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Havanese

Temperament: Intelligent, playful, social dogs.

Height: 8.5-11.5 inches

Weight: 7-13 pounds

Life Span: 14-16 years

Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.36

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.00

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.03

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No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Havasmallpaw Lucy in the Sky	F	0.33	-0.05	0.29
2	Narwyn Lorem Ipsum	M	0.23	0.05	-0.07
3	Amistosa's Your Wishes Granted	F	0.36	0.02	-0.02
4	Almendares Balladyna	F	0.31	-0.04	0.07
5	GCH Havasmallpaw Rico Ritz N Glitz	M	0.28	0.01	0.16
6	Havasmallpaw Go Lucky Ruby	F	0.29	0.00	0.09
7	Havasmallpaw Zorro the Bandit	M	0.31	0.06	-0.10
8	Hank from Bohemica land	M	0.41	0.01	-0.06
9	Puppy Andrea	F	0.28	0.04	-0.10
10	Puppy Tracey	F	0.35	0.03	-0.07

The Havanese breed is based on the now extinct Blanquito de la Habana (little white dog of Havana), which descended in turn from the also extinct Spanish Bichon Tenerife. The Blanquito was bred with breeds of similar Bichon type and to Poodles to create the modern Havanese. It was officially accepted as a breed by AKC in 1996 and comes in a variety of colors.

Breed Standard coming soon!

Havanese are a genetically diverse and healthy breed. They have some issues that are typical of small dogs, like patellar luxation, Legg-Calve-Perthes and liver shunts, but they are not highly frequent. Maintaining overal diversity will help keep these infrequent.

The research for the Havanese breed regarding gene flow and inbreeding indicates that breeders are currently doing a pretty good job creating heterozygous dogs and maintaining the genetics they have retained from their ancestors. Breed average IR of .03 indicates some level of inbreeding within the population.

The breed has an average effective allele frequency of 4.48, with overall allele frequencies being an average of 8.576. Though this is very good for a purebred dog, this indicates opportunity to have higher effective alleles in the population.

Havanese possess considerable genetic diversity in both DLA class I and II regions, similar to that of the Miniature Poodle and much greater than breeds such as the Akita, Black Russian Terrier, Italian Greyhound, Flat-coated retrievers, and Alaska Klee Kai. This diversity involves 35 different STR-associated DLA Class I and 27 DLA Class II. Several DLA types are unique to the Havanese breed.

The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.

DLA Haplotypes in the Breed

The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.

"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.

Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.

DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :

Class I Haplotype	Class II Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
1016	2066	18.29%
1054	2022	12.06%
1115	2003	11.09%
1116	2070	9.53%
1092	2003	7.00%
1006	2007	5.06%
1014	2037	4.67%
1003	2001	3.11%
1133	2077	2.92%
1093	2032	2.72%
1117	2074	2.53%
1029	2075	1.75%
1068	2053	1.75%
1012	2003	1.36%
1040	2053	1.36%
1054	2073	1.36%
1016	2014	1.17%
1016	2018	1.17%
1114	2072	1.17%
1125	2016	1.17%
1052	2017	0.97%
1035	2082	0.78%
1121	2071	0.78%
1084	2022	0.58%
1148	2012	0.58%
1092	2001	0.39%
1120	2024	0.39%
1128	2079	0.39%
1124	2076	0.39%
1154	2003	0.39%
1016	2083	0.20%
1118	2074	0.20%
1125	2032	0.20%
1035	2022	0.20%
1115	2070	0.20%
1129	2035	0.20%
1132	2016	0.20%
1132	2033	0.20%
1127	2077	0.20%
1140	2016	0.20%
1142	2032	0.20%
1122	2077	0.20%
1123	2006	0.20%
1173	2040	0.20%

DLA Frequencies :

Class	Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
Class I	0	0.39%
Class I	1003	3.11%
Class I	1006	5.06%
Class I	1012	1.36%
Class I	1014	4.67%
Class I	1016	20.82%
Class I	1029	1.75%
Class I	1035	0.97%
Class I	1040	1.36%
Class I	1052	0.97%
Class I	1054	13.42%
Class I	1068	1.75%
Class I	1084	0.58%
Class I	1092	7.39%
Class I	1093	2.72%
Class I	1114	1.17%
Class I	1115	11.28%
Class I	1116	9.53%
Class I	1117	2.53%
Class I	1118	0.19%
Class I	1120	0.39%
Class I	1121	0.78%
Class I	1122	0.19%
Class I	1123	0.19%
Class I	1124	0.39%
Class I	1125	1.36%
Class I	1127	0.19%
Class I	1128	0.39%
Class I	1129	0.19%
Class I	1132	0.39%
Class I	1133	2.92%
Class I	1140	0.19%
Class I	1142	0.19%
Class I	1148	0.58%
Class I	1154	0.39%
Class I	1173	0.19%
Class II	0	0.39%
Class II	2001	3.50%
Class II	2003	19.84%
Class II	2006	0.19%
Class II	2007	5.06%
Class II	2012	0.58%
Class II	2014	1.17%
Class II	2016	1.56%
Class II	2017	0.97%
Class II	2018	1.17%
Class II	2022	12.84%
Class II	2024	0.39%
Class II	2032	3.11%
Class II	2033	0.19%
Class II	2035	0.19%
Class II	2037	4.67%
Class II	2040	0.19%
Class II	2053	3.11%
Class II	2066	18.29%
Class II	2070	9.73%
Class II	2071	0.78%
Class II	2072	1.17%
Class II	2073	1.36%
Class II	2074	2.72%
Class II	2075	1.75%
Class II	2076	0.39%
Class II	2077	3.31%
Class II	2079	0.39%
Class II	2082	0.78%
Class II	2083	0.19%

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List of Public Dogs

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	2Cute’s Sky Walker Vom Salzetal	M	0.51	-0.12	0.27
2	Accent-Sonrisas I Got A Secret	F	0.40	-0.01	0.05
3	Adagio Under The Seda Sun	F	0.54	-0.08	0.06
4	Adorele Fantastic Mr. Fox	M	0.40	-0.01	-0.06
5	Almendares Balladyna	F	0.31	-0.04	0.07
6	Almendares Dakar	M	0.41	-0.04	0.00
7	Almendares Pablo	M	0.26	0.01	0.01
8	Almendares Show Must Go On	M	0.29	-0.03	-0.00
9	Amara Soliloquy of Narwyn	M	0.22	0.05	-0.04
10	Amazing Dance Shisuka	F	0.58	-0.11	0.02
11	Ambler Sherrex's You're Gonna Hear Me Roar	M	0.23	0.08	-0.13
12	Amblers Cleveland Rocks	M	0.35	0.00	-0.01
13	Amistosa's Eleven Pipers Pipin	F	0.29	0.03	0.13
14	Amistosa's Gone With The Wind	F	0.32	0.01	0.11
15	Amistosa's Lancaster of Jasper	M	0.39	0.01	0.07
16	Amistosa's Quintessential Gem	F	0.22	0.08	-0.06
17	Amistosa's Your Wishes Granted	F	0.36	0.02	-0.02
18	Amor Tamaran Thunder Road	M	0.34	0.00	-0.09
19	Amor's Amita At Nightn'gael	F	0.29	-0.01	0.18
20	Amor's Who Could Resist	M	0.17	0.11	0.05
21	Angelheart's Stairway to Heaven	M	0.30	0.02	0.01
22	Angelheart's Under Pressure	M	0.29	0.02	-0.14
23	Annahavanas Mischief Puck	M	0.55	-0.09	0.16
24	Annahavanas Orly Chocklet	F	0.48	-0.05	0.03
25	Artwryks in Carneys Paradise Garden	F	0.30	-0.03	0.11
26	Ashtone's Hearts Delite Fargo	M	0.25	0.04	-0.10
27	Askin Almost Sorry	F	0.19	-0.02	0.49
28	Asunray's Island Spice	F	0.32	-0.01	0.01
29	Bailemos Caliente	M	0.72	-0.14	0.09
30	Bailemos Changuita	F	0.67	-0.12	-0.03
31	Bailemos Dealer's Choice Skyler	F	0.56	-0.06	0.02
32	Bailemos Fashionista	F	0.40	-0.04	-0.06
33	Bailemos Pachanga	F	0.65	-0.13	0.04
34	Bailemos Poker Face	M	0.46	-0.05	0.05
35	Bailemos Pretty Fly For A White Guy	M	0.64	-0.06	-0.11
36	Bailemos Tiene Bembe Jose	M	0.39	-0.01	-0.05
37	Baribal's Ironman	M	0.23	-0.01	0.09
38	Baribal's Undercover Agent	M	0.46	-0.06	0.05
39	Berill Canis Minor Hadesz	M	0.34	-0.01	0.07
40	Berill Canis Minor Lolly	F	0.48	-0.08	0.13
41	Beseme's Legacy Lives On @Sunsation	M	0.40	-0.03	0.04
42	Carita's Man About Town, a Socialite	M	0.19	0.05	0.15
43	Carneys What Grows Wild Along the River	F	0.27	-0.00	0.19
44	Ch Socialite’s Sweet Seduction	F	0.26	0.02	0.06
45	Chazard Shady Lady at Labayamesa	F	0.63	-0.10	0.09
46	Christa's Jumpy Clown Inazza	F	0.43	-0.05	0.01
47	Classical Fivefields Anarchy	M	0.42	-0.01	-0.07
48	Classical Fivefields Entropy	F	0.25	0.05	-0.00
49	Classical Master Rhett	M	0.15	0.10	0.09
50	Classical Set Fire To The Rain	F	0.24	0.03	0.12
51	Classical's Brad Paisley	M	0.24	0.07	0.02
52	Classical's Mon Petit Amie	F	0.42	-0.03	0.13
53	Claytonia Beguine	F	0.51	-0.04	-0.13
54	Cloudy Crystal Mano Gentis	M	0.31	0.02	0.04
55	Cubana's Buick Skylark	F	0.40	-0.11	0.30
56	D'els Peluts Ragnarok	M	0.45	-0.05	0.12
57	Dark Night Davino Star of Havanna	M	0.33	0.00	0.06
58	DelSol's Chocolate Surprise	F	0.51	-0.08	0.02
59	DelSols Sasha O Weatherford	F	0.32	0.01	-0.07
60	Dianaia Faberge Splendour For Janabear	F	0.42	-0.06	0.02
61	Dianaia Over The Rainbow For Janabear	M	0.34	-0.01	0.03
62	Elvis De Islagorca Teddy Bear For Seda	M	0.62	-0.16	0.21
63	Fivefields Always and Again	M	0.25	0.03	0.09
64	Fivefields Coffee Bean	M	0.18	0.06	0.03
65	Fivefields Here Be Dragons	F	0.18	0.03	0.12
66	FiveFields Someone Like You	F	0.21	0.03	0.17
67	Flordecuba Amarillo Star	F	0.48	0.01	-0.19
68	Flordecuba Armaros	M	0.54	-0.07	-0.04
69	Flordecuba Jacinto	M	0.39	-0.02	0.01
70	Flordecuba Jezebel	F	0.35	-0.04	0.12
71	Flordecuba Malachai	M	0.41	-0.03	-0.10
72	Flordecuba Orias	M	0.52	-0.08	0.03
73	Foxy Lady By Labayamesa	F	0.45	-0.02	-0.09
74	Gadby Des Echos Du Hoyoux	M	0.43	-0.06	0.02
75	Georgie Girl By Labayamesa	F	0.43	0.02	-0.13
76	Gilwood Hidden Mickey	M	0.30	-0.01	0.18
77	Giocoso Piu Mosso d'Narwyn	F	0.37	0.00	-0.01
78	Giocoso's Joy for Sonrisas	F	0.31	0.05	0.01
79	Giocoso's Shooting Star	M	0.27	0.01	0.10
80	Hank from Bohemica land	M	0.41	0.01	-0.06
81	Havasmallpaw Go Lucky Ruby	F	0.29	0.00	0.09
82	Havasmallpaw Lucy in the Sky	F	0.33	-0.05	0.29
83	Havasmallpaw Rico Ritz N Glitz	M	0.28	0.01	0.16
84	Havasmallpaw Zorro the Bandit	M	0.31	0.06	-0.10
85	Heartland’s Scandal at Flordecuba	F	0.41	-0.06	0.20
86	Heartsong's Welcome to Storybrooke	F	0.41	-0.02	-0.15
87	Hekarwe's Little Wonder of Oz	F	0.32	0.00	-0.02
88	Inigualable Bebo Valdez de Los Gabatos	M	0.31	-0.00	0.07
89	Inika-Mia Coeur De Masai	F	0.36	-0.01	-0.12
90	Janabear Amazing Grace	F	0.36	-0.04	0.21
91	Janabear One Alone	F	0.31	0.03	-0.08
92	Janabear The Flower Song	F	0.34	-0.01	0.05
93	Jessamine's Asters Bloom in the Summerwind	M	0.27	0.01	0.14
94	Joyaseda's Hunter with Twinkle	M	0.31	-0.04	0.11
95	Keep Your Temper Caballero Pedoro	M	0.42	-0.05	-0.08
96	Lancaster's Checkered Past	M	0.35	-0.00	-0.03
97	Lancaster's Connect the Dots	F	0.32	0.03	-0.11
98	Lancaster's Life of the Parti	M	0.29	0.00	0.09
99	Lancaster's Patchwork of Time	F	0.34	-0.03	0.03
100	Lancaster's Run for the Roses	F	0.30	-0.01	0.05
101	Lancaster's Sweet Snickerdoodle	F	0.42	-0.04	0.04
102	Little Phantom of Velvet Dreams	M	0.32	0.02	-0.07
103	Little Wonder's Abracadabra	F	0.30	0.04	-0.18
104	LittleWonder Sound of Laughter	F	0.30	0.07	-0.18
105	LosCompanero Aces R High	M	0.54	-0.03	-0.15
106	Lossombra's Little Cover Girl	F	0.25	0.04	-0.03
107	LosSombra's Little Runway Star	F	0.26	0.07	0.07
108	Lossombra's Winnie The Pooh	F	0.46	-0.01	-0.22
109	Love Her Madly Coeur De Masai	F	0.54	-0.06	0.17
110	Narwyn Darkwing 'Til This Night	F	0.30	0.00	0.18
111	Narwyn Darkwing Where Echo Lies at Amara	M	0.34	0.01	0.11
112	Narwyn Hello Buenos Aires	F	0.37	0.05	-0.18
113	Narwyn Lorem Ipsum	M	0.23	0.05	-0.07
114	Narwyn MeadowView Mischief Managed	M	0.53	-0.07	0.10
115	Narwyn Quid Pro Quo	F	0.36	0.01	0.03
116	Narwyn When in Rome	M	0.31	0.03	0.01
117	Nauti Numbered Account	M	0.28	0.01	-0.12
118	Nauti Pardon The Interruption	F	0.25	0.04	0.05
119	Newtonwood The Edge of Glory	F	0.23	-0.02	0.13
120	Newtonwood Yours Truly	M	0.22	0.03	0.05
121	Nova	F	0.32	0.02	-0.02
122	Old Havana Pixie Starrdust	F	0.31	0.05	-0.15
123	Old Havana's Totally Honest	M	0.33	-0.01	0.08
124	OldHavana's Phoenix at Sandant	M	0.29	0.02	-0.01
125	OldHavanas She Got The Spirit	F	0.24	0.04	0.01
126	Pandaprints Alexander	M	0.32	0.02	0.05
127	Perfection Revealed Star of Havanna	M	0.45	-0.06	0.06
128	Perla Star of Havanna	F	0.31	0.01	-0.09
129	Petra Chica Mango	F	0.18	0.04	0.16
130	Princess Anastasia at Adorele	F	0.39	-0.05	0.10
131	Puppy Andrea	F	0.28	0.04	-0.10
132	Puppy Tracey	F	0.35	0.03	-0.07
133	Quickstep's Sound of Music	M	0.32	-0.01	0.03
134	Quickstep's Waltzing Matilda	F	0.35	-0.03	-0.01
135	Reine O'Castamere	F	0.47	-0.11	0.19
136	Revistio's Every Picture Tells A Story	F	0.44	-0.02	0.03
137	Revistio's Pull N Out the Stops	M	0.49	-0.05	-0.06
138	Rosalba Can't Stop The Moonlight	F	0.18	0.09	0.07
139	Rosalba Just A Matter Of Time	M	0.19	0.08	0.02
140	Rosalba Moon River	F	0.17	0.08	0.11
141	Rosalba Til The River Runs Dry	M	0.25	0.04	0.14
142	Sassy	F	0.45	-0.04	-0.02
143	Seda N Pixc Island Phoenix	M	0.58	-0.06	-0.09
144	Seda PIXC VFP Montana Y Mar	F	0.68	-0.16	0.27
145	Seda's All In	F	0.84	-0.15	0.14
146	Seda's Blue Chip Baby	F	0.95	-0.15	0.14
147	Seda's Cancion Caribena	F	0.56	-0.06	-0.06
148	Seda's Dancin In The Moonlight	F	0.57	-0.09	-0.01
149	Sedosos One Way or Another	F	0.33	0.01	0.01
150	Sedosos Secret Patent O DelSol	F	0.26	-0.01	0.01
151	Sedosos Some Like it Hot	M	0.36	-0.03	0.03
152	Selah A Tale of Three Chile	F	0.40	-0.02	0.07
153	Selah A Touch of Elegance	F	0.25	-0.02	0.05
154	Selah Aloha Dreams	F	0.38	0.03	-0.17
155	Selah Beautiful Dancer of El Rey	F	0.29	0.01	-0.05
156	Selah Divine Intervention	F	0.33	-0.02	-0.01
157	Selah El Rey Little Farmer Boy	M	0.26	0.03	0.08
158	Selah El Rey Thankfully Blessed	M	0.41	-0.01	0.02
159	Selah Fear is a Liar	F	0.29	0.03	-0.04
160	Selah Lay Your Troubles Down	F	0.34	0.00	0.01
161	Selah Makin N Impression	M	0.26	0.04	-0.06
162	Selah Meekness and Majesty	F	0.30	-0.00	0.12
163	Selah Pearls of Grace	F	0.25	0.04	0.03
164	Selah Performance Driven	M	0.32	-0.00	-0.08
165	Selah Reckless Love	F	0.31	0.02	0.02
166	Selah Royale Finale En Rouge	F	0.31	-0.01	0.07
167	Selah Scaling New Heights	F	0.26	0.05	0.00
168	Selah Snow Doubt About It	F	0.35	-0.00	-0.07
169	Selah Spring Forth Noble Hearts	F	0.44	0.01	-0.16
170	Selah Whispering In The Wind	F	0.33	-0.02	0.08
171	Selah You Are Not Alone	F	0.28	0.03	0.01
172	SherRex Honkytonk Attitude At Amblers	M	0.27	0.02	0.07
173	Sherrex's Amistosa With Finesse	M	0.42	0.00	-0.11
174	Sherrex's The Sun Comes to Carneys Garden	M	0.37	0.02	-0.08
175	Solar	F	0.41	-0.02	-0.01
176	Sonrisas Allegro Giocoso	F	0.39	0.02	-0.08
177	Sonrisas Amazing Gracie	F	0.30	0.03	-0.12
178	Sonrisas at the Wild Wild West	M	0.32	0.04	-0.04
179	Sonrisas Buenos Carlitos	M	0.28	0.05	-0.08
180	Sonrisas Charlie Brown	M	0.32	0.02	-0.08
181	Sonrisas Charlie Quilico	M	0.35	0.03	-0.03
182	Sonrisas Classical Enchantment	F	0.33	0.05	-0.07
183	Sonrisas Curious George	M	0.32	-0.02	0.19
184	Sonrisas Ebony	F	0.26	0.06	0.03
185	Sonrisas Game Set Match Bianca	F	0.27	0.05	-0.04
186	Sonrisas Geo Shiki	M	0.31	0.03	0.01
187	Sonrisas I'd Be Jealous Too	F	0.28	0.06	-0.14
188	Sonrisas Laughing Jay	M	0.25	0.05	0.03
189	Sonrisas Nena at Old Havana	F	0.28	-0.01	0.19
190	Sonrisas Old Sweet Song	F	0.21	0.07	0.15
191	Sonrisas Otis Campbell	M	0.33	0.03	0.00
192	Sonrisas Picture Perfect Jpeg	M	0.35	0.00	-0.00
193	Sonrisas Rory Little Kevin	M	0.23	0.06	-0.08
194	Sonrisas Theodoro De Islagorca	M	0.74	-0.17	0.28
195	Sonrisas Treasure Hollybrook	F	0.36	0.05	-0.10
196	Sonrisas What a Kelev er Boy	M	0.30	0.05	-0.11
197	Starrdust Frankly My Dear	F	0.30	0.05	-0.11
198	Starrdust Get Your Sparkle On	F	0.44	-0.04	0.12
199	Starrdust Give Peace A Chance	M	0.26	0.06	0.00
200	Starrdust Live A Little	F	0.22	0.06	0.15
201	Starrdust Mi Amore	F	0.31	-0.00	0.25
202	Starrdust Simply Amazing	F	0.26	0.04	0.20
203	Thats The Way Manolo Pedoro	M	0.37	0.01	-0.12
204	Tigerlily Tamaran Smoke on the Water	M	0.23	0.05	-0.03
205	Twinkle's Eye of the Storm	M	0.42	-0.04	-0.05
206	Twinkle's Indy With Sonrisas	M	0.26	0.04	-0.04
207	Twinkle's Little Star	M	0.59	-0.08	-0.06
208	Ubba Bubba Mokry Bandita	F	0.59	-0.12	0.06
209	Very Wonder Full Mano Gentis	M	0.27	0.01	0.13
210	Windfall's Dude With Attitude	M	0.27	0.05	-0.10
211	WyHaven Gogo One In A Zillion	M	0.32	0.01	-0.06
212	Xtreme Funny Xamaro Pedoro	M	0.41	-0.03	-0.00
213	Yup's If the Shoe Fits	F	0.26	0.03	0.21

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Active BetterBred Breeders:

Kennel	Website	State or Province	Country
Amistosa Havanese	Website	Ontario	CA
Sonrisas Havanese	Website	Ontario	CA
Rosalba	Website	Montana	United States
Selah Havanese	Website	Michigan	US