Costs

Unfortunately starting in the New Year, our costs will go up. Please contact nathan for updated costs.

Picnic Photos & Details

The picnic date took place on August 17, 2019 from 12pm to 5pm at Yvonne's place in Brighton. Check out the details here. Photos from the 2019 picnic can be found here. Yvonne's place is NEXT DOOR to her old place. I will try to put a havanese flag out front. Hope you can join us. Directions are here. The house # is 25. There is no picnic in 2020 due to COVID but hopefully in 2021. Stay Tuned!

Grooming 101

Want to see how I get a smooth coat and what equipment I use? I am continually learning and perfecting but I created this video Windows version) and for you Mac apple folks - here's a conversion. - not a professional one, to help you get a head start and perfect your own skill. Got questions? Ask away.

Want to know how to create a bathing machine that will save you time, product and wash your dog better than ever before? Check out Dick and Irma's instructions on how to create your own machine for a fraction of the cost.

Woofstock Is Back

Meet us at Woofstock. Dogs are welcomed. We meet at the restaurant across the street from Woodbine Park. Here is the location. Meet up happens on June 22, 2024 at 9:30 to 945am. Rain date is the next day. Look forward to seeing your havanese there and the humans too! Don't have your havanese yet? Well join us anyway! 

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Walks 'N' Wags Pet First Aid is a recognized National Pet First Aid Certificate course for dog and cat professionals and pet owners. Talemaker Havanese now has that certificate having taken and passed the course.

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Sep012025

Warmish Event Filled Day

Here is the gallery.

No one got brushed out. See my post below. It has been some day. I will start brushing out tomorrow. I did a truncated exercise today - all I could muster in all this fun. 

We have an issue with a washing machine. We had a huge surge that lasted and fried one hard drive and you could smell the burn. We have one that the data is scrambled. A repair lasted all day and now a hard drive will arrive and I will have to be install and I will glean as much data as I can off of the semi fried hard drive. One I know is already gone. This will take a few days. It is just a reality nut we have a makeshift way of doing galleries etc. It is not pretty but doable so you don't miss a day. Can I go to bed now? 

It looks like I do have a washing machine issue, a pump in the pond issue and maybe a pool heater issue. I was blaming the son but it appears it is not working and if it isn't, may as well close and deal with it come spring as I am having way too much fun for even me and I prefer and our bank account prefers to procrastinate even though I needed the swim. 

Dogs had fun. Many departed. Harlow is delighted to have the entire crate with the slideup door to herself. She is funny. 

We are watching MurderBot - quirky, short but gives you a distraction. We will watch tonight and have dogs draped all over us. It is the best!

We had a debate over if dogs prefer cold water over tap water. I say with ice please and many of the dogs do prefer it that way where a few most likely could care less. It is interesting.

WEll, I am done - please understand.Tomorrow, again I will try my best. It is all I can do.

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Reader Comments (5)

Oh boy, that's a lot of deal with! Hope everything gets resolved quickly

September 1, 2025 | Unregistered CommenterSandy and Malla

What a day! I hope things getting solved, sorted out, repaired, whatever.
Seriously, if you need laundry done I could rush up and get a couple of loads tmrw afternoon, have to kid sit in am.

September 1, 2025 | Unregistered CommenterDorothy, Tom, Pixie and Leo

Almost seems like a test . Too many issues piled up too quickly .
Hope Tuesday is better.

September 1, 2025 | Unregistered CommenterKathy

It is going to take awhile to recover. We are finding a variety of things that have issues. This was a nasty surge.

I am going to take 1 day at a time and replace as I can. The pool heater repair will wait till spring. The computer, washer, pump, lights it took out. Still finding stuff but we have a roof over our head. Income coming in from boarding, grooming and my grooming equipment is working but it was shut off when this occurred. Today, we wait for the hard drive and start repair and installation.

We may have some interruptions but I decided today to eat my toast and drink my coffee before cleaning the pens, taking photos and videos. I am treating myself with having warm toast. It is the little things that go a long way.

September 2, 2025 | Registered CommenterDarlah

Dorothy: Thank you. We have a laundromat. We appreciate you. If we left the pups in the whelping box a little longer, I would have less laundry. Dennis is going to attempt to repair. We already had a partial clog he was going to fix from an exploding dog bed then the surge. It was only what was on at the time. Thankfully Nathan and Dennis had their stuff off. It could have been worse, I imagine. I keep finding silly stuff that you don't know about. Here is to an easy hard drive installation and recovery of the most things possible. I hope it arrives early enough that we can start. This is all going to take time.

Thank you, Sandy!

September 2, 2025 | Registered CommenterDarlah

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