Rory was invited by members of the Havanese Forum to visit ‘Yappy Hour’, a weekly gathering where small dogs, including several Havanese go to play at Seattle’s K9 Fun Zone, an indoor dog park. What was fascinating to watch was how an older Havanese female named Diva obviously mentored the younger Rory; supervising and teaching during Rory’s interaction with other, …
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Teach Your Dog to Love Fireworks and Other Loud Noises
Like most dogs my two-year old Havanese Rory was no fan of fireworks or loud percussive noises. Last year I elected to forgo the local July 4th fireworks show to alleviate Rory’s stress. I had planned to stay in for this year’s show as well until on the afternoon of July 4th, fellow Havanese lover Ellen Whitehouse-Vaux mentioned to me in a …
Read More »Video of Havanese Using Piddle Place Indoor Toilet Option
I haven’t posted this video of Rory “doing her business” on the Piddle Place indoor toilet option thinking it kind of invades the little girl’s privacy but that’s probably just my anthropomorphism run amok, and people tell me it’s “inspiring” in an odd sort of way. I get that. When you’re struggling to housetrain your puppy you want to hold …
Read More »Havanese Indoor “Bone Bury Box” Experiment
I wanted to enrich Rory’s indoor life and let her do in the house one of the natural behaviors she would do outdoors – burying a bone. I made some faux soil out of short strips of brown fleece from the fabric store and put them inside a plastic cat litter container. I gave her a bone – and watch …
Read More »My First Home Grooming Experience
▲ You can move the slider back and forth to see the before and after. ▲ I made the assertion in my review of Jodi Murphy’s Havanese grooming instructional DVD that I thought the committed Havanese owner could successfully learn how to perform pet clips on their dogs at home. Sunday afternoon after my Seattle Seahawks lost to the Chargers …
Read More »Havanese Home Grooming Shop in a Closet
I wanted a convenient area for Rory’s grooming; her daily combing and brushing, cleaning her eyes and ears, brushing her teeth, etc. – and when I get the courage up, to do her full grooming. Update: I got the courage up. The problem is I did not have a place to set it up. Many Havanese owners adapt their laundry rooms …
Read More »Rory in her pink Seattle Seahawk jersey
Rory the Havanese in her pink Seattle Seahawks jersey.
Read More »How Havanese Play
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Read More »Rory Meets A Shih Tzu Named Cookie
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Read More »Watch older Hav look out for and mentor pup
This video is for me, a fascinating look at Havanese behavior and interaction. At 8 months, my pup Rory was pretty overwhelmed by the number of dogs at her first visit to the K9 Fun Zone Indoor Dog Park but Diva took her under her wing to show her how the big Havs do it. Diva is a confident, energetic, …
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