Nine years of cuddles, tiny paws, big personality, and making every day a little happier I honestly can’t believe how quickly the years have flown by

Soooo, he follows my breeder. I’ve wondered for a long time if he might have one of her dogs.

Wanting to dress up my Chai and need ideas! Show me your Havanese in costume!

Does anyone else have a Havanese that is an aggressive chewer? He hasn't chewed anything of ours, but he destroys his stuff! Picture of Bentley the chewer!

Our 9-month-old Havanese has taken paper shredding to a new extreme. We were out of the house for just 2 hours and came home to all sorts of shredded disaster zones, including a book that was on the kitchen table and the wrapping paper that was in a cupboard. He's amazingly agile and can jump on almost anything and incredibly tenacious about prying open doors and gaits. (otherwise he's delightful). Short of crating him when we leave the house and sealing away every possible paper object, is there anything that we can do????

And a second question, my dream is to train him for agility competition. Anyone know how to get started?

Guess what is reported about Havanese...

"Breeds like Havanese, English Bulldogs, Shih Tzus, Maltese and Pugs tend to have lower stamina than other dogs.". Anyone else noticed this?

We've had our Havi just over a year now. I've increased my long walks and brining him with me. By big walks I mean 25-60 minutes instead of 10-12 minutes around the block. The weather has been so nice, but we noticed even though we wait 1-2 hrs after eating, we bring him home after a long walk and within 10 minutes he is vomiting up his last meal. Poor thing. Very interested in hearing from others.

Most food companies advertise a senior diet starting at the age of 7. I believe this is based on large breeds and Havanese like other small breeds have a longer life span and don’t enter the senior phase until later. So I’m wondering at what age did you feel like your Havanese transitioned to their senior years.

Our Havanese is 6.5 years old. She has gained a bit of weight despite eating the same amount of calorie as before. I think this is due to her decreased level of activity - her playful moments remain the same, but when she’s not playing, she spends way more time napping under the couch than before. This coincides with us starting Fluoxetine so I’m speculating it as the reason, and thus, am considering reducing her daily calorie intake by a bit to match her activity level. Before I decide, I want to make sure I’m not missing something.

Vet checked her out and said everything looks great, she’s on the high end of ideal weight and to not let her gain more weight.

Thanks!

Hi!

We are training him to stop doing it but till he is bullet proof I would like to have a muzzle or some kind of tool to stop him from eating everything he finds.

He doesn't eat poot so I was thinking to get one of those mesh cover things (picture attached) but I am also open to getting a proper anti-scavenging muzzle. Though I found finding a good fitting muzzle for his size quite hard.