City or Country Havanese?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 4:10PM 
What happens when a country Havanese moves into a city Havanese house - even if it is only for a bit of time?
Noises - bark - strange people - bark. What is the visiting Havanese saying? What are ours saying?
The visitors are simply unfamiliar with the sounds in the city. Ours are just joining the fun.
One would think the country and city are similar but it really is not. You have the water guy who delivers, the mail person who rings the bell. The 'sell you everything under the sun' people - well until they hear the barking. You have the garbage truck and then a recycle truck and this delivery and that.
Then you hear the dogs barking in another yard and I have to answer that. Sounds horrid - doesn't it? But it really isn't.
It's all about slow conditioning. When they figure out those strange noises are nothing to worry about - they stop with correction and your attitude. It's a good thing. When a city dog goes to the country, the same thing occurs though the noises are usually less. It's why people move out to the country and convenience is why people stay in the city.
As comfort settles in, the barking dissipates as long as you shut it down immediately.
Your dogs are what you put into them. If you put the effort in, they do too and you end up having a really amazing dog that everyone wishes THEY had.
Have you ever heard of the term - you are what you experience? Well it holds true for your dog too.
Miss Abs here in the photo says - just let me sleep. Yes - she was actually sleeping with her head up. It was the funniest thing I ever did watch and she did it for over 30 minutes. I wish I could sleep like that.
Reader Comments (3)
Love this Blog Love all the Pics
Great job
Jazzy also injoys looking he reacts happy to see the pictures
My bf travels a lot and when that happens, the Hav and the Corgi migrate with me from the farm to the condo. Pete is a 5 mo Hav and after a few days in the city, you could tell the difference! Initially his tail was down and cautious, now he rips around doing the crazy sprints and cheerfully greets other dogs and people.
Thanks for this great blog. Your pics are awesome and provide cheer.
My Gidget also knew the difference. When she first came and live with me. She did not bark, but as I share the house with tenents, she would come and get me whenever my tenents walked around or going up or down the stairs. Now she is used to them. A few month ago, I had a new tenent on the 5rd floor, she did the same thing until she is got used to him.