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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Certified Pet First Aid

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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Friday
Oct302015

3 Weeks Old

The pups are now 3 weeks old this morning. I am amazed at how much they are changing. They are now walking better, playing more and the waggy waggy tail at you is occurring. I even get kisses on my eye lids. It feels incredible. So far the pistol and most inquisitive is the little white ring and the most laid back is the black and white. The two dark ones are a tag team duo often found playing with each other. I love each for different reasons but no slouches here. None in Adele's crew either. 

They are also using the pad more and more.

Here are the videos.

Yes, We Have Fun Too

Taking Care

Changing Bedding

Practice Walking

Settle In

Where Did He Go?

Loving the Pink Snuggle

Hey We See You

Are You Okay?

Separate and Close

Crowded Feeding

Delighted With Pups

Play and Settle

So Attentive

Almost 3 Weeks

Nail Cutting

More Roxie Nail Cutting

Always Cleaning

Walk and Play

Pups Getting Fat

Feeding Before Weigh In

Feeding

Adele Kissing Up Rox Pups

Thursday
Oct292015

First Out of Pen

I decided that all puppies depart their xpen so I can clean it up properly. Trying to clean and move puppies constantly doesn't work so now they also get conditioned to being outside the xpen. They actually did pretty good considering they are not real strong on their legs yet but they are getting there. 

Pups LOVE that pink thing in their xpen. I want to expose the Adele pups to it but the Rox pups love it so much, it remains. maybe when we get both pups together they will experience it. 

Pups are now so delighted to see us come in, lay down and say hello. they just find it to be a delightful experience.

Here's the gallery today.

Here are the videos:

Loving the Pink Thang

Staying Watchful

Cuddle the Pink Thing

Who is Looking at Whom?

Who is There?

The Clean Up

Making Sure All is OK

Lights On Lights Off

With Mom Early Mom

Rox Pups 650am

Got to Clean Up

I Can Roll Over

So Comfie on Back

Look at Those Tails

Finishing Eating

Getting Big

Wednesday
Oct282015

Almost 3 Weeks: 19.5 Days

Pups turn 3 weeks soon. They are practicing walking but at this stage they don't stay up long.  Here's the gallery from today. Due to rain, I am very late for updates. I had baths to do for others and a ton of clean up with dogs going in and out and floors, well we won't talk about those. But here I am now updating. 

Nathan is out getting a haircut and Dennis and I are holding down the fort.

The pups wag their tails when I climb in to say hello. What a feeling that is! When they eat and lay on their backs its as if their tummies spill out on each side of them. heh

Here are the videos:

Playing Now

Rox Redecorating

Rox Cleaning Pups

Early Eve Play

Ball Playing or Not

Pups Eve Snooze

Too Cold Without Heatlamp

Warming Up Rox Pups

Chillin Out

More Chillin

Who Cares About Eating

Snuggling Rox Duo

Puppy Roll Over

Morning Feeding After Bedding Change

Roxie Pups and Me

Early Evening

Feeding and After Feeding

Nathan and I Playing With Pups

Looking at Next Pen

Each day the pups do more and more. It's nice that they noticed each other now.

Tuesday
Oct272015

Day 18

Have to check when we took the Adele pups out of the pen but today is the day, I believe for the Roxie crew. It won't be till after Dennis is up. He carries things upstairs that are removed. :-) I suppose I could do it all myself but why. Got Nathan to carry the box upstairs but Dennis will take out the heat lamp etc. as its no longer needed.

Okay, I did it myself and took video. They are doing really well and it appears they are making use of more landscape to play. Bravo. Though Roxie is watching those other pups between the pens as if to say, will you be okay with MY babies?

It is like magic. More space, more working those legs. I do believe this is the right timing. They get exposed to so much more when outside of their whelping box. We used to wait till later till they started climbing out of their box but I am finding this more aware of the surroundings a positive thing.

Here's some videos showing you their pre and after change experience.

2 and a Half Weeks

Feeding Day 18

Momma Rox Exhausted

Cleaning Pups

Oh My Babies

One Up

New Place

More New Surroundings

Nathan in New Digs

Settling In Out of Box

Me, Pups and New Digs

Before New Surroundings

Day 18 Before Change

Hands Up

Some Sleep Moves

Feet Moves

Late Night Feeding

Big Belly Stretch

Here's the gallery. Some are washed out as I was using a flash into the light. I was playing but it washes the colour out. 

Monday
Oct262015

Such Characters 17 Days Old

The pups are starting to have their personalities come through. They love to see you and soon they too will be out of their whelping box. It's not that they need to but it does expose them more to outside activity. It will also expose them to the Adele pups. Can't wait till we can get them all together as one group. 

Here's the gallery from today

They have started to play with each other but they are sleeping more than the Adele crew. 

We are making sure we love them up each waking moment. It's a tough job. heh

Videos:

Belly Up

Pups are Full

After Eating Day 17

Late Morn Stretches

Practice Walking

Your My Boy

Finished Feeding

Easy Access

They Are All Mine

Cuddled in With Some

Rox Puppies Chillin

The Wee Hours

16.5 Days Old

After Eating Snooze

Pup On Back Comfort

Loving Up Puppies

There's Mom

Always Feeding

The Day 16.5

Sunday
Oct252015

16 Days Old

Pups are starting to get interactive. It's nice and they sure seem like they went from zero to 90 in a split second when it came to weight gain. They just simply feel more substantial and they look that way too. They know Mommy. They do waggy tail to see her. I swear Roxie is saying of course they are. They are my kids! Here's a small gallery.

Each day you will start seeing more and more play as you did with the Adele litter. They too will come out of their whelping box and be able to stare into the other pen to see the other pups. It will be the first stage of getting them conditioned to each other.

Videos:

Clean and Depart

Day 16 Feeding

Starting to Play

Pups are Eating

See My Babies

We Are Here

After Bedding Change

Messy Roxie With Pups

3 and 1

Rox Pups Snoozing

Roxie Puppy Play 
They now wag their tails and ears are going down. Life is starting to change.

Reconnecting With Pups

Just Outside

1am Settling In

Late Night Caretaker

Afternoon Stretches

Clean up the Rox

Eating From Mom Rox

Getting Big

Saturday
Oct242015

Eyes All Opened

15 days old and all eyes are open. Now they will start getting used to their surroundings. It's going to be fun.

This is going to be a short update as I have serious grooming for others to do and I am going out. It means the blogs will suffer. They may suffer tomorrow too as I won't be home recording videos. That's okay. We will play catchup and maybe you will notice some changes then. 

Here is the weights on the Pups:

Pup 1 under vneck 1-5-6/8 oz

Pup 2 brown no vneck 1-6-6/8 oz

Pup 3 ring on neck 1-3-3/8 oz

Pup 4 black and white tri with eyrbrows 1-4-7/8

Pup 3 wil still be small but at the moment he is round. 

Here's the videos I have

Day 15 Snoozing

In the Toy Sleep

Lazy Saturday

Rollover and Watch

6am Just Finished

530am Feeding

15 Days Old

Zzzzs Day 14.5

Nathan Feeding Princes Roxie

Staying With My Pups

Always Watching Pups

Puppy Sleep In

Clean and Sleeping

Those Feeding Pups

Friday
Oct232015

Two Weeks Old: More Eyes

Later on I will post some eyes open photos but the tri boy (black white and eyebrows) is still at that just above a squint and the littlest boy has 1 eye totally open and the other trying to open or not. Another also has the eyes opening. Can you believe they are 2 weeks old? By next week they will be roaming around like Adele's pups. Going to be a fun adventure.

Tomorrow a gallery. Today I am so far behind I decided not to drive myself crazy. So videos and more photos tomorrow.

Yes, we are 2 weeks old today and we have eyes opening. The littlest one was taken out and shown to Chases dad who came today. No shakes, no yawns. Oh is this what the world looks like? When they open their eyes they do have blurry sight but each day the blur goes away. Still, they can react to changes. So far both litters are doing really well in this regard. Heck, they have had dogs jumping up to kiss them and didn't react. Bonus!! We will see how things go as we progress. There is always something they hesitate about and you want them to as that is what cultivates their coping skills. They can't believe they are invincible. :-)

I have been way busy today. Danielle was driven by Nathan to the airport (Daughter was at a conference) at 5am so all of us got up and so we remain. Nathan got in a nap. Me, not so. I have to admit its 5pm and I am crashing but this too shall pass. Danielle being able to go to New York - well that does my heart good. 

Puppies are wonderful and yes the black and white one still has slits. Tomorrow I bet all eyes will be open. 

Puppies are going longer between meals now. Sometimes its 3 hours and I go oh my gad are they alright but I am watching them even when I am grooming on my pad.

Best thing I ever did was get these cameras. Need one more but the humans roll their eyes here when I say I need one. But I want one upstairs and still have one at my door. Usually I lose the one at the door but really I need one at the door as I need to know if its someone trying to sell something or someone that warrants answering the door especially when I have a dog wet on the table as they have to be wrapped up and the door answered. 

Here are the videos:

 2 Weeks Tail Up

Where's the Milk?

Are You Here, Mom?

2 Weeks Play and Clean

2 Week Feeding

2 Week Chillin'

More Rox Pups

Lulling Around

Snoozing Pups

Morning Chill

Thursday
Oct222015

One Eye Open

My Eyes Are Still ClosedDid you know eyes can and do open independent? That is what is going on with the black and white. One eye is more than a slit open and the other closed, I bet you both will be open tonight. No one else yet. It's happening soon. 

Tomorrow the crew is 2 weeks old. The white and black boy still just has one eye a little more than a slit opened. Maybe by late tonight or tomorrow. As you know life changes once their eyes open. 

The boy above is the fattest but shortest in body and size. He also appears a bit lighter than his 2 brothers. He seems to have more apricot in him at least at this point.

Pups are sleeping longer, eating well and the one above was carried outside with Nathan today for a moment as it was rather warm out today. The black and white one from Adele was also carried outside. Here is the gallery.

Here are the videos:

Early Evening

Nathan Fixing Blankets

Lined Up Almost

Belly Up

Last Night Dreaming

Hanging With Mom

Nathan Blocking Light With Camera

Late Last Night

More Sleep is Better

Day 13 Morning Feeding

Deep Sleep Rox Pups

1 Day Shy of 2 Weeks

Day 13 Snoozes

Nathan in With Pups

11am Feed

Out Cold

Tasting the Slots

Sideways Eat

Thursday
Oct222015

Ooops Forgot

Forgot to post yesterday's gallery.