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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Tuesday
Mar122013

Really Wet & Mucky

Remy says we still have ice in parts of the yard but oh my we have mud and leaves and will those plants survive the little ones? I rather doubt it.

Jeannie and Dusty are overzealous pruners - that's all I can say.

Remy prefers the ice and the dryer spots - only Remy and Fiona seem to care.

The rest - well I had mud tracks in the house, lots of cleaning with paws, the under carriage. I almost want to give up.

So when I washed Simba and Cody to go home, they didn't go back out. I may be a glutton for punishment but that would have made me totally insane.

So we practiced standing, sitting, downs and played games. I don't expect them to just chill and wait.

Cody is rather good at standing for a long time.

Before they get bathed I make sure they go out to do their duty and I watch and make sure. As you can see by looking at Simba we still have snow piles but those are fading. Those are only the snow piles that we shoveled up high to make paths. The garden area is, as I said muddy, the deck except for the extreme side is snow-less.

But as I went out a few minutes ago with the dogs, we are getting some white stuff flying but I don't think it will amount to anything.

I find the dogs love the cold - the rain not so much. So, me and the dawgs are in full agreement on that one!

It's been a too busy day grooming. I am not up to par so let's say that I may be crawling into bed at exactly 10 vs the 1030ish it usually takes us to get there. So there...

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