Havanese

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At the moment, we are surrounded by Havananese. Why we choose this race ?

Hawanese are funny, alert, extremely contact . These small dogs have sensitive plastic heart.
They play without a break, love children, cheerfully greet each visitor and Frolics even with a cat .
When ensue cloudy , rainy days, guests smile on our faces unruffled . Our little hairy balls going crazy, trying to pull us to play. I would recommend this race to everyone. Feel free to read the information on the Havanese on our website . If you want to be serene, laugh to tears, to travel with a friend – buy your Havanese . You will be delighted!

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BREED STANDARD
Havanese

FCI 250

Country of breed: CUBA

Patronage: FCI

A brief history:
This breed comes from the Western Mediterranean region and has developed along the coasts of Spain and Italy.
It seems that these dogs were imported early on to Cuba by Italian sailors.
By mistake, because the most common color of these dogs (tobacco color – brown – red) created a legend about the origin of this breed native of Havana, capital of Cuba.
Historical events caused the complete disappearance of the old line Havanese in Cuba. Few offspring survived in the United States after having been exported from the island illegally.

General Appearance:
Havanese is a small, lively dog​​, low on his legs with a long robe, generous, soft and nicer seen – waving.
His movement is lively and elastic.

Proportions:
Length of muzzle is equal to the distance between the stop and the occiput.
The ratio of body length (measured from top of shoulder to point of buttock) to height at the withers is 4:3.

Behavior, character:
very lively, easy to pose as a watchful guardian.
Hearty nature, cheerful, is a nice, charming, playful and a bit of a clown.
He likes children and can play with them endlessly.

Head: Medium length, the ratio of the length of the head and the body (measured from the withers to the tail) is 3:7.

Skull: flat or very slightly arched, large frontal area poorly developed.
Skull seen from the top is rounded at the back and almost straight and square on the other three sides.

Stop: Moderately marked.

Nose: black.
Muzzle tapering slightly toward the nose, but not snipey nor truncated.

Lips: Thin, lean, tight.

Teeth: scissor. Prized teeth complete. No P1 and M3 tolerated.

Cheeks: Very flat, not prominent.

Eyes: Quite big, almond-shaped and brown in the darkest shade. Mild expression. Eye rims dark brown or black.

Ears: Set fairly high, falling along the cheeks forming a discreet fold which raises them slightly. Their ends are slightly pointed. They are covered with hair in long fringes. I do not like the arms of a windmill inclined nor adhering closely to the cheeks.

NECK: Of medium length.

Body: Length of body slightly longer than height at withers.

Topline: Straight, slightly arched in the lumbar area.

Croup: Slightly sloping.

Ribs well sprung.

Belly: Well tucked up.

Tail: carried in the air, or in the form of an arch , or – better – wrapped on the back. Is covered robe forming long, silky tassels.

Forelegs: straight and parallel, lean , good bone . The distance between the ground and the elbow should not be greater than that between the elbow and the withers.

Hindquarters: good bone , moderate angulation .

Feet: slightly elongated , small , compact.

Movement: Havanese has a strikingly revenues lightweight and flexible , emphasizing his cheerful nature . The free movement of the front legs in a straight line from podążającymi them hind limbs .

Coat:
Genre hair: woolly undercoat , poorly developed , often completely absent.
The topcoat is very long ( 12-18 cm in an adult dog ) , soft, flat or wavy can create curls.
All grooming , the alignment length hair with scissors or depilated are prohibited.
The exception is the arrangement of the hair on the legs, which is permitted, the hair on the forehead may be slightly shortened to not cover the eyes and on the muzzle may be slightly cropped , but better to leave them in their natural state.

Color garments: There are two varieties of color:
1) rare pure white, fawn in various shades from light fawn to havana color (brownish-red color of tobacco) patches in these colors, light dimming are acceptable.
2) Colors garments and patches in the colors listed in the previous section (white, pale yellow color to the color of Havana) with patches of black, black robe.

Size: height at the withers from 23 to 27 cm, tolerance of 2 cm.

Cons: all deviations from the above-described characteristics should be considered a fault and evaluated taking into account their degree.

Cons serious:

  • lack of type in the word general
  • muzzle rectangular or snipey, the length of which is not identical to the length of the skull
  • eyes of a bird of prey,
  • eyes too deep set or too prominent
  • mottled edges of the eyelids
  • torso too long or too short
  • front in the shape of a lyre (pasterns, feet turned outwards)
  • paws distorted
  • straight tail, not carried over the back
  • hair hard, very abundant,
  • short coat (with the exception of puppies)
  • groomed coat

Disqualification:

  • Overshot or undershot
  • spotted nose
  • ectropion,
  • entropion (eyelid outward curled or bent inwards)
  • the edges of the eyelids devoid of pigment
  • height above or below specified in the standard.

Note: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles in the scrotum.