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

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Available puppies- breeder members' advertising Puppy List The Puppy Listings on this page are by breeders who are members of the Havanese Club of GB. In order to advertise their Kennel Club registered litters on the HCGB Puppy List, breeders must have agreed to abide by our Code of Ethics, and provided evidence of health testing (British Veterinary Association Eye Test Certificate, not older than 12 months at the time of mating), for both Dam and Sire of the litter. The accuracy of the Listing is the sole responsibility of the breeder. Puppy Buyers are advised to visit the breeder's home and follow our general puppy buying advice, regardless of where the litter was advertised.

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A, B and C list judges If you would like to join the HCGB Judges' List, please contact Diane Mottram on mybeards.pon@btinternet.com or tel 01246 205166. Judging Criteria Click HERE for criteria to join our Judges' List. Judges' Lists For a current list of HCGB approved Judges, click HERE

Th ere is no evidence that Hip Dysplasia is more common in Havanese than other small breeds. The British Veterinary Association does not yet have enough hip X-ray results in their database to make a judgement of the prevalence of Hip Dysplasia in Havanese. However, the Orthopedic Foundation For Animals in the US has data on 7,129 tested Havanese and their results show Havanese are comparable to many other small breeds. Below is a list of OFA hip statistics as published to date (accessed in January 2025), in breeds from toy and other groups. You may have seen posts on social media stating that the -highly respected- Finnish canine health database shows that more than 50% of Havanese screened in Finland had Hip Dysplasia on Xray. This is based on only 332 tested Havanese over a nine year period. As with hip testing results in the UK, in terms of statistical validity this is a small number of dogs, and it is therefore not yet possible to draw conclusions about the breed as a whole. In contrast, the OFA data, based on 7,129 tested Havanese, demonstrates that at least 90% of tested dogs had a normal hip conformation, an additional 1% were indeterminate, and the vast majority of the remaining 9% fell into the 'mild' category. Any health data analyst would therefore ask questions as to why the results in the Finnish database are skewed towards hip dysplasia, before making any generalisations about the breed. There may be many different reasons, which theoretically may include the issue of small numbers, differences the methodology used to obtain and/or score Xrays, or factors specific to the local population. There may be any number of other factors we don’t know about. Until more dogs are added to their database, it will remain difficult to interpret the results. Nevertheless, we must not disregard this statistic but keep an open mind, closely monitor the data going forward, and review conclusions on an ongoing basis.

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.

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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

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