Friday, November 20, 2015 at 11:48AM 
Lily, Pepper, Brewer, Darcy, Rafi, Nora and Kora.
Her Momma wrote: Our little Nora is growing up, we can't believe she is three years old. Happy Birthday to all her siblings.
A girl can't have too many ribbons on her birthday says Pepper!
Brewer is smiling as he had extra treats just like Pepper did today. They even had steak in their meal tonight. Yum!!
Happy Birthday all!
Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 2:27PM 
This is Frannie sitting on the messy kitchen table. Dennis was reading the newspaper and Frannie decided to join him. Yes, he told her to get down but he had to snap a photo of her first. Tsk Tsk
I have the throat from hell today and a ton of mucous so I am under the weather. So blogs are short. Here is a gallery taken just before Scruffy and Pepper arrived and a tad just after.
It's Pepper's 3rd birthday tomorrow! She will get an extra special treat and a bath. Oh she will love me for that.
I may add some more photos after Dennis takes more. But this may have to do. We shall see.
Cooper arrived this morning and he is really connecting with Levon and Inula. You have to look at the gallery to see Cooper's expressions.
Dogs are doing really well but I need to go to the airport to get Gerda's 3. Thank gad Jon is going to drive me as I am not up to it.
Barry as usual revels in the fetch toy play game. You can just see it in his expression.
Dolly who is just here for a play day is having a blast. But she will be departing when I am at the airport. So, I doubt he will get another play session in outside till I get back as I depart in 15 minutes. That's okay, they are playing fetch inside. It's a bit wild and crazy in here.
That's it!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 5:45PM 
Oh Trigger just thinks that Ella is his everything. You even have to tell him, it's time to sleep you know. But she's my gal-friend.
Dogs are having a blast. We did manage to get out and truly play many times before the rain hit. I even got them all groomed but one can hardly tell. Play tends to mess all that work up.
Short blogs till Nathan is back. :-)
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 11:12AM 
Mom is going to make me something extra special and of course I will get a treat no one else gets - just because they say it is my special day.
We have a gallery of the rest of the dogs. We are rather busy. Got two more dogs to wash and groom.
Dogs managed to have a ton of fun. I am still going and going.
Blogs are short as I still have another dog to do and pups to take out, pens to clean and food to make and laundry to do. heh
Monday, November 16, 2015 at 5:43PM 
Don't worry, even with Nathan gone we will manage to have a total blast. They always do with Dennis and I.
We are attempting to breed Panda now. Stay tuned to her blog.
Dogs have had a total blast but we are busy. Mabel and Murphy departs tomorrow. Levon and Trigger come and it's Shoshi's birthday. Wow time flies and she is still a crazy dog - always a pet due to her cottony, crazy hair and incorrect tail but we love her. She's one of the very best personalities! She wasn't our breeding and is now a senior but you would never know it! She is a special gal and we do love her!
Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 6:14PM 
We had a great time playing ball today. This was one of many times. This video was taken by Nathan and this one was taken by me. As you can tell they do love the ball. Here is a gallery as well.
We had a blast today. Satch and Cha Cha visited. Mabel arrived. Cody departed and Tiger Lily departs tonight. Nathan departs at 5am Tuesday till midnight Sunday so he will be away 6 full days. Then we have a specialty and then a vet puppy visit. wow
Going to be a busy week but I will do my best to update you. They may be short but I will do what I can.
Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 2:27PM 
Check out the photos. Pictured above is Cody and Barry having a blast. Barry also loves Saffron and Ella.
We had a blast early this morning amd will be going out again for a huge play session but wanted to get the blogs done early as its puppy visit time tomorrow.
Do we have fun no matter what the weather. I just don't always get to click those memories. It's called you can't always have a camera in your hand. I may or may not get a video up but I am doing an all day Breeding seminar from UC Davis so it may not be doable but I will try. If not, it will get up tomorrow.
Enjoy the video. Just a short sliver of 1 play session. We do many a day.
Friday, November 13, 2015 at 6:30PM 
Barry says when it's wet, windy and all that %^& I love the tv room as I get to sit on the humans snuggled into a blanket on their laps. We have had a real mix of weather today. It's his truly fave time and personally I love it!
Cody was also playing chase me today. See his video. Everyone got brushed out, mini massages, treat for being good and we played a few great games of catch the toy, find the treat and even hide and go seek. We do silly games when the weather doesn't allow them to really chase their willies out in the great outdoors.
Wish I had the stamina to do gallery. I will try tomorrow - promise!
Leti is technically out of heat tomorrow - hooray!
Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 2:24PM 
No galleries today. It's so very hard to do them when everyone gets soaked and the floors get muddy and I am nonstop cleaning and playing and trying my best to be all that I can be. But I am not super human so the galleries as much as they are desirable, not today. I promise one tomorrow.
Dogs are having a blast. They love playing wet, dry, muddy or what have you.
I just bathed all the pups plus a couple of dogs for other people. I brushed out dogs but really why - they don't look it but they are knot free. Weather is terrible outside.
Leti is almost out of heat and Panda is in heat. We still have boy craziness. I could wash Kat daily and he looks like a mess. I actually washed him yesterday but he needs another today so he will just get his undersides done. I don't get much sleep. The boys are crazy when they smell gals in the house in heat. They whine like babies.
Barry and Cody are doing amazing. Murphy and Maddie are too. They depart today.
I am busy wrapping baskets, doing raffle tickets and all that fun stuff.
Dogs are truly having fun and that's my update for the day.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 8:52AM 
Even though I am insanely busy with dematting dogs, the raffle, the puppies, the grooming the dogs are still having fun but I count on Dennis and Nathan to click photos. Unless I nag... well. And then we have the rain and you can't click in pouring rain. Plus lately due to the weather they look like they all need to be thrown in a bath tub no matter how much I brush them but then you do and well its raining and muddy and well they are dirty yet again. Here is a gallery taken over a few days. There are hardly any photos but I know you depend on them when you are away. So, we will try to add more to it later today but it is wet and rainy out so, I am not sure.
Just please realize they are still having a ton of fun.
Funny Nathan told someone he got a ton of photos of the siblings playing as they were playing amazingly. He didn't. It is interesting how you think you did something and it turns out you really didn't. Sorry I missed those memories.
Nathan is off to Florida next week with his guy friends. That means I need to get everything done for the National on top of pups, on top of grooming and on top of being sick. When he is away, it is Dennis and I.
Then he gets back and I get to get dogs ready for the National. I also have to wash all my own again. It's that time. So, bear with me. It is what it is. But the dogs aren't missing a thing. They are all having fun.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 5:12PM We still have gift certificates to figure out and I have now found a container to house them.
Personally I think everyone would love a bunch of gift certificates. I know I would. :-)
Everyone that donated - deepest appreciation from Havanese Rescue and from the dogs it helps. It really does help the dogs in needs. No one takes a salary like some rescues do. This is 100% for the care of the dogs in need. You are doing this to help the dogs and we do appreciate all of you!
No update today. I know that is getting old but really I need 36 hour days and I have puppies to take out and expel energy.
Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7:19PM 
Here's an old photo of Saffron. I am spent. I am still sick. Tonight we get the pups ready to be by themselves. All day long I had to separate items donated (thank you everyone truly) into baskets and make a list of each basket content. I also had to take a photo. It took me all day after I had to demat a dog. So today has been a day of nonstop but can't get the blogs done day. Tomorrow may be just as bad but I will tell you how the pups did. I will even attempt to take videos if I wake up in the night. You know I will have audio on and will be watching too.
On Thursday Lynda will help me cellophane wrap all the baskets. I so appreciate it. I must admit I feel a tad overwhelmed.
Tomorrow I have to get all the baskets and the list of contents online on Facebook and on the HFC page but I still have work to do to get to that stage.
Nathan is off to Florida next week (yeah lucky him - not sure about me) with his guy friends. Wonder when its my turn but I digress.
So, too busy.... just the facts.
Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 6:16PM 
Yes, it was 4 years ago that Anne and Russell brought home the Cooper.
We treasure the moment too as it brought Anne and Russellinto our lives too. :-)
Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 5:06PM 
Had to post this old photo of Levon and Trigger. They are sooooooooo adorable.
I am really sick so I am making the blogs short. I had to demat a few dogs so no energy to take photos and well Nathan didn't but I did capture some of Patches playing. See Adele's blog.
Kona is here and Ty just departed. Kona had no issue becoming one of the guys. Reggie, Charlie, Cody and Maddie are having some lovefest today. They can't seem to get enough of each other.
Soon I am going to lay in a recliner and sit with dogs so the blogs will suffer. Hope you don't mind.
Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 6:53PM 
Ahhhh PJ and Cody playing and PJ is giving him kisses. Cody is Truffies brother. He is a white chocolate. He has the brown nose, the green eyes and the brown pads.
These 2 hit it off in a big way. But everyone played. They played and played.
I am still under the weather and have a few dogs to demat over the next few days for others so I am pacing myself. So, the blogs are suffering but its just temporary till I feel better.
Tomorrow the house gets quieter and on Monday even more so. But this weekend is busy till Monday night.
Maybe by Tuesday I will be well too. :-) Then I can stop my whining.
Friday, November 6, 2015 at 4:58PM 
This is an old photo of Abs, Pavie and Rox for your enjoyment.
Folks, I am sweating up a storm. I have been grooming all day. Dennis took the pups out so no photos.
So, my goal is to finish one more dog. Do 1 photo on each blog with 1 link to a video and that's it.
Leti is in full blown heat so Kat is howling like a banshee. I have a headache. I am not sure if that is due to him or being sick or working my ahem off.
I have yet to answer mail.
So bear with me. I will play catch up tomorrow. That is, if I am still alive by morning. Off to do another dog.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:16PM 
Wild and crazy play
Still having fun but not as wild and crazy.
Each dog has their own energy level. Dogs that have a high energy level but don't get their energy expelled get into trouble. They get bored. So when we say no that one won't work for you it isn't about colour to us. It can't be. It is about your lifestyle.
I remember an Australian shepherd I had when I was a teen. It was supposed to be my dog but I had places to go, things to do as any teenager does. If you obtain a dog and you think your teenager is going to do all the work, think again. That Australian shepherd (higher energy than a havanese by far) ate all our blinds and all the carpets in one afternoon of being home. That dog ended up at a farm happy as a lark. It was the right home but it broke my heart. I never acquired a dog again strictly on looks. I also had to pay my mom for that dog as she rehomed him for nothing. Her concern was the right home not how much I had to babysit to pay for that dog. It made a huge impression on me.
Even though havanese are less busy than an Australian Shepherd, we are seeing some that do have high energy demands. We have not had one quite like we are seeing but that doesn't mean it can't happen. Sometimes they pull their genes from far back just like it happens in humans. So, I never say never.
Still ours do have a variety of needs. Some are quieter, more happy to just be hanging out and others get bored and need the interaction. You see it all the time when you see that x pup always in the middle of everything. Can you live with that? Some would relish and thrive with a dog like that and others need a more low key dog. Even the quiet ones need interaction. You live with the personality. There is no right or wrong personality, it just is.
They do calm down as they are older but your very high energy dogs take longer to calm down.
Today the dogs had a blast. Some ran, some watched, some joined in here and there. Magic seems to find fun with Saffron and Dolly finds fun with Saffron so what kind of a dog is Saffron? She's not low key unless you need to be and she's not high energy. She's a mid range dog who plays her heart out. But she also adjusts to the other dog's way of playing. She plays and then she also relishes tv time. We get to know the dogs and I find them all amazing but I am a crazy dawg person. What I can live with may be different than you.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 5:49PM 
I brushed out dogs first thing. I then had 3 boys to clean up underneath. When gals are in heat they get messy on their undersides so I have to wash them underneath times 3 daily. Then I combed out more dogs. Nathan went to the store. Dennis was sleeping. It was me and the dogs. Then we took pups outdoors. I cleaned beds, did laundry. I am rendering a video. Catching up on blogs now. I will see what I can do.
But I had to share this as it was cuteness overload. No gallery on this blog today. Everyone is doing well including Magic who was brushed out and then proceeded to have a drink and get a total wet face. hahaha
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 4:57PM 
Where's the head? I certainly can't see it. I created a gallery going back a number of days. I may have some duplicates but I don't remember when I did the last gallery so ignore if I added more days in than I should have. Most have departed from this gallery but enjoy them none the less. I didn't edit. I just copied them in and created it. So if some are blurry or a head is cut off - ignore that too.
It was a beautiful day out so the dogs loved the outside. Let's hope this weather lasts.
Still no connection with Leti. Have to wait till she is receptive. It sort of works that way. :-)
Monday, November 2, 2015 at 9:27PM 
Happy 4th Birthday from Lola to her Fiona/Phantom crew - Benji, Chloe, Poppins, and Simba. Woof you lots!
From us: Wishing you all the very best day yet!! We send our love!