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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Tuesday
Dec092008

Wet, Heavy Snow - The Worst Kind

It snowed last night. I shoveled this morning so that the dogs could go out onto the deck without getting soaked.

Then it started snowing again, wet snow, the worst kind. Darlah insisted, rightly so, that we dress the dogs before they would be allowed outside. The theory is that the various sweaters and waterproof jackets will at least cut down on the potential for snowballs getting stuck in their hair and just generally help them not get completely soaking wet.

As those of you know that follow Darlah’s blog, three of our dogs are in show coat which means their hair is long and has the potential to get really matted if not brushed diligently, especially when wet.

Coincidentally, the three dogs most apt to run and pounce and play and roll and tunnel and generally get soaking wet would be the same three, Kat, Abigail and Fiona. Fiona outdid everyone today and managed to come in with the sweater hanging off her back. She’d already somehow managed to get her front paws free, at least that was how she saw it. What we saw was this soaking bedraggled mop bouncing in the door, not a care in the world. I would have shared that picture with you but it’s not for family entertainment. Instead, here’s a shot of our Abigail in all her glory. Remember, when they do come in wet, you really want to brush and comb them out and not let them dry first.

Nathan