression, eye rims black. In brown shades eyes can be a slightly lighter colour, eye rims brown. Ears Moderately pointed and dropped, set on just above eye level, slightly raised, neither fly away nor framing the cheeks. Mouth Jaws strong with perfect regular scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Neck Medium length. Forequarters Legs straight, medium bone. Shoulders well laid. Body Equal in height from withers to elbow as from elbow to ground. Slightly longer from point of shoulder to point of buttock than height at withers, level topline, slight rise over loin, well sprung ribs, with good tuck-up. Hindquarters Medium boned, moderate angulation. Feet Small, tight, hare foot. Tail Set high, carried over the back; profusely feathered with long silky hair. Gait/Movement Free with a springy step, legs moving parallel also the line of travel. Coat Soft, silky, wavy or slightly curled, full coated with an undercoat. Colour Any colour or combination of colours permissible. Size Ideal height 23-28cm (9-11 inches). Faults Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog. Note Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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How to find a responsible breeder We strongly recommend you contact the Secretary of Havanese Club of GB for recommendations of breeders, before you visit or commit to buying a puppy. Contact details can be found on this website under ‘Club’ Club’--‘officers’ in the top Visit the Kennel Club Assured Breeders list on the Kennel Club website, and contact breeders individually. Please accept that there may be a waiting list . Reputable breeders don’t have puppies ‘in stock’ waiting to be bought. They will breed purposefully and will have buyers waiting in most cases. We strongly advise against buying from popular pet sales websites or classifieds. Remember, good breeders don’t have to advertise their litters, they have waiting lists, so these ads rarely lead you to a reputable breeder. AVOID frequent advertisers on these sites, this can be associated with low welfare, high volume production outfit, such as puppy farming or ‘backyard’ breeding. A word of caution when you have found a breeder by whichever route, you will STILL need to do due diligence, visit, see where and how their dogs live, and whether you are comfortable with their practices. Why does it matter? Firstly, buying puppies from these sources, you are supporting animal cruelty and exploitation. Havanese were bred to be companions to humans, and they thrive on and need companionship. Their physical and mental health suffers, and their spirit is broken by a life in a crate, withouta bond with their human. Secondly, environmental influences such as stress, chronic pain, trauma and so on, can not only change how the parent dogs’ and puppies’ genetic material influences future health, but it can in fact impact their actual DNA, and these changes can be passed on to future generations. It makes sense to get a puppy from happy, loved and well cared for parents, and from a happy home that gave them the best possible start in life. Responsible breeding Selling puppies is a big business, and many advertisers are low welfare, large volume producers, only concerned about making money. Their dogs are often exploited, bred too young, too old or too frequently, without proper care and attention. Parent dogs are often kept in squalid conditions, and may not receive a healthy diet, species appropriate exercise, mental stimulation, or much needed veterinary care. They may live in chronic pain from severe matting, untreated conditions, rotting teeth and infections and parasites. Additionally, most low welfare breeders will not care about the breed as a whole, and would quite happily ruin it as long as they get paid. They will not care about proper structure and function, the dissemination of genetic disease, or preserving genetic diversity. Their practices will be detrimental to the future of the breed.

Havanese Breed judges' training Breed Appreciation Day November 10, 2019 The next Breed Appreciation Day will be taking place on Sunday 10th November 2019, at Normanton Village Hall, Main Street, Normanton-on-Soar, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5HB. Start time is 10:00 am for 10:30 am. There will be talks by Breed Speakers, and an MCQ assessment compliant with JCF. Booking Form Havanese Breed Seminar & Assessment November 26, 2017 The 2017 HCGB Breed seminar and Hands On Assessment will be held at Normanton Village Hall, Normanton on Soar, Loughborough, LE12 5HB, on Sunday 26th November 2017. Start time is 10:00 am for 10:30. Assessment spaces are now fully booked, but seminar tickets are still available. For information and booking please contact Club Secretary Mrs Gaynor Morris via email on rothermere007@hotmail.co.uk. This a Button Please reload

Health Testing Recommendations for Havanese Breeders Eye Testing All breeding dogs, starting after the age of 12 months and before first breeding, should have an annual eye test performed and certified by an official BVA Eye Panelist . Where possible, a copy of the report should be submitted to the HCGB Health Officer. Patella Testing A one off examination of the knee cap should be performed after the age of 12 months and before first breeding, by an experienced vet. The test should certified as per Putnam Scoring system (a form can be found here ). Essential Tests optional Tests The following tests are not considered essential, but it may benefit the breed to gather further information on these conditions. Heart testing not before the age of two years Other tests to consider: Hip & Elbow screening not before the age of one year DNA tests which may include Von Willebrands, Haemophilia A, Methaemoglobinaemia, Macrothrombocytosis, CDDY Chondrodystrophy, and traits such as furnishings and colour dilution

How to get in touch If you have any questions or comments, or would like further information about the Club or the Havanese Breed, please complete the contact form. Alternatively, you can contact individual HCGB Officers or Committee members using the contact details on the Club Committee page. Name Email Subject Message Success! Message received. Send